new developments in the penn state sexual abuse scandal. the hearing is set for tomorrow. preparations for a media frenzy began a couple hours ago. closing down streets, roping off sidewalks getting ready for what will be the biggest thing this town has seen in decades. we ben ginn keeping them honest with more evidence of the cozy web of friendships, professional relationships and old skill ties that may have kept a serial child molester out of prison, on the streets and close to kids. if the charges, if the charges against jerry sandusky are true, that will be for a jury to decide. he likely had a powerful network of enablers, or at the very least countless people who had powerful interests in not

believing the allegations against him. yes, tonight that sishlg grew. this is a former home of thomas harmon, retired penn state chief of police. he was living there in 1998. remember that year. today we've learned his neighbor back then, just three doors down was, you guessed it, in the blue house, jerry sandusky. that's jerry sandusky's house there. not only were they neighbors, not only did their kids play and ride bikes together, worshipped at the same church, this one called saint paum's united methodist. neighbors and fellow church members back in 1998 which is when the mother of a boy went to police with a sexual abuse complaint against coach sandusky. according to a grand jury report she says it happened on campus, allegedly touching the boy inappropriately in tur show. the investigation included conversations of the officers talking to sandusky on the

phone. when the local d.a. declined to press charges, the chief closed the case. jerry sandusky continued to bring kids on campus and allegedly continued molesting them for years after that. as for the details of why he closed the case, the entire university is exempt from pennsylvania's open records law. former chief harmon, he's not the only one with prior connections to sandusky. there's the judge, allegedly, lesley dutch cot released him on unsecured bail, donated to the second mile charity, no longer handling any sandusky related proceedings. wendell courtney, penn state's legal counsel who served as second mile counsel. he wasnd told that his right hand man being investigated, joe paterno. tim curly was brought into the loop. plenty of people in a position to stop a child molester if that

is what he was. given the opportunity, none of them did. there's assistant coach mike mcqueary now on leave. there are new important developments concerning him. his story apparently shifting yet again. he told the grand jury he witnessed jerry sandusky raping a boy in the showers in 2002. according to the grand jury report he first called his dad, then joe paterno, then later tim curly and gary schultz. a few weeks ago he took issue with that account. in an e-mail he claimed, i did stop it, not physically, but made sure it was stopped when i left that locker room. now according to cnn contributor, another story is emerging. she quotes a source with knowledge of what a family friend told the grand jury. this friend sat with and listened to mcqueary as he recounted what he had just seen in the locker room. the friend told grand jurors

that mcqueary did not witness any rape. in said she said he heard sex sounds and the shower running and a young boy stuck his head around the corner of the shower stall and looked around at and an adult arm bringing him back. jeff toobin, the fact that there is now this basically third version of what mcqueary may have seen, why are all these conflicting stories if this was testimony given to the grand jury? >> people telecon flikting stories. remember mcqueary has been vilified for not having taken more steps to stop this rape or to report it. it would not be surprising if he describes his role in a swhalt

more heroic way. it is also true just in the nature of criminal investigations when people tell their stories multiple times, they tell it in different ways, always a problem for prosecutors. but clearly mcqueary is going to be a difficult witness for the prosecution, maybe still believable, but a witness with problems. >> if he said one thing to police in 2010 but said another thing back in 19 -- in 2002 to this guy who heard his story the first time, that would seem to be a big inconsistency. >> a huge inconsistency. that's part of the problem with the way this thing has been presented so far. they did the summary of the grand jury testimony. they didn't put out what was actually said. the prosecutors did that. there's a whole lot of stuff we don't know about. it's one of the reasons i've railed against this saying, well, there's no kinds of evidence or isn't evidence. until tomorrow we haven't seen anything. we don't know anything that's been cross examined yet. ly tell you, if he's told one story that is dramatically

different. if you say on one hand i saw a sex act. on the other hand, i saw somebody who peeked their head out and saw an adult arm, you couldn't get more diametrically opposed. and that's a major problem. >> a major problem not just in the -- whatever evidence there may be against sandusky, but two other people have been arrested. penn state officials basically because of allegedly what mcqueary informed them of. if he didn't inform them he saw a sex act but a more general vague thing, then it seems like the charges against them could be tossed out. >> i don't think what he's saying is that inconsistent. i don't think we're hearing all these different versions. i think we're hearing a lot of pieces of the entire puzzle. i think what we need to look at is what he told the grand jury. that is what he told under oath. >> we don't know what he told the grand jury. >> we have a summary of what he said. >> the summary is by a prosecutor. >> if the summary was so accurate we would have heard

this alternate version that somebody testified to the grand jury about. >> which they left out. >> the point is we're going to hear tomorrow. the bottom line is, this is why witnesses of sex crimes don't want to come forward because they become vilified, because they're scrutinized. mike mccreary is just as much a victim of sandusky as anyone else. >> why are you a victim if you saw in one hand i saw a sex act, somebody has been arrested and two guys have also been arrested for not reporting. what if he didn't see it. >> what about the other ten kids. >> i don't see how mcqueary is a victim at all. here is a grown man who is seeing at least very clear evidence, if not actual evidence of a child being raped and all he does is tell his daddy. i have no sympathy for him. >> he did more than that. >> now it sounds like all he heard was slapping sounds which he interpreted as one thing and

didn't see anything, but saw this boy peek his head around. >> you know what? do more. this is too serious to say, well, i'll talk to my dad. err on the side of protecting the little boy. >> that's not fair. he didn't only do that. he did speak to joe paterno. he did do more. >> but the version that this other person has now -- that's been revealed, this other person testified to the grand jury about is actually much closer and jives with what sandusky has been saying, they were horseplaying -- ridiculous term, horseplay. set aside, is it appropriate at all for a ground adult to be horseplaying with a naked child in a shour? obviously not. sandusky says there was horseplay, this kid was turning all the showers on, running around, that could jive with what this other person is saying mcqueary told him. >> what makes this particularly problematic for the prosecution is that for this incident, as far as i'm aware, the prosecution doesn't know who the boy is. obviously the most important

testimony in this case would be the victim, the alleged victim. apparently we don't know who the alleged victim is here. in the other incidents the alleged victims will testify. you don't need mcqueary or another eyewitness. >> tomorrow the alleged victims will be there. >> ten of them. that's extraordinary. >> i don't think they'll all do it one day. it's hard to put ten witnesses on, particularly about a complicated, embarrassg, awkward set of fangts. i would imagine this would go several days. >> so tomorrow there's the testimony. and whapgs then? >> well, the judge is going to decide whether or not there's enough evidence to send this thing for trial, a probable caus proceeding. in california i joke if my client is breathing, he's going to get past that. nobody expects anything dramatic where this thing will unravel

and get dismissed. i think it's a lot more damaging or potentially damaging for the prosecution in terms of locking in testimony and then having at least the cross examination. if it turns out that a lot of the things that have been said that are out there in the either aren't true, the prosecute ser going to start backpedalling. i've seen that happen before. >> this is why, again, lawyers say do not talk to the media, do not give interviews because it puts alternate versions or versions out there that can come back on cross examination. >> even witnesses who are trying in good faith to tell the truth tell things different ways. their memory changes, they're nervous. every time you tell a story, you risk opening yourself to cross examination. >> i think we can't underestimate the fact that ten young men are going public at a public hearing to talk about something that young men and young men never want to talk

about, child sex abuse. i think when you look at this case. >> we don't know what they're going to say. >> we don't know what they're going to say. >> they're going to say they were sexually abused by jerry sandusky. >> that's not true. in fact, sandusky's attorney has come out and said actually the versions of several of these boys, they've had cordial relationships and actually back up sandusky. >> they wouldn't be called by the prosecution unless they're going to talk about the sexual abuse. >> nice to have you hear. we're on facebook, google plus, add us to your circles. coming up, newt gingrich, even mitt romney says he is the front-runner. do his claims fit the truth along with the other candidates

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a lot of big developments to talk about in the presidential campaign tonight. it is getting really interesting. several rough moments today for mitt romney who is now admitting he's no longer the gop front-runner. first a quick keeping them honest check on things that politicians say that often sound like facts, but simply aren't. two examples from the debate over the weekend. two claims that came up wanting when we put them to the test. newt gingrich responded to an allegation from michele bachmann that he and mitt romney once favored a cap and trade as a way of reducing carbon emissions.

>> a lot of what you say isn't true. period. i oppose cap and trade, i voted against it the same day al gore voted for it. i helped defeat it in the senate through american solutions. it is simply untrue. >> keeping them honest, that is simply untrue. whatever you think of cap and trade, it is an initiative of letting market forces lower the cost of cutting emissions. in 2007, here's what gingrich said on pbs's "frontline." i think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with the trading system much like we did with sulfur and if you have a tax incentive program for investing in the solutions, that's there's a package that's very, very good. he adds, and frankly, it's something i would strongly support. and there's more, factcheck.org turned up congressional testimony from two years ago, in which the former speaker said he would support it if it was accompanied by incentives for nuclear power and clean coal. there was this from mitt romney.

>> let's not forget, only one president has ever cut medicare for seniors in this country and it's barack obama. we're going to remind him of that time and time again. >> keeping them honest, that's not true either. according to factcheck.org, the 1997 balanced budget act which was passed with bipartisan support and signed by president clinton called for $112 billion in cuts over a number of years. national public radio spoke with the health care economist for the conservative american enterprise institute. when it comes to medicare we've had a series of cuts year after year, decade after decade. so governor romney's statement also fails to fit the facts, that's the republican side. the president for his part, recently talked to "60 minutes" and that interview aired last night. listen to what he said he thinks republicans have been up to lately. >> i think that when i came into office in 2008, it was my firm belief that at such an important moment in our history there was no reason why democrats and

republicans couldn't put some of the old ideological baggage aside and focus on common sense, what works, practical solutions to the tough problems we were facing. and i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what? we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy is going to get worse and at some point just blame him. >> now, that's a popular talking point for democrats these days, but it's a pretty loaded charge. it implies that republicans are happy to take this country's economy to its knees so they can take the white house in november. again, a popular talking point, but no facts presented to back it up. digging deeper now with james carville and rich galen, who served as press secretary when newt gingrich was speaker of the house. james, what do you make of what came out of the debate on sunday? newt gingrich has to know he's a republican front-runner, he'll be under a lot more scrutiny, he has a record of supporting cap and trade. for him to claim otherwise doesn't seem an astute political move.

>> i guess it isn't. but when you say something like this and have a huge audience, over 7 million people and try to clean it up after, sort of lost interest. who knows? but i doubt if he'll suffer very much for saying something which was obviously untrue and, as you pointed out, it was a conservative idea, the idea of milton friedman who is a conservative icon, if you will. so just like the individual mandate was a conservative idea. so i'm a little flummoxed why he wouldn't want to embrace it and it's become toxic over there. so he out and out denied something that he'd clearly done. >> do you think that newt gingrich will be the nominee? >> i never thought so before. i'm shaken a little bit. but i think he's getting ready to have a very rough couple of weeks. i think the republican establishment, whatever that is, a lot of people in the republican party are very concerned about this. and i think today we saw a taste

of what's coming. i think more and more's going to come. and it's going to be a pretty rough couple of weeks here. >> rich, two new polls today show newt gingrich still in the lead in iowa, but with the lead seemingly slipping, you used to work for gingrich, do you think he'll end up winning the nomination? >> i do not think so. from a tactical standpoint, james and anderson, it sounds like all the primaries will be tactical. primaries cannot begin before april 1st. that almost guarantees this will be a long slog. and i just, as we're speaking here tonight, i don't think newt has the underpinning, the money or the organization to be able to go five or six months all the way into california and new jersey on june 5th. >> anderson, just to echo what rich was saying, there's also some evidence at least in the

gallup poll that his national numbers are starting to slip. once these things -- if this is real, i don't know. if the evidence is not overwhelming. but if the evidence continues and they keep coming at him hard, once you start slipping, it's a pretty slippery slope out there. >> yes. let me just say this. six weeks ago herman cain was leading the polls, now he's gone. so six weeks down the road, who knows? >> that's what i just find so fascinating about every presidential race, just that it is a marathon. and somebody's up and seems like the rising star, then a few weeks later, who were they? who was that person? i want to play another moment from the debate on saturday night when mitt romney offered rick perry a $10,000 bet. some people raised a lot of eyebrows saying he's offering such a big bet, maybe it shows how rich romney is or out of touch he is with ordinary americans. let's take a look. >> you were for individual mandates, my friend. >> you know what? you've raised that before, rick.

and -- >> it was true then. it's true now. >> rick, i'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks, $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> oh, okay. >> did that strike you as an odd moment, james? >> you know what struck me as romney has all these debates, i don't know how many there have been, eight, nine of them. every debate he holds his cool and everybody comes out and says the same thing, that romney was the guy that could speak better, he was knowledgeable and everything and for the rest of whatever, he's going to be remembered as this moment in this debate. and it's kind of odd, but when you're in his position, you're judged by your worst moment. that clearly was one that he'd give more than $10,000 to take it back, i guarantee you that. >> also 50 bucks to the boys and girls club would have been a much better bet. but i think romney's got a bigger problem. he's allowed republicans or at least the narrative, as we like to say these days, to be well, newt is doing so well because

people think he'll do better debating obama. i think what the romney people have to do, james, is to get that changed to -- forget who's going to be the better debater, i need you to think about, as you go into your high school cafeteria, or into the polling place, i need you to think about, who do you trust more sitting behind that desk in that office in that building 15 blocks from where i'm sitting? >> yeah, romney is off his game. under his skin. and his attacks have changed and his message, he's gotten away from any kind of message. it was kind of an economic message for a long time. they've got some smart guys over there. but they've got some real challenges. the biggest challenge is these conservatives in combination don't like him, don't trust romney. it's just daunting to sit there in a campaign and see that your number just never moves. you have sympathy for the guys on the other side sometimes, the consultants, not too much the candidates. but i kind of feel sorry for

these guys. nothing they do worked very well for them. >> i think romney's best ally in iowa is ron paul. >> how so? >> oh. >> i think he's going to do very, very well. and to the extent that the debate helped perry and michele bachmann, that tends to diffuse the vote that was otherwise going to newt gingrich. romney will get his 27, 28% of the moderates in iowa and the rest of it will be more diffused, especially led by ron paul. he may surprise us all. >> before i came on air, anderson, i watched a ron paul negative on gingrich. i'm not exactly an altar boy when it comes to that kind of stuff, but that's as blistering a negative as i've seen in my life. it was well done. i don't know who is doing his television, but a well done blistering negative. going on and on and on how effective it is. i'd like to see that in a focus group. there's a lot of charges in one ad.

but it was well produced. >> interesting. james carville, rich galen, thanks very much. we'll continue watching. violent repression in syria a city in the cross hairs of assad's security forces. recently why the crackdown in the city of homs is imminent. more than a year after their son took his own life, tyler clementi's parents are talking about their struggle to come to terms with the loss and how they feel of the upcoming trial of the young man accused of driving tyler to suicide. ♪ ♪ ♪ mom? dad? guys? [ engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪

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in homs, syria, a massacre could be under way right now. the city surrounded by tanks and trenches. water, electricity communications cut off. food supplies reportedly running low. the opposition says residents were ordered to stop their protests of assad's regime by monday night. it is now after 3:00 a.m. tuesday local time. we don't know what's happening in homs or anywhere else in the country because the syria regime won't let us in, won't give us visas, see for ourselves, won't let international observers in either. they've promised otherwise now too many times to count. those promises, like so much, coming from this regime are lies. activists say security forces killed 21 people across the country today.

fierce fighting in a number of cities. the u.n.'s high commissioner for human rights says 5,000 people have now been killed since the uprising began. a 10-year-old boy was skilled by a sniper's bullet in his own home. the video is still hard to watch. you see the bullet hole. a man points to a pool of blood close by. he then follows the blood trail down the stairs. he continues on saying things like we're not safe, this government is murderous, it's killing people, it's killing its own people. and finally the bottom of the stairs we come upon his body. unbelievably over the weekend it only got worse for the family.

this video of family and friends carrying the body to the grave. watch what happens next. [ gunfire ] >> that is exactly what you think it is. the funeral procession itself coming under fire. [ gunfire ] >> al assad security forces are known to target cemeteries and funerals. you can see how these men are risking their lives just to bury this little boy, bury him with a little more dignity than he had in death. bashar al assad won't let foreign journalists in the country so we have to rely on amateur video like this, and syrians firsthand accounts of

what it's like, risking their lives on a daily basis. it is impossible to make contact with anyone in the city under siege. but i was able to speak to a medical students in homs. to protect his identity, we're only using his nickname abu rami. the syrian government warned people in homs to stop protests and hand in wech upons tonight or face attack by government forces. have they made good on these threats? what is happening there? >> until this moment there are 12 people who are killed happen today and a crime happened today, the security forces and the militia army, they killed an entire family here. it is very hard situation here to describe it to you. there are many wounded people. there are many casualties. it is difficult to rescue these injured. >> you have some medical training. you have been treating people. what kind of injuries have you seen?

what kind of wounds are you seeing? >> some cases the body were some organs of the body were cutting off and we couldn't make anything to make this blood stop shedding. and the bullet in straight in the head and the neck. they are shooting directly to gain killing access. this very hard to rescue this action. >> it must be very difficult to not have bod, to not have equipment to save these people's lives. what do they say to you when they are dying? >> it's very hard to explain. you know, in some cases many, many people they died between my hands. and when they say to you when they are almost died they say, oh, please, please help me. if he were a father he said to me please take care of my

children, take care of my family. if he was a son, they say to me please take care of my parents. and when their family comes and see what's going on, they don't say anything. they full of courage and they will continue this way that they are choose by going everywhere and calling for their freedom, calling for to end this dictatorial president. here in syria, we are suffering from this regime every day. >> abu rami stay safe, thank you. >> thank you. >> it's early morning right now in homs, tuesday morning. we don't know exactly what is happening now. let's check the latest on other stories we're following. tom foreman joins us. with a 360 news and business but ing. tom? >> we begin with the transfer of u.s. troops out of iraq. today president obama and iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki

declared the war formally over with u.s. occupation ending on december 31st. mr. obama says the goal for iraq is long-term success. >> this is a season of homecomings and military families across america are being reunited for the holidays. in the coming days, the last american soldiers will cross the border out of iraq with honor and with their heads held high. after nearly nine years our war in iraq ends this month. on wall street investors hope for a possible solution to the euro zone crisis are fading. the dow fell 163 points. eu leaders agreed to a deal in principle friday, but concrete action is still months away. plus intel announced it will miss sales forecasts because of a hard drive shortage caused by thailand's floods. the owner of the new jersey nets is taking on vladimir putin, not on the basketball court, but in next year's

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>> tom, thanks very much. a lot more ahead. coming up a primetime exclusive. tyler clementi's parents speak out for the first time since their son killed himself after his college roommate allegedly recorded him kissing another man. tyler's parents tell jason carroll whether that roommate has apologized to them and whether they're ready for the upcoming trial. there may be criminal charges filed after a brawl at a college basketball game over the weekend. the latest on that coming up. [ both ] ♪ rocket man ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone? ahh. [ male announcer ] crystal clear fender premium audio. one of many premium features available on the all-new volkswagen passat. the 2012 motor trend car of the year. ♪ and i think it's gonna be a long, long time ♪ setting that goal to become a principal. but, i have to support my family,

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up close tonight, a primetime exclusive. tyler clementi's parents speak out for the first time since their son committed suicide more than a year ago. tyler was 18 years old, a student at rutgers university when his roommate allegedly used a webcam to stream video of him in a sexual encounter with another man. after that incident tyler jumped from a bridge. the roommate dharun ravi last week rejected a plea deal that would have kept him out of jail. instead he'll go to trial in february charged with 15 counts including hate crimes. since that day more than a year ago tyler's parents joe and jane have stayed silent while they mourn for their son. now, in this prime time exclusive, they explain why it's just been too hard to talk, why they're talking now, and what they hope happens next. here's cnn's jason carroll. ♪ >> reporter: this is how tyler clementi's parents want to remember their son, doing what he loved best, playing the violin. >> we'll never hear tyler play live violin again.

we don't want any parent to have to suffer the kind of pain and devastation that we've gone through for the last 15 months. >> it's a never-ending process. and it kind of ebbs and flows almost like an ocean. it comes and goes, and it's very overwhelming at times. >> reporter: their son tyler was an 18-year-old promising rutgers university student. he committed suicide jumping off the george washington bridge on september 22nd of last year after his roommate dharun ravi allegedly used a web cam to record clementi kissing another man. his parents won't talk about it, but prosecutors say clementi was still trying to come to terms with his sexuality and was driven to kill himself over fear of being outed on the internet. >> i don't understand how somebody could be so cruel or so mean. you're in a new community, you're trying to make friends, and for whatever reason, someone feels that they need to be better than someone else. >> reporter: clementi's last

message written on facebook, jumping off the gw. sorry. >> it was unbelievable to read it. i mean, for a long time, i didn't believe it. i didn't think that he had done that. i thought maybe he was kidnapped or he had run away. you know, all of those things. when they found his body, then i was forced to accept the fact. >> i have gone over it many, many times in my head. and i really cannot come up with a -- i guess because there is no good reason for what tyler did. it was something he did do, and it's something that cannot be changed. >> reporter: now the legal battle over who, if anyone, is responsible for clementi's death. ravi's former friend charged with invasion of privacy for allowing her computer to be used to record clementi struck a deal with prosecutors and will testify against ravi. ravi, clementi's former roommate

now 19 years old faces 15 counts, including bias intimidation. the former rutgers computer student once wrote about clementi on the web writing, quote, what if i catch him with a dude? >> this represents the maximum you're exposed to if you accept it. >> reporter: clementi's parents watched as ravi turned down a plea deal. one where he could have avoided jail time, in exchange for community service. >> you want to know why he rejected the plea. simple answer, simple principle of law, simple principle of life. he's innocent. he's not guilty. >> i mean, this has been their consistent position all along. and we weren't surprised. and we're prepared for the trial. >> reporter: do you have faith that you will receive the type of justice that you're looking for? >> well, i've said from the beginning that what we want is justice. we want accountability. and i have faith in the court system in the state of new jersey. >> we don't see it here and now, we will ultimately see that justice.

>> reporter: clementi's room at his parnts' ridgewood, new jersey, home is still very much like it was when he left it more than a year ago. do you come into this room very often? >> at times. i come and sit, but it usually makes me very sad. so i don't always. >> reporter: clementi's death has brought new attention to the issue of gay teens and bullying. the family receiving support from around the country. but even with all the support, there is still the pain of loss, one made worse, the clementis say, by not having at the very least an apology from their son's former roommate. >> i think it would probably help with the process of healing. i think i can work through it without it, but it certainly would make things easier. >> i would characterize it as i'm heartbroken. i'm heartbroken at what happened, and about the loss of my son. and how it happened. breaks my heart. >> so difficult for those

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three members of the a&m band were charged with hazing. the alleged victim fractured a cracked femur, deep bone bruising after being repeatedly beaten in november. that's is same month robert chamber died in a separate incident. a bloody brawl between xavier and cincinnati could end up in court. an ohio prosecutor said he'll decide if criminal charges are appropriate for those involved. eight students have been suspended from both teams. four of the cincinnati players apologized today in public to their fans. one broke down. the coach visibly angry said he will not tolerate this type of behavior. >> if my players don't act the right way, they will never play another game at cincinnati. right now, i just told my guys, i will decide -- i need to meet with my a.d. and my president, and i'll decide who's on the

team going forward. that's what the university of cincinnati's about, period. i told them the way i feel -- i've never been this embarrassed. i'm hoping president williams doesn't ask me to resign after that. police arrested dozens of protesters who try to shut down ports in several cities, among the west coast. they were tied to the occupy movement. port officials say shutting down their facilities only hurts port workers. and if you missed it live last night, meet the cnn hero of the year. >> the 2011 cnn hero of the year is robin lim. [ cheers and applause ] >> robin lim was awarded the honor at an all-star tribute hosted by anderson. she's helped thousands of poor indonesian women have healthy pregnancies and birth through her health clinics in indonesia.

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time for the "ridiculist." tonight we're adding what i like to call a very taxidermy christmas and a scrappy new year. the mayor of san juan, puerto rico has chosen quite an unusual backdrop for his christmas card. someone send this to awkwardfamilyphotos.com. but i find it less awkward than awesome. it has it all. the mayor, smiling family, snowflakes and the time honored

holiday scene of a leopard attacking an antelope. merry christmas, everybody. hope you like severed jugular veins. take a look at congresswoman loretta sanchez's card from 2009 signed by both the congresswoman and her cat gretzky. sadly next year the cat was gone but the memories live on forever. especially on the congresswoman's 2010 card, it was a tribute to gretzky, 1991 so 2010. a lot of people like to include their pets in their holiday cards. here is a card that nbc news correspondent mara schiavocampo sent to someone on our team. i don't know what i like better the dog peeing on the christmas tree. now might be a good time to remind you that it's important to look at christmas card photos before you send them out. elaine from "seinfeld" had to learn that one the hard way. >> did you look at this picture carefully? >> carefully?

>> because i'm not sure, and correct me if i'm wrong, but i think i see a nipple. >> what? >> here, take a look. what is that? >> oh, my god! >> so when it comes to celebrity christmas cards, you can always count on the kardashians. on her blog -- oh, yeah, she has a blog. khloe writes that christmas has always been a big deal in the family and they always go all out. like this one, kris jenner, kriss kringle, the matching ties and head bands. or how about the easy rider christmas card from days of yore. you can almost smell the leather. as long as we're going way, way back, this isn't a card but a very festive photo of a very

young justin timberlake, complete with garland around his neck, a jacket that shines brighter than the moon. and a christmas box that he's holding higher than he did for his snl video with andy samburg. ♪ i'm going to get you something from the heart ♪ ♪ i'm going to get you something special, girl ♪ ♪ it's [ bleep ] in a box >> i think he's funny. speaking of our videos, can we talk about my favorite one of the year, it's the honey badger. let's watch just a little bit of it, shall we? >> the honey badger has been referred to in the guinness book of world records as the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom. what is that? oh, it's got a cobra oh, it runs backwards. the snake's up in the tree. honey badger don't care. honey badger don't give a [ bleep ]. it just takes what it wants. >> it goes on and on like that. i know it's old, but i just saw it. so in honor of the san juan mayor's wildlife inspired christmas card, i present mine