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al qaeda takes responsibility for the christmas day attack and promises more. but president obama promises to stop them. >> we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable. and now we're seeing al qaeda's new weapon of terror. a stellar year for wall street, but not so good if many street. what should you know about the new year? we'll ask steve forbes. dramatic 9d 11 call from charlie sheen's wife. >> as far as you know, he still has the knife? >> yes. >> what kind of knife is it? >> it's like with a sports blade. >> but what does charlie say? we'll have both sides. >>. and from raging bull to taxi driver. >> are you talking to me? >> a conversation with the great robertdy ne robert de niro, early this tuesday morning, december 29th, robert de niro, early this tuesday morning, december 29th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs i'm harry smith along with dr. debbye turner bell. maggie rodriguez is off this morning. and you're probably wondering what this is. >> i know what it represents. >> this is actually sugar, which is a granular substance not dissimilar from petn which was the stuff that abdulmutallab had with him in his underwear. you've seen the picture by now. you can see how apparently at least allegedly al qaeda operatives sewed this stuff into the underwear. this is lovely how much he had with him. it's a material that's similar to nitroglycerin. so this can be volatile stuff. but this is much more than the 50 grams that richard reed had, the shoe bomber. now, let me show you what happened to a shoe that they rigged up to show what would have happened with an explosion in richard reed. >> and that's almost half of this, a little more than half. >> no, this is half again more than what richard reed -- >> this is almost twice of what that was. >> exactly right. so almost everybody we talked to has said this would have been enough to punch a hole in that air plane and he happened to be sitting in a seat that was over one of the gas tanks. so it is absolutely scary. but let's get to the latest from jim axelrod who is in detroit. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. sense the moment that abdulmutallab has been taken into custody, he's been claiming he was trained by al qaeda. now al qaeda leaders are saying they were behind the attack on flight 253. al qaeda now says that the christmas day attack was payback for u.s. assisted air attacks against the terror group by the yemen any government, promising you we are bringing you slaughter and we have bringing you men who cherish death just like you cherish life. >> they are a threat to all our neighboring countries. >> reporter: abdulmutallab has told investigators he's trained by al qaeda in yemen for attacks on u.s. interests and that al qaeda operative there is made him this underwear that allegedly had the explosive sewn into the band to escape detection. monday president obama reviewed a screening of the terrorist watch systems that cleanly failed in this case as well as a hunt for others who might have helped abdulmutallab. >> we are not rest up we find all who were involved and hold tell accountable. >> reporter: among the subjects for review, how the intelligence community handled warnings from abdulmutallab's father that his son was involved with religious extremists and why those warnings weren't enough to put abdulmutallab on a no d-fly lis. prosecutors will ask for a dna sample and see if they can connect him to other terror plots. >> jim axelrod in detroit, thank you. as you heard, abdulmutallab has close ties to yemen, a small him above rished nation that borders the southern tip of saudi arabia, also the ancestral home of owes bip's family and is now on the front lines in the u.s. war on terror. cbs news correspondent sheila macvicar is in london with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: between morning, harry. in a statement released last night, yemen's government confirmed that abdulmutallab had twice been given student visas to study arabic in the yemen any capital and had been there from august until december. under the black flag are the followers of al qaeda in yemen. it's an increasingly powerful, increasingly dangerous organization. beyond the control of yemen's beleaguered government. yemen is fighting two wars, a civil war in the north and one against al qaeda. increasingly the u.s. has been training troops in count tir terrorism and providing them with weapons. >> for many years now, al qaeda has had a presence in yemen. obviously the internal conflict and its ability there give it a training base and that we've seen just how dangerous this can be. >> reporter: al qaeda first struck a u.s. target in yemen in 2000 with the bombing of the coal. and then a car bomb attack against the u.s. embassy last year. but this is a threat that reaches beyond the region. among those sheltered in yemen, the american born radical preach who are advised hasthahasan, th soldier who killed 13 at ft. hood. al qaeda in yemen have shown it has 9d capital. is this the aftermath of a suicide attack in august. the bomber had arrived from yemen. to evade security screening, the bomber had taken a trip and carried a pound of high explosives plus a december nature tore inside his rectum. al qaeda brag that had it was working on new and even more dangerous ideas. in its statement claiming responsibility for the christmas day attempt, an al qaeda spokesman warned abdulmutallab's difficult to detect device would be per effected. >> sheila macvicar in london. thank you. in order for abdulmutallab to get on northwest flight 253, there were a lot of missed red frags. he paid almost $3,000 in cash, checked no bags, and airport screeners failed to defects the highly explosive petn and syringe which were on his body. joining us now from grand rapids, michigan, congressman peter hoekstra, ranking republican on the house intelligence committee. good morning, sir. the brits denied this guy a visa, his father advised the embassy in nigeria that his son was going to be trouble. how was it that our system failed to connect all these dots? >> that's one of the questions that we'll have to be investigating over the coming weeks. it's clearly the system failed at three points, it failed in the embassy in nigeria, it failed when we didn't get the information from the brits about this individual and as to why they were not going to on give him a visa, and then finally it failed at the entry point at the airports in nigeria and again so three failure points where you would have expected to catch this guy and we didn't. >> if you could do one thing today to make this system safer, what would you try to enact? >> well, i think what we need to enact and i think the media has done a very, very good job of putting together the mosaic and picture, they filled the vacuum that this administration has created by not sharing information with the american people about this attack on christmas day or about ft. hood. i think what needs to happen right now is that the american people have to understand that this threat is real, it continues, it's been with for us almost 20 years. and we need to be on offense. we need to be forward-leaning. we need to put in the latest technology. these folks are not going to go away. your earlier reports this morning of talking about how al qaeda and the arabian peninsula is evolving and change and wanting to attack, this is the information we need to get to the american people. then we will be able to come the things necessary, the tactics to keep us safe. >> i just -- what is baffling to so many of us, though, is if a name even ends up not on a no-fly list, but even on a watch list, that's only a half million names. technology is very usable, is very shareable. you type this guy's name into a list, a red flag has to go up someplace. >> absolutely. and, again, if you take a look at of -- we would have caulked his father a walk-in, an individual who came in with intelligence, a very credible source, he's talking about his son. he's talking about terrorism. you would have thought that this would have gone right to the top of the list and say, wow, we need to follow-up on this, we need to watch this guy. and we need to make sure he doesn't get into the united states before we do -- unless we do additional screening on him. that didn't happen. >> $40 billion at least spent on these programs over the last couple years. it doesn't feel like maybe we're getting our money's worth. congressman hoekstra, thanks for your time. chris wragge dwi is at the news desk. good morning, everyone. an autopsy is set for today in utah on a woman's burned body found last night about 30 miles from the home of susan powell, the mother who disappeared three weeks ago. now, police say they have no reason at this moment to believe that the body is hers. gordon brown says is he ap-paul that had china executed a british citizen this morning. akmal shaikh was convicted of drug smuggling, china's first execution of a you're pe an in nearly 60 years. and there's news this morning that somali pirates have hijacked two ship, a british chemical tanker with a crew of 26 seized last night in the gulf of adden. also yesterday, a panamanian crater with 19 crew members catched in the indian ocean. a custody battle is heating up over the grandson of former alaska governor sarah palin. palin's daughter, bristol, wants soul custody and child support for one-year-old trip oig. she calls levi johnston's play girl photo, risqué. she once shared custody and he denies avoiding his parental responsibilities. and some people in the mountains of northwestern north carolina have been without electricity since christmas. a massive ice storm brought down power lines last week and customers are without power and heat down from 40,000 at the peak of the storm. temperatures have been in the mid-30s and service as we're told may be restored as early as today. cannot come soon enough for those folks out will. well, dave price is on assignment in iraq this morning entertaining the troops. we'll speak with him shortly, so jackie johnson of our los angeles station is here it is just flat out windy. we have going to be dealing with wind chills right now of about 15-16 degrees with the temperatures in the upper 20s. the winds are howling above 20 miles an hour. today, 34. it will feel more like 24. the 20 tonight under a clear and moonlit sky. it will be cold. that's your latest weather, now over to harry and debbye. up next, wall street is doing great. so why is main street still in the dole drums? we'll ask steve forbes, editor-in-chief of "forbes magazine." and could charlie sheen wind up in jail? we'll hear his wife's dramatic 911 call. if you've taken your sleep aid and you're still fighting to sleep in the middle of the night, why would you go one more round using it ? you don't need a rematch-- but a re-think-- with lunesta. lunesta is different. it keys 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recovery, what's ahead in 2010? we want to ask steve forbes, coe of forbes incorporated and co-author of how capitalism will safe us. steve, good morning. >> good to be here. >> what is the most important driving factor in pushing the stock market back to a legal of recovery. >> some. >> the most important happened in march when the lows were reached and congress changed a bank regulation on how banks skral their capital. before it looked like the whole system was going to go down. most of the losses were book losses, not actual cash losses. and that was changed in march and anticipate and everyone realized the world's not coming to an end, the markets started to recover. so we've had a very good recovery especially considering what happened in the year before. however, before we get too giddy with the champagne, we have to put it into context. when you take especially the lousy value of the dollar, most other markets away the world have done better than us. but, hey, take the nice gains. >> let's take what we'll get, right? on the other hand, we're still looking at 10 plus percent unemployment, you see the rise in the stock market and there's a sense of relief for people with 401(k)s and everything else and retirement investments, but on the other hand, there's not a recovery on main street. is this a pre-cursor or will we ever see better times again in so much of the rest of the economy? >> i think we will. we'll get a recovery next year. it's not going to be the kind of real bounce back you normally get of a territory kind of fall we had late last year and early this year, but again you'll take what you will, you'll take what you can get. but the three things to watch out for, one is the dollar. the weak dollar is a real dampner on business investment. we have to get rid of that weak dollar. number two, big issue on taxes. tax cuts of 2003 expire at the end of the year. big debate coming up on that. and then there's an issue out of our immediate hands and that is the middle east. israel, iran, that's probably going come to a climax this year. >> because it can drive up oil prices. >> all sorts of negative consequences. >> let's go back to the economy itself because the economy that collapsed was based 70% on consumer spending. that's not a sustainable economic model. is there something else out there that can replace what didn't work before? >> well, the consumer side went on a binge in part because the federal reserve's weak dollar policy meant it was printing too much money which extorted economic activity. if the fed gets a stable dollar again, which is quite capable of doing, we've done it beforing this is not new, you'll start to see more traditional business investment, expanding existing businesses, inventories still very low, starting new businesses. there's a lot of innovation waiting to come just as we had in the early '90s. >> so happy days are almost here. >> just make a few pots pot changes. maybe washington taking a vacation a 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( sneezing ) ( moaning ) get over your cold faster. now try new throat-soothing liqui-loz and great-tasting zavors. now try new throat-soothing liqui-loz dave price is not here today, he is in iraq at camp victory in baghdad. >> he's entertaining the troops, his sixth time traveling overseas with a group called stars for stripes. good morning, dave. >> reporter: good morning to you, debbye. good morning, harry. i have got all my buddies and entertainers from los angeles who traveled with me, some of them for years now. and a great bunch of soldiers behind me from all over the country. we just did a quick hand raising exercise. we have people here from at least 21 states, some of them on their second and third deployment. a bunch of heros. so give yourselves a round of applause this morning as we say hello back home. it's so great to be back here, harry and debbye. >> so, dave, you do this every year. this is your sixth trip overseas over the holidays. what is it like to be there for the holidays? >> reporter: well, you know, everyone talks about the fact and wonders you leave your family right away the holidays and as you come here year after year and see some of the same faces that you saw in afghanistan here in iraq or vice versa, these men and women become your families. and through them, we have a great way to celebrate the holidays together. some of them wishing their loved ones -- you've been married how long? >> a little over a year, sir. >> reporter: and you will spind another year or so here, right, before you get home? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: so half the amount of time he's been married, he's been here in iraq. so to help these men and women say hello to all their friends and family means the world to all of us. and that's why we come here each and every year. so let's say happy new year to everyone at home. c1 it is 7:25. eyewitness news has weather and traffic with marty and sharon. >> let's look at the forecast. winds have been howling all night long. we will have steady winds all day. knock the 34 back to 24 degrees. that is the wind chill. let's go to sharon gibala in traffic control. we are following the accident at the right tube at the ft. mchenry tunnel. an accident in parkville at east joppa road. in pikesville, there is a downed tree at greenspring avenue. no delays on the beltway, but we have big wind warnings on the bridges. there is a look at the beltway at liberty road. this traffic report is brought to you by fox chevy. get a 2009 chevy cobolt for 19$9 a month. back to you. -- $199 a month. back to you. one local man was on the flight 253 when all of the chaos unfolded. we have andrea fujii with more. >> reporter: the hampden man sat six rows away from the terror suspect. dr. robert kan was flying home after visiting amsterdam. he said passengers swarmed umar farouk abdulmutallab. dr. robert kan said passengers disrobed the suspect as he had burns all over his body. dr. robert kan says he hesitates flying again. back to you. >> thank you. police are asking mourners to stay away from where the body of sarah haley foxwell was found on christmas day. the owners don't want mourners building a memorial for the girl there. baltimore city's homicide rate was pushed past the 234 murders the city had last year. police are asking for your help to find a missing 4-year- old. dayshawn armstead was last seen in the 3600 block of pulaski highway with his father on christmas day. up next, what charges does charlie sheen face after his christmas day arrest. and how packing luggage can help you avoid long lines at the airport. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a lot of visitors in new york who may decide to stay in new york because they don't want to go to the airport and wait five hours. >> go new athrough all the secu. i don't know which is worse, standing out in all that cold or going through airport security. >> a good question. coming up, officials say if you're going to fly, allow three to four hours now at the airport. our own travel guru peter greenberg has insider tips that could save you at least 30 minutes. maybe an hour. >> i think he's going for an hour. and obesity is a growing problem in children. nearly one out of three kids in america have a weight problem, so we'll talk to a fitness expert about how you can get your kids off the couch and out into the yard. but first, police in aspen, colorado have released the 911 call made on christmas morning by brooke mueller, the wife of actor charlie sheen. cbs news correspondent michelle gielan reports. >> what's your husband's name? >> charlie sheen. my husband had me with a knife and i'm scared for my life and he threatened me. >> reporter: according to an affidavit made public lie tmz, charlie sheen's wife told an aspen police officer that she'd asked for a divorce and that sheen then placed a knife to her throat and said you better be in fear. if you tell anybody, i'll cull kill you. >> as far as you know, he still has the might have? >> yes. >> what kind of knife is it? sgh it's like -- >> reporter: sheen has been charged with two felony, including second degree assault and could face up to eight years in prison. he's now free on bond. the star of the cbs show "two and a half men" has refused to comment, but according to a police reporter claims he did not threaten his wife with a knife. sheen is due back in court in february. michelle gielan, cbs news, new york. now joining us from los angeles is cbs news legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa, good morning. >> good morning. >> this 911 tape sure does sound bad. how bad is this for charlie sheen? >> i think it is bad. she repeatedly says that he's trying to threaten her, that he has a knife. she's asked if she's safe sand she says she is because there's other people in this us who, so there may be witnesses. she insists on filing a report. she's appears to do everything right on that 911 call. >> speaking of which then, afterwards she then recan'ts her story and says never mind, everything is okay. so does that lessen the importance of the 911 call and where does this leave the case in the legal system? >> that's the toughest part about domestic violence cases is that the victims often recant. so there's just the possibility that she got back together with him, she wants to put this behind her, or there's the peblt that she's lying. in that case, she herself could be missing misdemeanor charges of filing a false police report. >> and that's what charlie sheen is implying, saying that she has had a history of alcohol abuse. what role will that play in this whole mess? >> well, we know that alcohol is often involved in domestic try lens incidents, either on behalf of the perpetrator or victim. certainly somebody can be under the influence of alcohol and also be the victim of a domestic violence, but a smart defense attorney would use that to attack her credibility, that she blew a 0 .1 about 3, that she's legally drunk, tip city, not necessarily that she has no credibility at all, but that would be used. possibly succession pli in it went to trial. >> there's a part of the 911 tape, and i want to play it for our you viewers, that is a little unusual where she keeps repeating a phrase over and over. let's will not to that. >> i have to file the report. >> are there other people there, does he still have the knife? >> yeah, he still does, but there's other people here. >> who are the other people that are there? >> i have people here, my family's here, but right now if i don't file this, my towed file it right now. >> she keeps talking about filing a report. what do you make of that very quickly? >> i've heard many 911 calls, i've never heard somebody say that. and to be so insistent, it is unusual. she seems to be cut off when she's with b. to explain the reason. i need to file a report or else -- and then she's cut off. we don't know what her reasoning is, but at the time it seemed to be very important to her to file that report. perhaps she said to him in the middle of the incident i'm going to file this report on you, i'm going to do it and she just wanted to follow lieu. >> and in a word, because we're out of time, your gut reaction, will this make to trial? >> oh, no. very, very unlikely. 95% of cases settle before trial by way of a plea bargain. we don't even know if charges will be filed yet. >> very interesting. lisa bloom, thank you as always. >> thank you. now here's jackie johnson from los angeles with our weather. good morning. c1 good morning. it is just a very windy day. 34 is the high. we are talking about the wind chill at 20 degrees. winds are cutting out there steady at 20-25 miles an hour. gusting up to 37 this morning. 20 degrees tonight with a moonlit sky. moon will go full on new year's eve. it will be a blue moon. tomorrow, the winds go to a breeze with the high of 36. so wherever you are today, bundle up, hold on to the hats. it is going to be windy. back to you. >> crazy windy in new york this morning. thanks. sglup next, increased security lines mean long lines at the airport. we've got insider tips that will help you save some time when we come back. crafted to be exceptionally smooth... decadently rich... delightful... chocolate... bliss. hershey's bliss chocolate. crafted for bliss. ..when your nose is raw and sore. plain tissue can make it burn even more. but mom knows there's puffs plus... ...with the magic of three. soothing lotion with a touch of shea butter, aloe and e. plain tissue can irritate the sore nose issue. puffs plus with lotion is a more soothing tissue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus indeed. and try puffs plus with the comforting scent of vicks. - for the better. - we really listen to you. and that helps us recommend a home loan option that's perfect for your needs. we'll close your loan at your own house if you want. you don't have to come to us. we'll come to you. my cell phone's always on. if you need me, i'm here for you. every client. every time. - no exceptions. - no excuses. that'shat we're all about. - and that's why i love... - i love... i love being a home loan expert. ♪ security at airports tighter than ever because of the attempted terror attack on christmas day.use of the this means long line, but our travel expert peter greenberg has insider tips that could save you a lot of time. good morning. a couple of bags here. >> we'll start with carry-on bags. because that's the real issue right now. big delays at the airport because they want to see what's inside. this is a bag with stuff you do in the want to pack. coming back from the holiday, christmas present in patal lick paper, bingo, sets off the alarm and they'll open this. >> back in the day right after 9/11, remember they used to have people open every single christmas present. >> if you're traveling with any kind of jewelry, itle no the get through the x-ray, they'll take that out. then coin purses, it will set it off. commu computer batteries. big issue. and then even electronic items like little radios. so all this stuff, no-no in the carry-on bag. >> so if you're going to do anything at all, make sure you check it. >> exactly. now here's how to you pack. you pack it at home before you ever leave. everything you own that's metal, watches, jewelry, keys, all this stuff in there. >> so you leave it in there like this? >> and then get dressed after you go through the x-ray machine. because you have to change the culture of how you travel. we were all trained to dress before we go. short of showing up naeked, this is my second best alternative. this will save you at least ten minutes because i don't want to be behind you in line while you're opening everything that's been in your pocket since 1947 plus all this stuff. >> this is the ultimate bad example, this is the ultimate good example. >> exactly. on so i've already saved you ten minutes. earlier you said we're going for 30 or 60. wrong. we're going to 90. >> you've said that one before. and even before the crack town oig in security, you say ship your banks. >> that will save you at least 45 minutes. because it's door to door, you're not waiting in line when you get to the airport hoping that your bags are on the same plane you are and then you get stuck in rush hour traffic. >> and it doesn't cost that much money. >> about $10 more than the airline will charge to you lose your bag. >> the other one, print your boarding pass. >> that will save you at least ten minutes and then if you're going on an early morning flight, don't go to the departure level, have the car take you to the arrivals level. there's nobody there. you save ten minutes in traffic and just go right up the escalator because you already have your boarding pass and your carry-on bag. and then last but not least, whenever you're about to go through the security line, take a look not at the length of the line, but who is actually at the security checkpoint. if you see more than one person at the tsa line, looking a the that computer video, that means they're training that person. and every bag will be stopped. and i don't care if the bag next to them is as long as brazil, get. line. because if you get in the short line with the two guys looking at the view, you are going to be waiting. >> this new george clooney movie, there's a lot of scenes like that. does he all this sort of scrutiny in terms of people with carriages and all this sort of stuff. we need to be a little bit smart about what line you're in. >> just look to see who is looking at that video screen. if there's more than one guy there, they're training and stop every bag. that's 90 minutes. >> i'm feeling lighter than air. how to keep your kids from becoming couch potatoes this year. we'll have that in our next segment. www.... 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>> it's easy. and all my friends have them. >> we'll see if e-books have now arrived as the next chapter in publishing. and he is the actor's actor. >> i want him dead, i want his family's dead, i want his house burnt to the ground. >> julie chen speaks with this kennedy center honoree, robert de niro, early this tuesday kennedy center honoree, robert de niro, early this tuesday morning december 29th, 2009. captioning funded by cbs it's lot colder out there today than it was yesterday. it is so windy. walking across the park this morning -- >> you notice how they're jumping up and down? it's purely to keep warm. >> not just the evnthusiasm. maggie is off this morning. coming up, we continue our series looking back at the top stories of the year and today the spot slight on entertainment, including some rather rude and racy moments. and this has nothing to do with rude nor racy. katie lee is here and she's turning back the hands of time with shall great retro recipes and they're easy, right? >> very easy and very tasty. >> she'll show us how to throw a rocking retro new year's eve party. >> i'm all about the retro. all right. first, though, we want to go back to our top story again. as we mentioned earlier, there were many security breakdowns that allowed umar farouk abdulmutallab to board flight 253. joining us now from washington is former secretary of homeland security tom ridge. mr. ridge, thanks for being here this morning. >> thank you. >> just as you've been able to sort of sift through the information that has become available since the attack took place on christmas day, what has been primary on your mind? >> harry, when i became secretary of homeland security, the biggest challenge was getting the law enforcement community and the intelligence community to share information with the department of homeland security. the department itself does not -- it consumes information. we don't generate it. the departments only can ability on information that it receives. and it seems between the department of state, the terror screening center, the information that should have been relayed to dhs about the father actually going to the embassy and talking about his son, i don't think that ended up where it needed to be acted upon. and i think that continues to an real challenge. it's a cultural challenge, a need to know versus a need to share and we don't have enough people hitting the send button over to dhs so h. so they can act upon the information. >> this this has been endemic ever since the beginning. even michael chertoff talked about as he was getting ready to leave office that this vulcanization of agencies incapable of really doing what needed to be done in terms of sharing information. >> it is a cultural phenomenon, it's existed for quite some time. i think it's from the cold war era. the remedies are two fold, you have to change the culture, but the other challenge is really a technical one, the fact that individual's name was on a list of 500,000 is relatively immaterial. you and i presumably used credit cards during the holiday season and in a nano second they tell us whether our credit is good or bad. that same kind of system could be built into security procedures. >> and i guess we're all asking ourselves why there isn't anything and we asked it earlier of peter hoekstra, there are a 00,000 names on a list, if you were googling this guy, his name would come up on this watch list for crying out loud. >> again, it's matter of will. perhaps peter hoekstra and peter king and several other members in a by part sipartisan way whe return early on, this is a problem that needs to be fixed. we have to go back to the same essential of urgency and concern that we had on september 12th, 2001. i think we've lost that. >> very quickly, there are changes that the tsa has put in place not being able to go it the bathroom in the last hour, the no blanket, don't have anything on your lap. do any of those things really make a difference? >> they seem pretty arbitrary. it just seems to me that, for example, that hour delay, if you've got a transatlantic flight so you have all passengers sit in their seats for the last hour doesn't seem like you've done anything to deter something from happening from the early six or seven. so some of these seems rather arbitrary. will will be some adjustments they will vee have to make, but big adjustment is the information sharing. that would solve many of the problems encountered in this who are filing incident which we were fortunate that a passenger a littled quickly and the detonator didn't go off. >> tom ridge, thank you so much for your time this morning. chris wragge is at the news desk this morning. >> good morning. there's an important tylenol recall this morning. it involves tylenol arthritis pain cap lets. the bottles have 100 cap lets with a red easy open top. they reportedly have a moldy odor and cause stomach symptoms. the company says to stop using them. pakistani authorities pleaded for calm a day after a deadly bombing in karachi. angry shiite muslims set fire to buildings and rioted across the city. an attack killed 43 people. iran's government today called in the british ambassador to complain about british criticism of sunday's violent protests. this morning tens of thousands of government supporters rallieded calling for opposition leaders to be punished. in mississippi, investigators don't know yet what started an apartment fire that killed nine people yesterday including six children. autopsies have been ordered on the bodies of three women victims, officials say that arson is not suspected at this time. and an unusual sign of the backyard of a home in a kansas city suburb. not one, but four bob accounts spotted recently having a good time for themselves around a swing set. bobcats are nocturnal. their appearance caught the attention of a very curious coyote who was quickly told to get lost. but we cannot confirm that. dave price is in iraq entertaining the troops where it's 62 degrees. jackie johnson c1 let's look at the forecast for the day. the watch showing the wind warnings in effect. the winds west/northwest at 25 miles an hour with gusts above 30 at times. partly sunny and 34. it will feel like the low 20s today. tonight, 20 and moonlit sky. a wind chill in the single digits to low teens. tomorrow, the wind is breezy. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by macy's. i've got melanie from portland. what do you want to say? 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(announcer) talk to your doctor to find out if prescription chantix is right for you. the era of the book may have turned its last page. amazon.com says its e-read, the kindle, was its most gifted item ever this holiday season. cbs news science and technology correspondent daniel sieberg reports. >> reporter: it's a classic image, curling up by the fireplace are a good book. but it's not a book. it's a nook. >> the wireless feature, you can download the book and it takes just a few minutes and then your book is in your library. you can start reading it immediately. >> reporter: the nook joins the kip dell, amazon.com's best selling digital reading device, and sony's e-reader. light weight, they can hold as many as 1500 books. >> it's easy. and all my friends have people thp. >> i bought kindles for everyone. so i bought like 15. >> the best selling, most wished for, most gifted product across the millions of products that we have is the kindle, our wireless e reader. railroaded and it's not just books. the struggling news paper and magazine industry is also hoping to turn a page and cash in. >> it may not be a mass market product tomorrow, but i think there is a segment that will want that kind of platform to get their news and information. >> reporter: but are e-readers here to stay? >> i think we've passed the tipping point. i think it's really just a matter of time before they become completely accepted. >> reporter: publishers are now waiting to see if this story has a happy ending. daniel sieberg, cbs news, new york. joining us now is jeff jarvis, author of what would google do. good morning, good to have you here. >> good morning. >> the bigger idea that i thought that came out yesterday was that on christmas day, amazon sold more electronic books than they actually sold physical books. everybody who got these for christmas went on line and immediately said i'm down loading books like crazy. have we reached one of those sort of tipping points? >> i think so. he i think everything that can become digital will. and what we're seeing with newspaper, i read mine on my iphone. you can get it on the kindle right now. you can use these devices and it saves time and money and effort and a way to get more suv than ever. >> i was talking to somebody earlier who has one these and they say it becomes completely addictive because there is so much information at your fingertips and it's so light and so portable they can't get off of it. >> i think that's true. and what's life changed like since google came along? we now can get anything we want within 0.3 seconds. so it's addictive in that sense and these devices are our path to that knowledge. >> if you're in the publishing business right now and or normally used to finding author, finding ideas, all of that usually stuff, how does your business change if you know that after a given point most of it's going to end up electronically? it's not going to be on paper. >> it's even bigger than that. the internet abhors middle men. it abhors waste. it creates direct connections. so what happens now is an author can write a book and it can go on to kindle in month no time plat. you don't need that middle process. bookstores are closing. i think what's happening to news and newspapers is happening in books. it will happen to your business, too. >> without question. the other part of this is are people writing e-books yet, are they really writing books that are specifically designed to be read on something like this as opposed to read in a solid book form? >> yes. and you think about the change in the book form. it is what it is because it's been what it is since 500 years ago. now the book can be digital, it can be updated, corrected, discussed. it can include multimedia, it can be found through search. the form of the book itself must change. >> jeff jarvis, thank you very much for being here. do appreciate. up next, from lady gaga's outrageous costumes to michael jackson's passing, we'll look back at the year in entertainment. i'm doing another one of my sleep studies. looks like aches and pains are keeping these people up. so... advil® pm or tylenol® pm? middle of the night. awake again? blissfully asleep. with advil® pm she is spending less time lying awake with aches and pains and more time asleep®. he should switch to advil® pm. the difference is a better night's sleep. a breakthrough gel that transforms into an active foam. it not only protects between teeth... ...it removes three times more bacteria. new aquafresh iso-active whitening. amazing. make that first step easier, with the nicoderm cq patch. nicoderm steps you down from nicotine gradually. doubling your chance for success. nicoderm cq. three steps, ten weeks and you're free. all this week we're looking back at some of the year's top stories and this morning we're focusing on the world of entertainment. hattie kauffman reports on the stars who thrilled us, shocked us, and left us. >> this is the moment. this is it. ♪ don't stop til you get enough ♪ >> reporter: 2009 may best be remembered for what the entertainment world lost, michael jackson. we met him in 1971 as a 12-year-old powerhouse. he was an icon of the '70s. superstar of the '80s. his sudden death at 50 on the eve of his comeback tour brought shock, sadness and a celebration of his music like no other. >> hold for applause. fade out. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: for taylor swift, the applause got louder. she turned 20 and scored sympathy points when kanye west crashed one moment in the spotlight. >> beyonce had one the best videos all-time. >> reporter: adam lambert had his own reward shoe controversy, the racy moves slowed but didn't stop his post-idle momentum. >>dy get carried away, but i don't see anything wrong with it. >> reporter: it was hard to take your eyes off lady gaga's outrageous costumes. a year ago she was an opening acts. but her sexy style brought her center stage. ♪ paparazzi >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: david letterman admitted past affairs and detailed an alleged extortion plot against him by 48 hours producer joe halderman. singer chris brown offered a guilty plea for attacking then girlfriend rean narks but this tmz photo may keep brown's career rehab on hold. >> sad it's cut short. >> reporter: jon and kate plus eight subtracted one. with the series now canned, kate is shopping around a talk show. meanwhile oprah announced that next season, her 25th, will be her last. hollywood celebrated a record year at the box office. paranormal activity made for only $15,000 scared up about $150 million in ticket sales. and "new moon" brought "twilight" fans a sequel to scream about. and we remember those who took their final bow. >> from the control center -- >> on the way to the moon. ♪ like a comet >> here's johnny! ♪ gone too soon ♪ like a rainbow fading in the twin twinkling of an eye ♪ ♪ gone too soon ♪ shining sparkly -- >> i really love you. >> ditto. ♪ like a sunset dying with the rising of the moon ♪ >> daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. ♪ gone too soon >> reporter: hattie kauffman, cbs news, hollywood. >> i just wanted to say i love him so much. did you go see the michael jackson movie? >> i did. was arrive vetted by it. thought it would do better than it actually did. >> i saw a 12 minute clip of it it was spell binding. but people didn't -- so many people paid attention to his death, here was an opportunity to help celebrate his life, and people didn't seem to want to step up to it. >> it was a busy year. we saw a lot of faces there. many of them, we won't remember. but two i believe we always with, michael jackson, walter cronkite. speaking of hollywood ,,,,,, c1 hello again. i'm jessica kartalija. we have weather and traffic together. let's go to marty. >> right now, we have wind chills pretty much in the upper teens. look at the wind warnings. i wonder how many states are effected by the southwest flow. with the wind chill slamming down to 24. over to sharon gibala in the traffic control. good morning. we do have a new accident on 95. still working at 95 southbound at white marsh boulevard. someone -- one in the city at north lafayette. in the meantime, the ice in darlington that was blocking conewengo road is gone. we have that downed tree in pikesville at greenspring. as far as drive times, no delays on the beltway. everything is running smoothly in and out of the tunnel. this traffic report is brought to you by fox chevrolet. for details on the latest, go to foxchevrolet.com. despite increased security across the nation, one man is getting hesitant to get back on a plane. he was on the plane on christmas day when the terror attack happened. we have andrea fujii with more. >> reporter: the hampden man sat six rows from the terror suspect. dr. robert kan was visiting his hometown in amsterdam. he saw flashes of fire and smoke and passengers swarmed umar farouk abdulmutallab. dr. robert kan says passengers disrobed the suspect as he had burns all over his body. dr. robert kan says he hesitates flying again. the airport is reviewing airport security and is not announcing any changes for bwi. thank you. a recent spike in crime has pushed the homicide rate over last year's mark. 234 was a 34-year low for the city. this is making a priority for the police department to get all weapons off the roads. former state senator gerald wineglad will deliver a strategy to clean up the chesapeake this week. stay with wjz. up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, say it ain't so. unbelievable. >> jack frosts is nipping at our noses. >> and then some. and maybe some other body parts. oh, my goodness. >> i love the hat. >> thank you very much. it is a much different day than yesterday. very clear skies. >> it's in the teens and 20s, but it feels like 5 right now. >> because the wind comes right through central park, right, crowd? funnels right to this corner. what an intrepid group. >> and the best crowd ever to stand out here in this cold. >> a lot of folk ts from texas. >> welcome back to "the early show". he true sli oly is one of the f actors of our generation and julie chen had a chance to sit down with robert de niro who is receiving a kennedy center honor this year which will be broadcast tonight. >> very well deserved. plus katie lee is here to show you how to throw the perfect retro cocktail party. >> how come you're not outside? >> too cold out wilthere. i'm staying warm with cocktails. >> we have everything from meatloaf sliders to the perfect manhattan. >> first, though, chris wragge is at the news desk with a look at our headlines. sgl >> also inside to the warmth about. >> are you talking to me? are you talking to me? >> that was pretty good. >> all right, thanks. good morning. the first family is hoping for a quieter day in hawaii after president obama took time out to comment on flight 253. now, he's the latest frod deal with a crisis while on vacation. chip reid has more. >> reporter: the president wearing no tie said that even while on vacation, he's doing his job. >> we are doing everything in on you power to keep you and your families safe and secure. >> reporter: presidential vacations have often been interrupted by crisis. in 1961, president kennedy was in hyannis port when the berlin wall went up. president reagan was golfing in georgia in 1983 when marine barracks were bombed in lebanon. white house sources say president obama did not even consider returning to washington, insisting he's capable of responding to this crisis even while vacationing here in hawaii. presidential historians say it's important for presidents to escape escape. >> it's not just that a president goes on vacation because he needs to wind down. but in a sense it helps the country to wind down. >> reporter: but time off can ignite criticism as president george w. bush found out after discussing the middle east while golfing. >> i call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. thank you. now watch this drive. >> reporter: the obama white house is trying to avoid giving critics that kind of ammunition by keeping the cameras off the golf course and far away from the beach. chip reid, cbs news, honolulu. now here's jackie johnson from our los angeles station with a final check of the weather for us today. besides colds, what have you got out there in. >> you need to come out here. it is definitely cold. feels like five degrees. thank goodness we have people from texas c1 good morning. let's look at the forecast today. i'll tell you the watches and warnings. every county within the sound of my voice is under a wind warnings. winds west/northwest at 25 and gusting as high as 35. the 34 will feel like 24. it feels like the mid teens right now. thank you again to everyone from texas who has been staying out here all morning. your lips are chattering. what's your name? >> samantha. >> thank you so much, now get some hot chocolate. that's your latest weather. now here's debbye. this morning we conclude our series of profiles of this year's kennedy center honorees are robert de niro. jewelry chen recently sat down with the man often described as an actor's actor. ♪ %. >> with an unparalleled career that has spokened over 40 year, robert de niro has calledle great tors actor of his and possibly any generation. now is he a kennedy center honoree. what dunk whun got the call, when you heard the news? sgli >> i was honored. honored. >> this whole weekend, you're going to be one of five people that is being toasted and honored. how comfortable are you with praise? >> well, what i like about this is you don't have to say anything. >> luckily there were many others who were willing to speak on his behalf. >> it's very easy for me to say that when i was young, i decided i wanted to become an actor because of robert de niro. >> the gold standard. he's the one that we all went to school on, were inspired by, stole from. i personally. >> de niro was raise order manhattan's lower east side. he knew at an early age that he wanted to be an actor. >> when did you know you had a knack for it? >> you never really know. you just do what you want to do. and that's what i -- that's it. >> do you know now? >> so people tell me. >> robert de niro's break through came in 1973's bang the drum slowly, the same year as the film mean streets, the first of his eight collaborations with mart martin sco martin scoresi. >> we learned to make movies together and what we've learned you can see in every movie i've made since. >> what sg he get out of you as a director that no one else came k. is this. >> i'll come up with an idea and he'll say, try it. but then -- so there's a point when you're working with a director, if they keep sort of saying, well, i don't know, after a while you sort of shut down. but marty's always very open. >> the following year, he won his first academy award as bs suptsing actor in godfather part 2. >> i felt lukky to be part of that because it had already been established as what it was and so the second one coming along was great. >>. >> no matter who i fight, i ain't never going to fight to lose. >> tracking the brutal rise and tragic fall in raging bull, he showed his commitment with an incredible physical transformation. that performance earned him a second oscar. >> for me it was taking a hiatus and gaining the weight and really being out of shape and i ran into jack once when he was working as i guess a bouncer at a strip club on broadway. and i just walked -- saw him standing there and made an impression. and then when he was in his prime, the difference, i thought that was an interesting thing to get, you know, if could you capture that for real. >> whether it's the drama of raging bull or the comedy of meet the parentses -- >> what are you driving there, a ford? >> oh, yeah. >> an interesting color. they say geniuses pick green. but you didn't pick it. >> robert de niro says he never know what is will connect with audien audiences. >> when we were doing taxi driver, the reaction of certain people, we never would have expected. the are you talking to me, thing, you know, that's like who would have expected a reaction. >> and the legendary actor knows a thing or two about reaction. or lack thereof. how would you describe yourself? >> it's too long for this interview. >> boy, there's nobody like h . him.the kennedy center honors airs tonight right here on cbs. in the new year, several fast food chains are going to be expanding their dollar value menus to breakfast items. vera gibbons is here with healthier ways to start your day for that same dollar. maybe a little less. good morning. >> good morning. >> so this is the big trend then. >> this is the big trend. it's all about cheap eats. they're losing sales, traffic has taken a hit because of rising unemployment, so they're rolling out additional items. and mcdonald's for the first time will roll out the dollar breakfast mean uhe on a namenu national basis. mostly sausage stuff. the business hash browns, all dollar. >> and you buy other stuff to augment the meal. p. >> but very high in calories and fat. the sausage buscuit, 430 calorie, 930 milligrams of sodium. so we spoke to a diet tigs who said must we eat this way, can we come up with healthier alternatives and she stressed the importance of getting the proper fuel in your body to maintain a proper weight, your metabolism, all of that stuff. and look how small it is. so given what the diet tigs told us and given that you're hungry two hours later and you eat again, we came up with smatter alt smarter alternatives. and all in that dollar price range. oatmeal, you have it every day. one of the best things out there for you. one of the best whole grains. also one of the most economy ic. about 16 cents a serving, add about milk, fruit, and you've got an 88 cent meal. easy and very, very good for you. >> minute oats. it's all about minute oats. >> yogurt parfait, vitamin d, good for your immune system. so 56 cents a serving buying this big size. add a little fruit, also a little whole grain cereal to give it some crunch. and you're looking at about 86 centses for this. you can also go with a smoothie. >> calorie wise, you're so much better off with this. >> and you're not going refuel on more junk after you eat it. eggs. so no value breakfast is complete without eggs. cheapest procetein out there. an egg sandwich, about 20 cents an egg, 25 cents for the cheese, 41 cents for the whole wheat muffin. or cheaper if you use toast. 86 centses for this meal. >> and it doesn't take any planning. >> we don't need katie lee here for this. breakfast burritos. you can make these in advance, you can freeze them. again, we're playing on on the eggs here. this is a 93 cent meal based on the fact that you're using one tortilla, two eggs and two table spoons each of cheese and salsa. >> you think about this, it doesn't take too much time, right in. >> no. very high in fine, low in calories. >> and good for your pocketbook. thanks so much. for more on healthy breakfast costs for a buck or less, go to our website, earlyshow.cbsnews.com. now here's debbye. as 2009 draws to a close, we thought we'd take a look back at a wonderful family. the hen rick sons have not one, not two, but three sets of twins. the last set was just born in july. they're doing great. but cbs news correspondent kelly cobiella reports that it's double trouble times three. >> reporter: kathleen has her arms full this summer. she's a mom times two, times two, times two. kathleen and her husband, nick, are the proud and tired parents of three sets of twins. how did that happen? >> it wasn't planned. >> reporter: it wasn't. >> no. nobody really talks about that. >> reporter: but it wasn't exactly an accident either. a year into their marriage, the couple had trouble conceiving, so they tried invitro fertilization. the doctor emplanted two embree owes and austin and tyler were born. >> i think we were really terrified at first, oh, my god, how do you take care of twins. i can't imagine doing one. >> because everybody talks negatively, they say oh, just weights. so we were like okay. >> reporter: they adjusted, so well, in fact, that soon kathleen was talking babies again. >> just wanted to try for a girl again. so went back to the ivf doctor and we tried one more time. and again we ended up with twins again. >> reporter: hunter and chase. two more boys. kathleen desperately wanted a girl, but first she had to convince nick. >> i begged for like a year. i tried everything under the sun. i begged and begged until i think finally he was like just let's go, okay? and i know at that time he was like, well, at least we'll definitely only have one. there's no way that, you know, god is going to give us another set of twins. >> reporter: they were wrong. dylan was born in june along with his one and only sister, summer. what's next? anymore kids? >> no. >> reporter: in this house, six is enough. for everyone. kelly cobiella, cbs news, north miami beach. >> there are no statistics on the odds of having three sets of twins with the help of fertility drugs. without the treatment, however, you're more likely to be struck by light anything, which they might feel like they have been. >> on a daily basis. up next, a retro cocktail party for new year's eve. courtesy of our katie lee. when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, if you're throwing a new year's eve party, how about going old school. >> katie lee is here with great tips for a retro cocktail party. good morning. >> good morning. >> so the idea of all of this is to go back in time, but then -- >> bring it up-to-date. so we'll ring in 2010 with a mad men inspired dock day party, but with our own little modern twist on it. so classic finger foods. hair rirk i think you'll love this. a meatloaf slider. i call it man loaf. i made a classic meatloaf mixture and put it into little pattys and baked it and put it on a bun. sliders are really cool right now. >> and tastes good. >> haven't you ever had a cold meatloaf sandwich? i love that. >> i'm a little upset it's a long way away from me, but more things are coming. >> we have sausage balls here. this is one of my favorite hor d'oeuvres. it's really simple. it's a pound of ground sausage, two and a half cups of bisquik, and gralted cheese. mix it with your hands. roll them into balls. and then you'll brush it with a little bit of heavy cream. harry, do you want to taste one? and let's pass one to debbye. i made this on christmas eve and they disappeared. >> i believe it. these are one of my favorites from childhood. >> it's a classic. >> does that work for you? >> that looks great. a little messy. but that's okay. >> so if you buy the pre-grated stuff -- >> it won't be moist enough. so just take a little time and break that cheese. devils on horse back, i love these. salty sweet. harry, i'll give you a job. >> did they call it my name, devil on horse back? >> stuff that and we'll wrap it with a piece of bacon. use thinly sliced because that will cook up fast errands give that you nice crunch. we'll bake these for about ten minutes. we also have oven fried chicken, threaded it on to a could youer, brush it with a little dijon mustard, and then roll it in seasoned corn flakes. harry, what -- are you not tasting things? >> the devil on horse back ruined it for him. >> i have to trim down for the new year. >> oh, please. >> now what are we do something. >> now the fun part, cocktail time. we'll start with something really refreshing. this is a kiwi gi mchlgimlet. we'll put in gin. >> it's better with this kind? >> and some club soda. and then i've sliced up a kiwi and frozen it. so this keeps your drink cold, but it also looks really nice and adds a good flavor. so give it a taste. i have a take on a tom collins, but using meyer lemon which is are in season. they have a great taste. very bold flavor. we have a classic manhattan with drunken cherries. i've soaked them in. >> don't let them dry. >> for our nondrinkers, the designated driver, it would not be a retro party without a punch bowl. this is pink lemonade concentrate, a blood orange side car and champagne cocktail. >> and an old fashioned glass. >> katie lee, thank you. >> for these recipe, go to our website, rlyshow.cbsnews.com. and what did you call this in. >> a devil on horse back. >>,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, c1 8:55. i'm jessica kartalija. let's go to marty bass in the weather center. >> you know what? that is the wind chill right now. it is about 17 degrees. clear skies and windy conditions. that is what you will have today and tonight and tomorrow. we will have a high of 34. it will feel more like 24 degrees today. tonight, 20 will feel more like 9 with the clear sky tomorrow. jessica. thank you. a local man lives through the attempted terror attack over the skies of detroit. andrea fujii has the story. >> reporter: the hampden man sat six rows away from the terror suspect. dr. robert kan was flying back to the united states after visiting his hometown in amsterdam. he heard flashes of fire and smoke. he said the passengers disrobed the suspect and he had burns all over his body. bwi airport officials are reviewing security policies and have not announced any changes yet. back to you. police are asking mourners to stay away from the area where sarah haley foxwell's body was found on christmas day. she was abducted and killed by thomas james leggs. the owner of the property wants to discourage mourners from building a memorial there. a convicted murderer will be back in court facing charges of trying to have his ex- girlfriend killed behind bars. he and a friend tried to hire a hit man. he is serving charges over a fire that killed his ex- girlfriend's two daughters. and homeless man tried to steal a small plane from a small airport. the man, kevin cox is facing theft and burglary and trespassing. the ravens are gearing up for a game that will make or break their chances of the playoffs. if they win, they are in. if they lose, their season is over. the regular season ends in oakland and you can see the ravens take on the raiders on sunday at 4:00. stay with wjz. maryland's news station. weather and news today at noon. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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