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we will take you whale-watching "early" this thursday morning, december 29th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good thursday morning everyone. i'm jeff glor. >> are you sure about that? >> my name or the day? >> i don't know. >> i get confused about both at times ist it is times. >> well, it is the holiday. good morning. i'm debbye turner bell. >> welcome, by the way. new polls show significant changes in the republican presidential race in iowa. >> it's good news for mitt romney and bad news for newt gingrich. chief political correspondent jan crawford is in cedar rapids with the new lineup and a surprise for michele bachmann too. good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning. the latest iowa has more movement. mitt romney at the top followed by ron paul and then a name we haven't heard lately rick santorum. the biggest surprise of the day came from the camp of michele bachmann. the sometimes bitter battle for iowa took a slightly unexpected turn monday when state senator kent sorenson joined ron paul's team. >> in twelve when i was running the for state senate congressman paul came and did three separate events for me. i felt like he was by my side and hi a tough race and now it's my duty to be by his side. >> reporter: but bachmann fired back. >> kent sorenson personally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the ron paul campaign. >> reporter: paul finds himself in a tough three way battle with mitt romney and a surging santorum. paul, a libertarian with a small government message, said his rival are no different than president obama. >> you pick another status quo president and presidential candidate, nothing is going to change. >> reporter: santorum said he knew his time in iowa would come. >> we had the right message we had the bold plans and consistent track record. >> reporter: santorum has run a traditional political campaign and spending almost all of his time in iowa and hitting all 99 counties. he appeals to the social conservatives. but the new front-runner is the man who has kept expectations low in iowa mitt romney was greeted by big crowds of voters who like his business experience and think he is their best hope of beating barack obama. >> i've got no predictions for exactly where we will end up in the tally, but i feel like it's going to be a good strong showing. >> reporter: many voters here worry the one time front-runner newt gingrich can't win because he has too much baggage to five over obama. which is why he may be down in this latest iowa poll. gingrich is feeling the heat after joking to fail to get on the ballot in his home state of virginia by mitt romney. >> more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. >> i'd love to have him say that to my face. >> reporter: yesterday gingrich was joking himself as he made chocolate in a campaign shop. >> governor romney had a huge line saying i resembled lucille ball in a chocolate fap factory and here i am in a chocolate factory. >> reporter: i asked romney about that yesterday afternoon. and he said, listen. if you can't handle the heat now from the republicans, how are you going to handle it when president obama throws everything your way? >> that is an interesting point, jan. even romney has been modest about his expectations in iowa. how do you account for gingrich's slide in the state? >> reporter: you know, it is remarkable to see what has happened in these polls in the last month. they have absolutely flipped places. gingrich has plummeted 20 points and everyone where i go the voters are saying the same thing, they worry he can't beat barack obama of his past, because of his baggage, as they say. i heard that word baggage over and over and over. i talked to voters who said we were going to be for newt we like newt he's smart, but obama is going to kill him and that is why we are going to back romney. they think he is a electable and think think he can beat barack obama and they don't woshyrry about his background that comes out. nothing came out four years ago so why they are going to romney and keeping their eye on the prize as one voter told me that is taking back the white house from barack obama. >> jan crawford in cedar falls, thank you. not everyone is focus on iowa. one week after the caucuses is the important new hampshire primary and where republican candidate and former utah governor jon huntsman is campaigning. he joins us from manchester this morning. governor, good morning. >> hi, jeff. great to be with you. >> glad you could be here. we just heard jan talk about the elect ability issue. is mitt romney to the only electable candidates? >> no you have other candidates. in iowa they pick corn in iowa and pick presidents here in new hampshire. this is a state where they want to know your heart and soul and want to know what is in your head and vision for america. when it comes down to there are two key issues i think are going to drive this election and mitt romney is not the one who is going to be able to drive those home. they are both deficits, one is an economic deficit and take someone who can approach debt and spending and who can fire the engines of growth much like i did as governor of the state of utah but the second deficit is one of a different kind it's a trust deficit. people no longer have trust toward their institutions of power in this country. people don't trust congress any more. everybody knows that congress needs term limits. everybody knows that we need to shut the resolving door in congress that allows members of congress to file on through to become lobbyists. everybody knows on wall street where there is no trust either that we have got to deal with banks that are too big to fail and i'm here to tell you that we need a president who is going to be as aggressive on the trust side in dealing with that deficit as on the economic side. >> governor, we see rick santorum surging in iowa where he concentrated almost exclusively. we see you're concentrating almost exclusively in new hampshire. are you looking to get the same sort of thing? >> i used to be the margin of error candidate. last week, we were in the teens in three different polls and overtook ron paul for number three position in the state. today, we will celebrate public event number 130. we're putting out the shoe ledger and doing it the old fashioned way and handshake by handshake. people want to know who you are and what is inside and what your vision is for this great country. and that's got to be done at the ground level. >> governor, what do you -- >> burning it. >> what do you consider a win in new hampshire? i know you say it's the beat market expectations. the latest poll puts you at 10. you get an 11 in new hampshire, do you consider that a win? >> we have been in the mid teens here well. market expectations were low as we started this journey. we were at zero the underdog. by the end of our journey here the market expectations will be higher and we have to exceed those market expectations whatever they might be. every town hall meeting we are doing like last night they are bigger and bigger with more people turning out and we are connecting with our message and i have every confidence that as always, new hampshire is going to up-end conventional wisdom. people think they know how the elections are going to turn out and then comes the vote out of new hampshire and up-ends conventional wisdom and that is going to term lex ability and who can go on to beat barack obama. the rap on me has always been we know he can win the general election but can he win the primary phase of this election circle and we will start doing that here in new hampshire. >> governor if you had to do anything differently in your campaign, what would it have been? >> i'll let the historians deal with that. you can only look forward and what lies ahead. we are gaining ground and moving up as opposed to moving down. that's the good news coming out of our campaign. in terms of what goes right and wrong like any start-up organization, you'll have to let history and historians deal with that. >> quickly, governor north korea which is in transition now as you know. you spent a lot of time in china and well aware of what happens in that area of the world. what do you make of it? >> i say not a very good outcome coming out of north korea. looks like kim jong-un is successful his power and you have the most reckless brutal dictatorship in the world today. a less outcome would be implosion of north korea as a nation state and in which cases millions of people flee into china and then loose nuclear weapons, probably a half dozen and a huge international concern. as for the united states northeast asia is probably 25% of the world's gdp when you got a reckless regime like north korea it impacts trade and flow of commerce and it impacts our economic relationship with south korea, japan, taiwan parts of china and parts of russia. i say we have an economic interest at stake and we must do whatever we can to preserve stability. that is koongcoordinating are south korea and japan and in deep talks with russia and china to ensure stability on the peninsula and to make sure if there is some implosion of the nation state of north korea that people have an eye on those nuclear weapons. >> governor jon huntsman always a good conversation and we appreciate your time sir. thank you. >> thank you, jeff. move to the latest on europe's debt crisis. >> this morning, in italy signs things are getting better in the euro zone as allen pizzey reports. >> reporter: looking very much the contented techno the prime minister told that a growth package was ready for italy but warned what he called the turbulent phase wasn't over yet and a lot of work remained to be done in spite of a bond auction of government debt having gone well. the yield under 7%. a sign that the markets are banking on a less than miserable new year for the ailing euro zone. the barometer of italy's credit worthiness were half to under 3%. >> the auction went through that important 7 prps figure. remember, that is the key level that was deemed when portugal and greece and the other struggling nations after they went through that 10% and found it hard to borrow from the main market. >> reporter: the replacement of sill ve yo berlusconi with a calm monty may have calmed the markets. tax increases and severe pension reforms haven't gone well with trade unions and some opposition parties here and italy's growth rate is expected to contract by 0.4% next year. with a threat of a full-blown recession. opinion on the streets of rome is divided. there are all signs for incumbent disaster this man says. and next year will be a lot worse. but others see some hope. if we manage to hold on and to make everybody pay, this man says, maybe we will make it. the tenth anniversary of the euro is only a few days away. and it's looking more like a tired old man than a near teenager heading for a growth spurt. allen pizzey cbs news rome. here to tell us about what the euro troubles mean for the u.s. is alexis christoforous of cbs "moneywatch." good morning. >> good morning. >> translate some italian here for us if you would. why should americans be concerned about italy's bonds? >> if this was two years ago we wouldn't be concerned talking about italian bond action but it's very important in this atmosphere. this is a litmus test of investment confidence. italy is the third largest economy in europe and struggling under a mountain of debt and having auction to try to raise badly needed cash. if there is strong demand for this auction it sends a huge investor confidence boost out to the world and says we believe italy is still a good investment and willing to hold on to the bonds and this debt and it drives interest rates in that country lower. which is good news because it helps to spur economic growth and makes borrowing costs cheaper there for consumers and businesses. >> we learned that the euro fell to an 11-month low against the dollar today. that sounds like bad news for europeans but is that good news for u.s. investors and consumers? >> it depends. if you're traveling to europe any time soon your dollar will go further there because the dollar is now stronger and you can buy more goods in europe. on the flip side multinational companies here in the u.s. that does a lot of business overseas see their exports becoming more expensive. the trickle down effect is if they are going to sell less overseas they may have pull back here and cut jobs and not hire as many people planned as next year. >> ask about this iranian threat to close the strait of hormuz and why a serious effect on oil prices here in america. big deal? >> possibly. we know that this is a speculative market so possibility can drive prices and other arab nations saying we will pump enough oil to make up for the fact that iran may shut down this important route. the fact is oil prices have been good to us lately. we are getting a break at the gas pump. gas prices down 30 cents the past six weeks. the national average now $3.24 a gallon and if we were to see a supply crunch or even the possibility of that prices could move up we could see higher heating oil bills as we move further into the winter and higher gas prices. depending how high they go that can bite into a family's budget. >> alexis christoforous, thank you for breaking it down for us. >> sure. here is whit johnson at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning to you. it's reported that justice department is considering the first criminal charges in the gulf oil spill disaster. the "wall street journal" reports the charges would be brought against u.s.-based engineers for bp. prosecutors say bp failed to conduct error pressure tests on one part of the oil rig. conviction would carry a fine and ten-years in prison. the spill killed 11 workers. $11 billion worth of weapons and training intended to help iraq rebuild its military and defend its borders and despite concerns the iraqi government could create a one-party state and align itself with iran. 35 people killed in turkey by turkish war planes near the iraqi border. local officials say only civilians were killed. new attacks in afghanistan this morning. two members of the french foreign legion shot dead by a soldier in the afghan national army. earlier ten afghan police officers were killed by roadside bond in helmand province. tens of thousands of people packed a square in north korea in honor of dictator kim jong-il. his son and successor kim jong-un was called the predecessor. a whole day will disappear at is a moisamoa. they want to align their calendar with trading partners and the line is being moved and tomorrow will be eliminated. america samoa will remain east of the line and its calendar still ahead this morning, we have been watching these spectacular pictures. >> so amazing. >> great whales making a big splash off southern california and returning in record numbers right now. >> we will take you there for some amazing whale watching. you don't want to miss this on "the early show" on cbs. it feels totally different from a regular toothpaste. new pronamel iso-active is a toothpaste in a can. the gel transforms into a foam and surrounds your teeth. pronamel iso-active helps protect against the effects of acid erosion. does that answer your question? 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>> a harder question. a perfect storm of events. we had a la nina year. a thing called oscillation that drifted further south but we have this underlying factor of climate change that makes everything warm and super charges the atmosphere. plus, people today are living in places that sometimes puts them in harm's way. >> a coastline? >> coastline, canyon or in more extreme environments because we know someone will come to rescue us. >> let's tick down some of the big catastrophic weather events starting off with number five we will call it on our countdown, the droughts in the south. they were just devastating. >> absolutely. and they were probably the costliest disaster of last year because they went on for so long and it affected lots of us. cattle died off. 600,000 cattle were sold off in texas which means your hamburger prices even if you don't live in the south went up. >> up next is the wallow fire in arizona. >> biggest wildfire in arizona's history. the good news about that one, more good news places where they had good fire management and forest management didn't suffer as badly in places where they didn't manage the forest well. >> seems like a long time ago. july, terrible heat wave. every state hit a record of some kind during that month. what happened? >> you only have to say texas. a hundred days above a hundred degrees in texas. can you imagine living through that? that wasn't just a u.s. phenomenon. a global phenomenon. that is only going to get worse. >> then hurricane irene which a lot of people remember as unfortunate because it wasn't the wind from irene, it was the rain and the flooding from irene. >> right. that's the part we didn't really quite understand. the rain from that and the flooding and the backing up of that flooding created a lot of problems in vermont and new york. it shut down new york. first time all of the transit stuff came to standstill in new york. >> and then of course the tornadoes in the midwest and the south. probably where was the hardest hit area? >> absolutely. in alabama region, you know, you had -- and missouri region you had 300 deaths in one day. that's pretty amazing. >> it is. tornadoes are so scary. >> yeah. and looking at 2012 more tornadoes, any predictions what is going to happen here? >> it's not gob as badgoing to be as bad. climate changes will continue so you will continue to see droughts but i don't think we will suffer from as many tornadoes like last year. so that is the positive news. droughts will probably continue. >> we will hold you to it. >> hope you're right about that. >> i hope i'm right for part of that and wrong about the other part. >> thank you very much. >> happy new year. >> appreciate it. you too. time for a look at the rest of the news. here is whit johnson at the news desk. good morning. the iowa caucus five days away newt gingrich is slipping and rick santorum is surging. a new cnn "time" poll of likely iowa caucus voters finds mitt romney in the lead at 25%. ron paul follows at 22% and rick santorum in third while newt gingrich fades to fourth place. new violence is reported in syria this morning. a human rights group says at least eight people were killed when syrian security forces opened fire on protesters. the report comes as arab league monitors are in syria checking government promises to end its ninth-month crackdown. the u.s. is warning iran against trying to close the sea lane to the strait of hormuz which carries one-fifth of the world's oil. iran's navy is conducting war games near the strait and says closing it would be quote easy but the pentagon says the u.s. navy could and would prevent it. time for weather. now here's a look at what's going on outside your window. good morning, what a beautiful day start it is. winds have calmed. granted upper 20s now, cold, but it is seasonal. the normal is 25. let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. a high of 45, sunshine followed by clouds, those clouds are a warm front. 33 overnight, look at this, tomorrow a high of 54 degrees. that is just the beginning. up next banks are not as kind to small businesses as they used to be. >> we are going to take a look at some of the other ways that small businesses can get the start-up cash they need. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. you shouldn't just get it fast you should also get it for free. that's why at h&r block... you could get money that's both fast and free on an emerald card. just bring in your tax information and get a refund anticipation check... in 7-14 days for up to $9,999. you pay nothing out of pocket. hurry. this offer ends february 4th. why pay for fast money when you can get it for free? 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>> it is the most joyful person i've ever known. >> reporter: but just before christmas, ben made a different kind of video. still funny but also terribly sad. ben shared with the world his personal struggle with a life-threatening heart condition and how that challenged him every day of his life. >> he was about 13month-old. we were referred to a cardiologist cardiologist. they found out he has a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. >> reporter: it causes chest pain and high blood pressure and ben told how he cheated death at age 4 and earlier this month when paramedics had to revive him at school. >> i just asked him if he was happy that he woke up and he said i guess. and he said he was so glad to be back with his family but that he just wanted to be back in that peace. ♪ >> reporter: shortly after, ben returned to that peace. he passed away on christmas morning while playing in the backyard with his younger brother. his family did not see the video until the following day. it was his last christmas present to them. >> i was very proud of him for choosing to be so vulnerable and share something of himself that was so personal. >> reporter: and ben also left his followers and the world with a message of hope. ♪ he lives on ♪ >> reporter: and it seems at least on youtube, the world was listening and offering ben something back. ♪ oh he lives on ♪ >> as of this morning, ben's video has been viewed by more than 1 million times on youtube. >> it's amazing. watching it a few times and i'm going to watch it again. >> it's heartbreaking but inspiring. >> it is indeed. whit john has some more headlines over at the news desk. >> good morning. it's reported this morning that the justice department is considering criminal charges in last year's gulf oil spill. government says bp failed to conduct accurate tests on the deepwater horizon rig. "wall street journal" says prosecutors are focusing on u.s.-based bp engineers. tens of thousands of people attended a memorial service this morning in north korea's capital for dictator kim jong-il. his son and successor kim junk unwas kim jong-un was on hand. north korea declares him the supreme ruler. cuteness. twin polar bears are expected to make their debut in the new year. the male cubs, i can hear debbye in the become ground. >> so cute! >> soon be able to walk on their good morning, a beautiful sunrise, temperatures upper 20s, the wind of yesterday has diminished. that is a good thing, yesterday's wind took a pretty day and made it pretty raw. sunshine followed by cloudy skies, today, 44. those clouds aren't rain. this warm front moving our way with no rain. 33 overnight, clouds try and break up, mostly cloudy tomorrow but look how mild it is, a high of 54. through th announcer: this portion of "the early show" sponsored by party city. nobody has more new year's for less. i don't care what kind of day you're having there is nothing better than cute polar bear cubs. >> absolutely. >> just adorable. for nearly half a century in new york the harlem school of the arts taught visual dance until it closed down a year ago. >> today it is open again. a visionary new leader is turning things around. christine yeah katrina szish says they can't imagine life without this school. >> reporter: from artists who have mastered the notes. ♪ >> reporter: to novices who are just learning. the harlem school of the arts is an after school community program which offers a wild range of talent and discipline. if you weren't coming here every day, what would you be doing? >> i would find a way to dance, luckily. >> reporter: 14-year-old ariysa white has been dancing here for years. >> dancing is not a hobby for me. it's my life. it comes from the inside and makes me feel good about myself and makes me feel like i can do something and not just sit on my couch. even when i'm tired, i don't want to stop. >> reporter: ariysa comes here daily but almost lost that opportunity for good. when the school was forced to close its doors for three weeks last year, due to financial problems. >> this is the center of the building. >> reporter: thanks for a new leader who took charge in january, the school's finances are back on track and its doors back open. how did you do this? people have called you a force of nature. >> that's funny. funny phrase. i somehow believe things can happen. >> reporter: a former dancer for the alvin ailey group. in her first year as hsa president, she has helped raise $2 million and cut the school's budget by 30%. >> we are actually providing something maybe the public school can't provide right now because of the situation of the economy. so that this generation of kids will be the fans of tomorrow and appreciators of our tomorrow because how is the opera supposed to survive if there is no one to sit there and watch it? >> reporter: for more than 45 years, h.sa has served tens of thousands in its community and yvette says after school programs like it are especially crucial today. >> the president of the arts have done studies across the country and proven that kids sustain quality arts program, any discipline, doesn't matter, are four times more likely to succeed academically. >> i want to become a professional dancer after high school, after college, yeah. >> reporter: do you think dancing is equally as important as everything that you learn in school? >> i think -- i think it is. it is a way for children to stay out of trouble and have something to do because we are just sitting around it just -- it escalates into something. >> i love the sounds of the piano. >> reporter: an exceptional player matthew whitaker is blind. but he can still see music. since he can't read the notes, he learns by listening. and playing with his instructor. accomplished jazz pianist and composer dee dee jackson. >> we can try something new that i think he may not know anything one week and the next week he will come and have already mastered the idea. >> reporter: matthew has been playing the piano since age 3 but only started jazz when his father brought him two years ago. >> if it wasn't for the arts or his music, i don't know what matthew would be doing. he loves it. it's in him. he has to play. he has to play. ♪ >> reporter: and he is not just practicing. at age 10 matthew has already opened for stevie wonder and recently performed in japan. >> in the past year, he has performed probably 20 times. we have to get on matthew's calendar to have him perform. he is becoming through his music, an amazing young man. >> reporter: one that yvette campbell sees as a shining example of what community centers like the harlem school of the arts are all about. >> it's about giving the kids the ability to dream through art and to be better citizens and innovative thinkers. today you can't just compete by going to school. you need something else. >> reporter: katrina szish, cbs news, new york. >> wow. first of all, i think we haven't heard the last of that young man. he is so good but what a neat program. >> kids have that interest in music especially. why not indulge it and try to get them into it? >> could change their lives. >> from life changers to world changers. up next a look at 25 people who changed business and the world. >> they are the people behind fedex and home depot, starbucks and a lot more. we will hear about the challenges they had to face, though. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. we're committed to the gulf for everyone who loves it, and everyone who calls it home. captain, we have to keep going! 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>> absolutely. >> reporter: donaldson has not been able to find a full-time job since she asked to be discharged to care for her autistic son. that was three years ago. >> it's much harder to give our experience from the military and have it transition over into a job that civilians find acceptable. i was an ammunition specialist. who is going to hire that? >> reporter: it must be hard with an autistic son. he has a lot of needs. >> as hard as it is, he makes it it worth it. he's my family so he's what i've got. >> reporter: the veterans administration estimates there are close to 68,000 homeless vets in america, more than 5,000 are women. to combat the problem, the v.a. is training many of its 7,000 case managers to deal with issues specific to women. >> i want to go back to school to be a medical assistant. once i get in school i figure things will start like lifting up. >> reporter: and it already has. with barbara marshall's help both women have moved into v.a. subsidize housing and ruth donaldson is getting her degree in computer graphic design and hopefully a paycheck to support her son donte'. >> i figure that is one way to get out of the minimum wage jobs and create a future that is stable for him and me. he'll know his mamma and has a place to come home every day after school and i will be there waiting. >> reporter: donaldson and shawn mclean are thankful for their temporary home at the jubilee house which now has four new families and looking forward to permanent work in the new year. michelle miller cbs news, fayetteville, north carolina. >> the department of veterans affairs has set a goal for no more homeless veterans by 2015 which is three years from now. >> wouldn't that be a great goal? >> i hope they meet that goal absolutely. coming up, tell you about an innovative program that helps patients suffering from alzheimer's as well as their family with acting and role playing and helping them with their memory. it's really a neat program. >> it's all coming up on "the early show." stick around. we will be right back. hello again, it is 8:25. i am jessica kartalija, wjz has weather and traffic together, let's begin with marty. >> what a beautiful shot. i mean it is clear and it is cold but it is seasonal. it is supposed to be about 27 degrees at this time of the day, this time of the year, well it is 29. let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast day. normal daytime high is 42, today 44, this sunny day start will be replaced by clouds, no rain just warm air moving our way frankly, now over to sharon gibala wjz tv traffic control, good morning. >> only one issue has popped up since we last spoke, just an accident in the edgewater area in anne arundel county. that ice still in rosedale. no need for watch for delays, everything in the 60s it looks like on the beltway as well as 95, 83, 70, there is a live look at an empty top side at hartford road, this brought to you by dick's sporting goods. jessica, back over to you. >> sharon, thank you. a year has passed since a teenager from north carolina went missing in baltimore then found dead in hartford county and still no word of a suspect. monique griego stays on this story. good morning, it is still not clear how much progress police have made in their investigation. last night family and friends of phylicia barnes lit candles in honor of the 16-year- old who disappeared one year ago while visiting her sister in northwest baltimore, in the time that passed police have said little about their investigation, lending little insight. detectives tell us their work has never stopped. back to you. >> a 4 car pile up leaves a young boy dead and his sister and parents hospitalized. hurt on 83 near the beltway when a jeep cherokee rear-ended a car. he is identified as jake owen, no charms charges have been filed. 4 teens are accused of setting fires. they are accused of stealing flares and using them to set fires causing $130,000 in damage. the federal government is setting another $28 million to our state to help pay for children's health insurance. the state is one of 23 to be awarded that money after it met a goal. please stay with wjz, 13, maryland's news station, ever wonder how cleaning products smell so sweet? 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[ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. ♪ a beautiful morning here in new york city. welcome back to "the early show." i'm debbye turner bell along with jeff glor. this guy. >> this dude. >> you probably recognize him. coming up this half hour a wisconsin man who is like dear abby for people in financial need. a newspaper column he gets in touch with people who need help getting back on their feet paying the rent or buying food and in the past two decades, he has helped 20,000 people in astounding numbers. we will meet him and some of the people he has helped. >> incredible story. if you're a meat lover with a smart gadget this one is for you. a new app created by one of new york city's most famous butchers. he will teach you all about meat from the different cuts to how to sharpen your knives helpful info and if you'd like to look at meat there you go. why not? >> so many jokes. >> we will have that story very soon. >> it will be very helpful. first, people in the early stages of alzheimer's disease are struggling not only with memory loss but with frustration of losing control. >> now there is a unique program that is using improv theater to remind people of roles they used to play in life. elaine quijano reports. >> reporter: every week a group of with early stage alzheimer's meet for a little bit of nontraditional therapy. >> i remember this. i dance with my father like this. >> reporter: a theater class is helping people like mark kahn. >> fred astaire? >> i love all music. >> reporter: acting coach linda gelman work with the participants and care givers to revive old memories even as more recent ones fade away. >> the feeling of community that they get from a class like this is very intense and very important. >> reporter: research shows social and cognitive estimation are associated with a reduced risk of developing alzheimer's and may help alzheimer's patients with depression. >> just to come and join with other people who are experiencing the same problem. their functioning stays more at a same level. they don't go downhill as quakely. >> liberation of one's cells and that you're in a comfortable environment to the degree that you can say almost anything. >> headaches. >> reporter: 89-year-old roy roistacher a retired prefer of dentistry uses the class to sharpen his love of language and tell stories of his boyhood in new york. you remember those days pretty well? >> right. but i don't remember what i did yesterday. >> reporter: is that hard for you? >> yes. of course, it is. overwhelmingly hard. >> take your hat off at least. >> reporter: he worries most about the burden on his wife. >> she carries her load. >> reporter: you have a load too. >> her load is to see what happens to her husband. we have been married almost 60 years. bye-bye. and did you see her? she is a knockout! knockout! she is 85 years old! >> reporter: laughter is an integral part of her lesson. she is a 30-year veteran of improvisation theater and a member of the troup city limits. >> improv helps people access themselves. >> reporter: through word games. >> k.! >> kleptomaniac! >> reporter: and role playing. >> he's a marriage counselor. >> these students get a chance to reclaim their path. elayne kahn who once was a therapist gets her voice back as she plays the role of marriage counselor. >> can you tell me in a few words? >> you leave me exhausted! >> reporter: >> they have a place to share who they were. >> two different marriage counselors! >> and who they are still are. we see the disease. we don't see who that person is what they have done what their life has consisted of. >> roy you wrote a book right? >> reporter: it's a place to help them reclaim the dignity their disease is stealing away. >> all right! let's give him a hand! >> reporter: elaine quijano, cbs news new york. >> linda gelman is now writing a book for caregivers and explaining her technique. >> good. here is whit johnson with a final check of the headlines. less than a week to go until the iowa caucuses and another shake-up in the polls. latest cnn "time" poll puts mitt romney ahead of the presidential pact. romney is followed by ron paul and rick santorum out of nowhere, who is quickly gaining ground. newt gingrich who was the front-runner a month ago, is fourth. he is followed by rick perry. meanwhile, michele bachmann's campaign took a big hit just hours after appearing with bachmann at a campaign stop yesterday. her iowa campaign manager defected. kent sorenson says he supports ron paul now. sorenson believes the race in iowa is down to two candidates rom know and ron paul. >> i believe that we're here in iowa at a crucial point. i believe two top-tier candidates running right now. i believe the race has come down to mitt romney or ron paul. >> michele bachmann says sorenson was offered a large sum of money to work for ron paul. >> kent campaigned with us earlier this afternoon in iowa and then he went immediately afward to a ron paul event and announced he is changing teams. kent said to me yesterday that everyone sells out in iowa, why shouldn't i? then he told me he would stay with our campaign. the ron paul campaign had to answer for his actions on these events. >> paul's campaign said it was not paying sorenson and was puzzled why bachmann would make such a claim. one candidate, jon huntsman is not competing in iowa but is focusing on the new hampshire primary on january 10th. earlier, huntsman told jeff the results in new hampshire may surprise some people. >> the rap on me has always been we know he can win the general election but can he win the primary phase of this election cycle and we will start by doing that here in new hampshire. >> the latest poll in new hampshire shows huntsman at 9% and mitt romney with 44%. in central vermont, the last stretch of highway damaged or destroyed by the remnants of hurricane irene is set to reopen today. the august storm washed out 500 miles of roads and 200 bridges across the state. dozens of towns were cut off for several days. we have some remarkable video this morning from new zealand. that is an owner karca. it is hunting sharks off the beach of new zealand. this video taken by a local family who watch the orca drill one of the sharks onto the sand and it struggled in the surf unable to move back into deeper water. you can see that of course, drew the attention of the family dog. he gets into the mix there. curious and couldn't resist checking out the shark circling it and fortunately staying well away from those sharp teeth. time to weather. now here good morning, it is a very very sunny day start. look in the seasonal way it is very pleasant. yeah, upper 20s to around 30. that is cold by anybody's measure but it is seasonal. 44 degrees going to be the high temperature this day. clouds increase, now that warm front move unction our way. 33 is your from the detergents to deodorants making people feel sick. >> scientists are analyzing dozen of them to see if is there a problem. >> reporter: take a whiff. there is plenty of citrus and lots of sweets and a mountain of fresh consents in the cleaning slides. >> actually i don't like fragrance because i have allergies. >> i had phone calls and e-mails from hundreds of people telling me they were getting sick from common fragrance household products. >> reporter: the complaints range from headaches to breneling difficulties each loss of consciousness. so diamond's lab analyzed 25 popular scented products. she won't reveal which ones but says they are commonly used. air fresheners personal care laundry and cleaning supplies and what she found surprised her. >> all of them emitted chemicals that are classified as toxic or hazardous under federal laws. these chemicals can damage the brain, the lungs, the central nervous system and cause cancer. >> reporter: they are not just in traditional scented products. simon says those labeled green and organic and natural contain these chemicals too. >> i have not found a one that was classified as tox ibic or hazardous. >> reporter: partly because fragrances are considered a trade secret because in many cases the ingredients wouldn't fit. earlier this year, clorox voluntarily published a list of all of its fragrance ingredients on its website. the list has more than 1,200 products. >> they are safe. >> reporter: the fragrance industry is turning up its nose at simon's process. >> there is a process we have that we have and several steps in the supply change. >> reporter: they say most evidence that scented products cause health products but this doctor has treated patients who reported symptoms from scented products. >> right now, i wouldn't panic. these are potential carcinogens and relatively low amounts of the product. >> reporter: he is concerned about a long period of time using them. >> especially if you have pulmonary disease like asthma. >> reporter: this lady stopped using them ten years ago aafter she made her sick. >> i can't do it fast enough. >> reporter: her cleaning supplies are simple and surprising. lemon and few sprays of cheap vodka for the countertop and borax for washing clothes. >> the trick is stop looking in the soap aisles for these things. >> she says it's cheaper and now she is breathing easily. juli watt san francisco. >> the study has not claimed these hazardous ingredients in scented products directly cause any health problems but maybe reason to pause. maybe a little less possibly. all right. so we are talking now to the devoted carnivores out there. there's an interesting new app out there that we wanted to tell you about. >> each week apple chooseses the apple of the week. bridget carey checked out one that shall we say is truly a cut above the rest. >> we pull that filet and cut wherever it connects. >> reporter: pat is not the next top tv chef but on the new york meat scene he is a rock star. >> we are here at porter house new york in new york city. >> reporter: they supply 600 restaurants in new york city alone. now he is opening his shop to the digital shop. >> we wanted to make it user friendly so the public can see all of the different options and different cuts and all of the different types of meat. >> reporter: it reads kind of like a book. there is video. you have 50 minutes of video in here? >> there is 50 minutes of video and there is twice the amount of text that a normal book would have. >> reporter: readers can learn about more than 400 cuts of beef, lamb, poultry, and pork. even lessons on how to grind meat and sharpen knives. >> more you use your knife the more imperfections you'll get on the actual sharp surface. >> reporter: an app i saw one of the things you go over is how to avoid a sucker steak. can you explain that? >> any app i call a sucker steak. a huge vein that is called a nerve. >> reporter: while it's often the pricest cut on the menu lafrieda he suggests skipping the porterhouse and the dried age room is stocked with nearly a million dollars of flavor. >> so we have between 5,000 and 6,000 pieces of meat aging on these shelves. you can see things that are really, really fresh that we just put up compared to products that is about so or 12-week aged. so in this room we have short loin 109 rib steaks and new york rib steaks. anything, any steakhouse in new york city would really want. we have about a million dollars worth of meat in here aging at any given time. >> reporter: and like all good cuts of meat at $7 pat lafrieda's big app for meat isn't cheap. >> there is so much information and much more than any textbook could offer and textbooks on this subject cost about $60, $70. >> reporter: so you basically made a 7 dollar interactive textbook? >> yes, without cutting any trees down. >> the app also includes a meat quiz and you can even order your favorite cuts from pat lafrieda's butcher shop. >> a meat quiz? >> that's right. test your meat proficientcyproficiency. >> i laugh. >> when you see different cuts laid out on the diagram and you learn it again. >> i went to veterinarian school. you'd think i would know. >> do you have any favorite apps? >> mine are basic like map quest and movies and most are for my daughter who can use my phone now. >> she is how old? >> he is is not even 2. she can turn it on go to an app. what about you, favorite app? >> yeah, i like the flight track app. >> flight track? >> i travel a decent amount. i like the cbs sports football app. not a plug but yi it a lot. >> speaking of cbs. i like the "60 minutes" app. a huge fan. up next he is truly a hero for our time. a time when so many people need help just paying the bills. >> we will meet a man who has for more than two decades, a man who is north of chicago has been trying to help as many people as possible. it's come to about a thousand people a year. >> steve hartman has the story of a man who says when it comes to help, the time is now. >> reporter: if jesus were to come back, would it be as a real estate broker in wisconsin? probably not. but lord knows, this bearded man in white burning the midnight oil sure fits the bill. more than anyone i've ever met. >> we have to love one another and take care of each other. and that is what it's about. >> reporter: sal demasally is poring over the dozens of letters he gets every week asking for help. they are for poor people in need of minor miracles mostly like getting their furnace fixed or a utility bill paid so they can have their gas turned back on. sal makes it happen using donations and a lot of his own money and then tells the stories in a local newspaper column he writes called "the time is now to help." >> the whole sidizing off that side. >> reporter: his latest tip brought him to this should be torn down trailer. >> i thought there can't be people living in here. all of a sudden, i heard little children inside. my heart just sunk. >> reporter: six of them. as we learned, each more adorable than the next. >> hi. >> reporter: they belong to hani acuff and her boyfriend. the only heat they get is from the electric stove. yet, hani says she didn't write a letter. somebody else must have. >> never realized that you were like those people in those articles? >> not really. i feel lucky. >> you feel lucky? >> yeah. i feel like having my family they are all loving and caring. >> reporter: all of the more reason for sal to want to help although his main motivation is much more personal. take me back to when you were a little boy. >> i remember being evicted. evictions coming. >> reporter: evictions? >> evictions. we were like gypsies. >> reporter: and poverty chased them to every new address. >> i made a promise to god that i would never forget these roots. >> reporter: eventually, sal who owns the real estate company, became a multimillionaire, although according to his bookkeeper and wife korene sal has given away almost all of it. $4 million and counting. >> yeah, i worry sometimes, but there is no convincing him. >> it gets contagious. you want to do it again and again. this is a van. >> reporter: over the last 20 years, sal's helped about 20,000 people. >> here is the master bedroom here. >> reporter: today, it's hani and her boyfriend tim. >> toaster. >> reporter: who, thanks to sal, are now in a new completely furnished apartment. this isn't what you were expecting? >> i can't even -- i don't even -- i don't even know. >> reporter: who knows how much longer sal can afford to keep doing this. >> well, thank you so much. i'm to grateful to you. >> reporter: if only hugs were dollars, it wouldn't be an issue. >> thank you very much! >> reporter: if only there were more sals in the world, there wouldn't be a need. steve hartman on the road in lake geneva wisconsin. >> you know what i love most about this story? not millions of dollars or a big program but the small things that make a big difference. >> if only there were more sal's. >> and we all could be a sal. >> have a great day, everyone. your local news is coming up next. ñh hello again, it is 8:55. i am jessica kartalija, let's checking with marty. >> let's take a look at the forecast. a few clouds around, primarily sunny though, a high temperature of about 44 degrees. note though tomorrow up to 54. clouds later on today are going to be a warm front. it is taking us to mid-50s tomorrow, 51 sunny on saturday, the day of new year's eve. new year's day 54, monday 44 then tuesday we drop into the deep freeze of temperatures, ten below normal at 32. that just could be the beginning of a weather story next week. we will worry about it next week, jess take it away. >> marty, thank you. one year later and still no word of suspects in the murder of a north carolina teen who went missing in northwest baltimore, monique griego stays on this story. >> reporter: good morning. today it is still not clear how much progress police have made in their investigation. last night family and friends of phylicia barnes lit candles in honor of the 16-year-old who disappeared while visiting her sister in northwest baltimore. in the time that passed police have said little about their investigation, lending little insight. they tell us their work has never stopped. jessica, back to you. >> homicide detectives are investigating what will be the 196th murder of the year, a man was shot last night a few blocks from sinai hospital. additional information about that crime has not been released. a four car pile up leaves a young boy dead, his sister and parents hospitalized. they were hurt on i 83 near the beltway when a jeep cherokee rear-ended a car. the boy is identified as 5-year- old jake owen. authorities say speed was a factor. so far no charges have been filed. another fatal crash is also under investigation this morning. this one in montgomery county. it happened during rush hour yesterday on rockville pike in bethesda. a metro bus collided with a pickup truck, killing the truck driver, about a dozen passengers are being treated at hospitals. anne arundel county police are searching for three men accused of a bizarre attack. a man tells police he was pepper sprayed, stripped half naked then robbed at a bus stop tuesday night. the suspects got away with cash and the victim's cell phone. anyone with information is urged to call police. as the christmas season winds down a reminder to recycle wrapping paper and christmas trees, trees can be taken to the citizen drop off center in january and if you can't drop it out put it out on your regularly scheduled trash day, just make sure to remove tinsel and ornaments. more today at noon.

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