san francisco zoo missing monkey banana sam is home safe and sound. someone spotted him in a park ten miles away, got him in their backpack and told authorities. someone opened up a tweet account. there were turn funny ones on there. he talked about fanny packs are still in style, i m going back to the zoo. a lot happened in 2011 that people will talk about for years to come. tom foreman shows us some of the best and worst moments. reporter: the word crazy keeps coming to mind. crazy year. i think it was one of those roller coaster years. talk about unexpected, right?
the world. also this morning. iran says it has produced and tested nuclear fuel rods. what does that mean for the u.s.? a live report from tehran coming up. and republican presidential candidate rick santorum seems to have the momentum. the last few days before the iowa caucuses tuesday. we ll take you live to des moines. but right now we get back to the new year celebrations. you were probably enjoying your own party so we wanted to show you how other folks celebrated. check this out. five, four, three, two, one. happy new year! that was the scene in times square. the ball dropped as it always does but this year there was something new. see if you see this in it. show that video. but it was the mayor, oh, there s mayor and there s lady gaga. no, cut away. they kissed. enough said. i wonder what his gir friend thought about that? anyway. nashville, that is what was happening there. the big twang, the biggie tar music note dropping. it was the third annual music ci