in other news, david letterman, i love david letterman. just a new york institution at this point. he opened up on cbs this morning speaking to charlie rose and says he has really battled with depression. and who knew? this is someone who makes so many other people happy. he s been pretty skeptical about taking depression medication. so it s been quite a battle that he s dealing with. but it s just terrific that he opened up about it, because it s a battle so many americans have, that people have. it will be interesting to see what he does. his contract is up in 2014, but they say a lot of comedians do have a darker side. they have that jovial funny person you see on tv. a lot going on underneath. his rumor is a little acidic. and lastly here, gangnam style, the most watched youtube video. the south korean rapper now, to show you how successful that
became clear that it would not pass. boehner s plan would have raised taxes on those earning over $1 million. before political reality set in, he was sounding optimistic. our country has big challenges, and the president and i are going to have to work together to solve those challenges. after putting plan b aside, boehner said it s now up to president obama and the senate to find a way to avoid sending the nation over the cliff. house members are leaving washington. they ll return after christmas. you have to believe this is so telling about the trouble that speaker boehner is having corralling his troops in the house. even though the president said $250,000, they went up to $400,000 and boehner said $1 million. even that wasn t enough to appease some republicans in the house. absolutely no tax hikes. so this says a lot about speaker boehner s leadership and his control over the house.
a lot of good will goes into it. the kids dropping their letter in, good cause of seeing santa and clearly, yes yes, i ll let you all write your own captions at home for that one. we ll be back. we ll be back.
here s abc s dr. richard besser. reporter: a surgical clamp left inside an abdomen. scissor blade left near a pelvis. even this one. an 18 inch retractor left behind. and surgical mistakes, like the one that happened to lonny, they operated on the wrong knee. i was under, i was helpless. reporter: it happens a lot more than you might think. what we found is that about 40 times per week in the u.s., patients have a sponge or a towel left. 20 times a week we operate on the wrong side of the body or the wrong part of the body. and 20 times we do the wrong operation. reporter: dr. jeffrey port of new york presbyterian hospital showed me what is supposed to happen before surgery even starts. make a mark with our initials on the side of the surgery. reporter: the surgeon initials the correct limb. once inside the o.r., everything stops and they hold up a checklist. nurses should count the instruments and gauze sponges
song has been. he bought a $1.25 million condo in l.a., and may not be a lot by hollywood standards. but he did pay for it in cash. so he rode that little horsey all the way to a cash paid for condo in l.a. gangnam style, indeed. bet he loves america now. .. [ cat 1 ] i am not a vegetarian.