Suspects beat the female victim. 19yearold audrey practiced i do, hogtied her arms to her ankles, then gagged her with a sock. Last night a resident told cbs 5 reporter linda yee that the police took key evidence away including bedding. Mattresses, like a bed. Reporter after they drove away they believe one of the suspects shot steven reed in the neck. Both victims were dumped on a sidewalk a half mile away. Reed was dead, prado is still in the hospital. They were overpowered. Whether it was done to send a message, to facilitate the beating and shooting is not clear. Reporter cameras werent allowed to show the suspects in court today. There were four suspects that went before judge, three charged with murder, one with assault. These suspects have nicknames like snow, pocahontas and even killer. They are not sure why the situation started to begin with, why these people were beaten, then bound an gagged. They were in some sort of gang of some sort . Reporter they are not telling us. They want the public to know this is not random. They all knew each other quite well. All right. Joe vazquez, thank you. We are learning more about the gunman in yesterdays deadly shooting rampage at an oregon shopping mall. Investigators say he was a 22 yearold with a stolen semi automatic rifle with no history of violence. Bigad shaban tells us he also had no clear motive. Reporter crime scene experts are at the portland area mall where a gunman opened fire into the crowd of holiday shoppers. We do not understand a motive of this attack except to say that there is no apparent relationship between the suspect and his victims. Reporter authorities identified the gunman as 22 yearold jacob roberts. They say he stoll the rifle he used in the attack from someone he knew. He acted solely on his own in carrying out this heinous, horrible, tragic crime. Reporter the shooter killed two people and wounded a teenager before taking his own life. Theres one person thats saying that theres a male and the other is still shooting people. Reporter cell phone video shows frightened shoppers as they tried to get out. People started saying, go inside, go inside, he is coming, hes coming. We started running. Reporter about 10,000 shoppers and workers were inside at the time make the evacuation process difficult. There are still a lot of cars here even though the mall remains closed. Many who ran away left their vehicles behind. Shoppers also left personal items inside the stores like purses and strollers. Outside the mall, wellwishers left flowers for the victims. 54yearold cindy yuille and 45 yearold Steven Forsyth who owned a store in the mall. I have lived and worked in this Community Many years and im deeply saddened by the events of yesterday. Reporter Authorities Say the shooter did not have a criminal record. Witnesses say here at the mall Christmas Music was playing in the background when the shooting started. You might imagine shoppers and even the mall santa claus were forced to duck for cover. Reporting in happy valley, oregon, bigad shaban cbs 5. Quick action by San Francisco police saved a newborns life. They were called to the Providence BaptistChurch Shelter in the bayview overnight after a woman began pounding on the door. She was covered in blood and told the man who answered that she had had a baby but didnt have the infant with her. Thinking she had been assaulted, the Church Worker called 911. She was a little hysterical. She was saying she wanted to come in she wanted to come in at first. And then when she came back with the baby, she did not want to come in. Now, by the time police arrived, the woman had handed the baby off to a man. The infant was unresponsive. But officers were able to revive him with cpr. Both mother and child were taken to sf general. The woman could face charges for child endangerment and abandonment. Checking other bay area headlines, a suspected drunk driver broke a toddlers crib in half when he smashed through her bedroom wall. It happened in san jose overnight. Amazingly, the 2yearold wasnt hurt. The driver caught up with him when he tried to take off. Two people are behind bars in connection with a marijuana grow operation in oakland. They were arrested after police raided a warehouse near Edgewater Drive and roland way early this morning. Inside the, officers found hundreds of pot plants along with cultivation equipment. Budget cuts will cost the contra costa Fire District four of its 28 stations. The firehouses in walnut creek, clayton, martinez and lafayette will close next month. No firefighters will lose their jobs. But Emergency Response times will mostly be affected in those areas. The smallest trashcans will now have a hefty price tag. The bay area residents paying more for having less trash picked up. And real or fake . Do you know if the pg e worker entering your home is an impersonator . The tell tale sign you should be looking for. After a wet day in the bay area, now for something completely different as we look live down in san jose, a few clouds all thats left. But theres more on the way. Well be talking about a somewhat wet weekend forecast in a few minutes. Then fiscal campaigning. How politicians are lobbying for your support and how its changing the game had washington. ,,, mcafee is in miami. He arrived there about 45 minus ago. Earlier today, he was released from a detention cr in Guatemala City surroud Antivirus Software founder john mcafee is in miami arriving there 45 minutes ago. He was released from a Detention Center in Guatemala City surrounded by police and reporters. Guatemala says it is expelling mcafee for entering the country illegally. He sneaked in from neighboring belize where he is wanted for questioning in the death of his neighbor. Its not clear whether u. S. Officials will hold him on behalf of authorities in belize. Well, you might think that residents with the least amount of trash to be picked up would get the lowest rate increase if they get one at all. But in san carlos, thats not the case. Cbs 5 reporter don ford explains why they are paying more. Reporter trash day in san carlos, cans lined up. Starting january new rates are going up. But not everyone gets the same rate increase. Smaller cans get a large increase while large cans get a smaller increase. I think its crazy. Reporter this is a smaller can. If i have to pay more then i might as well get the bigger size. But i have less garbage. So its going to be kind of a waste of space for me. Reporter smaller cans get hit with a biggest rate increase, 20. 5 bringing the monthly cost to a 20gallon can to nearly 21 a month. But those with supersized cans of 96 gallons will get a rate hike of only 6 bringing their monthly cost to 93. 45. The assistant city manager says its all about the cost of doing business. Our residents who have bigger cart sizes pay more than the real cost of service and conversely residents who have smaller carts paying less than what it really cost. Reporter its called rate equity ensuring everyone pays what it costs to have the cans picked up. The mayor disagrees and believes some folks just cant afford the increase. The increase on the 20 gallon can even with what we came up with is arguably not a lot of money, 4 a month. But when youre only receiving 650 a month, thats not a lot of money either. Reporter but the Council Voted it in and now the mayor has to sign. I have no choice. Im the mayor. I have to sign it. Reporter and with that like it or not, those rates are going to stay in place at least for the next 12 months. In san carlos, don ford, cbs 5. Its a different kind of political ad flooding your tvs now. The new type of campaigning going on and how its changing the game of politics. Then well never see another day like today in our lifetime. How the bay area is marking 12 12 12. ,,,,,, flooding your tvs instea the election is long over but it hasnt stopped the political campaigns from flooding your tvs. Instead of targeting candidates, these ads are targeting issues. Cbs 5 political reporter grace lee looks into the fiscal campaigning. Grace. Reporter just when you thought were you safe. There is a new game in town being run by a group of nonprofits which are allowed to collect money and use it to lobby and were talking about one thats affiliated with conservative karl rove and a super pac american crossroads, remember that . So get ready for some more campaigning because they are back. Were serious about reducing the deficit. We have to combine spending cuts with revenue. But so far, a huge tax increase is his solution. Reporter it may feel like the election season never ended. The time for politics has ended. Reporter and apparently, it hasnt because the fiscal cliff fight is now fodder for political commercials known as issue ads. This one is running on Cable News Networks by a conservative nonprofit called crossroads. Call president obama and tell him, its time to show us a balanced plan. Reporter it is a big switch from president ial politics to fullscale lobbying. On the one hand its very bizarre coming down the pike right now. On the other hand this is the nature of the finance structure we have created. Reporter the president is still in campaign mode. He is not looking for votes. He is looking for public support in handling the fiscal cliff and he still knows how to rile the crowd in detroit. What we shouldnt be doing is it trying to take away your rights to bargain. Campaigning never ends. Its an innovation in the presidency in the last 30 years. Its campaigning to govern, saying when the campaign is over you hit the road and start campaigning on policy. Reporter how do americans feel about it . In a new poll out today, it shows that nearly twice as Many Americans approve of the job the president is doing and thats in comparison to the republicans. 49 of americans approve of mr. Obama versus 25 of americans who approve of speaker john boehner. The poll points out that the president must be better able to highlight his efforts in the media more effectively. Grace lee, cbs 5. The Federal Reserve is prepared to keep spending on 85 billion a month to keep longterm Interest Rates near record lows. Its going to continue spending 45 billion a month in treasury notes and 40 billion a month in mortgagebacked securities. The hope is to also help the job market improve. The feds announcement didnt do much to help on wall street today. The dow lost 3 points while the nasdaq fell 8, the s p 500 did edge up a fraction of a point. Usps is leaving some of its customers hanging. Same day deliveries were supposed to start today but now the Postal Service is pushing back to sometime next week. About 8 to 10 online chains had already signed up for the Service Called metro post. Its for online retailers only. When it does kick off, usps says for a 10 flat fee, you can have your online orders delivered the same day if you order before 2 or 3 p. M. Honda is recalling 800,000 suvs and minivans because the key can be removed when the vehicle is in motion. Honda says the mechanism that locks the key in place can wear out. This recall affects odyssey minivans and pilot suvs from 2003 and 2004 model years and acura mdx vehicles from 2003 to 2006. Got a warning tonight for homeowners. Scams targeting homeowners do increase during the holidays cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts with some ways to protect yourself. Reporter i tried to smile and greet him. Reporter it was supposed to be a routine pg e service call. He just walked right by me. Reporter but he insists it was anything but. When someone wearing the utilitys uniform walked into his home. It started going this way. Reporter the former army translator said the man didnt introduce himself and immediately began walking through the house. He was basically bullying inside my house. Reporter but most concerning, he says the man wouldnt give his name leaving him wondering if it was really a pg e employee at all. We take these matters very seriously. Reporter the man is confirmed to be a Company Employee and that pg e runs background checks on alltech in addition. He says the utility is now investigating the incidents. Anytime a customer of ours feels uncomfortable with an employee, bottom line is thats not okay. Reporter but Security Experts warn its not uncommon for crooks to impersonate utility or cable technicians. And homeowners should be on guard, especially around the holidays. A worker shows up unexpectedly or cant produce Valid Company identification is a flag. All have photo i. D. S required to show on request but Security Experts recommend you go one step further. Before setting up an appointment, ask for the technicians name, id number and if they have had a background check. Also find out what type of identification they will be carrying and exactly where they will be going in your home. Next time somebody comes to my house if they dont introduce themselves and ask for permission, i wouldnt let them come in. Reporter pg e says it is still investigating hameds case and in the meantime is giving him a 200 Customer Satisfaction credit on his next bill. If you are uncomfortable with an employee in your home, call their 800 number to confirm the employee is who they say they are. People might feel embarrassed asking. Its so important. Ask for the id. Reporter they should be able to provide you with their name and id. Thank you. Today is considered by many to be the luckiest day of the year. Its the last repeating date of our lifetimes 12 12 12. Many took advantage by getting married and for good reason. This sounds like a really, really good number. Its a lucky number. She wont forget it. Yes. He better not. The number of weddings today is up from a typical week. The next repeating date cycle happens on january 1, 2101. Brian hackney is over there. You dont forget stuff like that. How would i know that . I dont know what youre laughing about. Just laughing because im thinking even 2012 isnt going to convince me to march down the aisle not yet anyway. Wow. Mostly in the low 50s could 50 livermore, concord 48. 51 san jose. Santa rosa 47. We have some clouds around the bay area but we have mostly squeezed all the showers we are going to squeeze out of them as we go dry around the bay area. The hidef doppler from high atop mount vaca is showing just a little bit left around there. A shower or two in the central valley. As we dry out and the moisture heads south and clear up we are going to be looking at Cool Temperatures around the bay area tonight close to freezing in spots. Rainfall totals sausalito. 12. Well get cold tonight and clouds will increase late tomorrow and more showers on the way looks like on friday. The low pressure is south in the southland. Los angeles is wet but will be dry. Next possibility of rain is coming in on friday and bundle up tonight its going to be chilly. Pinpoint forecast as we pull back. Snow showers in tahoe and lingering in the foothills of the sierra and Yosemite Valley might get a few showers, as well. For us heading out of sfo tomorrow looks nice mosey funny thursday, high 565 degrees. Looking ahead the numbers are going to be in the 50s in los angeles, not that much cooler in denver partly cloudy for denver, chicago and for new york city. Cool tonight. 33 livermore. Here in the city down to 43 degrees. San jose in the upper 30s. Wet on friday. The weekend looks unsettled. Well see. And then in the early part of next week theres not a model that agrees on whats going to happen. Well broad brush it as partly cloudy. How much meteor showers have you seen in the course of a lifetime . Maybe one. Have you gone out . We have a great opportunity coming up tomorrow night and we are going to talk about at 6 00. The only reason i was laughing . I dont have to remember my name. Thats a good reason. Now im a dead man. Thank you. Im ken bastida at San Franciscos caltrain station. You can catch it right outside and it may be the cheapest way to get to l. A. Without hitchhiking. Well have it coming up. Had. Today the Federal Reserve told us when it will raise Interest Rates. Its doing something its never done before and well have the story tonight on the cbs evening news. ,,,,, [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] [ music box lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers. Of secondhand smoke. And some of them cant do anything about it. [ continues ] [ gasping ] relatively cheap, and it cas a lot of people. Ken bastida is live in mobi5 where pe hand look at t its big, blue, regularrively cheap and carries a lot of people. Ken bastida live in mobile5 where people are getting a firsthand look at the mega bus. Reporter its interesting, guys. This is a Company Called mega bus as you mentioned. They were here in 2008. They had a west coast run back then and it didnt go so well. So they are back again today with an inaugural run up and down the coast. And they serve about 120 different cities in eight different hubs. Now, this company is pretty amazing. They drive these doubledecker buses and they go between San Francisco and vegas or San Francisco and los angeles. They have free wifi on board and bathrooms on board. And the Vice President of this company says that it really is a great way to travel on a budget. Were going to be one of the most affordable ways to travel you can get anywhere across california and into nevada but we also have some of the best facilities on board. So you can catch the mega bus here at the caltrain station in San Francisco right at the bus stop out front where they make their San Francisco stop. We wanted to find out we did a little Price Comparison so heres what we came up with. San francisco to los angeles, all right, so i just picked a date at random. December 21st thats coming up, 2012. If you take mega bus its 30. Thats for a oneway trip. It takes 7 hours 40s, minutes. Then greyhound is about the same time 7 hours 40 minutes and its 47 and they make a couple of extra stops. The other alternative would be amtrak thats kind of a bus train combination, 58, but it takes 10 hours to get there. And then if you want to fly pick southwest for that day you can get a flight for 151, its only 54 minutes. So its another alternative if you are on a budget and you have to get home for the holidays going to l. A. You have a little time you want to save a buck, megabus, all right . Back to you guys well be right back. ,,,,,, oh, you have a Keurig Vue Brewer . Oh, its great now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. How do you do that . Well, inside the brewer, theres this train thats powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee thats stronger and bigger. And even hotter actually, i just press this button. Brew the coffee you love stronger, bigger, or hotter were working on for the 6 0 news. Amid a surge in crime yet another problem for san jose heres what were working on for the 6 00 news tonight. Amid a surge in crime, yet another problem for san jose police. Why the department is losing officers faster than it can replace them. This video drawing a lot of eyeballs on the internet tonight. What appears to be a San FranciscoPolice Officer speeding through the broadway tunnel at 100 miles an hour what the department is saying about that video tonight at 6 00. Thank you for watching. The cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. We are back in 30 minutes. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com us when it will raise rst time eates. For the first time ever, the fed links Interest Rates to the unemployment rate. Joatt andrews on what that will mean. John blackstone on what we know about the gunman who went on a deadly rampage in an oregon mall. Bob orr reports that submarines drug this one are becoming the vehicle of choice for drug anners. Could terrorists be next . Old Dean Reynolds with a man restoring old bodies and sg