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Colombia's Santos hopes Nobel prize will help peace process

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist rebels, a surprise choice and a show of support after Colombians rejected a peace accord last Sunday. Jillian Kitchener reports.

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