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the board to make today's recommendation. investigators say a 19-year-old driving a pickup truck exchanged 11 text messages in the 11 minutes before hitting another vehicle. he and a 15-year-old were killed. 38 others were hurt in the chain reaction collision that followed followed. debbie hersman is the n.t.s.b. chairman. >> it's about changing attitudes and changing the level of acceptance. >> reporter: rules and enforcement to stop distracted driving vary widely. 35 states currently ban all drivers from text messaging. just nine states ban the use of hand-held cell phones. >> no text, no tweet, and no post is worth a human life. >> reporter: some places, like somerset county, new jersey, have made distracted driving a top priority. >> there's a warning program in somerset county for distracted driving. >> reporter: distracted drivers here are required to watch an online video and take a test or pay a $100 fine.

>> four little letters. that's what killed her. >> reporter: the video features teople who've either killed someone or lost loved ones in pcidents linked to texting. prosecutor jeffrey soriano came up with the idea for the mandatory viewing. >> i think people sit back and say, wow, that could be me someday. i don't want to be in that position. >> reporter: this month, somerset county has pulled over a thousand distracted drivers-- including adele morgan. how did that video affect you? >> i honestly thought of my own children and i see how often they're texting all the time and how much it's a part of their life and i just realized, wow, this could be one of them someday. >> reporter: the recommendations by the national transportation safety board are not binding but they can be a big influence on federal regulators and state lawmakers. in 2003, the board recommended inexperienced drivers be banned from using cell phones while in moving vehicles and, scott, 30 states now prohibit new drivers

from all cell phone use. >> pelley: so it's most likely to be up to the individual states. elaine, thank you very much. all of this had us thinking today about other transportation mishaps linked to distractions from high-tech devices. listen to these. in 2008, a head-on collision of two trains in california killed 25 people. an engineer was texting and messed a stop signal. in 2009, a northwest airlines flight from dallas overshot minneapolis by 100 miles because the pilots were on their laptops. and in 2010, two tourists were killed when a tug boat hit a tour boat on the delaware river. the tug boat's mate was on his cell phone and his computer. jerry sandusky vowed today that he will fight charges that he sexually abused ten young boys while he was an assistant coach at penn state. there was supposed to be a pretrial hearing today with

sandusky facing his accusers, but it ended before it began, leaving the lawyers to make their arguments on the courthouse steps. armen keteyian is in bellefonte, pennsylvania tonight. armen? >> reporter: good evening, scott. today was the first time we expected to hear from several alleged victims in the case, emotional testimony due to last all day. instead, we got a very different kind of drama. within minutes of judge robert scott calling the court to order, sandusky's attorney waived his clients' right to the hearing, triggering audible gasps inside a packed courtroom. the 67-year-old sandusky entered the county courthouse under heavy guard. he'll now be formally arraigned on january 11 where he is expected to plead not guilty to 52 counts related to child sex abuse involving ten boys over a span of 15 years. as he walked out of court today, he used a football reference to professor his innocence.

>> reporter: prosecutor mark costanzo told reporters the state was ready to make its case, but the decision did spare the witnesses set to testify from reliving their ordeal in public-- for now. >> they will, of course, testify at trial in the case. they've shown great strength and they were more than ready to be able to tell their story. >> reporter: attorney ben andreozzi read a handwritten note from his client, identified as victim number four. >> nothing has changed. i still will stand my ground, testify and speak the truth. >> reporter: andreozzi said the now 27-year-old man was set to testify first when the plug was pulled. >> he's incredibly competent and

an incredible witness and i think it would have been damming for the defense had he been able to testify today. >> reporter: sandusky attorney joe amendola said what he called a tactical decision was made late last night. but he didn't waste the opportunity to preview his defense before a sea of t.v. and print reporters. >> what greater motivation could there be than money? >> reporter: in an hour-long address, amendola repeatedly raised questions about the truthfulness of the accusations against sandusky. >> as all of you know, credibility is going to be the main factor in this case. >> reporter: but the 11th hour decision has given you exactly this kind of platform to make your case to a national media. is this all part of your legal strategy? >> when we knew that we were going to waive and we knew everybody was here we realized that this was an opportunity for us to speak with you as opposed to piecemeal. >> reporter: so it's a very smart move? >> well, i'll let you be the judge of that. but i'll tell you this: there will be no plea negotiations. this is a fight to the death. this is the fight of jerry sandusky's life. >> reporter: sandusky remains free on $250,000 bond and, scott, he will continue to wear that electronic monitoring device.

>> pelley: that monitoring is supposed to keep him restricted to his home. thanks, armen, appreciate that. president obama asked iran to give america's spy plane back. today he got his answer. iran said no. the r.q.-170 plane is one of america's most closely guarded secrets, so not much is known about it. but bob orr has been talking to his sources today. >> reporter: while iranian television showed the top of the stealth drone to be intact, a u.s. official says the unmanned aircraft was clearly damaged and probably broke apart when it came down inside iran. officials in tehran claim they're close to unlocking the drone's secrets but reverse engineering critical systems, but u.s. defense secretary leon panetta said it's unclear exactly what the iranians have. >> it's a little difficult to know just, frankly, how much they're going to be able to get from having obtained those parts. i don't know the condition of those parts. i don't know exactly what state

they're in. >> reporter: defense analysts believe iran may be able to copy the stealth construction of the bat winged aircraft and duplicate its radar-deflecting contours and paint. but it will be much harder to clone the software and spy systems of the, r.q.-170. peter singer is a military specialist at the brookings institution. >> if you don't have the software, if you don't know how it operates it's a lot like someone handing you an iphone and saying "good luck with it." >> reporter: while u.s. officials will not say what kind of hardware the drone was carrying, the r.q.-170 uses an assortment of cameras, radar sensors and detectors capable of identifying uranium and radioactive materials. and that equipment is typically mounted on the bottom of the aircraft. since the belly of the captured drone was hidden on the iranian broadcast, it's not known if the key surveillance components survived the landing. former vice president dick cheney said today on the cbs early show the u.s. should have

avoided any potential intelligence loss by destroying the downed drone. >> for us to go in and take out the drone that crashed would have been, i think, a fairly simple operation and it would have denied them the value of the intelligence they can collect by having that aircraft. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they rejected a destroy mission as impractical. as for iran's, attempt, scott, to duplicate the drone, it could seek help from china, a country that has had some success with stealth clones. >> pelley: bob, is there any idea why the drone came down in iran. >> still a big mystery. it was programmed to return to return to its base in afghanistan but u.s. officials say something went wrong. iran claims it used some kind of electronic jammer to bring it down. the u.s. government flatly rejects that explanation but i have to tell you some independent analysts say it is a possibility. >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. it's no secret that the economy is picking up a little steam, and here's the latest evidence. the census bureau estimates that retail sales in november totaled

nearly $400 billion-- an increase of 6.7% from a year ago. what should we be expecting from the economy? here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: at penelope's, a chicago clothing and gift store... >> that will be $65.24. >> reporter: ...owner joe lauer says so far his season has been solid. but nationally sales were not as strong as expected in november, even for business owners in lauer's chicago neighborhood. >> it hasn't been as good as they hoped but still not bad. >> reporter: the record breaking black friday sales frenzy may have faded, but november was still the sixth straight month retail sales are have improved. and after the nose-dive during the recession, sales are now 5.5% higher than prerecession peak. are you pretty confident in the u.s. consumer here? >> yes. >> reporter: because, economist

carl lahey says, consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level in six months. >> so the fact that we are building up some momentum going in and enjoying what will probably be a decent christmas season is all very important as you roll into the new year. >> reporter: the big winner in november? electronics-- up more than 2%, powered by sales of mobile phones, ipads and t.v.s. >> pelley: anthony, thanks very much. a state in economic crisis is making painful cuts to schools. scientists are closer to finding what they call the god particle. and meet some of elizabeth taylor's best friends when the "cbs evening news" continues. ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. [ male announcer ] dulera is for patients 12 and older

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unfair and the budget cuts aren't right. >> we don't want to dig ourselves into a hole that becomes virtually impossible to climb out of. >> reporter: california governor jerry brown says a stronger economy has helped increase tax revenue but the current budget is still short $2.2 billion. the automatic cuts will now slash budgets for schools, in- home support for seniors and the disabled, libraries and prisons. >> this is not the way we'd like to run california. but we have to live within our means. >> reporter: this year's budget had already cut $16 billion. funding for public universities was slashed 23%, prompting protests of tuition increases this is fall. the university of california system will now lose another $100 million. state republicans won't budge on raising taxes, so governor brown wants californians to vote next november on whether to raise taxes for people making more than $250,000. >> you either cut or you tax. there's no third way. there's no alternative. >> reporter: and governor brown warned of even more dramatic cuts come january because

california is still facing a $13 billion long-term budget shortfall. yet, scott, republicans here in california say the governor is using fear of these cuts to gin up support for his tax plan. >> pelley: ben, thank you very much. it was a well-known teacher, ralph waldo emerson who wrote "life is a journey, not a destination." well, that's apparently true even for seals. the wildlife conservation society used a transmitter to track an elephant seal named jackson as he traveled 18,000 miles off the coast of chile. jackson made the 11-month journey-- the equivalent of swimming from sydney to new york and back-- in search of food. when america heads back to space, will this odd-looking plane help take us there? we'll examine that next. tionablc

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>> pelley: finally tonight, there are just 11 shopping days left till christmas, and if you still don't know what to get the lady in your life-- well, michelle miller does. starting tonight, an incredible collection of jewelry is up for auction at christie's-- jewelry that once belonged to hollywood royalty. >> reporter: elizabeth taylor's motto was "the more the better." she lived it through high fashion, husbands, and diamonds. like the ones she called her everyday ring-- just 33 carats. so this is it? >> that's the elizabeth taylor diamond. >> reporter: crity's perk chairman mark parter says the jewels tell the story of taylor's remarkable life. >> it has no color at all. and the most beautiful shape diamond that you can imagine with those very deep facets which she, of course, called the steps into eternity. >> reporter: husband richard burton-- who she married and

divorced twice-- called it an "it's tuesday, i love you" gift. the two had fallen in love on the set of the 1963 film "cleopatra." a scandalous romance that created a tabloid frenzy and was punctuated by a series of 34 spectacular gifts. burlgari emeralds, spanish royal pearls and the taj mahal diamond by cartier. >> it was a great love affair with highs and lows like all of our lives and the jewelry marked various moments. >> reporter: taylor's gems are among 2,000 other keepsakes to hit the auction block this week. what does this collection say about elizabeth taylor. >> it tells us in a way that the world's never seen before that she was completely connected with contemporary culture and art. >> reporter: that collecting began in the 1960s. taylor learned style from legendary costume designer edith head. she sometimes commissioned her own designs-- from her first wedding dress to burton. yellow was her favorite color? >> she associated it with the

filming of cleopatra and burton and there was a lot of yellow. >> reporter: to this cape worn to princess grace's 40th birthday bash. taylor wasn't on grace's guest list. >> princess grace invited only scorpions. richard burton was a scorpion but elizabeth taylor was a pisces so in order to go to the party she wrapped herself in this incredible cape made of scorpion. >> reporter: wow opponents of a big east bay highway project nted. good evening, i'm dana

king. >> i'm ken bastida. opponents of an east bay highway project just got what they wanted and now caltrans will have to go another way after a judge ruled to halt widening work along highway 84 through niles canyon. but mike sugerman tells us the work stoppage will not come cheap for taxpayers. >> reporter: they are going to have to take another road not this road niles canyon which goes from fremont to sunol. they wanted to make big changes. those changes will not be coming. >> we sent caltrans a real lump of coal for their christmas stocking. >> reporter: highway 84 through niles canyon a two-lane old timey road will remain an old timey two-lane road just as neighbors wanted. think you can't fight city hall? >> we did fight city hall because city hall wasn't going to listen, when we talked to them nicely. >> reporter: mike and the alameda creek alliance did have some rather slimy allies. the steelhead trout and the california red legged frog,