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f former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out to "the new york times." >> a new study about doctors who own their own equipment. they may be prescribing tests that you really do not need. that's coming up as well. first, this is a pivotal day for herman cain, the republican presidential candidate, is in atlanta. he met with his wife for the first time since allegations of having a 13-year affair surfaced and he is expected to make a major announcement today. correspondent whit johnson is in our washington bureau with the new developments. whit, good morning to you. >> reporter: rebecca, good morning. a decision could come as soon as today on whether or not herman cain will stay in the race. he has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct but left the door open for a possible withdrawal. >> stay informed. because there's a lot of garbage out there on the internet. there's a lot of garbage out there on tv. there's a lot of garbage out there about me! don't you know? >> reporter: at a republican town hall, an early primary state of south carolina, hermen cain said he promised he would soon announce his next steps in the bid for the white house. >> i am reassessing, because of all of this media firestorm stuff. why? because my wife and family comes first. i got to take that into consideration. >> reporter: after friday's event cain went hem to atlanta for a meeting with his wife georgia who knew nothing of ginger white or that cain gave white help. the allegations of extramarital affair follow allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women and several foreign policy ga gaffes. cain is down from 23% to 8%. cain's fall has benefited newt gingrich most, now surging in the polls, he is challenging a confident mitt romney. >> there have been a lot of people who have been real high in the polls who are not high in the polls any more. a funny thing in america called an election. you have to win the election. >> today in atlanta, herman cain will meet with some of his top donors before opening his new georgia campaign office but it may be cain's wife who decides how long it will stay open. russ? >> whit johnson, thank you so much. covering today' announcement in atlanta is jan crawford. good morning to you, jan. >> reporter: good morning, russ. >> mixed signals from the cain campaign. on one hand he is going to reassess and open his new campaign headquarters. >> reporter: some of the most loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he is going to do and not sure he has made a decision. as whit said he is meeting with top donors this morning and try to get more guidance what he is going to do. he is insisting yesterday he will still open this office and he hasn't said what kind of announcement he is going to make. he has not said if he is going to withdrawal or not. if that is something we will find out today, only he will be clarifying the next steps in his campaign. >> reporter: the iowa caucus is one month from tomorrow. he had 23% of support among caucus goers in iowa a month ago and now down to 8%. whatever happens today, how would you assess the health of the cain campaign? >> reporter: it's taken a terrible hit. it was rocked by the allegations of sexual harassment last month but really set back on its heels even further with the revelations he may have had this 13-year affair. whether or not he can recover from that most people think he cannot. they think this campaign is over and, of course, he is adamantly denying the allegations but, as you said, those poll numbers have gone down dramatically and so has his fund-raising. you know, russ, it takes money to run a political campaign. now his supporters and some of his money guys tell us that they still have the money to get through this month, to get into iowa and beyond but they have been very careful how they spend it but herman cain, they say, does not like to go into debt and he is not going to drag his campaign into debt if it looks like the money is drying up and that is all part of the calculus he is thinking about morning. >> newt gingrich they say has benefited the most from this. would you agree with that assessment? >> reporter: no question. quite remarkable. over a monthal ago, gingrich was in the single digits and now he has skyrocketed to be in the lead in many polls and many key states but gingrich has quite a bit of baggage and that is what we are now just starting to hear and when you're a front-runner as herman cain has seen you get the scrutiny of a front-runner. while it's helped gingrich still a lot of time left until iowa. >> reporter: seems like the other republican candidates have been silent about herman cain's troubles the past month. they have sat back and let things happen. do you agree? >> reporter: absolutely. what is the old saying? you don't get between a man and a firing squad when things are coming at you. you stand back and watch it happen and what they have done. there is no gain in any of these guys talking about what is going on with herman cain and they say i'll handle it and address it. one of the candidates, jon huntsman, has been the most forthcoming in saying he should probably think about backing out but huntsman is way down in the polls and none of the major candidates have said it and gingrich has been saying he has to handle being on his own and address it on his own. gingrich has his own problems, having had adultress affairs in his pass so it's kind of hard for him to talk about. >> jan crawford in atlanta, thank you so much. see you on later today. >> reporter: thanks, russ. now to the economy. there has been a sharp drop in the nation's unemployment rate. it fell from 9% to 8.6% last month and that is the lowest level in two and a half years. 120,000 new jobs were added. the economy has generated a hundred thousand or more jobs five months in a row. the first time that has happened since april of 2006. here with a look at the new positive trends in the economy is liz ann saunders, a chief investment strategist with charles schwab. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you look at the numbers. jobs are improving. you are have the retail sector improolv improving and car sales are improving and business activity is picking up, but everybody wants to know is it here to stay or is this a fool me ,once, foo me again kind of economy? >> i think it is a sign that we are lifting up off the pace of growth in the first half of year which had a lot of circumstances behind it. i don't necessarily think it means it's the beginning of an off to the races type of traffic for the economy. i think we are going to stay in relatively low growth mode. i think fears of recession which is prevalent i think on the back burner for now. >> part of the reason the unemployment rate dropped 8.6% some people gave up looking for force and dropped out of the labor force so they weren't counted in the number. how is that figure psychologically speaking we backed off from the 9% level where we were stuck so many years? >> i think the unemployment rate and a lot goes into it, but i do think psychologically, it is a big boost, particularly given how dramatic a drop it was. yes, some people have opted out of the labor force but not necessarily because they have given up hope finding a job. many of them have left the labor force because they don't need to be in it any more or are retired so it's not only a negative story behind that component of the number. >> interesting point. another interesting point to raise here is a lot of the numbers previously are looking better according to the labor department and came back and revised the figures saying september and october added way more jobs than we initially thought. >> it's one of those economic numbers, much like gross domestic product, is so highly receptive to revision. i'm not sure we obsess about it the day it comes out because we know so many revisions will be to the number. the biggest trend the last several months is upward revisions of the prior numbers so we are looking at more strength than we thought a couple of months ago. >> what about people with pensions and retirement savings account? this week was one of the best on record for the dow and the s&p 500. what is the outlook for the rest of this year and then going into next year? >> look. i think, unfortunately, this kind of volatility we have seeing massive moves in both directions a short period of time we are still at the mercy of the factors driving that so i think volatility is here to say. my view in this range browned market it has an upward bias to it. what i think we have seen with the big rallies is a lot of investors are under invested and they don't have exposure and scrambling when they see these stronger days. the expectations bar is so low right now, that the ability to hurdle that bar is even better when you've got the bar so low on the ground and i think that has been behind some of these big rallies in the market which is good news for investors. >> would you say for investors who aren't necessarily in the market think about getting in at this point? >> if there is one thing you can do is use it to your advantage in highly volatile markets knowing there are swings in either direction. if you need more exposure then take advantage of what we know will be some of the bigger down periods in order to dollar cost averages they call it to get back in. so i think it's never a good idea to just try to pick the day and throw it all in or pull it all out. those are not investment strategies. that is gambling at a moment in time and investing should be a process over time. >> liz ann saunders of charles schwab, thank you very much. happy holidays and have a great weekend. u.s. companies not only hiring right now. they are expect to add more jobs next year. jack otter joins us to explain where the work is. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> let's talk about the fields that saw big increases in jobs in hiring in november. 50,000 jobs filled in retail and 22,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality. 3,000 jobs in professional and business services and 17,000 in health care. why is hiring up in these fields? >> well, start with retail. i think that is fairly obvious. it's the season. >> right. >> thanksgiving is early this year. i'm not too excited about that number. those could be temporary jobs and might disappear in january. leisure and hospitality is a good sign. that means it's a very economically sensitive when people have a few bucks in their pockets they go to restaurant, the bar and those companies are able to hire quickly. you bring them on much faster than an executive. a good sign. business services, very often as you come out of a recession, people hire temporary workers and companies are confident enough to bring on full-time people and start with temporary and in that number is a lot of temporary workers but they are good jobs and accountants and engineers. so if we follow the standard pattern those will become full-time jobs soon. in health care that is a demographic thing. we are getting older and eating too much and not exercising enough so there is full employment for doctors. >> a lot of people say they can't find workers. 74% look for applicants and they are lacking technical skills and experience and these folks, obviously, also want more money than companies are willing to pay. why is it to hard to find people these days? >> this is an old complaint. even extent companies want more access to h 1 visa to get engineers. they say people don't have the proper education, that they are not qualified. i think part of the problem lies in the companies themselves. if you think about the past decade, we have seen actual average wages go down while corporate profits have been booming the whole time. and part of it it is because companies are slashing and burning. anyone who works in a corporation knows the support staff is gone. if you have a problem there is no one to call any more. we have lost the bench. there is no b-team now to recruit from within the ranks. my father started as a guide at nbc. i have a colleague who originally brought mail to the man who is now my boss at cbs. >> interesting. >> those jobs, they don't exist any more and i think companies, they don't have apprentices so no one to fill in and they are feeling the pain. >> what college degrees are most in command right now? >> education very high. unemployment among high school teachers 3.5%. math, engineering. again, sub4 unemployment with anyone with those kind of degrees. tech is booming so anyone with engineering expertise does very well. >> companies hiring right now? >> sure. we looked who is bringing on people. almost all high tech. aquity group which builds web sites and brought on 190 people so far this year, and expect to hire more next year. ideally is fast growing internet retailer flash sale companies started tiny, 1 peop2 people an started with 60. tick ticketmaster is another one. and tango. you can talk to your friends no matter what type of phone you have. >> corpus? >> owned by bill gates. it has a huge digital library. >> jack otter, as always, appreciate it. good news for a change. >> yes. jerry sandusky is speaking out publicly in his own defense in today's "the new york times." the former penn state assistant football coach denies sexually abusing children. he insists he was a father figure to kids involved in his charity and he accuses prosecutors of twisting that around. cbs news correspondent dave brody reports. >> reporter: in interviews totaling four hours over two days, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky sat down with a "the new york times" reporter jo becker and discussed the charges that he sexually abused children. >> the allegations are false. i didn't do those things. i don't know. >> reporter: sandusky said there was chaos in the house where he often hosted children from his charity called second mile. he discusses two separate investigations. one 1989 allegation of an incident in which sandusky was said to have hugged a young man in a shower. >> i always -- >> by an officer? >> by the two. by one person of children. >> and an officer and that was it? >> right after that, we got an unfounded report. >> reporter: the investigation sandusky says only took a couple of days and university officials, including head coach joe paterno, never confronted him. >> i don't know that he didn't know. i know that he didn't never said anything to me. >> reporter: in 2002, an assistant coach reported seeing sandusky sodomizing a youngster in a shower. sandusky says he spoke to penn state collect director tim curly. >> i told him it didn't happen. in my mind, there wasn't inappropriate behavior. >> reporter: sanyudusky, he tol curley, "go talk to the kids." they never took away his keys to the locker room. when asked in an interview by nbc, sandusky says he enjoys young people. sandus sandusky's lawyer interrupted him. >> that's not true. i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. [ inaudible ] >> right. i enjoy. >> reporter: dave brody, cbs news, new york. >> we want to get you caught up on the rest of this morning's headlines and for that we turn to betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning. santa ana winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour are expected to blow through southern california again today. but they are not expected to be as dangerous as the hurricane force winds that struck over the last few days uprooting trees that smashed into homes, cars, even power lines. look at this video. hundreds of thousands of people still have no electricity. many towns are under a state of emergency. crews are clearing gdebris. a u.s. aid worker warren weinste weinstein. they are holding the 70-year-old development expert and will let him go only if conditions are met. cbs news mandy clark is in kabul in neighboring afghanistan. what is the latest on this kidnapping, mandy. >> reporter: the demands of the release for warren weinstein is extense pif including the end of air strikes in afghanistan and pakistan and all other muslim countries as well as the release of all prisoners at guantanamo bay. weinstein was abducted in august from his home in pakistan just days before he was planning to leave the country. there have been no news on his condition for months until the release of the video yesterday by the new al qaeda leader al zawahiri. this comes at a particularly bad time for pakistan and american relations. u.s. forces mistakenly killed two dozen pakistani soldiers in airplane strikes a week ago. the state department says that u.s. officials, including the fbi, are assessing -- are assisting the pakistani-led investigation and demanding for the immediate release of mr. weinstein. >> while we watch this case in particular, talk big picture now. how dangerous is it for foreigners in the areas around pakistani. >> reporter: well, al qaeda is very active in pakistan. since 2002, there have been a number of high profile kidnappings. that was the year that the "the wall street journal" reporter daniel pearl was taken in the city of karachi and then, nine days later, he was killed. in june 2009, a sergeant was kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan and is now believed to be held by al qaeda in pakistan. and in this past summer, a swiss couple was on vacation in pakistan and they were kidnapped by the taliban but no news on the condition. >> mandy clark in kabul, afghanistan, thank you so much for that report. in other news, dr. conrad murray has decided conviction in the death of michael jackson and personally defend himself. murray was found guilty of last month of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. now, yesterday, murray filed a notice with the court in los angeles that he intends to appeal. he did not indicate what legal grounds he'll use to challenge his conviction. former senator george mcgovern, the democrat who ran against president richard nixon in 1972, is in a south dakota hospital. mcgovern fell yesterday and hit his head on the pavement outside the mcgovern library in mitchell, south dakota. witnesses said his injury was serious, but he was conscious and talking. george mcgovern is 89 years old. listen to this story. near salt lake city a dog actually shot a man. oh, yeah. this labrador retriever is accused of jumping into a pickup truck and landing on a gun loaded with bird shot. well, the gun went off, wounding a duck hunter just six feet away in his buttocks and back. as far as we know, the dog has not been charged. lonnie, no word on whether he is that man's best friend still. >> new definition for bad dog! don't shoot your master. here is what i have for you. out west, blustery. santa ana winds blowing but not as strong as they were on thursday and friday. some of the populated cities 30 to 45 miles per hour wind. still a problem out there. eastern united states on a roll. it has been weekend after weekend with beautiful weather. sunshine again for the eastern u.s. in between, well, that's sort of a different story. that's where we find the rain and the snow. and it's all because of this front which extend from canada to the mexican border. take a look at this. west coast, east coast, in between, that's the problem. we talk about this rain in the mid section of the country. be careful because some will turn over to ice and that is tough to drive in. >> thank you, mr. quinn. coming up, does your doctor make you take meaningless tests because he or she owns the equipment? tell you what you need to know. from thousands of times a day to fewer than 20. is it possible that men aren't thinking about sex as much as they used to? we will take a look at a study that really got us to talking. anything to say about that, russ? >> not yet, but we will soon. >> all right. this is "the early show" on cbs. we have an update on an incredibly amazing story this holiday season. "60 minutes" talked with two homeless children in florida who are living with their father in a truck. despite that they have not led their studies suffer. >> aerial dreams of becoming a lawyer. her dream may become a reality. bell talk to her and her brother an absolutely beautiful first saturday in december here in new york city. i hope it's lovely where you are as well. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. the fact that it's december already, that is -- >> i know. >> it's crazy! >> as soon as it comes out, no, it's not really! yes, it is. in a minute the homeless brother and sister profiled on "60 minutes" last sunday who captured our hearts will be joining us. >> you will meet them and the president of stetson university who helped changes their lives since that broadcast. >> a new study warns about doctors who own their own equipment and what you need to ask before you take any medical tests. >> we have the results of another test. it turns out that guys don't think about sex several thousand times a day. only about 19 times according to this survey, which begs the question what do men do now that they have all of this free time on their minds? >> gee, i wonder. >> i wonder. we will answer these great mysteries of the world in a bit. the incredible outpouring of support for a homeless brother and sister in florida profiled last sunday by scott pelley and producer nicole young and the team on "60 minutes." the family had been living out of a truck. here is a look at part of that story. >> all of these are storage of this and that. >> like shampoo. >> over here is food. >> food. >> so you're really not heating up food? >> no. >> reporter: you're eating out of cans? >> yep. >> reporter: this is the home of the metzger family. aerial, 15, her brother austin, 13. their mother died when they were very young. their dad tom is a carpenter and he has been looking for work ever since florida's construction industry collapsed. when foreclosure took their house, he bought the truck on craigslist with his last thousand dollars. tom is a little camera shy. he thought we ought to talk to the kids. and it didn't take long to see why. how long have you been living in this truck? >> about five months. >> reporter: what is that like? >> it's an adventure. >> that's how we see it. >> reporter: when kids at school ask you where you live, what do you tell them? >> when they see the truck, they ask me when i live in it and when i hesitate, they kind of realize and they say they won't tell anybody. >> yeah, it's not really that much of an embarrassment. it's only life. you do what you need to do, right? >> reporter: after that story, both aerial and austin metzger will be getting full four-year scholarships to college. dr. wendy libby, and aerial and austin, good morning. >> good morning. >> aerial, i begin with you. how would you describe the past six days? busy? has a lot happened to you in the past six days? >> can you like reword that? because i don't -- >> reporter: a lot has happened since this story aired on "60 minutes." i'm just wondering since that story was on the air and folks saw your story, how has your life changed? >> well, people have been calling us and e-mailing us, mailing us about how they want to help and how we have been an inspiration to them and they really are very helpful because just hearing that is really warming. >> i understand. let me ask your brother a question. austin, let me ask you. how has your life changed? how would you describe how your life has changed the past six days? >> people have been recognizing me and just being happy. >> sure, sure. >> nice. >> dr. libby, what made you decide to make this move and offer scholarships to both of these young people? >> the number one thing that entering students want to do when they join stetson university is give service to the community. so service, social justice, concern about the people around us has always been a part of the university's dna. it's part of our value system. in fact, our law school gave over 19,000 hours of service last year, so when we heard about the metzger family and, in fact, we have had students on campus been dealing with homeless issues in va allolutia county. when we heard the story it is what our university is. an outpouring from our alumni and faculty to step ahead and make a difference for this family. >> aerial, i understand you want to be a lawyer. tell me why. >> i guess life experience pushed me towards that. i mean, because i always see people or you always hear on the news about children like being inappropriately abused and i know that kids, most of the time, don't have a say, unless like it's really big like that. and i just want to -- even with the smallest instances, i want to help and reach out for the kids and have -- and hear what they have to say. >> that's fantastic. >> and austin, do you have any idea what you want to do? >> when i grow up, i am definitely going to be a marine biologist. >> awesome. dr. libby, i understand you have a gift this morning for them? >> i do. and, by the way, we have a marine biology program as well! >> imagine that! >> at stetson, we always talk about daring to be significant. to be significant as a university, to be significant in your individual life, and when we first saw the metzger family and the amazing things that their father tom has done to hold this family together, we really said that is part of the stetson university sterns. we have some sweatshirts for them and. >> fantastic. >> i will give it to them. >> we want to to say congratulations on the shra scholarship. you all take care. >> thanks, russ. >> thanks. >> you guys take care. it is about 24 minutes before the hour. mr. lonnie quinn is here with another check of the weather. what a story line. >> what a story is right. i was watching that and saw austin bundled up and sleeves over his hands. it's about 66 degrees right now down in deland, florida. i suppose by florida standards a little bit of a chill in your morning air. in terms of our weather across the country it's best told right now in picture form because your eyes immediately drawn to midsection of the country where we see the wet weather. here is how it's going to be breaking down. it's icy today from minnesota to new mexico. not for the entire day. later on when the temperatures start to drop it's going to become a real problem out there. sunday's problem becomes the heavy rain so get ready for flooding and i'm talking from areas from paducah to dallas. could see 3 to 6 inches of rain. happy saturday, everybody. rebecca, over to you. >> those are words we love to hear, happy saturday. coming up next what you need to know before a doctor orders you to take a test, especially if the doctor owns the equipment. this is "the early show" on cbs. ♪ have a better day [ male announcer ] only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of seattle's best coffee or 21-ounce fountain drink. all for only $3. 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[ male announcer ] enbrel. the #1 biologic medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. we are going to talk about adult stuff here so, parents, heads-up. long held belief that men are obsessed with sex. instead of thinking about it every seven seconds, the suddeny suggests that guys think about sex only 19 times a day. for women, only ten times a day. sex therapist ian kernor is here to discuss the results. we are not as bad as people thought we were. are you surprised by the results? >> i was. this is a study taking place with college students. 19 times a day, when i was in college, i thought about sex all the time. what are these kids doing today at college? actually working and studying? they have stuff on their minds. >> where did the notion come from men thought about sex seven times a day? >> seven times a second. >> a second. >> every seven seconds which would be 8,000 times a day in a 16-hour day. that is kind of ridiculous. even at my peak, i think i only thought about my wife 6,000 times a day. no. it comes about, bandied about for decades and comes from a misunderstanding of the original kinsey study that came out in the 1950s and considered the bible of sexual statistics. as best we can tell the idea that men are constantly thinking about sex was a misunderstanding of the kinsey study. >> women, ten times a day? >> ten times a day. >> surprise you? >> it surprises me both sets of numbers were rather low. i think at the end at a high level when you look at this rather similar. i think financing in the end we have the stereotype that men are dogs and everything a man sees gets processed as sex. i think we can say it's less than that and in line with other things like thinking about sleep and thinking about food. all of the numbers are sort of in line and men are more -- men and women are more similar than dissimilar. >> there are some obvious answers to question. factors throughout the day that makes one, this subject pop into one's mind? >> well, yeah. i think first of all, we live in a world that is saturated with advertising. it's hard to walk down the street and see victoria secret windows and what not and not think about sex also. but i personally believe, as a therapist, that sexual thoughts are healthy. when i meet people who don't have sexual thoughts, that's when i worry because that usually is an indication of depression. so i think being in good health, being in a quality relationship, just living in a world that does happen to be saturated with images of sexuality all create an environment that lead us to think about sex a lot. >> if you're a guy and you think about sex more than 19 times a day, you're still okay? >> i think you are okay. i think if you're not thinking about sex at all, then you should be concerned, especially if you're in a relationship and especially with all of the stress that people feel, the anxiety. in anything, i feel people are thinking about sex less than they should be. if you're obsessively thinking about sex it can be a problem at all, especially when it distracts you from work. >> ian, thanks. you can bring the kids back in the room again now. the singing telegram is back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. department stores this quarter. but only on up to $300 worth of merchandise. so the most you can earn is $15 dollars. chase freedom also gives you 5% cash back at department stores this quarter but on up to $1,500 worth of purchases. that is $75. that's 5 times more! woo. get your cash back. activate today at chase.com/freedom. i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. 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[ chef ] ♪ fresh tasting restaurant style ♪ ♪ bertolli soup's in the freezer aisle ♪ in this age of instant communication where mere words just aren't enough, there is new help. >> all you need is a heart in your song, russ, is what i always say. cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports. ♪ >> reporter: in 1933, western union invented a unique way to deliver a message. and the singing telegram was born. ♪ baby face >> reporter: since then, the idea has been copied, even parodied in the movies. ♪ i am your singing telegram >> reporter: but in 2006, the singing telegram delivered its swan song. >> thank you. >> you're entirely welcome. it was quite an honor. this will be the last singing gram that western union will have out. >> there is something beautiful about the singing telegram because it really has always been about connection, what we thought is let's take a little piece of our history and bring it back, but bring it back in a way that's very relevant to today's day and age. >> reporter: five years later, it's back. western union brushed off the old idea and gave it a modern twist, using e-mail to send audio messages. >> when folks send money, what they really want to do is send a piece of their love and the singing telegram actually fits right within that. >> reporter: acceptsenders can personalize it using their own voice or send it with music. you can find the micro site at westernunion.com. telegrams are free until the start of 2012. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> who would you send? snoop dogg or was it timberlan? >> i have a hard time deciding. >> sir mix a lot. old school on you! >> absolutely. i remember years ago hearing about those and hadn't seen one in quite some time. >> i think it would be fun to have one show up here on "the early show." if anyone has any interest, feel free. >> you just told our executive producers. you know how he takes these things. he runs with them so you never know. >> i can't wait. we will change directions and talk about the latest on the jerry sandusky interview in "the new york times" and syracuse head basketball coach jim ♪ welcome back to "the early show." there is the empire state building and freedom tower in the distance there going up. >> good to see. >> every few days, it seems like it goes up a few more stories. incredible. i'm russ mitchell, by the way. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. russ is a dad. this must be something you have dealt with before. >> yes a couple of times. >> a tough call for parents. should i lie to my parents especially if they are 4 or 5 years old. we are not talking about a big, ugly lie but one of those little white lies such as if you eat more shrimp, you'll become a better swimmer. i don't get that one, to be honest. in a few minutes you'll meet a parent who made such a choice and writes about it in a blog she calls "lies i tell my daughter. >> i say the mean man shows up at our house. the unemployment rate down to 8.6%, it may be time to kick-start your career or get it moving in the right direction. we will tell you the six secrets people say they use to get ahead in business. this hour, herman cain promises he will clarify today what the next steps are in his campaign after meeting with his wife. cain support has been hit hard after claims he had a 13-year extramarital affair. jan crawford is in atlanta where cain is expected to make his announcement p. announcement. what are you hearing this hour? >> reporter: his loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he will announce later today but they are afraid the allegations of the 13-year affair, on top of the accusations of sexual harassment may be just too much and may have dealt a mortal blow to his campaign and there will be no way, they are afraid, he'll be able to continue. he also has talked about the emotional toll this has taken on his wife and family. that's all part of the calculus as he makes his decision with the announcement to come here later this afternoon. >> let's say cain decides to stay in the race. what does that do to the overall race in iowa which is one month from tomorrow, the caucuses? >> reporter: that is a great question, because we have all been focusing on what if he gets out, what is this going to mean and who benefits? go he says he is considering all of the options but if he stays in, it's going to be really interesting to the race. his poll numbers have gone down dramatically in iowa. he was a front-runner there and now in the second tier but still polling, even with all of these allegations, he is still polling at 8%. that may not sound like much but that is quite a lot of votes that you could take away from someone who is trying to assemble enough votes to go head-to-head with mitt romney. he will still have an impact on this race if he stays in, even though he may not win it. >> jan crawford, thank you very much, in atlanta. >> reporter: thanks. for more of the morning's headlines, let's head over to betty nguyen at the news desk. >> good morning. president obama is trying to increase the pressure on republicans to extend the payroll tax cut for workers. in his weekly radio and internet address, mr. obama urged voters to tell congress it keep the reduction. he says the fragile economy will suffer if the cut is not kept. now, republican leaders say they are committed to an extension. at least 15 people are dead after fighting overnight between syrian security forces and army defectors. increasing number of soldiers are joining the opposition calling for president bashar assad to step down. protesters hang a flag. they say 4,000 people have died since the anti-protest began in march. the government is calling on the international community to protect civilians. it appears that islamists may win a significant number of seats in egypt's parliamentary elections to make sure the islamic brotherhood enforces strict religious laws. in that happens, it could limit personal freedoms and it may jeopardize the u.s. relationship with a key middle east ally. 62% of the eligible voters cast ballots in the first round of the elections. a record for egypt. more votes are coming this week. the wife of embattled georgia megachurch pastor eddie long is filing for divorce after all. a statement released by the church on friday said vanessa long was canceling her divorce petition to end their 21-year marriage but that apparently has changed. you may recall over a years ago, four young men sued bishop long, accusing him of luring them into sexual relationships. the cases were settled but long reportedly did not admit to doing anything wrong. boxing great muhammad ali is said to be at his home in arizona and doing well. yesterday, a spokesman released a statement saying that ali was treated recently for dehydration. there was a report that he was hospitalized. ali spokesman did not confirm or deny that. he would only say that initial reports were blown out of proportion. muhammad ali will turn 70 years old next month. we wish him well. time for weather. lonnie, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's get right to it. here is how we see it out there. the midsection of the country the real problems are. getting glazed out there. it's raining right now for a lot of you but turn over to icy conditions. the eastern u.s. is on a roll. weekend after weekend of sunny skies. it will be out there again this weekend. more gusty winds out west. the news has been the santa ana winds, blowing today but not as strong as yesterday and on thursday but still out there. there is that area of the disturbed weather in the m midsection but out west, the santa ana winds. why so windy? in between the systems, they circulate the air in opposite directions this is like a pitching machine shooting those baseballs out, right? now, take that wind that is coming out so strong and put it over the rocky mountains and like taking a hose you know how fast the water comes out of a hose and make that opening thinner by putting your finger over it and the water shoots out. the winds shoots out because of the gutty conditions. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's. >> nothing like a weather segment with a garden hose analogy mixed in. major developments in the sport scandals at penn state and syracuse universities. former football coach jerry sandusky spoke with "the new york times" and jim boeheim of syracuse has made an apology about the remarks he made in that sexual abuse case. from cincinnati, greg doyle is joining us, a columnist at "sports illustrated." good morning. >> i want to start here in the studio with this article, sandusky speaking out, saying that paterno never said a word about the misconduct. do you believe then that this is a future referendum on paterno and penn state? >> yeah. it was a strange interview. in some ways it wasn't inconsistent with what we knew already. in other ways, again, the notion that these allegations so severe. we get to the point where paterno wouldn't mention it and the athletic director would say could you not bring the kids to the facility. it's very strange how going up the chain of command these allegations clearly lost their severity. the interview sandusky gave was a blownout version of the tv interview he gave last month saying i was a mentor to the kids but nothing inappropriate ever happened. >> you bring up the point saying he was a mentor to these kids. greg, i want to follow along those lines with you. in the interview he says he was like a father figure to the children, that they were around him, he cared for them. to you, is that something that he was seen as around campus, or is that his creation of the story? >> he was seen that way around campus. i think the biggest thing with the interview yesterday was the taking a beating in civil court. i think sandusky is setting up an especially for ineffective counsel. every time he saws and his attorney talks, it looks like neither have any idea they are going. they are going to appeal because amendola doesn't have any idea what he is doing. >> you're smiling. >> i think he has bigger issues than ineffective counsel. this relationship is strained i don't think i've seen a defendant in this magnitude giving an interview and sometimes in the presence of his attorney. greg raises the point there are criminal and civil trials and somebody is clearly lying. the inconsistencies are rife. it's impossible right now that everybody is telling the truth. >> i want to switch gears over to syracuse, the other big sexual abuse scandal in all of this and the apolicy gee that coach boeheim made last night. >> i won't question the accusers expressed or their motives. i am really sorry that i did that. >> greg, you've been really outspoken that boeheim should be let go. as a result, not of the accusations against bernie fine, but as a result of what boeheim has said. does this vindicate him on any level, this apology? >> no, not at all. it makes him look than a nicer guy than i thought two weeks ago. two weeks ago he was a neanderthal. looks like he is getting it or somebody close to him is getting it and i'm impressed with that but you can't unring the bell he rung. he intimidated future victims that the police are making into the investigation of bernie fine. it's not something you can get awayne and he has got to be fired. >> john, you disagree. why? >> i think greg wrote a provocative column but this guy has done decades of good work. no question a regrettable statement and clearly jim boeheim knows it and backtracking right now. i think the calling for his firing is obsessant. this is a different case than penn state and a lot of strange circumstances here. the statement he made was completely inappropriate and tone deaf given the climate with penn state but i'm not sure calling for his head is appropriate. >> greg, your column talks about the money involved here. the fact that these are winning teams, the fact that coaches will be kept on board. do you think this is a problem that runs deep throughout the industry as a whole? >> oh, gosh, i hope not. if you're talking about sexual abuse on coaching staffs, i hope not. if you're talking about do these coaches make so much money that it makes them not realize there is a real world out there and you're not living in and that is what happened to boeheim and paterno too? yes, that's a big problem. >> we appreciate both of you sharing your thoughts with us this morning. we will be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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>> there he is kissing his girlfriend. 2.5 million page views just for that. besides the commentary and the 2.5 million dollar bra you have a lot of people commenting on the show. >> on twitter, right? >> yes o twitter. >> take a look at these tweets. i thought some were apropos of the moment maybe? >> it's only a couple of days after thanksgiving. and your cold turkey and you're watching these beautiful people go down a runway. yeah. >> this one feels bad. hate myself. running nine miles tomorrow because it's five days after thanksgiving. >> you go from watching balloons in the parade which doesn't feel as threatening and then watch people going down a runway looking great and saying, i just ate all of that food. come on! >> speaking of eat a lot of food. people are talking about food and sharing their food on this new website? >> i hadn't been aware of it until recently. they doubled their users in the last month. it is like a scrapbooking meets tumbler. you're collecting pictures and pinning them and sharing them and it's about really about the inspiration behind those photos as much as it is about what the photos are about. so a lot of them are about design and cooking and things that can you can make look books out of. yeah. it's really gaining a lot of viewers. >> which celebrities are getting in on this? >> not so many but two driving it is paula dean and martha stewart. people excited about collecting designs that they like or home furnishings. or the type of meal you want to make or stuff you want to eat that is fun. >> what is the most popular picture of food on this one? >> mac and cheese. 2,000 pings for that right there. >> comfort pinning. >> speaking of crowd pleaser. lady gaga at it again and released a brand-new video this week and getting huge attention. >> 14 minutes long. she directed it herself and it's an auto biographical piece about one of the worst moments she said in her life and it references all sorts of music videos and it's extremely theatrical. >> how many people watched this one? >> in 48 hours, it got 3 million views. >> for 14 minutes? >> yes. most of it is not the song. only a couple of minutes are the song that you know. so how many people are going to rewatch it if you're not a hard-core gaga fans? a ton of gaga fans so they will rewatch it all the time. fascinating for me to watch for the first time. i don't know if i'd watch it again right now. >> maybe in a few days? >> maybe in a few days. a moment with cheerios that i might watch again. >> a great tease. i'm sure a lot of people will watch it just for that. thank you, scott. ahead [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. ♪ hear that music? >> vanessa carlton kick is us off today. they tell me she is going to be in our studio in a few minutes. >> that music would be foresh d foreshadowing what is to come. kicking your career into overdrive. six proven tips in how to succeed in business. award winning chef michael cureelo is dishing about napa valley and his mother's sauce. >> right now he is pouring wine. >> that is a good move on the show. vanessa carlson will sing her new hit single. it's all coming up. first, mr. lonnie quinn has our final check of the weather. hey, lonnie. >> good morning, everybody. here are the weather headlines. as we see them out there, simple picture. east coast is fine. west coast sunny but windy. in between we have the problems. now, it breaks down like this. the western winds are still bus today. not as strong as they were yesterday or on thursday. but santa ana winds are still in place and central u.s. is getting drenched right now and cold air on its heels. the bad combination. wet weather and bring in the cold and freezing at times and winter weather alerts with icy conditions from mankato to albuquerque. >> this makes about five weekends in a row that new york city has had sunshine out there, so i hope you enjoy the day. >> i absolutely do. you make it better, lonnie. >> thank you! >> every single day. >> thanks. with unemployment dropping, we thought it might be a good time to help our viewers kick-start their careers out of neutral. >> here with tips and how to succeed in business without really trying too hard is cbs news financial contributor carmen wong ulrich. >> good morning. >> do you see any particular characteristics that you find in truly successful people? >> one that we have heard lately from steve jobs and is a vein we hear through most successful people, stay hungry. stay hungry for success and stay hungry for creativity and learning and that propels you and pushes you ahead. >> cheryl sandberg of facebook said to me lean into your career. another great word of wisdom. you say it's about your attitude. >> it is about your whole attitude. you have to have a positive attitude and not only going in with a big smile on your face. studies found you lose productivity 10% by just not having a positive attitude when you walk in the door. there is something called a mindful transition. when you walk in that door let's say you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and not enough coffee, make the mindful transition to think and say, okay, today is going to be a great fabulous day. it's a conscious mental effort to put yourself in the right mind frame and it works. >> you say pick our battles. >> do you want to be right or get things done? that is the saying. you want be effective. keep the end game in mind. what do i want to accomplish out of this? do i want to be right? chances are it won't get you laid but getting something done. >> you say less scream time, more face time. >> we are all stuck to the computer screen. it's easy with facebook and all of these distractions to constantly just sit there. you don't want to be the lingering guy. the guy who likes walks around he and just talks too much but make sure you reach out to your managers, to ask them out for coffee and talk, say good morning to everyone and let everyone know you're there even though you have to sit at your computer. networking is one of the biggest ways that folks get jobs. >> your next tip, a career is 24/7. >> exactly! listen. it's not just punching out. if you want a career as oppose to do a job you have to live it and that includes joining affinity groups. are a woman in chemical engineering? affinity groups for everybody and every time of person. go in, shake hands and make friends. it's very important. >> keep thinking about moving forward. moving forward every day. >> it's hard. you got a ten-hour day in front of you. do i have to do it one more time? think about the ten minutes or ten seconds will make a difference and pull together a to do list this weekend of the things you could do that would move you ahead and every day just knock off one. i'm going to ask the manager to coffee. ask for some advice. give some feedback and make sure they know who i am. >> next tip when i read it in this packet i saw your face. focus, focus, focus! >> me? >> just saying. >> no. absolutely, you got to focus. i mention distractions. you have facebook, twitter, e-mail. even if you're at a job that requires you to respond directly like we are to e-mails, put a little block or an automated response so you can shut down for 20 minutes to an hour, get off e-mail and get off the sites and focus on what you're doing. it brings up your productivity. >> very wise words as always. carmen wong ulrich, a winner who knows how to win. >> thank you very much! winners! >> speaking of winners. we have an award winning chef with us coming up next. michael cureelo is dishing about his grandmother's amazing sauce. >> he is. look at that. putting the cheese on it now. going to be good! captain, we have to keep going! 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LouisianaUnited-statesAlabamaTurkeyMinnesotaCaliforniaSyriaSyracuseNew-yorkWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaKabul outpouring of support has changed their lives. a person giving them promise and hope. hitting the right note. after vanishing decades ago, the singing telegram is back. but this time instead of a knock, just click "early" this saturday morning, december 3rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs that's a pretty picture. happy saturday. good morning and welcome to "the early show." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. >> early this morning, we have new details about the penn state sex scandal from the man at the center of the storm. f former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out to "the new york times." >> a new study about doctors who own their own equipment. they may be prescribing tests that you really do not need. that's coming up as well. first, this is a pivotal day for herman cain, the republican presidential candidate, is in atlanta. he met with his wife for the first time since allegations of having a 13-year affair surfaced and he is expected to make a major announcement today. correspondent whit johnson is in our washington bureau with the new developments. whit, good morning to you. >> reporter: rebecca, good morning. a decision could come as soon as today on whether or not herman cain will stay in the race. he has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct but left the door open for a possible withdrawal. >> stay informed. because there's a lot of garbage out there on the internet. there's a lot of garbage out there on tv. there's a lot of garbage out there about me! don't you know? >> reporter: at a republican town hall, an early primary state of south carolina, hermen cain said he promised he would soon announce his next steps in the bid for the white house. >> i am reassessing, because of all of this media firestorm stuff. why? because my wife and family comes first. i got to take that into consideration. >> reporter: after friday's event cain went hem to atlanta for a meeting with his wife georgia who knew nothing of ginger white or that cain gave white help. the allegations of extramarital affair follow allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women and several foreign policy ga gaffes. cain is down from 23% to 8%. cain's fall has benefited newt gingrich most, now surging in the polls, he is challenging a confident mitt romney. >> there have been a lot of people who have been real high in the polls who are not high in the polls any more. a funny thing in america called an election. you have to win the election. >> today in atlanta, herman cain will meet with some of his top donors before opening his new georgia campaign office but it may be cain's wife who decides how long it will stay open. russ? >> whit johnson, thank you so much. covering today' announcement in atlanta is jan crawford. good morning to you, jan. >> reporter: good morning, russ. >> mixed signals from the cain campaign. on one hand he is going to reassess and open his new campaign headquarters. >> reporter: some of the most loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he is going to do and not sure he has made a decision. as whit said he is meeting with top donors this morning and try to get more guidance what he is going to do. he is insisting yesterday he will still open this office and he hasn't said what kind of announcement he is going to make. he has not said if he is going to withdrawal or not. if that is something we will find out today, only he will be clarifying the next steps in his campaign. >> reporter: the iowa caucus is one month from tomorrow. he had 23% of support among caucus goers in iowa a month ago and now down to 8%. whatever happens today, how would you assess the health of the cain campaign? >> reporter: it's taken a terrible hit. it was rocked by the allegations of sexual harassment last month but really set back on its heels even further with the revelations he may have had this 13-year affair. whether or not he can recover from that most people think he cannot. they think this campaign is over and, of course, he is adamantly denying the allegations but, as you said, those poll numbers have gone down dramatically and so has his fund-raising. you know, russ, it takes money to run a political campaign. now his supporters and some of his money guys tell us that they still have the money to get through this month, to get into iowa and beyond but they have been very careful how they spend it but herman cain, they say, does not like to go into debt and he is not going to drag his campaign into debt if it looks like the money is drying up and that is all part of the calculus he is thinking about morning. >> newt gingrich they say has benefited the most from this. would you agree with that assessment? >> reporter: no question. quite remarkable. over a monthal ago, gingrich was in the single digits and now he has skyrocketed to be in the lead in many polls and many key states but gingrich has quite a bit of baggage and that is what we are now just starting to hear and when you're a front-runner as herman cain has seen you get the scrutiny of a front-runner. while it's helped gingrich still a lot of time left until iowa. >> reporter: seems like the other republican candidates have been silent about herman cain's troubles the past month. they have sat back and let things happen. do you agree? >> reporter: absolutely. what is the old saying? you don't get between a man and a firing squad when things are coming at you. you stand back and watch it happen and what they have done. there is no gain in any of these guys talking about what is going on with herman cain and they say i'll handle it and address it. one of the candidates, jon huntsman, has been the most forthcoming in saying he should probably think about backing out but huntsman is way down in the polls and none of the major candidates have said it and gingrich has been saying he has to handle being on his own and address it on his own. gingrich has his own problems, having had adultress affairs in his pass so it's kind of hard for him to talk about. >> jan crawford in atlanta, thank you so much. see you on later today. >> reporter: thanks, russ. now to the economy. there has been a sharp drop in the nation's unemployment rate. it fell from 9% to 8.6% last month and that is the lowest level in two and a half years. 120,000 new jobs were added. the economy has generated a hundred thousand or more jobs five months in a row. the first time that has happened since april of 2006. here with a look at the new positive trends in the economy is liz ann saunders, a chief investment strategist with charles schwab. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you look at the numbers. jobs are improving. you are have the retail sector improolv improving and car sales are improving and business activity is picking up, but everybody wants to know is it here to stay or is this a fool me ,once, foo me again kind of economy? >> i think it is a sign that we are lifting up off the pace of growth in the first half of year which had a lot of circumstances behind it. i don't necessarily think it means it's the beginning of an off to the races type of traffic for the economy. i think we are going to stay in relatively low growth mode. i think fears of recession which is prevalent i think on the back burner for now. >> part of the reason the unemployment rate dropped 8.6% some people gave up looking for force and dropped out of the labor force so they weren't counted in the number. how is that figure psychologically speaking we backed off from the 9% level where we were stuck so many years? >> i think the unemployment rate and a lot goes into it, but i do think psychologically, it is a big boost, particularly given how dramatic a drop it was. yes, some people have opted out of the labor force but not necessarily because they have given up hope finding a job. many of them have left the labor force because they don't need to be in it any more or are retired so it's not only a negative story behind that component of the number. >> interesting point. another interesting point to raise here is a lot of the numbers previously are looking better according to the labor department and came back and revised the figures saying september and october added way more jobs than we initially thought. >> it's one of those economic numbers, much like gross domestic product, is so highly receptive to revision. i'm not sure we obsess about it the day it comes out because we know so many revisions will be to the number. the biggest trend the last several months is upward revisions of the prior numbers so we are looking at more strength than we thought a couple of months ago. >> what about people with pensions and retirement savings account? this week was one of the best on record for the dow and the s&p 500. what is the outlook for the rest of this year and then going into next year? >> look. i think, unfortunately, this kind of volatility we have seeing massive moves in both directions a short period of time we are still at the mercy of the factors driving that so i think volatility is here to say. my view in this range browned market it has an upward bias to it. what i think we have seen with the big rallies is a lot of investors are under invested and they don't have exposure and scrambling when they see these stronger days. the expectations bar is so low right now, that the ability to hurdle that bar is even better when you've got the bar so low on the ground and i think that has been behind some of these big rallies in the market which is good news for investors. >> would you say for investors who aren't necessarily in the market think about getting in at this point? >> if there is one thing you can do is use it to your advantage in highly volatile markets knowing there are swings in either direction. if you need more exposure then take advantage of what we know will be some of the bigger down periods in order to dollar cost averages they call it to get back in. so i think it's never a good idea to just try to pick the day and throw it all in or pull it all out. those are not investment strategies. that is gambling at a moment in time and investing should be a process over time. >> liz ann saunders of charles schwab, thank you very much. happy holidays and have a great weekend. u.s. companies not only hiring right now. they are expect to add more jobs next year. jack otter joins us to explain where the work is. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> let's talk about the fields that saw big increases in jobs in hiring in november. 50,000 jobs filled in retail and 22,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality. 3,000 jobs in professional and business services and 17,000 in health care. why is hiring up in these fields? >> well, start with retail. i think that is fairly obvious. it's the season. >> right. >> thanksgiving is early this year. i'm not too excited about that number. those could be temporary jobs and might disappear in january. leisure and hospitality is a good sign. that means it's a very economically sensitive when people have a few bucks in their pockets they go to restaurant, the bar and those companies are able to hire quickly. you bring them on much faster than an executive. a good sign. business services, very often as you come out of a recession, people hire temporary workers and companies are confident enough to bring on full-time people and start with temporary and in that number is a lot of temporary workers but they are good jobs and accountants and engineers. so if we follow the standard pattern those will become full-time jobs soon. in health care that is a demographic thing. we are getting older and eating too much and not exercising enough so there is full employment for doctors. >> a lot of people say they can't find workers. 74% look for applicants and they are lacking technical skills and experience and these folks, obviously, also want more money than companies are willing to pay. why is it to hard to find people these days? >> this is an old complaint. even extent companies want more access to h 1 visa to get engineers. they say people don't have the proper education, that they are not qualified. i think part of the problem lies in the companies themselves. if you think about the past decade, we have seen actual average wages go down while corporate profits have been booming the whole time. and part of it it is because companies are slashing and burning. anyone who works in a corporation knows the support staff is gone. if you have a problem there is no one to call any more. we have lost the bench. there is no b-team now to recruit from within the ranks. my father started as a guide at nbc. i have a colleague who originally brought mail to the man who is now my boss at cbs. >> interesting. >> those jobs, they don't exist any more and i think companies, they don't have apprentices so no one to fill in and they are feeling the pain. >> what college degrees are most in command right now? >> education very high. unemployment among high school teachers 3.5%. math, engineering. again, sub4 unemployment with anyone with those kind of degrees. tech is booming so anyone with engineering expertise does very well. >> companies hiring right now? >> sure. we looked who is bringing on people. almost all high tech. aquity group which builds web sites and brought on 190 people so far this year, and expect to hire more next year. ideally is fast growing internet retailer flash sale companies started tiny, 1 peop2 people an started with 60. tick ticketmaster is another one. and tango. you can talk to your friends no matter what type of phone you have. >> corpus? >> owned by bill gates. it has a huge digital library. >> jack otter, as always, appreciate it. good news for a change. >> yes. jerry sandusky is speaking out publicly in his own defense in today's "the new york times." the former penn state assistant football coach denies sexually abusing children. he insists he was a father figure to kids involved in his charity and he accuses prosecutors of twisting that around. cbs news correspondent dave brody reports. >> reporter: in interviews totaling four hours over two days, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky sat down with a "the new york times" reporter jo becker and discussed the charges that he sexually abused children. >> the allegations are false. i didn't do those things. i don't know. >> reporter: sandusky said there was chaos in the house where he often hosted children from his charity called second mile. he discusses two separate investigations. one 1989 allegation of an incident in which sandusky was said to have hugged a young man in a shower. >> i always -- >> by an officer? >> by the two. by one person of children. >> and an officer and that was it? >> right after that, we got an unfounded report. >> reporter: the investigation sandusky says only took a couple of days and university officials, including head coach joe paterno, never confronted him. >> i don't know that he didn't know. i know that he didn't never said anything to me. >> reporter: in 2002, an assistant coach reported seeing sandusky sodomizing a youngster in a shower. sandusky says he spoke to penn state collect director tim curly. >> i told him it didn't happen. in my mind, there wasn't inappropriate behavior. >> reporter: sanyudusky, he tol curley, "go talk to the kids." they never took away his keys to the locker room. when asked in an interview by nbc, sandusky says he enjoys young people. sandus sandusky's lawyer interrupted him. >> that's not true. i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. [ inaudible ] >> right. i enjoy. >> reporter: dave brody, cbs news, new york. >> we want to get you caught up on the rest of this morning's headlines and for that we turn to betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning. santa ana winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour are expected to blow through southern california again today. but they are not expected to be as dangerous as the hurricane force winds that struck over the last few days uprooting trees that smashed into homes, cars, even power lines. look at this video. hundreds of thousands of people still have no electricity. many towns are under a state of emergency. crews are clearing gdebris. a u.s. aid worker warren weinste weinstein. they are holding the 70-year-old development expert and will let him go only if conditions are met. cbs news mandy clark is in kabul in neighboring afghanistan. what is the latest on this kidnapping, mandy. >> reporter: the demands of the release for warren weinstein is extense pif including the end of air strikes in afghanistan and pakistan and all other muslim countries as well as the release of all prisoners at guantanamo bay. weinstein was abducted in august from his home in pakistan just days before he was planning to leave the country. there have been no news on his condition for months until the release of the video yesterday by the new al qaeda leader al zawahiri. this comes at a particularly bad time for pakistan and american relations. u.s. forces mistakenly killed two dozen pakistani soldiers in airplane strikes a week ago. the state department says that u.s. officials, including the fbi, are assessing -- are assisting the pakistani-led investigation and demanding for the immediate release of mr. weinstein. >> while we watch this case in particular, talk big picture now. how dangerous is it for foreigners in the areas around pakistani. >> reporter: well, al qaeda is very active in pakistan. since 2002, there have been a number of high profile kidnappings. that was the year that the "the wall street journal" reporter daniel pearl was taken in the city of karachi and then, nine days later, he was killed. in june 2009, a sergeant was kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan and is now believed to be held by al qaeda in pakistan. and in this past summer, a swiss couple was on vacation in pakistan and they were kidnapped by the taliban but no news on the condition. >> mandy clark in kabul, afghanistan, thank you so much for that report. in other news, dr. conrad murray has decided conviction in the death of michael jackson and personally defend himself. murray was found guilty of last month of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. now, yesterday, murray filed a notice with the court in los angeles that he intends to appeal. he did not indicate what legal grounds he'll use to challenge his conviction. former senator george mcgovern, the democrat who ran against president richard nixon in 1972, is in a south dakota hospital. mcgovern fell yesterday and hit his head on the pavement outside the mcgovern library in mitchell, south dakota. witnesses said his injury was serious, but he was conscious and talking. george mcgovern is 89 years old. listen to this story. near salt lake city a dog actually shot a man. oh, yeah. this labrador retriever is accused of jumping into a pickup truck and landing on a gun loaded with bird shot. well, the gun went off, wounding a duck hunter just six feet away in his buttocks and back. as far as we know, the dog has not been charged. lonnie, no word on whether he is that man's best friend still. >> new definition for bad dog! don't shoot your master. here is what i have for you. out west, blustery. santa ana winds blowing but not as strong as they were on thursday and friday. some of the populated cities 30 to 45 miles per hour wind. still a problem out there. eastern united states on a roll. it has been weekend after weekend with beautiful weather. sunshine again for the eastern u.s. in between, well, that's sort of a different story. that's where we find the rain and the snow. and it's all because of this front which extend from canada to the mexican border. take a look at this. west coast, east coast, in between, that's the problem. we talk about this rain in the mid section of the country. be careful because some will turn over to ice and that is tough to drive in. >> thank you, mr. quinn. coming up, does your doctor make you take meaningless tests because he or she owns the equipment? tell you what you need to know. from thousands of times a day to fewer than 20. is it possible that men aren't thinking about sex as much as they used to? we will take a look at a study that really got us to talking. anything to say about that, russ? >> not yet, but we will soon. >> all right. this is "the early show" on cbs. ,,,, or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $13.2 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more we help them, we have an update on an incredibly amazing story this holiday season. "60 minutes" talked with two homeless children in florida who are living with their father in a truck. despite that they have not led their studies suffer. >> aerial dreams of becoming a lawyer. her dream may become a reality. bell talk to her and her brother ♪ born to be wild [ female announcer ] is your medicare plan keeping up with you? ♪ since you've never been one to slow down, now through december 7th, you won't have to. it's faster and easier than ever to switch your medicare coverage to anthem blue cross. ♪ we've created medicare solutions that are just right for you. we have plans with low monthly premiums. plus you have the freedom to choose your own doctor and the comfort of knowing you are protected from high out-of-pocket costs. but this is a limited time offer. so call today to schedule an in-home visit, attend a local seminar, or get answers right over the phone. if you're eligible for medicare, you only have until december 7th to switch to anthem blue cross. so call today at 1-855-8-anthem. that's 1-855-826-8436. ♪ welcome back. we are joined with an intrepid producer from our pete gow. you've been in libya and war zones and seen it all. you always have been a musician but you got a lot of buzz surrounding your music nowadays. >> that's right. it's kind of leaked out the two different jobs. >> is that your stage name, pete gow? >> no. that is the real one. >> let's take a listen. ♪ >> pretty handy with that guitar there, pete! >> where do you get your inspiration? >> it comes from everywhere. as most wrongwriters do, i carry a notebook around with me and if something goes by, i'll note it. >> it's interesting. you're one of the highest ranking producers that the cbs network has. when i look at you, you look more like a musician to me. >> you look more like a rock star. >> i thought each by that standards, that beard needed a trimming. >> are you able in watching the music portion of your career, were you able to tap into any relations you had made as a news producer? >> no. i think charlie touched in the piece yesterday. >> that means you're not singing about us? >> there is a song there. >> the new album, i'm halfway through it. >> that's all we needed to know. >> good luck. >> that's all we needed to know. >> good luck. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. an absolutely beautiful first saturday in december here in new york city. i hope it's lovely where you are as well. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. the fact that it's december already, that is -- >> i know. >> it's crazy! >> as soon as it comes out, no, it's not really! yes, it is. in a minute the homeless brother and sister profiled on "60 minutes" last sunday who captured our hearts will be joining us. >> you will meet them and the president of stetson university who helped changes their lives since that broadcast. >> a new study warns about doctors who own their own equipment and what you need to ask before you take any medical tests. >> we have the results of another test. it turns out that guys don't think about sex several thousand times a day. only about 19 times according to this survey, which begs the question what do men do now that they have all of this free time on their minds? >> gee, i wonder. >> i wonder. we will answer these great mysteries of the world in a bit. the incredible outpouring of support for a homeless brother and sister in florida profiled last sunday by scott pelley and producer nicole young and the team on "60 minutes." the family had been living out of a truck. here is a look at part of that story. >> all of these are storage of this and that. >> like shampoo. >> over here is food. >> food. >> so you're really not heating up food? >> no. >> reporter: you're eating out of cans? >> yep. >> reporter: this is the home of the metzger family. aerial, 15, her brother austin, 13. their mother died when they were very young. their dad tom is a carpenter and he has been looking for work ever since florida's construction industry collapsed. when foreclosure took their house, he bought the truck on craigslist with his last thousand dollars. tom is a little camera shy. he thought we ought to talk to the kids. and it didn't take long to see why. how long have you been living in this truck? >> about five months. >> reporter: what is that like? >> it's an adventure. >> that's how we see it. >> reporter: when kids at school ask you where you live, what do you tell them? >> when they see the truck, they ask me when i live in it and when i hesitate, they kind of realize and they say they won't tell anybody. >> yeah, it's not really that much of an embarrassment. it's only life. you do what you need to do, right? >> reporter: after that story, both aerial and austin metzger will be getting full four-year scholarships to college. dr. wendy libby, and aerial and austin, good morning. >> good morning. >> aerial, i begin with you. how would you describe the past six days? busy? has a lot happened to you in the past six days? >> can you like reword that? because i don't -- >> reporter: a lot has happened since this story aired on "60 minutes." i'm just wondering since that story was on the air and folks saw your story, how has your life changed? >> well, people have been calling us and e-mailing us, mailing us about how they want to help and how we have been an inspiration to them and they really are very helpful because just hearing that is really warming. >> i understand. let me ask your brother a question. austin, let me ask you. how has your life changed? how would you describe how your life has changed the past six days? >> people have been recognizing me and just being happy. >> sure, sure. >> nice. >> dr. libby, what made you decide to make this move and offer scholarships to both of these young people? >> the number one thing that entering students want to do when they join stetson university is give service to the community. so service, social justice, concern about the people around us has always been a part of the university's dna. it's part of our value system. in fact, our law school gave over 19,000 hours of service last year, so when we heard about the metzger family and, in fact, we have had students on campus been dealing with homeless issues in va allolutia county. when we heard the story it is what our university is. an outpouring from our alumni and faculty to step ahead and make a difference for this family. >> aerial, i understand you want to be a lawyer. tell me why. >> i guess life experience pushed me towards that. i mean, because i always see people or you always hear on the news about children like being inappropriately abused and i know that kids, most of the time, don't have a say, unless like it's really big like that. and i just want to -- even with the smallest instances, i want to help and reach out for the kids and have -- and hear what they have to say. >> that's fantastic. >> and austin, do you have any idea what you want to do? >> when i grow up, i am definitely going to be a marine biologist. >> awesome. dr. libby, i understand you have a gift this morning for them? >> i do. and, by the way, we have a marine biology program as well! >> imagine that! >> at stetson, we always talk about daring to be significant. to be significant as a university, to be significant in your individual life, and when we first saw the metzger family and the amazing things that their father tom has done to hold this family together, we really said that is part of the stetson university sterns. we have some sweatshirts for them and. >> fantastic. >> i will give it to them. >> we want to to say congratulations on the shra scholarship. you all take care. >> thanks, russ. >> thanks. >> you guys take care. it is about 24 minutes before the hour. mr. lonnie quinn is here with another check of the weather. what a story line. >> what a story is right. i was watching that and saw austin bundled up and sleeves over his hands. it's about 66 degrees right now down in deland, florida. i suppose by florida standards a little bit of a chill in your morning air. in terms of our weather across the country it's best told right now in picture form because your eyes immediately drawn to midsection of the country where we see the wet weather. here is how it's going to be breaking down. it's icy today from minnesota to new mexico. not for the entire day. later on when the temperatures start to drop it's going to become a real problem out there. sunday's problem becomes the heavy rain so get ready for flooding and i'm talking from areas from paducah to dallas. could see 3 to 6 inches of rain. happy saturday, everybody. rebecca, over to you. >> those are words we love to hear, happy saturday. coming up next what you need to know before a doctor orders you to take a test, especially if the doctor owns the equipment. this is "the early show" on cbs. ♪ have a better day [ male announcer ] only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of seattle's best coffee or 21-ounce fountain drink. all for only $3. 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[ male announcer ] enbrel. the #1 biologic medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. we are going to talk about adult stuff here so, parents, heads-up. long held belief that men are obsessed with sex. instead of thinking about it every seven seconds, the suddeny suggests that guys think about sex only 19 times a day. for women, only ten times a day. sex therapist ian kernor is here to discuss the results. we are not as bad as people thought we were. are you surprised by the results? >> i was. this is a study taking place with college students. 19 times a day, when i was in college, i thought about sex all the time. what are these kids doing today at college? actually working and studying? they have stuff on their minds. >> where did the notion come from men thought about sex seven times a day? >> seven times a second. >> a second. >> every seven seconds which would be 8,000 times a day in a 16-hour day. that is kind of ridiculous. even at my peak, i think i only thought about my wife 6,000 times a day. no. it comes about, bandied about for decades and comes from a misunderstanding of the original kinsey study that came out in the 1950s and considered the bible of sexual statistics. as best we can tell the idea that men are constantly thinking about sex was a misunderstanding of the kinsey study. >> women, ten times a day? >> ten times a day. >> surprise you? >> it surprises me both sets of numbers were rather low. i think at the end at a high level when you look at this rather similar. i think financing in the end we have the stereotype that men are dogs and everything a man sees gets processed as sex. i think we can say it's less than that and in line with other things like thinking about sleep and thinking about food. all of the numbers are sort of in line and men are more -- men and women are more similar than dissimilar. >> there are some obvious answers to question. factors throughout the day that makes one, this subject pop into one's mind? >> well, yeah. i think first of all, we live in a world that is saturated with advertising. it's hard to walk down the street and see victoria secret windows and what not and not think about sex also. but i personally believe, as a therapist, that sexual thoughts are healthy. when i meet people who don't have sexual thoughts, that's when i worry because that usually is an indication of depression. so i think being in good health, being in a quality relationship, just living in a world that does happen to be saturated with images of sexuality all create an environment that lead us to think about sex a lot. >> if you're a guy and you think about sex more than 19 times a day, you're still okay? >> i think you are okay. i think if you're not thinking about sex at all, then you should be concerned, especially if you're in a relationship and especially with all of the stress that people feel, the anxiety. in anything, i feel people are thinking about sex less than they should be. if you're obsessively thinking about sex it can be a problem at all, especially when it distracts you from work. >> ian, thanks. you can bring the kids back in the room again now. the singing telegram is back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. department stores this quarter. but only on up to $300 worth of merchandise. so the most you can earn is $15 dollars. chase freedom also gives you 5% cash back at department stores this quarter but on up to $1,500 worth of purchases. that is $75. that's 5 times more! woo. get your cash back. activate today at chase.com/freedom. i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. 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[ chef ] ♪ fresh tasting restaurant style ♪ ♪ bertolli soup's in the freezer aisle ♪ in this age of instant communication where mere words just aren't enough, there is new help. >> all you need is a heart in your song, russ, is what i always say. cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports. ♪ >> reporter: in 1933, western union invented a unique way to deliver a message. and the singing telegram was born. ♪ baby face >> reporter: since then, the idea has been copied, even parodied in the movies. ♪ i am your singing telegram >> reporter: but in 2006, the singing telegram delivered its swan song. >> thank you. >> you're entirely welcome. it was quite an honor. this will be the last singing gram that western union will have out. >> there is something beautiful about the singing telegram because it really has always been about connection, what we thought is let's take a little piece of our history and bring it back, but bring it back in a way that's very relevant to today's day and age. >> reporter: five years later, it's back. western union brushed off the old idea and gave it a modern twist, using e-mail to send audio messages. >> when folks send money, what they really want to do is send a piece of their love and the singing telegram actually fits right within that. >> reporter: acceptsenders can personalize it using their own voice or send it with music. you can find the micro site at westernunion.com. telegrams are free until the start of 2012. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> who would you send? snoop dogg or was it timberlan? >> i have a hard time deciding. >> sir mix a lot. old school on you! >> absolutely. i remember years ago hearing about those and hadn't seen one in quite some time. >> i think it would be fun to have one show up here on "the early show." if anyone has any interest, feel free. >> you just told our executive producers. you know how he takes these things. he runs with them so you never know. >> i can't wait. we will change directions and talk about the latest on the jerry sandusky interview in "the new york times" and syracuse head basketball coach jim boeheim makes an apology for the remarks he made in the bernie fine sexual abuse case. all that is coming up. in our next half hour, we will talk about lies we tell our kids to get them -- >> you tell your kids lies? >> well, we will call them little mistruths. we won't call them full-fledged lies. a blog about this. if you can tell your kids certain things to get you through rough patches. >> get you through the day. >> it's okay, it's okay. >> what if your kid is 13 or 14 and is watching this program and i fess up now to my lies. what do you do? >> so you're worried about that? >> we are in new york city and our kids aren't going to see this. in my house, the mean man has shown up. >> what is that? >> if you don't do this, the mean man comes out. >> and it's not you. >> i'm probably a mean man for saying that but did your parents tell you anything like this when you were growing up? >> i was told my mouth would be washed out with soap and yet it never actually was washed out with soap. >> good to hear. >> it leaves a nasty after taste! >> the other thing my mom used to tell my sister and i. i don't know if it was a lie as much as we were really little. she told us frozen peas were popsicles. she said you love popsicles. >> you bought into that? >> we were not that quick. >> my mom said if you don't eat everything on that plate you are not leaving the table and she wasn't lying. my mom never lied! >> how long did you sit there? >> she wanted me to eat liver and i still to this day cannot eat liver. i sat there all afternoon but i ended up eating every single bite! >> i think every household deals with that. my mom would put an egg timer on and say you got three minutes to eat that. >> she's tough! >> she had seven kids, for goodness sakes! keep us all in line! state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? 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[ male announcer ] get to a better state. ♪ welcome back to "the early show." there is the empire state building and freedom tower in the distance there going up. >> good to see. >> every few days, it seems like it goes up a few more stories. incredible. i'm russ mitchell, by the way. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. russ is a dad. this must be something you have dealt with before. >> yes a couple of times. >> a tough call for parents. should i lie to my parents especially if they are 4 or 5 years old. we are not talking about a big, ugly lie but one of those little white lies such as if you eat more shrimp, you'll become a better swimmer. i don't get that one, to be honest. in a few minutes you'll meet a parent who made such a choice and writes about it in a blog she calls "lies i tell my daughter. >> i say the mean man shows up at our house. the unemployment rate down to 8.6%, it may be time to kick-start your career or get it moving in the right direction. we will tell you the six secrets people say they use to get ahead in business. this hour, herman cain promises he will clarify today what the next steps are in his campaign after meeting with his wife. cain support has been hit hard after claims he had a 13-year extramarital affair. jan crawford is in atlanta where cain is expected to make his announcement p. announcement. what are you hearing this hour? >> reporter: his loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he will announce later today but they are afraid the allegations of the 13-year affair, on top of the accusations of sexual harassment may be just too much and may have dealt a mortal blow to his campaign and there will be no way, they are afraid, he'll be able to continue. he also has talked about the emotional toll this has taken on his wife and family. that's all part of the calculus as he makes his decision with the announcement to come here later this afternoon. >> let's say cain decides to stay in the race. what does that do to the overall race in iowa which is one month from tomorrow, the caucuses? >> reporter: that is a great question, because we have all been focusing on what if he gets out, what is this going to mean and who benefits? go he says he is considering all of the options but if he stays in, it's going to be really interesting to the race. his poll numbers have gone down dramatically in iowa. he was a front-runner there and now in the second tier but still polling, even with all of these allegations, he is still polling at 8%. that may not sound like much but that is quite a lot of votes that you could take away from someone who is trying to assemble enough votes to go head-to-head with mitt romney. he will still have an impact on this race if he stays in, even though he may not win it. >> jan crawford, thank you very much, in atlanta. >> reporter: thanks. for more of the morning's headlines, let's head over to betty nguyen at the news desk. >> good morning. president obama is trying to increase the pressure on republicans to extend the payroll tax cut for workers. in his weekly radio and internet address, mr. obama urged voters to tell congress it keep the reduction. he says the fragile economy will suffer if the cut is not kept. now, republican leaders say they are committed to an extension. at least 15 people are dead after fighting overnight between syrian security forces and army defectors. increasing number of soldiers are joining the opposition calling for president bashar assad to step down. protesters hang a flag. they say 4,000 people have died since the anti-protest began in march. the government is calling on the international community to protect civilians. it appears that islamists may win a significant number of seats in egypt's parliamentary elections to make sure the islamic brotherhood enforces strict religious laws. in that happens, it could limit personal freedoms and it may jeopardize the u.s. relationship with a key middle east ally. 62% of the eligible voters cast ballots in the first round of the elections. a record for egypt. more votes are coming this week. the wife of embattled georgia megachurch pastor eddie long is filing for divorce after all. a statement released by the church on friday said vanessa long was canceling her divorce petition to end their 21-year marriage but that apparently has changed. you may recall over a years ago, four young men sued bishop long, accusing him of luring them into sexual relationships. the cases were settled but long reportedly did not admit to doing anything wrong. boxing great muhammad ali is said to be at his home in arizona and doing well. yesterday, a spokesman released a statement saying that ali was treated recently for dehydration. there was a report that he was hospitalized. ali spokesman did not confirm or deny that. he would only say that initial reports were blown out of proportion. muhammad ali will turn 70 years old next month. we wish him well. time for weather. lonnie, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's get right to it. here is how we see it out there. the midsection of the country the real problems are. getting glazed out there. it's raining right now for a lot of you but turn over to icy conditions. the eastern u.s. is on a roll. weekend after weekend of sunny skies. it will be out there again this weekend. more gusty winds out west. the news has been the santa ana winds, blowing today but not as strong as yesterday and on thursday but still out there. there is that area of the disturbed weather in the m midsection but out west, the santa ana winds. why so windy? in between the systems, they circulate the air in opposite directions this is like a pitching machine shooting those baseballs out, right? now, take that wind that is coming out so strong and put it over the rocky mountains and like taking a hose you know how fast the water comes out of a hose and make that opening thinner by putting your finger over it and the water shoots out. the winds shoots out because of the gutty conditions. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's. >> nothing like a weather segment with a garden hose analogy mixed in. major developments in the sport scandals at penn state and syracuse universities. former football coach jerry sandusky spoke with "the new york times" and jim boeheim of syracuse has made an apology about the remarks he made in that sexual abuse case. from cincinnati, greg doyle is joining us, a columnist at "sports illustrated." good morning. >> i want to start here in the studio with this article, sandusky speaking out, saying that paterno never said a word about the misconduct. do you believe then that this is a future referendum on paterno and penn state? >> yeah. it was a strange interview. in some ways it wasn't inconsistent with what we knew already. in other ways, again, the notion that these allegations so severe. we get to the point where paterno wouldn't mention it and the athletic director would say could you not bring the kids to the facility. it's very strange how going up the chain of command these allegations clearly lost their severity. the interview sandusky gave was a blownout version of the tv interview he gave last month saying i was a mentor to the kids but nothing inappropriate ever happened. >> you bring up the point saying he was a mentor to these kids. greg, i want to follow along those lines with you. in the interview he says he was like a father figure to the children, that they were around him, he cared for them. to you, is that something that he was seen as around campus, or is that his creation of the story? >> he was seen that way around campus. i think the biggest thing with the interview yesterday was the taking a beating in civil court. i think sandusky is setting up an especially for ineffective counsel. every time he saws and his attorney talks, it looks like neither have any idea they are going. they are going to appeal because amendola doesn't have any idea what he is doing. >> you're smiling. >> i think he has bigger issues than ineffective counsel. this relationship is strained i don't think i've seen a defendant in this magnitude giving an interview and sometimes in the presence of his attorney. greg raises the point there are criminal and civil trials and somebody is clearly lying. the inconsistencies are rife. it's impossible right now that everybody is telling the truth. >> i want to switch gears over to syracuse, the other big sexual abuse scandal in all of this and the apolicy gee that coach boeheim made last night. >> i won't question the accusers expressed or their motives. i am really sorry that i did that. >> greg, you've been really outspoken that boeheim should be let go. as a result, not of the accusations against bernie fine, but as a result of what boeheim has said. does this vindicate him on any level, this apology? >> no, not at all. it makes him look than a nicer guy than i thought two weeks ago. two weeks ago he was a neanderthal. looks like he is getting it or somebody close to him is getting it and i'm impressed with that but you can't unring the bell he rung. he intimidated future victims that the police are making into the investigation of bernie fine. it's not something you can get awayne and he has got to be fired. >> john, you disagree. why? >> i think greg wrote a provocative column but this guy has done decades of good work. no question a regrettable statement and clearly jim boeheim knows it and backtracking right now. i think the calling for his firing is obsessant. this is a different case than penn state and a lot of strange circumstances here. the statement he made was completely inappropriate and tone deaf given the climate with penn state but i'm not sure calling for his head is appropriate. >> greg, your column talks about the money involved here. the fact that these are winning teams, the fact that coaches will be kept on board. do you think this is a problem that runs deep throughout the industry as a whole? >> oh, gosh, i hope not. if you're talking about sexual abuse on coaching staffs, i hope not. if you're talking about do these coaches make so much money that it makes them not realize there is a real world out there and you're not living in and that is what happened to boeheim and paterno too? yes, that's a big problem. >> we appreciate both of you sharing your thoughts with us this morning. we will be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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>> there he is kissing his girlfriend. 2.5 million page views just for that. besides the commentary and the 2.5 million dollar bra you have a lot of people commenting on the show. >> on twitter, right? >> yes o twitter. >> take a look at these tweets. i thought some were apropos of the moment maybe? >> it's only a couple of days after thanksgiving. and your cold turkey and you're watching these beautiful people go down a runway. yeah. >> this one feels bad. hate myself. running nine miles tomorrow because it's five days after thanksgiving. >> you go from watching balloons in the parade which doesn't feel as threatening and then watch people going down a runway looking great and saying, i just ate all of that food. come on! >> speaking of eat a lot of food. people are talking about food and sharing their food on this new website? >> i hadn't been aware of it until recently. they doubled their users in the last month. it is like a scrapbooking meets tumbler. you're collecting pictures and pinning them and sharing them and it's about really about the inspiration behind those photos as much as it is about what the photos are about. so a lot of them are about design and cooking and things that can you can make look books out of. yeah. it's really gaining a lot of viewers. >> which celebrities are getting in on this? >> not so many but two driving it is paula dean and martha stewart. people excited about collecting designs that they like or home furnishings. or the type of meal you want to make or stuff you want to eat that is fun. >> what is the most popular picture of food on this one? >> mac and cheese. 2,000 pings for that right there. >> comfort pinning. >> speaking of crowd pleaser. lady gaga at it again and released a brand-new video this week and getting huge attention. >> 14 minutes long. she directed it herself and it's an auto biographical piece about one of the worst moments she said in her life and it references all sorts of music videos and it's extremely theatrical. >> how many people watched this one? >> in 48 hours, it got 3 million views. >> for 14 minutes? >> yes. most of it is not the song. only a couple of minutes are the song that you know. so how many people are going to rewatch it if you're not a hard-core gaga fans? a ton of gaga fans so they will rewatch it all the time. fascinating for me to watch for the first time. i don't know if i'd watch it again right now. >> maybe in a few days? >> maybe in a few days. a moment with cheerios that i might watch again. >> a great tease. i'm sure a lot of people will watch it just for that. thank you, scott. ahead unlocking the secrets to success. a tip for moving up that corporate ladder. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. that lady gaga we were talking about her. what a great businesswoman and great talent. >> she is a singer. >> have you seen her live? she is fantastic! sometimes you wonder about. they sound great with the auto tune and all that. you get her live. she is so talented and can play all of these different instruments. she is very much like madonna and other stars that transform. you can't put her in a box. >> she puts everything out there too. she really, when you see even this 14-minute video we were talking about so much emotional. you see the raw energy that goes into it. it's like you put your entireself on the line for it. >> for people who maybe aren't as in touch with the music scene, you clearly know a lot about her because she is so outrageous with her outfits and things. if you listen to her music, she can sing! >> she is incredible. she was on the radio a few weeks ago and on a talk show and sang acapelo. >> mac and cheese was the most? >> that was the most viewed on pintress, this website. >> it looked delicious. did you see that? i'm starving! >> it was sort of high end macaroni and cheese, not like the stuff from the box. >> squeeze the cheese out. >> i used to love that as a kid, by the way. i would beg for that. >> thanksgiving, somebody brought a mac and cheese and the most popular thing to serve for thanksgiving. i'm not a mac and cheese guy but it looked great. >> you're so healthy. 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>> one that we have heard lately from steve jobs and is a vein we hear through most successful people, stay hungry. stay hungry for success and stay hungry for creativity and learning and that propels you and pushes you ahead. >> cheryl sandberg of facebook said to me lean into your career. another great word of wisdom. you say it's about your attitude. >> it is about your whole attitude. you have to have a positive attitude and not only going in with a big smile on your face. studies found you lose productivity 10% by just not having a positive attitude when you walk in the door. there is something called a mindful transition. when you walk in that door let's say you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and not enough coffee, make the mindful transition to think and say, okay, today is going to be a great fabulous day. it's a conscious mental effort to put yourself in the right mind frame and it works. >> you say pick our battles. >> do you want to be right or get things done? that is the saying. you want be effective. keep the end game in mind. what do i want to accomplish out of this? do i want to be right? chances are it won't get you laid but getting something done. >> you say less scream time, more face time. >> we are all stuck to the computer screen. it's easy with facebook and all of these distractions to constantly just sit there. you don't want to be the lingering guy. the guy who likes walks around he and just talks too much but make sure you reach out to your managers, to ask them out for coffee and talk, say good morning to everyone and let everyone know you're there even though you have to sit at your computer. networking is one of the biggest ways that folks get jobs. >> your next tip, a career is 24/7. >> exactly! listen. it's not just punching out. if you want a career as oppose to do a job you have to live it and that includes joining affinity groups. are a woman in chemical engineering? affinity groups for everybody and every time of person. go in, shake hands and make friends. it's very important. >> keep thinking about moving forward. moving forward every day. >> it's hard. you got a ten-hour day in front of you. do i have to do it one more time? think about the ten minutes or ten seconds will make a difference and pull together a to do list this weekend of the things you could do that would move you ahead and every day just knock off one. i'm going to ask the manager to coffee. ask for some advice. give some feedback and make sure they know who i am. >> next tip when i read it in this packet i saw your face. focus, focus, focus! >> me? >> just saying. >> no. absolutely, you got to focus. i mention distractions. you have facebook, twitter, e-mail. even if you're at a job that requires you to respond directly like we are to e-mails, put a little block or an automated response so you can shut down for 20 minutes to an hour, get off e-mail and get off the sites and focus on what you're doing. it brings up your productivity. >> very wise words as always. carmen wong ulrich, a winner who knows how to win. >> thank you very much! winners! >> speaking of winners. we have an award winning chef with us coming up next. michael cureelo is dishing about his grandmother's amazing sauce. >> he is. look at that. putting the cheese on it now. going to be good! captain, we have to keep going! 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[ male announcer ] osteo bi-flex with 5-loxin advanced™. shows improvement in joint comfort within 7 days. osteo bi-flex. the #1 doctor and pharmacist recommended brand. a nice broadcast today. lonnie quinn is still over there eating. we leave you with another song "a thousand miles" from have necessary a carlton. we hope everybody has a great day. ♪ ♪ making my way downtown walking fast pace is fast ♪ ♪ staring blankly ahead just making my way makiing my way through the crowd ♪ ♪ i need you i miss you now i wonder if i could fall into the sky ♪ ♪ do you think time will pass me by ♪ ♪ because you know i walk a thousand miles if i can just see you tonight ♪ ♪ i don't want to let you know i i drown in your memory ♪ ♪ and i i don't want to let this go by ♪ ♪ i go ♪ making my way downtown walking fast pace is fast staring blankly ahead just making my way and making my way through the crowd ♪ ♪ i still need you i'll still miss you and now i wonder if i could fall into the sky do you think time would pass us by ♪ ♪ because you know i i would walk a thousand miles if i could just see you tonig tonight ♪ ♪ if i could fall into the sky do you think time would pass me by ♪ ♪ you know i would walk a thousand miles if i could just see you ♪ if i can just hold you tonight ♪ >> wow. >> vanessa carlton. incredible. we have the new record! >> in record form! know of anythi i don't have anything to play this song with. >> va necessary is a here on the couch with the fabulous pants. >> what is deal? do people consider them to have better sound quality? why do they still make a record? >> yes. well, i recorded this whole album to tape. we did it all analog. to stay true to that form the way you should listen to it is a vinyl record and i was inspired by my vinyl collection that actually my parents gave me. that's why i made a record like this and i've never made a record like this before. >> to record and forever. does it sound so much better than say one of these? >> i think it does. not only does it sound warmer and there is something really lush and nostalgic about listening to something on vinyl. it affects the way you create music because you can't keep pressing the space bar and erasing. it's a completely -- it's a complete opposite direction of the digital approach and the digital age to sharing stuff. it's very limited and you have to really commit to what you're about to play and create a vibe. >> congratulations! >> thank you very much. >> you made the show extra special this morning. >> your third time back with us. you're going to back? >> a regular. >> can you do the weather? >> i mean, i'm not bad!
LouisianaUnited-statesAlabamaTurkeyMinnesotaCaliforniaSyriaSyracuseNew-yorkWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaKabul outpouring of support has changed their lives. a person giving them promise and hope. hitting the right note. after vanishing decades ago, the singing telegram is back. but this time instead of a knock, just click "early" this saturday morning, december 3rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs that's a pretty picture. happy saturday. good morning and welcome to "the early show." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. >> early this morning, we have new details about the penn state sex scandal from the man at the center of the storm. f former assistant football coach jerry sandusky is speaking out to "the new york times." >> a new study about doctors who own their own equipment. they may be prescribing tests that you really do not need. that's coming up as well. first, this is a pivotal day for herman cain, the republican presidential candidate, is in atlanta. he met with his wife for the first time since allegations of having a 13-year affair surfaced and he is expected to make a major announcement today. correspondent whit johnson is in our washington bureau with the new developments. whit, good morning to you. >> reporter: rebecca, good morning. a decision could come as soon as today on whether or not herman cain will stay in the race. he has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct but left the door open for a possible withdrawal. >> stay informed. because there's a lot of garbage out there on the internet. there's a lot of garbage out there on tv. there's a lot of garbage out there about me! don't you know? >> reporter: at a republican town hall, an early primary state of south carolina, hermen cain said he promised he would soon announce his next steps in the bid for the white house. >> i am reassessing, because of all of this media firestorm stuff. why? because my wife and family comes first. i got to take that into consideration. >> reporter: after friday's event cain went hem to atlanta for a meeting with his wife georgia who knew nothing of ginger white or that cain gave white help. the allegations of extramarital affair follow allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women and several foreign policy ga gaffes. cain is down from 23% to 8%. cain's fall has benefited newt gingrich most, now surging in the polls, he is challenging a confident mitt romney. >> there have been a lot of people who have been real high in the polls who are not high in the polls any more. a funny thing in america called an election. you have to win the election. >> today in atlanta, herman cain will meet with some of his top donors before opening his new georgia campaign office but it may be cain's wife who decides how long it will stay open. russ? >> whit johnson, thank you so much. covering today' announcement in atlanta is jan crawford. good morning to you, jan. >> reporter: good morning, russ. >> mixed signals from the cain campaign. on one hand he is going to reassess and open his new campaign headquarters. >> reporter: some of the most loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he is going to do and not sure he has made a decision. as whit said he is meeting with top donors this morning and try to get more guidance what he is going to do. he is insisting yesterday he will still open this office and he hasn't said what kind of announcement he is going to make. he has not said if he is going to withdrawal or not. if that is something we will find out today, only he will be clarifying the next steps in his campaign. >> reporter: the iowa caucus is one month from tomorrow. he had 23% of support among caucus goers in iowa a month ago and now down to 8%. whatever happens today, how would you assess the health of the cain campaign? >> reporter: it's taken a terrible hit. it was rocked by the allegations of sexual harassment last month but really set back on its heels even further with the revelations he may have had this 13-year affair. whether or not he can recover from that most people think he cannot. they think this campaign is over and, of course, he is adamantly denying the allegations but, as you said, those poll numbers have gone down dramatically and so has his fund-raising. you know, russ, it takes money to run a political campaign. now his supporters and some of his money guys tell us that they still have the money to get through this month, to get into iowa and beyond but they have been very careful how they spend it but herman cain, they say, does not like to go into debt and he is not going to drag his campaign into debt if it looks like the money is drying up and that is all part of the calculus he is thinking about morning. >> newt gingrich they say has benefited the most from this. would you agree with that assessment? >> reporter: no question. quite remarkable. over a monthal ago, gingrich was in the single digits and now he has skyrocketed to be in the lead in many polls and many key states but gingrich has quite a bit of baggage and that is what we are now just starting to hear and when you're a front-runner as herman cain has seen you get the scrutiny of a front-runner. while it's helped gingrich still a lot of time left until iowa. >> reporter: seems like the other republican candidates have been silent about herman cain's troubles the past month. they have sat back and let things happen. do you agree? >> reporter: absolutely. what is the old saying? you don't get between a man and a firing squad when things are coming at you. you stand back and watch it happen and what they have done. there is no gain in any of these guys talking about what is going on with herman cain and they say i'll handle it and address it. one of the candidates, jon huntsman, has been the most forthcoming in saying he should probably think about backing out but huntsman is way down in the polls and none of the major candidates have said it and gingrich has been saying he has to handle being on his own and address it on his own. gingrich has his own problems, having had adultress affairs in his pass so it's kind of hard for him to talk about. >> jan crawford in atlanta, thank you so much. see you on later today. >> reporter: thanks, russ. now to the economy. there has been a sharp drop in the nation's unemployment rate. it fell from 9% to 8.6% last month and that is the lowest level in two and a half years. 120,000 new jobs were added. the economy has generated a hundred thousand or more jobs five months in a row. the first time that has happened since april of 2006. here with a look at the new positive trends in the economy is liz ann saunders, a chief investment strategist with charles schwab. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you look at the numbers. jobs are improving. you are have the retail sector improolv improving and car sales are improving and business activity is picking up, but everybody wants to know is it here to stay or is this a fool me ,once, foo me again kind of economy? >> i think it is a sign that we are lifting up off the pace of growth in the first half of year which had a lot of circumstances behind it. i don't necessarily think it means it's the beginning of an off to the races type of traffic for the economy. i think we are going to stay in relatively low growth mode. i think fears of recession which is prevalent i think on the back burner for now. >> part of the reason the unemployment rate dropped 8.6% some people gave up looking for force and dropped out of the labor force so they weren't counted in the number. how is that figure psychologically speaking we backed off from the 9% level where we were stuck so many years? >> i think the unemployment rate and a lot goes into it, but i do think psychologically, it is a big boost, particularly given how dramatic a drop it was. yes, some people have opted out of the labor force but not necessarily because they have given up hope finding a job. many of them have left the labor force because they don't need to be in it any more or are retired so it's not only a negative story behind that component of the number. >> interesting point. another interesting point to raise here is a lot of the numbers previously are looking better according to the labor department and came back and revised the figures saying september and october added way more jobs than we initially thought. >> it's one of those economic numbers, much like gross domestic product, is so highly receptive to revision. i'm not sure we obsess about it the day it comes out because we know so many revisions will be to the number. the biggest trend the last several months is upward revisions of the prior numbers so we are looking at more strength than we thought a couple of months ago. >> what about people with pensions and retirement savings account? this week was one of the best on record for the dow and the s&p 500. what is the outlook for the rest of this year and then going into next year? >> look. i think, unfortunately, this kind of volatility we have seeing massive moves in both directions a short period of time we are still at the mercy of the factors driving that so i think volatility is here to say. my view in this range browned market it has an upward bias to it. what i think we have seen with the big rallies is a lot of investors are under invested and they don't have exposure and scrambling when they see these stronger days. the expectations bar is so low right now, that the ability to hurdle that bar is even better when you've got the bar so low on the ground and i think that has been behind some of these big rallies in the market which is good news for investors. >> would you say for investors who aren't necessarily in the market think about getting in at this point? >> if there is one thing you can do is use it to your advantage in highly volatile markets knowing there are swings in either direction. if you need more exposure then take advantage of what we know will be some of the bigger down periods in order to dollar cost averages they call it to get back in. so i think it's never a good idea to just try to pick the day and throw it all in or pull it all out. those are not investment strategies. that is gambling at a moment in time and investing should be a process over time. >> liz ann saunders of charles schwab, thank you very much. happy holidays and have a great weekend. u.s. companies not only hiring right now. they are expect to add more jobs next year. jack otter joins us to explain where the work is. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> let's talk about the fields that saw big increases in jobs in hiring in november. 50,000 jobs filled in retail and 22,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality. 3,000 jobs in professional and business services and 17,000 in health care. why is hiring up in these fields? >> well, start with retail. i think that is fairly obvious. it's the season. >> right. >> thanksgiving is early this year. i'm not too excited about that number. those could be temporary jobs and might disappear in january. leisure and hospitality is a good sign. that means it's a very economically sensitive when people have a few bucks in their pockets they go to restaurant, the bar and those companies are able to hire quickly. you bring them on much faster than an executive. a good sign. business services, very often as you come out of a recession, people hire temporary workers and companies are confident enough to bring on full-time people and start with temporary and in that number is a lot of temporary workers but they are good jobs and accountants and engineers. so if we follow the standard pattern those will become full-time jobs soon. in health care that is a demographic thing. we are getting older and eating too much and not exercising enough so there is full employment for doctors. >> a lot of people say they can't find workers. 74% look for applicants and they are lacking technical skills and experience and these folks, obviously, also want more money than companies are willing to pay. why is it to hard to find people these days? >> this is an old complaint. even extent companies want more access to h 1 visa to get engineers. they say people don't have the proper education, that they are not qualified. i think part of the problem lies in the companies themselves. if you think about the past decade, we have seen actual average wages go down while corporate profits have been booming the whole time. and part of it it is because companies are slashing and burning. anyone who works in a corporation knows the support staff is gone. if you have a problem there is no one to call any more. we have lost the bench. there is no b-team now to recruit from within the ranks. my father started as a guide at nbc. i have a colleague who originally brought mail to the man who is now my boss at cbs. >> interesting. >> those jobs, they don't exist any more and i think companies, they don't have apprentices so no one to fill in and they are feeling the pain. >> what college degrees are most in command right now? >> education very high. unemployment among high school teachers 3.5%. math, engineering. again, sub4 unemployment with anyone with those kind of degrees. tech is booming so anyone with engineering expertise does very well. >> companies hiring right now? >> sure. we looked who is bringing on people. almost all high tech. aquity group which builds web sites and brought on 190 people so far this year, and expect to hire more next year. ideally is fast growing internet retailer flash sale companies started tiny, 1 peop2 people an started with 60. tick ticketmaster is another one. and tango. you can talk to your friends no matter what type of phone you have. >> corpus? >> owned by bill gates. it has a huge digital library. >> jack otter, as always, appreciate it. good news for a change. >> yes. jerry sandusky is speaking out publicly in his own defense in today's "the new york times." the former penn state assistant football coach denies sexually abusing children. he insists he was a father figure to kids involved in his charity and he accuses prosecutors of twisting that around. cbs news correspondent dave brody reports. >> reporter: in interviews totaling four hours over two days, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky sat down with a "the new york times" reporter jo becker and discussed the charges that he sexually abused children. >> the allegations are false. i didn't do those things. i don't know. >> reporter: sandusky said there was chaos in the house where he often hosted children from his charity called second mile. he discusses two separate investigations. one 1989 allegation of an incident in which sandusky was said to have hugged a young man in a shower. >> i always -- >> by an officer? >> by the two. by one person of children. >> and an officer and that was it? >> right after that, we got an unfounded report. >> reporter: the investigation sandusky says only took a couple of days and university officials, including head coach joe paterno, never confronted him. >> i don't know that he didn't know. i know that he didn't never said anything to me. >> reporter: in 2002, an assistant coach reported seeing sandusky sodomizing a youngster in a shower. sandusky says he spoke to penn state collect director tim curly. >> i told him it didn't happen. in my mind, there wasn't inappropriate behavior. >> reporter: sanyudusky, he tol curley, "go talk to the kids." they never took away his keys to the locker room. when asked in an interview by nbc, sandusky says he enjoys young people. sandus sandusky's lawyer interrupted him. >> that's not true. i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. [ inaudible ] >> right. i enjoy. >> reporter: dave brody, cbs news, new york. >> we want to get you caught up on the rest of this morning's headlines and for that we turn to betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning. santa ana winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour are expected to blow through southern california again today. but they are not expected to be as dangerous as the hurricane force winds that struck over the last few days uprooting trees that smashed into homes, cars, even power lines. look at this video. hundreds of thousands of people still have no electricity. many towns are under a state of emergency. crews are clearing gdebris. a u.s. aid worker warren weinste weinstein. they are holding the 70-year-old development expert and will let him go only if conditions are met. cbs news mandy clark is in kabul in neighboring afghanistan. what is the latest on this kidnapping, mandy. >> reporter: the demands of the release for warren weinstein is extense pif including the end of air strikes in afghanistan and pakistan and all other muslim countries as well as the release of all prisoners at guantanamo bay. weinstein was abducted in august from his home in pakistan just days before he was planning to leave the country. there have been no news on his condition for months until the release of the video yesterday by the new al qaeda leader al zawahiri. this comes at a particularly bad time for pakistan and american relations. u.s. forces mistakenly killed two dozen pakistani soldiers in airplane strikes a week ago. the state department says that u.s. officials, including the fbi, are assessing -- are assisting the pakistani-led investigation and demanding for the immediate release of mr. weinstein. >> while we watch this case in particular, talk big picture now. how dangerous is it for foreigners in the areas around pakistani. >> reporter: well, al qaeda is very active in pakistan. since 2002, there have been a number of high profile kidnappings. that was the year that the "the wall street journal" reporter daniel pearl was taken in the city of karachi and then, nine days later, he was killed. in june 2009, a sergeant was kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan and is now believed to be held by al qaeda in pakistan. and in this past summer, a swiss couple was on vacation in pakistan and they were kidnapped by the taliban but no news on the condition. >> mandy clark in kabul, afghanistan, thank you so much for that report. in other news, dr. conrad murray has decided conviction in the death of michael jackson and personally defend himself. murray was found guilty of last month of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. now, yesterday, murray filed a notice with the court in los angeles that he intends to appeal. he did not indicate what legal grounds he'll use to challenge his conviction. former senator george mcgovern, the democrat who ran against president richard nixon in 1972, is in a south dakota hospital. mcgovern fell yesterday and hit his head on the pavement outside the mcgovern library in mitchell, south dakota. witnesses said his injury was serious, but he was conscious and talking. george mcgovern is 89 years old. listen to this story. near salt lake city a dog actually shot a man. oh, yeah. this labrador retriever is accused of jumping into a pickup truck and landing on a gun loaded with bird shot. well, the gun went off, wounding a duck hunter just six feet away in his buttocks and back. as far as we know, the dog has not been charged. lonnie, no word on whether he is that man's best friend still. >> new definition for bad dog! don't shoot your master. here is what i have for you. out west, blustery. santa ana winds blowing but not as strong as they were on thursday and friday. some of the populated cities 30 to 45 miles per hour wind. still a problem out there. eastern united states on a roll. it has been weekend after weekend with beautiful weather. sunshine again for the eastern u.s. in between, well, that's sort of a different story. that's where we find the rain and the snow. and it's all because of this front which extend from canada to the mexican border. take a look at this. west coast, east coast, in of the country. be careful because some will turn over to ice and that is tough to drive in. >> thank you, mr. quinn. coming up, does your doctor ,,,, you take meaningless tests we have an update on an incredibly amazing story this holiday season. "60 minutes" talked with two homeless children in florida who are living with their father in a truck. despite that they have not led their studies suffer. >> aerial dreams of becoming a lawyer. her dream may become a reality. bell talk to her and her brother and the woman who is making their dreams come true in a bit. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, d in new york city. i hope it's lovely where you are as well. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. the fact that it's december already, that is -- >> i know. >> it's crazy! >> as soon as it comes out, no, it's not really! yes, it is. in a minute the homeless brother and sister profiled on "60 minutes" last sunday who captured our hearts will be joining us. >> you will meet them and the president of stetson university who helped changes their lives since that broadcast. >> a new study warns about doctors who own their own equipment and what you need to ask before you take any medical tests. >> we have the results of another test. it turns out that guys don't think about sex several thousand times a day. only about 19 times according to this survey, which begs the question what do men do now that they have all of this free time on their minds? >> gee, i wonder. >> i wonder. we will answer these great mysteries of the world in a bit. the incredible outpouring of support for a homeless brother and sister in florida profiled last sunday by scott pelley and producer nicole young and the team on "60 minutes." the family had been living out of a truck. here is a look at part of that story. >> all of these are storage of this and that. >> like shampoo. >> over here is food. >> food. >> so you're really not heating up food? >> no. >> reporter: you're eating out of cans? >> yep. >> reporter: this is the home of the metzger family. aerial, 15, her brother austin, 13. their mother died when they were very young. their dad tom is a carpenter and he has been looking for work ever since florida's construction industry collapsed. when foreclosure took their house, he bought the truck on craigslist with his last thousand dollars. tom is a little camera shy. he thought we ought to talk to the kids. and it didn't take long to see why. how long have you been living in this truck? >> about five months. >> reporter: what is that like? >> it's an adventure. >> that's how we see it. >> reporter: when kids at school ask you where you live, what do you tell them? >> when they see the truck, they ask me when i live in it and when i hesitate, they kind of realize and they say they won't tell anybody. >> yeah, it's not really that much of an embarrassment. it's only life. you do what you need to do, right? >> reporter: after that story, both aerial and austin metzger will be getting full four-year scholarships to college. dr. wendy libby, and aerial and austin, good morning. >> good morning. >> aerial, i begin with you. how would you describe the past six days? busy? has a lot happened to you in the past six days? >> can you like reword that? because i don't -- >> reporter: a lot has happened since this story aired on "60 minutes." i'm just wondering since that story was on the air and folks saw your story, how has your life changed? >> well, people have been calling us and e-mailing us, mailing us about how they want to help and how we have been an inspiration to them and they really are very helpful because just hearing that is really warming. >> i understand. let me ask your brother a question. austin, let me ask you. how has your life changed? how would you describe how your life has changed the past six days? >> people have been recognizing me and just being happy. >> sure, sure. >> nice. >> dr. libby, what made you decide to make this move and offer scholarships to both of these young people? >> the number one thing that entering students want to do when they join stetson university is give service to the community. so service, social justice, concern about the people around us has always been a part of the university's dna. it's part of our value system. in fact, our law school gave over 19,000 hours of service last year, so when we heard about the metzger family and, in fact, we have had students on campus been dealing with homeless issues in va allolutia county. when we heard the story it is what our university is. an outpouring from our alumni and faculty to step ahead and make a difference for this family. >> aerial, i understand you want to be a lawyer. tell me why. >> i guess life experience pushed me towards that. i mean, because i always see people or you always hear on the news about children like being inappropriately abused and i know that kids, most of the time, don't have a say, unless like it's really big like that. and i just want to -- even with the smallest instances, i want to help and reach out for the kids and have -- and hear what they have to say. >> that's fantastic. >> and austin, do you have any idea what you want to do? >> when i grow up, i am definitely going to be a marine biologist. >> awesome. dr. libby, i understand you have a gift this morning for them? >> i do. and, by the way, we have a marine biology program as well! >> imagine that! >> at stetson, we always talk about daring to be significant. to be significant as a university, to be significant in your individual life, and when we first saw the metzger family and the amazing things that their father tom has done to hold this family together, we really said that is part of the stetson university sterns. we have some sweatshirts for them and. >> fantastic. >> i will give it to them. >> we want to to say congratulations on the shra scholarship. you all take care. >> thanks, russ. >> thanks. >> you guys take care. it is about 24 minutes before the hour. mr. lonnie quinn is here with another check of the weather. what a story line. >> what a story is right. i was watching that and saw austin bundled up and sleeves over his hands. it's about 66 degrees right now down in deland, florida. i suppose by florida standards a little bit of a chill in your morning air. in terms of our weather across the country it's best told right now in picture form because your eyes immediately drawn to midsection of the country where we see the wet weather. here is how it's going to be breaking down. it's icy today from minnesota to new mexico. not for the entire day. later on when the temperatures start to drop it's going to become a real problem out there. sunday's problem becomes the heavy rain so get ready for flooding and i'm talking from areas from paducah to dallas. could see 3 to 6 inches of rain. happy saturday, everybody. rebecca, over to you. >> those are words we love to hear, happy saturday. coming up next what you need to know before a doctor orders you to take a test, especially if the doctor owns the equipment. this is "the early show" on cbs. ♪ have a better day [ male announcer ] only subway has a deal this flat-out delicious -- the $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of seattle's best coffee or 21-ounce fountain drink. all for only $3. 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[ male announcer ] enbrel. the #1 biologic medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. we are going to talk about adult stuff here so, parents, heads-up. long held belief that men are obsessed with sex. instead of thinking about it every seven seconds, the suddeny suggests that guys think about sex only 19 times a day. for women, only ten times a day. sex therapist ian kernor is here to discuss the results. we are not as bad as people thought we were. are you surprised by the results? >> i was. this is a study taking place with college students. 19 times a day, when i was in college, i thought about sex all the time. what are these kids doing today at college? actually working and studying? they have stuff on their minds. >> where did the notion come from men thought about sex seven times a day? >> seven times a second. >> a second. >> every seven seconds which would be 8,000 times a day in a 16-hour day. that is kind of ridiculous. even at my peak, i think i only thought about my wife 6,000 times a day. no. it comes about, bandied about for decades and comes from a misunderstanding of the original kinsey study that came out in the 1950s and considered the bible of sexual statistics. as best we can tell the idea that men are constantly thinking about sex was a misunderstanding of the kinsey study. >> women, ten times a day? >> ten times a day. >> surprise you? >> it surprises me both sets of numbers were rather low. i think at the end at a high level when you look at this rather similar. i think financing in the end we have the stereotype that men are dogs and everything a man sees gets processed as sex. i think we can say it's less than that and in line with other things like thinking about sleep and thinking about food. all of the numbers are sort of in line and men are more -- men and women are more similar than dissimilar. >> there are some obvious answers to question. factors throughout the day that makes one, this subject pop into one's mind? >> well, yeah. i think first of all, we live in a world that is saturated with advertising. it's hard to walk down the street and see victoria secret windows and what not and not think about sex also. but i personally believe, as a therapist, that sexual thoughts are healthy. when i meet people who don't have sexual thoughts, that's when i worry because that usually is an indication of depression. so i think being in good health, being in a quality relationship, just living in a world that does happen to be saturated with images of sexuality all create an environment that lead us to think about sex a lot. >> if you're a guy and you think about sex more than 19 times a day, you're still okay? >> i think you are okay. i think if you're not thinking about sex at all, then you should be concerned, especially if you're in a relationship and especially with all of the stress that people feel, the anxiety. in anything, i feel people are thinking about sex less than they should be. if you're obsessively thinking about sex it can be a problem at all, especially when it distracts you from work. >> ian, thanks. you can bring the kids back in the room again now. the singing telegram is back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. department stores this quarter. but only on up to $300 worth of merchandise. so the most you can earn is $15 dollars. chase freedom also gives you 5% cash back at department stores this quarter but on up to $1,500 worth of purchases. that is $75. that's 5 times more! woo. get your cash back. activate today at chase.com/freedom. i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. 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[ chef ] ♪ fresh tasting restaurant style ♪ ♪ bertolli soup's in the freezer aisle ♪ in this age of instant communication where mere words just aren't enough, there is new help. >> all you need is a heart in your song, russ, is what i always say. cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports. ♪ >> reporter: in 1933, western union invented a unique way to deliver a message. and the singing telegram was born. ♪ baby face >> reporter: since then, the idea has been copied, even parodied in the movies. ♪ i am your singing telegram >> reporter: but in 2006, the singing telegram delivered its swan song. >> thank you. >> you're entirely welcome. it was quite an honor. this will be the last singing gram that western union will have out. >> there is something beautiful about the singing telegram because it really has always been about connection, what we thought is let's take a little piece of our history and bring it back, but bring it back in a way that's very relevant to today's day and age. >> reporter: five years later, it's back. western union brushed off the old idea and gave it a modern twist, using e-mail to send audio messages. >> when folks send money, what they really want to do is send a piece of their love and the singing telegram actually fits right within that. >> reporter: acceptsenders can personalize it using their own voice or send it with music. you can find the micro site at westernunion.com. telegrams are free until the start of 2012. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> who would you send? snoop dogg or was it timberlan? >> i have a hard time deciding. >> sir mix a lot. old school on you! >> absolutely. i remember years ago hearing about those and hadn't seen one in quite some time. >> i think it would be fun to have one show up here on "the early show." if anyone has any interest, feel free. >> you just told our executive producers. you know how he takes these things. he runs with them so you never know. >> i can't wait. we will change directions and talk about the latest on the jerry sandusky interview in "the new york times" and syracuse head basketball coach jim,, ♪ welcome back to "the early show." there is the empire state building and freedom tower in the distance there going up. >> good to see. >> every few days, it seems like it goes up a few more stories. incredible. i'm russ mitchell, by the way. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. russ is a dad. this must be something you have dealt with before. >> yes a couple of times. >> a tough call for parents. should i lie to my parents especially if they are 4 or 5 years old. we are not talking about a big, ugly lie but one of those little white lies such as if you eat more shrimp, you'll become a better swimmer. i don't get that one, to be honest. in a few minutes you'll meet a parent who made such a choice and writes about it in a blog she calls "lies i tell my daughter. >> i say the mean man shows up at our house. the unemployment rate down to 8.6%, it may be time to kick-start your career or get it moving in the right direction. we will tell you the six secrets people say they use to get ahead in business. this hour, herman cain promises he will clarify today what the next steps are in his campaign after meeting with his wife. cain support has been hit hard after claims he had a 13-year extramarital affair. jan crawford is in atlanta where cain is expected to make his announcement p. announcement. what are you hearing this hour? >> reporter: his loyal supporters are telling us they don't know what he will announce later today but they are afraid the allegations of the 13-year affair, on top of the accusations of sexual harassment may be just too much and may have dealt a mortal blow to his campaign and there will be no way, they are afraid, he'll be able to continue. he also has talked about the emotional toll this has taken on his wife and family. that's all part of the calculus as he makes his decision with the announcement to come here later this afternoon. >> let's say cain decides to stay in the race. what does that do to the overall race in iowa which is one month from tomorrow, the caucuses? >> reporter: that is a great question, because we have all been focusing on what if he gets out, what is this going to mean and who benefits? go he says he is considering all of the options but if he stays in, it's going to be really interesting to the race. his poll numbers have gone down dramatically in iowa. he was a front-runner there and now in the second tier but still polling, even with all of these allegations, he is still polling at 8%. that may not sound like much but that is quite a lot of votes that you could take away from someone who is trying to assemble enough votes to go head-to-head with mitt romney. he will still have an impact on this race if he stays in, even though he may not win it. >> jan crawford, thank you very much, in atlanta. >> reporter: thanks. for more of the morning's headlines, let's head over to betty nguyen at the news desk. >> good morning. president obama is trying to increase the pressure on republicans to extend the payroll tax cut for workers. in his weekly radio and internet address, mr. obama urged voters to tell congress it keep the reduction. he says the fragile economy will suffer if the cut is not kept. now, republican leaders say they are committed to an extension. at least 15 people are dead after fighting overnight between syrian security forces and army defectors. increasing number of soldiers are joining the opposition calling for president bashar assad to step down. protesters hang a flag. they say 4,000 people have died since the anti-protest began in march. the government is calling on the international community to protect civilians. it appears that islamists may win a significant number of seats in egypt's parliamentary elections to make sure the islamic brotherhood enforces strict religious laws. in that happens, it could limit personal freedoms and it may jeopardize the u.s. relationship with a key middle east ally. 62% of the eligible voters cast ballots in the first round of the elections. a record for egypt. more votes are coming this week. the wife of embattled georgia megachurch pastor eddie long is filing for divorce after all. a statement released by the church on friday said vanessa long was canceling her divorce petition to end their 21-year marriage but that apparently has changed. you may recall over a years ago, four young men sued bishop long, accusing him of luring them into sexual relationships. the cases were settled but long reportedly did not admit to doing anything wrong. boxing great muhammad ali is said to be at his home in arizona and doing well. yesterday, a spokesman released a statement saying that ali was treated recently for dehydration. there was a report that he was hospitalized. ali spokesman did not confirm or deny that. he would only say that initial reports were blown out of proportion. muhammad ali will turn 70 years old next month. we wish him well. time for weather. lonnie, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's get right to it. here is how we see it out there. the midsection of the country the real problems are. getting glazed out there. it's raining right now for a lot of you but turn over to icy conditions. the eastern u.s. is on a roll. weekend after weekend of sunny skies. it will be out there again this weekend. more gusty winds out west. the news has been the santa ana winds, blowing today but not as strong as yesterday and on thursday but still out there. there is that area of the disturbed weather in the m midsection but out west, the santa ana winds. why so windy? in between the systems, they circulate the air in opposite directions this is like a pitching machine shooting those baseballs out, right? now, take that wind that is coming out so strong and put it over the rocky mountains and like taking a hose you know how fast the water comes out of a hose and make that opening thinner by putting your finger over it and the water shoots out. the winds shoots out because of the gutty conditions. announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by macy's. >> nothing like a weather segment with a garden hose analogy mixed in. major developments in the sport scandals at penn state and syracuse universities. former football coach jerry sandusky spoke with "the new york times" and jim boeheim of syracuse has made an apology about the remarks he made in that sexual abuse case. from cincinnati, greg doyle is joining us, a columnist at "sports illustrated." good morning. >> i want to start here in the studio with this article, sandusky speaking out, saying that paterno never said a word about the misconduct. do you believe then that this is a future referendum on paterno and penn state? >> yeah. it was a strange interview. in some ways it wasn't inconsistent with what we knew already. in other ways, again, the notion that these allegations so severe. we get to the point where paterno wouldn't mention it and the athletic director would say could you not bring the kids to the facility. it's very strange how going up the chain of command these allegations clearly lost their severity. the interview sandusky gave was a blownout version of the tv interview he gave last month saying i was a mentor to the kids but nothing inappropriate ever happened. >> you bring up the point saying he was a mentor to these kids. greg, i want to follow along those lines with you. in the interview he says he was like a father figure to the children, that they were around him, he cared for them. to you, is that something that he was seen as around campus, or is that his creation of the story? >> he was seen that way around campus. i think the biggest thing with the interview yesterday was the taking a beating in civil court. i think sandusky is setting up an especially for ineffective counsel. every time he saws and his attorney talks, it looks like neither have any idea they are going. they are going to appeal because amendola doesn't have any idea what he is doing. >> you're smiling. >> i think he has bigger issues than ineffective counsel. this relationship is strained i don't think i've seen a defendant in this magnitude giving an interview and sometimes in the presence of his attorney. greg raises the point there are criminal and civil trials and somebody is clearly lying. the inconsistencies are rife. it's impossible right now that everybody is telling the truth. >> i want to switch gears over to syracuse, the other big sexual abuse scandal in all of this and the apolicy gee that coach boeheim made last night. >> i won't question the accusers expressed or their motives. i am really sorry that i did that. >> greg, you've been really outspoken that boeheim should be let go. as a result, not of the accusations against bernie fine, but as a result of what boeheim has said. does this vindicate him on any level, this apology? >> no, not at all. it makes him look than a nicer guy than i thought two weeks ago. two weeks ago he was a neanderthal. looks like he is getting it or somebody close to him is getting it and i'm impressed with that but you can't unring the bell he rung. he intimidated future victims that the police are making into the investigation of bernie fine. it's not something you can get awayne and he has got to be fired. >> john, you disagree. why? >> i think greg wrote a provocative column but this guy has done decades of good work. no question a regrettable statement and clearly jim boeheim knows it and backtracking right now. i think the calling for his firing is obsessant. this is a different case than penn state and a lot of strange circumstances here. the statement he made was completely inappropriate and tone deaf given the climate with penn state but i'm not sure calling for his head is appropriate. >> greg, your column talks about the money involved here. the fact that these are winning teams, the fact that coaches will be kept on board. do you think this is a problem that runs deep throughout the industry as a whole? >> oh, gosh, i hope not. if you're talking about sexual abuse on coaching staffs, i hope not. if you're talking about do these coaches make so much money that it makes them not realize there is a real world out there and you're not living in and that is what happened to boeheim and paterno too? yes, that's a big problem. >> we appreciate both of you sharing your thoughts with us this morning. we will be right back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. 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>> there he is kissing his girlfriend. 2.5 million page views just for that. besides the commentary and the 2.5 million dollar bra you have a lot of people commenting on the show. >> on twitter, right? >> yes o twitter. >> take a look at these tweets. i thought some were apropos of the moment maybe? >> it's only a couple of days after thanksgiving. and your cold turkey and you're watching these beautiful people go down a runway. yeah. >> this one feels bad. hate myself. running nine miles tomorrow because it's five days after thanksgiving. >> you go from watching balloons in the parade which doesn't feel as threatening and then watch people going down a runway looking great and saying, i just ate all of that food. come on! >> speaking of eat a lot of food. people are talking about food and sharing their food on this new website? >> i hadn't been aware of it until recently. they doubled their users in the last month. it is like a scrapbooking meets tumbler. you're collecting pictures and pinning them and sharing them and it's about really about the inspiration behind those photos as much as it is about what the photos are about. so a lot of them are about design and cooking and things that can you can make look books out of. yeah. it's really gaining a lot of viewers. >> which celebrities are getting in on this? >> not so many but two driving it is paula dean and martha stewart. people excited about collecting designs that they like or home furnishings. or the type of meal you want to make or stuff you want to eat that is fun. >> what is the most popular picture of food on this one? >> mac and cheese. 2,000 pings for that right there. >> comfort pinning. >> speaking of crowd pleaser. lady gaga at it again and released a brand-new video this week and getting huge attention. >> 14 minutes long. she directed it herself and it's an auto biographical piece about one of the worst moments she said in her life and it references all sorts of music videos and it's extremely theatrical. >> how many people watched this one? >> in 48 hours, it got 3 million views. >> for 14 minutes? >> yes. most of it is not the song. only a couple of minutes are the song that you know. so how many people are going to rewatch it if you're not a hard-core gaga fans? a ton of gaga fans so they will rewatch it all the time. fascinating for me to watch for the first time. i don't know if i'd watch it again right now. >> maybe in a few days? 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>> vanessa carlton kick is us off today. they tell me she is going to be in our studio in a few minutes. >> that music would be foresh d foreshadowing what is to come. kicking your career into overdrive. six proven tips in how to succeed in business. award winning chef michael cureelo is dishing about napa valley and his mother's sauce. >> right now he is pouring wine. >> that is a good move on the show. vanessa carlson will sing her new hit single. it's all coming up. first, mr. lonnie quinn has our final check of the weather. hey, lonnie. >> good morning, everybody. here are the weather headlines. as we see them out there, simple picture. east coast is fine. west coast sunny but windy. in between we have the problems. now, it breaks down like this. the western winds are still bus today. not as strong as they were yesterday or on thursday. but santa ana winds are still in place and central u.s. is getting drenched right now and cold air on its heels. the bad combination. wet weather and bring in the cold and freezing at times and winter weather alerts with icy conditions from mankato to albuquerque. >> this makes about five weekends in a row that new york city has had sunshine out there, so i hope you enjoy the day. >> i absolutely do. you make it better, lonnie. >> thank you! >> every single day. >> thanks. with unemployment dropping, we thought it might be a good time to help our viewers kick-start their careers out of neutral. >> here with tips and how to succeed in business without really trying too hard is cbs news financial contributor carmen wong ulrich. >> good morning. >> do you see any particular characteristics that you find in truly successful people? >> one that we have heard lately from steve jobs and is a vein we hear through most successful people, stay hungry. stay hungry for success and stay hungry for creativity and learning and that propels you and pushes you ahead. >> cheryl sandberg of facebook said to me lean into your career. another great word of wisdom. you say it's about your attitude. >> it is about your whole attitude. you have to have a positive attitude and not only going in with a big smile on your face. studies found you lose productivity 10% by just not having a positive attitude when you walk in the door. there is something called a mindful transition. when you walk in that door let's say you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and not enough coffee, make the mindful transition to think and say, okay, today is going to be a great fabulous day. it's a conscious mental effort to put yourself in the right mind frame and it works. >> you say pick our battles. >> do you want to be right or get things done? that is the saying. you want be effective. keep the end game in mind. what do i want to accomplish out of this? do i want to be right? chances are it won't get you laid but getting something done. >> you say less scream time, more face time. >> we are all stuck to the computer screen. it's easy with facebook and all of these distractions to constantly just sit there. you don't want to be the lingering guy. the guy who likes walks around he and just talks too much but make sure you reach out to your managers, to ask them out for coffee and talk, say good morning to everyone and let everyone know you're there even though you have to sit at your computer. networking is one of the biggest ways that folks get jobs. >> your next tip, a career is 24/7. >> exactly! listen. it's not just punching out. if you want a career as oppose to do a job you have to live it and that includes joining affinity groups. are a woman in chemical engineering? affinity groups for everybody and every time of person. go in, shake hands and make friends. it's very important. >> keep thinking about moving forward. moving forward every day. >> it's hard. you got a ten-hour day in front of you. do i have to do it one more time? think about the ten minutes or ten seconds will make a difference and pull together a to do list this weekend of the things you could do that would move you ahead and every day just knock off one. i'm going to ask the manager to coffee. ask for some advice. give some feedback and make sure they know who i am. >> next tip when i read it in this packet i saw your face. focus, focus, focus! >> me? >> just saying. >> no. absolutely, you got to focus. i mention distractions. you have facebook, twitter, e-mail. even if you're at a job that requires you to respond directly like we are to e-mails, put a little block or an automated response so you can shut down for 20 minutes to an hour, get off e-mail and get off the sites and focus on what you're doing. it brings up your productivity. >> very wise words as always. carmen wong ulrich, a winner who knows how to win. >> thank you very much! winners! >> speaking of winners. we have an award winning chef with us coming up next. michael cureelo is dishing about his grandmother's amazing sauce. >> he is. look at that. putting the cheese on it now. going to be good! captain, we have to keep going! 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