perfect. >> here's zach talking about it. >> pushing it pretty good. >> zach's having a ball doing this. for a young kid like him to be out there pushing around some snow with a fork lift? i mean, that's a lot of fun. >>> puppet dance party with a surprise ending. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it may not surprise you, but the busiest shipping day of the year faums this week. for example, fedex normally ships 8 million packages on day on average, they expect to hit 19 million shipped pammages setting a record. the guy who seems to be most irritated is -- santa? >> close. >> jolly -- >> francis. it's 2012, man! >> oh, no. he's back. >> this is a message for the people who work for the delivery services here in america. i know you know who i many a, because i get all my [ bleep ] delivered, from a record store. vip to get all of my clothes stuff online. that's white, i get my fat people clothes through the fat people store. go ahead. make fun of me. >> i make fun of him and say -- >> oh, look. another package, you got another [ bleep ] in the mail! >> goodness. >> francis is pretty mad before, but he's

zach is a documentarian turned ghost hunter that says he sees dead people and talks to them. >> i see time capsules that hide skree secrets of the past. these see createcretsecrets, th unrested. we set up cameras and tonight when it gets dark they'll turn into night vision. >> reporter: snug harbor was a refuge for sailors, rumor has it it remains a old haunt, final port of call for tormented souls. >> a lot of people have been experiencing paranormal activity in this building, security officer, staff. >> you think it's a shadow but after a while you think that wasn't a shadow. >> reporter: donald patrolled here as a security officer more than a decade. do you believe this staff? >> yeah, i believe almost anything they tell me. >> reporter: anywhere that you wouldn't go by yourself when it's dark? >> the major's house. >> reporter: which is where i find myself as night falls. going to the matron's house, where it's been documentsed that a murder actually took place. remember that sound we heard? we head to the attic to explore. >> hello? is there anybody up here? >> what we'll usually

i think we should bring in zach with some more gifts. zach, back once again with great gift ideas, what do you have? >> magnetic thinking putty. it acts like regular putty, but it's also magnetic. so i can hold a magnet and it will react to the putty. does it come with a magnet? >> it does. >> awesome. next up, one of the hardest gifts to find. a perfect gift for your buddy. who is a gamer. you get him a game, what kind of a game. >> instead of trying to find games they don't have, you can get cool hardware that will make gaming even better. my favorite thing is gaming headsets. >> you can hear and talk to players you might be playing against in china? >> exactly. >> my favorite company that makes gaming headsets is turtle beach. i have a turtle beach headset i love it. they rang in cost from $30 to $300, depending on what you want to spend. >> thank you, zach. >> good stuff. >> a video with a message for those preparing for end of the world. >>> get it while you can. >> oh my gosh! [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&

. >> steven, we have such a huge response over our tech guru zach's gift ideas, we have to bring him back. >> he is santa's little tech help. >> hey, zach. >> you have not one, not two, but three tech ideas for us. >> first is the logitech washable keyboard. >> i love this, you have no idea so gross, and disgusting, i love this. >> that's a great gift. >> keep my fingers crossed for that one. >> and you have one for moms and dads? >> yes, it's a child seat that moves like a parent would. and it integrated sound and visual moves. >> but we will say nothing will replace mom or dad. >> that's true. >> what is this called? >> it's a metal, and the melting point is at 86 degrees, so when you put @ in your hand, it turns into a liquid. >> you can find it on amazon, it's relatively cheap. be careful handling it, can t can cause skin irritation. >> a video of the dad having the talk with his 2-year-old. >> see who wins, next "right this minute." >>> a christmas song gets a not so special twist. >> they took pretty much anything and everything. >> they're telling the story behind their son, n

zach started by signing up his school friends. in four months, the site exploded to 7,000 users. >> it kept crashing. there were so many people. i was real proud. >> reporter: when he jumped on board, he helped design safe can i tia controls for his son's web site like requiring a signed contract and a parent notification. it is also constantly monitored for content. >> every kid that gets on our site is in a much safer environment. they are getting information about what is relevant to their world no bullying, no drugs, no smoking. >> reporter: for now, dad is

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. >> to explain this process we're going to bring in our text expert, zach. >> hi. >> hey, zach. >> hello. >> what's up, dude? >> that is a water soluble film that pattern is printed on to and then an activator is sprayed on to the film which gets rid of the film and leaves the pattern so that the products can be dipped into it. >> it looks like once they dip the product, they kind of move away the rest of the film. they kind of scrape away the rest of the film so it doesn't ruin the paint job. >> exactly. >> can i dip my head into one of these things and then it comes out with the stripe design all over my face? >> i wouldn't do that because you wouldn't have a primer on your head which is what is needed for the product to accept the spray. >> do you do like a leopard print? >> sure. you could. >> you could do your face on a hub cap. >> just got to design it. ♪ >>> most of us are probably never going to get to cambodia, so i bring you this video. a beautifully shot time lapsed video. kind of stretching the parameter stretching what's possible with time lapsed. the guy thathot this spen

. >> to do that we're going to bring in our tech expert and our -- >> el of zach. >> hello, zach. >> hello. >> what's up? >> great gift ideas for the techi in our lives. >> exactly. >> what have you got? >> both come from [ inaudible ]. instead of going hardware i'm thinking cool tech things fun to play with. >> yeah. >> what's this one? >> the first one called the farrow food magnetic display, probably the coolest looking desk toy you can get. >> like a little something of goop or whatever in there. oil? >> it's a fluid that reacts to magnetic fields. >> i'm not a techi and i love this and i want one. it looks alive. >> an updated way cooler version of the lava lamp. >> because you can control this one. >> and next up on your list of things that are cool. >> this is the rc water cannon helicopter. it does exactly what it says. it shoots water from a helicopter you can control. something you can fly around here and just nail people in the face. >> so this is a little remote controlled helicopter that's also a water gun? >> exactly. the best of both worlds. >>> these pranks are awesom

zach? is this your fault? >> this is santa. merry christmas and a happy new year. >>> this dude. >> took an old '69 mustang, a beater, a junker and revitalizes it. >> this ain't no ordinary mustang. see why the fix up ride had former racer mario andretti in awe. +1 >>> steven, this is flaky the snowball. >> did not show up for a lot of dates and never calls you back. >> more because he's made of snowflakes. >> and flaky has migrated to brazil from northern europe to alleviate his seasonal depression. >> seasonal effective disorder does spell out sad. >> this was one sad little snowball when he migrated down to pra zil he forget to think about one thing, right now it's coming up on summertime. what does flaky have to do. >> might need to sit in a bowl of ice cubes. >> that would work. he wouldn't be able to move around and explore brazil. what flaky does is flaky finds shadows. >> basically pulls the vampire routine. flaky, if i have to say anything to you buddy, now is the season you should be around the snow and be around your

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>> zach. >> exactly. >> hey, zach. >> hello. >> this is pretty amazing, but how exactly does this work? >> this is done with a very high-end object 3d printer, which basically means that it's way more expensive than anyone at their home is going to have which is why she's able to make this record and is one of the first people to do it. ♪ >> it sounds terrible, though. >> it does, but it's still incredible piece of technology, even though the 3d printer is still extremely accurate, it's not accurate enough to make record quality. >> i can only imagine where this technology is going to go. i can't wait for the day when we're in a house and i'm like man, i need a measuring cup. boom, i just have one right there. i don't have to go to the store. >> it's just around the corner. . >> snowmobiling in powder. ♪ >> i got a fun sleigh riding video. this is in saudi arabia with a family of kids and teens about to go for a magic carpet ride of sorts. they've got it tied to either a truck or some sort of off-road vehicle and everybody's piled on to this carpet and it seems to be working quite

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zach, let me ask you a question. 18.9%. the city is contemplating bankruptcy in detroit, along with a lot of other american cities. they're thinking of bulldozing neighborhoods, entire neighborhoods, to consolidate services. libig labor in the city. how is the possible that the liberal dream has failed so bad? >> first of all, thanks for having me, sean. cities all across michigan and across the are still struggling to find themselves out of this big hole we find ourselves in with the big recession. there's plenty of blame. >> sean: how many other cities are at 18.9%, contemplating bulldozing neighborhoods? how many other cities? >> there's plenty of challenges going around like the city of detroit. there's dramatic cuts to police and public safety in the city of detroit. >> sean: why did people leave? look, the democratic machine ran it into the ground. why can't you admit democratic policies have failed? this may be a preview of coming attractions to the country? >> sean, i'd ask you, i guess, to that same token to admit

zach slightly move backwards. i went oh, no, oh, don't do that. >> midair collisions and miscalculations send daredevils dropping from the sky. >> you can wind up with closing speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour. >> and plummeting 6,000 feet into a frozen wilderness. >> i felt like i was about to die because 60 feet is not enough for my parachute to open. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> a spectacular aerial stunt goes horribly wrong. not one but two midair collisions 10,000 feet above the earth causing chaos in the skies. wing suit

there are guys that survived that did unbelievably heroic things, i was in the room with one kid, zach, raised a mennonite in ohio, and he was man ago battle station, all day for 12 hours in this humvee that was getting torn apart by overwhelming taliban forces, mortars, rockets, bullets, and i was, just remarking to him, zach, i would have run to the dining hall and gotten under a table, i mean, how did you stay out there? >> he is like, he is embarrassed that he wasn't doing things as brave as everyone else was doing. i am like, you were doing your job, you were supposed to be at that table and you were supposed to be manning but these other guys were delivering ammunition and roam say, he was leading the battle to retake the other side of the camp. zach, you are so brave, doesn't think he is. >> rose: you also write that you had to decide how honest you would describe the horrors of war. >> this is really tough. this is a really difficult thing as a writer and as a journalist. because the point of this book for me was to have people like me who have not been-even though i read the n

but right now, zach is more focused on the whole reason he invented grom social. >> i'm in it to have fun with it. >> reporter: up next for zach and his dad, they will talk to interested media companies including disfully next year about this web site. >> which reminds me, you think i can get stock on this? >> we're not going public yet. >> oh, all right. >> starting young. >> right. and how about the reporter trying to get in on it early. >> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news continues right now right now >>> straight up 5:00 now as we take a live look at the u.s. capitol dome. hopefully, something can be reached, some sort of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff as lawmakers continued to work on this. it is a chilly new year's eve out there. good morning. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. chilly indeed. let's bring in tucker barnes again to talk about it. >> is it new year's eve already? >> time is flying by, man. >> you're questioning it -- >> i feel like it is still the night before. >> no

>> sure. >> zach, i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> at the president's first press conference after his reelection, mr. obama reminded americans that america had chosen him and his agenda over them. but republican senators essentially blocked susan right before she was ever nominated as secretary of state. now be prominent republicans are signaling troubling ahead for a fellow republicans, chuck hagel of nebraska if the president nominates him as the next defense sek. >> i don't think he's going to get me republican i like. but his positions i didn't frankly know all of them are really out of the mainstream and well to the left of the president. i think it lab challenging nomination but the hearings will matter. >> well, the president is not getting much help from democrats either. here's senator chuck schumer answering whether he would support senator hagel's nomination. take a listen. >> i'd have to study his record. i'm not going to comment until the president makes a nomination. >> joining me now, presidential historian michael beschloss. some republicans say they go have

from idaho, joining us now, scott and his son zach. good morning. >> good morning. >> how is the neighborhood feeling? >> well, most of our neighbors don't mind, but a couple do. >> but the music is played through a car radio. you don't hear it in the neighborhood, right? >> yeah, we have a short-range transmitter hooked up to my computer that will transmit it about 1/2 a mile. >> you do this for a good cause though, right? >> what is you're asking to do when people come to the house. >> we do it for the meridian food bank. >> so you're asking people to bring food when they come to view the lights, the light show. >> yeah. >> we think it's cool. >> talk to me real quick. electric bill this month. what are you looking at? >> well, we are on level pay for the whole year. so we don't get a huge bill in december. >> you run an extension cord to your neighbor's house, right? >> that's the way to do it. >> all right, scott and zach, the christmas lighthouse in iowa. >> take it easy. >> don't pull an anderson cooper, okay? >> he got lit up --

zach and i agree this is not the best way to take 7.3 million. the only reason i picked them is because they are the only none partisan group. where we disagree is i don't think it makes sense. they will do something good for the democrats, good for the republicans and not so good for the country. if they come to a deal they will cut half the amount of money and half again of that will be nothing and fake accounting. it will be a deal that's great for politics and lousy for the -- >> they are at a point -- >> never have to doing is until we're broke. >> some are saying the president wants to go over in order to gain more leverage and blame the gone. do you think he'll actually obstruct? >> i don't think he'll obstruct but i don't think the republicans will make that kind of a deal. i think it's a good idea for us to go over, if for no other reason to get more leverage so we can in fact deal with -- >> there's two things we won't deal with and one is the fact that never during the campaign, you cannot raise enough ref crew and you can not lays ser

and zach erts of stanford. >>> when you are the mvp of the world series, you become a ms. universe expert. pablo sandoval is going to be one of the judges for ms. universe. what are his qualifications? he had .500 with 4 home runs and 3 rbis in the world series sweep. just means you know women i. i am defending women. i think this is a very misogynist event. no more ms. universe. and you know what can get them off the air? no rating, no advertising. [ laughter ] >> we agree ? >> i don't know, i think it's just silly. but that's just me. some people enjoy them . >> i don't. i'm done with that that. >>> santa clara beats san jose state 75-54 in basketball. the reason i'm playing, if you think it's that bad, then don't apply for the contest. -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help th

. >> zach, jump in there. >> so to my friend carter, i beg to differ. please, please let me differ. first of all, i'd like to say i'm not wildly excited about any of these names. the spending budget for these companies in the tens of billions of dollars to keep in constant need for higher band width. and verizon is a bond proxy. yielding close to 5%, it's closer to a junk bond proxy with a high grade quality to it. so i kind of like that if you're into safe investing. problem with sprint is they are the proverbial. they have not run commensurately as a business. i'm sure someone could take them out, but i'm not sure you want to buy the name just on that. >> so is there anything that would make you want to own these then, zach? >> no. i suppose if i was into -- 27 years old and needed a 4.7% yield on something i thought had a good chance of not going down a lot were verizon would be attractive for those reasons. >> well, that is certainly a reason to own them. >> right. it is as he points out 5%. at this point at this multiple at this appreciation as you sarted the segment, one of th

but to explain exactly how this works, notice i said exactly how it works -- >> hi, once again, zach. we need explanation here. >> the table is hooked up to a computer. inside the computer you can program the shapes you want to draw. you draw with a digital pen. it saves your motions. ater you can create the same motions again with the pen and the magnet inside the table. this can be used in a varietyñrf really interesting applications. it could be used in art education. a good artist can use that digital pen to create something and someone else can come along and make it on their own. >> i understand that you have another invention that could make us look cool. >> i do. so you know on scooby-doo how the bad guys had the eyes that would follow you. a nasa engineer created a wait for this to be possible. he takes a cool portrait. cuts out the eyes. puts anfá ios device behind it d uses another ios device to facetime that one so he can see what's going on. >> this is the coolest security device ever. you can watch the burglars in they're in your house. >> you can recreate this without

after friday's inspection, the shik zach shimazaki said they will look for answers. >> translator: we'll carefully analyze what we saw today. it won't be an easy task determining what it is. >> the team of experts will be back at the plant on saturday. then they will meet early next year to produce an assessment based on the results of their inspection. >>> nra experts are checking the ground beneath a number of power plants in this earthquake-prone country. their reports on some of them could keep the facilities off line for the future or forever. nra teams say they found one active fault under tsuruga nuclear compound. the fault runs along side reactors one and two. and another fracture intersects with it under reactor two. nra investigators also released their final assessment of the higashidori plant. any confirm two faults under the kpoupd are most likely active. the possibility of active faults under nuclear plants and the accident in fukushima last year have prompted many japanese to question the use of atomic energy. the former government said it would aim to take all reactors of

after friday's inspection, the shik zach shimazaki said they will look for answers. >> translator: we'll carefully analyze what we saw today. it won't be an easy task determining what it is. >> the team of experts will be back at the plant on saturday. then they will meet early next year to produce an assessment based on the results of their inspection. >>> nra experts are checking the ground beneath a number of power plants in this earthquake-prone country. their reports on some of them could keep the facilities off line for the future or forever. nra teams say they found one active fault under tsuruga nuclear compound. the fault runs along side reactors one and two. and another fracture intersects with it under reactor two. nra investigators also released their final assessment of the higashidori plant. any confirm two faults under the compound are most likely active. the possibility of active faults under nuclear plants and the accident in fukushima last year have prompted many japanese to question the use of atomic energy. the former government said it would aim to take all reactors

. >> zach olson and his crew have been running nonstop since the big weekend storms. they shot this video of a massive oak tree that fell friday right on top of doris hong's home splitting her roof in two. >> the ceiling was almost collapsing. >> what was the noise like? >> it was horrible. it was so loud. >> reporter: luckily doris wasn't hurt, but her home of 60 years suffered major damage. >> trees that are leaning and people are concerned. they are paying attention so i am getting calls and looking at thicks and hopefully mitigating potential hazards. >> reporter: he has spent the last two days removing a 100-foot douglas fir that fell in the yard and crushing her garage and the family car. >> first she went like this and didn't come back and yell and scream we ran out. >> i had very little sleep. >> reporter: he came back to california from long island, new york, where he has been helping homeowners recover from superstorm sandy. >> started looking at the weather and hearing reports of something big coming in. i got on the plane and came in the evening before the

. >>> baseball reports out of los angeles say the dodgers are close to inking zach weanki to a deal that would make him the second highest-paid pitcher in the league, only behind sabathia. >>> tragedy has struck the nfl. starting defensive tackle josh brent leaving a dallas nightclub was speeding early this morning when his car flipped over. inside the car was his close friend jerry brown, a linebacker who just signed off the practice squad. brown was killed in the incident. he and his wife were expecting their first child. this is brent's mug shot as he was arrested and charged with intoxicated manslaughter. he is currently being held without bond. the cowboys are in cincinnati to face the bengals on sunday. >>> still to come, another open division football title, and the winner of the heisman trophy is announced. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, johnny manzell of texas a& acker manti teo >>> off to the 2012 john w. heisman award, awarded to the best player in college football. it was a three-man race. quarterback johnny manziel out of texas a&m, notre dame linebacker manti te'o, and quarterback col

zach greinke put on his new jersey and top yesterday, after signing a contract with the l.a. dodgers. he moves across town from the angels. >>> as for last night's hoops, highlights, now, from espn. >> good morning. i'm hakem dermish with your "sportscenter" update. and we begin with the battle of the boroughs. nets and knicks. spike lee and jay-z. pregame pleasantries. carmelo anthony. 42 points in the game. knicks up two. under 1:30 to play. nets down two. joe johnson, driving. tied at 97-97. here we go. ensuing knicks possession. raymond felton, kicks it out to jason kidd. knicks up three. last chance for brooklyn. under ten seconds to go. gerald wallace, outside. huh-uh. out to deron williams. how about his three-pointer? no good. knicks win it 100-97. they've won seven of their last eight. next up, they host the lakers on thursday. >>> speaking of the lakers, part of a four-game road trip in cleveland. tyree irvin, back for 11 games from a fractured finger. and anderson varejao, pulling it down. cavs up two. late second quarter. irvin, on the break up to alonzo. cavs up

. >> zach olson and his crew have been running nonstop since the big weekend storms. they shot this video of a massive oak tree that fell friday right on top of doris hong's home splitting her roof in two. >> the ceiling was almost collapsing. >> what was the noise like? >> it was horrible. it was so loud. >> reporter: luckily doris wasn't hurt, but her home of 60 years suffered major damage. >> trees that are leaning and people are concerned. they are paying attention so i am getting calls and looking at thicks and hopefully mitigating potential hazards. >> reporter: he has spent the last two days removing a 100-foot douglas fir that fell in the yard and crushing her garage and the family car. >> first she went like this and didn't come back and yell and scream we ran out. >> i had very little sleep. >> reporter: he came back to california from long island, new york, where he has been helping homeowners recover from superstorm sandy. >> started looking at the weather and hearing reports of something big coming in. i got on the plane and came in the evening before the

. >> zach olson and his crew have been running nonstop since the big weekend storms. they shot this video of a massive oak tree that fell friday right on top of doris hong's home splitting her roof in two. >> the ceiling was almost collapsing. >> what was the noise like? >> it was horrible. it was so loud. >> reporter: luckily doris wasn't hurt, but her home of 60 years suffered major damage. >> trees that are leaning and people are concerned. they are paying attention so i am getting calls and looking at thicks and hopefully mitigating potential hazards. >> reporter: he has spent the last two days removing a 100-foot douglas fir that fell in the yard and crushing her garage and the family car. >> first she went like this and didn't come back and yell and scream we ran out. >> i had very little sleep.k too california from long island, new york, where he has been helping homeowners recover from superstorm sandy. >> started looking at the weather and hearing reports of something big coming in. i got on the plane and came in the evening before the storm, the first one an

. >>> and reports out of los angeles say the dodgers are close to landing zach greinde. reportedly six years $147 million. that would make him the second highest paid pitcher behind sabathia. >> bernadette has more sports on cbs 5 at 11:00. good night. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child.

zach's doctor has told him he only has months to live. his mom suggested he start writing good-bye letters to family and friends. >> i am awful at writing. i can't sit down and write a letter. i've tried. i decided to pick up my guitar and started playing music. this is fun. >> reporter: that's how his song called "clouds" was born. a good-bye to those he loves. >> you want to leave a melody behind? >> i do. >> reporter: and you think that will help them cope? >> it's kind of me always being there for them. like if they keep saying that song throughout their whole life, i'll be right next to them the whole way. >> reporter: zack can't stop writing lyrics, so many songs he wants to leave behind. >> you have to live life fast. you can't really put on the brakes at all. i can't wait for anything. and so that's kind of like one of the things when people say hold on, we have to wait for this. i say i can't. let's go. tomorrow, what are we doing? >> reporter: zack is 17. a senior at stillwater high school. he goes to class, but told his teacher

zach? >> it's a heartwarming story. it's just the best christmas story ever. >> osgood: oh, please, call me monkey. the actually, it's placido domingo next. and later -- >> got it! >> osgood: back home with actor bradley cooper.,,,,,,,,,,,, >> reporter: there are opera singers and then there is placido domingo. ♪ ♪ even to non-opera fans he is a force of nature. threat pop stars have their microphones, he doesn't need those gadgets. ♪ ♪ on stage, domingo is invincible. but real life is trickier for a man whose legacy is his voice. there r there certain things you have to avoid? how do you protect it? how do you take care of it? >> the worst thing is to fly in a plane and you find then your neighbor has a cold. >> reporter: what do you do? >> you move. i change planes. i cannot be in a long flight -- five, six hours, ten, 12, i have to change, i have to move seats. no hard feelings but it's my own responsibility. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: opera-- at this level, anyway-- is as much physical and musical. and, like any s

. >> reporter: like a growing number of men, zach bruno is paying more attenion to the skin and gro ring products he buys.in >> i came from being younger, out of school, not really caring about that sort of thing, and as i became more of an adult, with a real job and my own apartment, i felt like okay, i need to take care of myself a little better, inside and outside. >> reporter: so, he recently bought a subscription to a service called birchbox. once a month, he receives a box of samples of grooming and lifestyle products tailored to his needs. >> i've only gotten two xes so far, and they range from skincare, haircare, i got a tie, which i thought was pretty cool. and the one kind of tie i don't have. >> reporter: if he likes the selections, he can buy more at the birchbox bsite. most of birchbox customers arebo still wen, llt katia beauchamp says sales of men's products are growing more quickly. >> but en you are able to show them how this is valuable howre this is something that is actually addressing their needs and explain to them, you are looking for this. this is what this produc

>> no, it isn't my burl 11, it's an artist named ralphco zach that shows jesus leaning back d not laughing guffawing. >> a real knee-slapper. >> it's a real knee-slapper, that's right. >> do you find that gained any assemble tans in the united states? >> yeah, i mean, that picture is fairly popular. >> the phenomenon, the potential reality. we know jesus was all human, we know he was all god because he has a divine nature, i say "we know," this is the christian theology, at least that's catholic theology and it's i think still ]- a few orthodox episcopalian, you're a episcopalian. >> sure. >> who believe in the die vin origin, there's a dual nature, a god and man nature but both were fully fulfilled, if you're fully fulfilled human sense incongruity and laugh, right. >> correct. >> when you mentn thiso people it seems inappropriate, does it not? >> it does because people think religion's supposed to be serious. >> you think it's a joke. >> the laughing jesu jesus? >> no, do you think religious is a joke. >> absolutely not. >> but not incomparable with laughter. >> no, in fact, there's been

. >>> speaking of change, zach greinke went to the dodgers. if josh hamilton was hoping to join him, not happening. >>> up next, "the pulse." mick jagger, in the middle of some controversial, after the 12-12-12 concert. >>> and some cougar pride. look at that. christmas college style. look at that. christmas college style. stay with us. with heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an afib-related stroke. there is limited data on how t

and we have two children, zach who is 3 and aaron who is 2 months. >> well, i was born in scotland and then we moved down to the south of england and i grew up really there. >> max's mom, when she talks about him, she says he was quite an independent child. she says that his bedroom, he had a desk, which was a very large desk, and it was always covered in some pieces of electronics and wiring and stuff he was putting together. >> i think when i wrote my first code i was 7 or 8 years old. i wrote the codes by hand because i didn't have a computer. so i learned the program before i had a computer. i don't think i was particularly interested in mathematics at that time. i only really became interested in mathematics in my early to mid-20s. i just had a very intense relationship with music and sound since being very young. ♪ i played in a band when i was in college. i wasn't very good. i used to write music for television. i used to write music professionally for advertising purposes. i then realized i needed to get a job. and what i discovered there was a very significant niche in compu

punishment and challenge to his son could turn out to be the next social networking boom. 11 year old zach marks started the social networking site for kids called grown social. came up with the idea after getting in trouble for restarting his facebook page without his dad's permission. requires parental registration and more than 7,000 users in more than 4 months. disney is one of the interested media companies. >>> when it comes to getting the biggest bang for your buck, seems like the washington area may be your best bet. in a newly released ranking, maryland, virginia took three of the top spots. university of virginia took over the number 2 spot. the college of william mary in the close spot. 6 other local schools placed in the top 100 too. >> are there any english words or phrases you just wish you would never ever hear again? the annual list of the most over used words has been released by a michigan university. contains a dozen words including fiscal cliff, spoiler alert, super food and bucket list. i don't know super food, i don't get that one. >> fiscal cliff, we are so tired of

. >> if he found an inscription this is the home of zach car why yous the martyr the father of john. >> who is the john in this context? >> john the baptist. the inscription is in greek and dated properly no lart than 350 ash ad. >> after that the oldest inscription ever found. part of the verse from the nativity story of luke about simeon the old man who held the baby jesus. >> you have seen the inscription. in fact you discovered them. how do you know they are authentic. >> good question. we are living in an age of forgeries. the inscription which were there almost 30 feet in the air. it's impossible to forge something like that today. >> a forger would want to forge something he can sell and you cannot sell something this big. >> there's no way again it has been up there for the last almost 1700 years, and it will always be there. >>> like absalom's tomb christianity survived a variety of assaults. these days it's a best selling book that has many people angry and upset. .. >> a woman's name has been ven rated for centuries. mary magdelene. her life in jesus's life has been at the