the job. she is a waitress. she is not a stripper, she is a waitress. and she can perform the job. you want to know something? if hustler wants to change the uniform a little bit to reasonably accommodate, they can do it. they are fighting this thing. they want her out. they don't want pregnant women in there. they want to appeal to the people that like to see semi-nude women. that's too bad. judge colleen mcmann who is a federal judge in new york has entered an order this week. there is a hearing coming up. i think josie will prevail. >> richard, by federal law pregnancy is treated as a disability, so her condition is protected. >> it's protected, fred. come on. let's be realistic here. she is a waitress. they wear skimpy outfits. the woman is pregnant, full-blown showing, everything. she can't wear the skimpy outfits. >> so they should have a maternity version, no?

>> right. >> a baggy outfit or something there. i don't know. larry flint has been around constitution issues for years. he better dig into funny money or he will be paying this woman. hello again, i'm fredricka whitfield. it's 4:00 eastern time. let's great straight to the news. the u.s. state department confirmed more than 120 americans were onboard that cruise ship that ram aground off the coast of italy. there are no reports of any americans being among the dead and injured. the captain, however, is under arrest. a local prosecutor says he is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship. at least three people are dead. rescue crews and survivors say the death toll is likely to rise. >> translator: i am afraid the people with me the entire time are dead. i think the two people i was helping the entire time are

dead. i don't know where to ask. >> the reporter is at the port where survivors are being taken and will join us with an update seven minutes from now. republican presidential candidate rick santorum solidified his social conservative base in a big way. the family research council led a gathering of religious conservatives in texas today and the group decided to endorse santorum. tony perkins will join us live in a few moments. it looks like a federal judge torpedoed any shot of these gop presidential candidates winning the virginia primary. he says rick santorum, rick perry, newt gingrich and jon huntsman took too long to file so their names can to the be on the ballot in virginia. here ares choices for virginia republican voters march 6th. at stake, the 49 delegates.

now, a former mississippi governor haley barbour is standing by his pardons, including his decision to release four men convicted of murder. the state's attorney general is challenging the pardons. barbour said 215 people received some sort of clemency. of those, he said, 189 were no longer in prison. barbour said he wanted to give them a second chance. fuel oil for icebound nome, alaska, is close, just about eight miles from shore. it has taken ten days for a coast guard ice breaker to lead the way for the tanker. onboard, more than a million gallons of fuel oil for a city running low. once they find an area close to shore, it will be stopped and the fuel will be pumped in through a hose. police in anaheim,

california, arrested a man who generally fits the description of a man suspected of killing seven homeless people in december. a man allegedly fled the scene of a fatal stabbing last night. the victim appears to have been homeless. police are not making a direct connection between this case and the earlier killings. a big weekend in the nfl playoffs. today the new orleans saints take on the san francisco 49ers while the denver broncos play the new england patriots. tomorrow you'll see the houston texans against the baltimore ravens followed by new york giants and green bay packers at green bay. a week from today, voters in south carolina will hold their primary. new polls give mitt romney reason to be competent as he campaigns around the state. he's about to hold a rally in columbia in just a few moments. nationally, a cnn research opinion poll shows republicans

overwhelmingly want him as their nominee. he nearly doubles newt gingrich's 18%. ron paul and rick santorum are the only others in double digits. it's closer among south carolina voters. romney is still the choice. for many conservatives, romney's strong showing is the problem. this weekend, religious conservatives meeting at a branch in texas decided to back rick santorum for the gop nomination. it looks like they are following william f. buckley's long-standing political principle. he once said, i'm for the most conservative candidate who can win. one of those religious leaders is tony perkins, president of the family research council. he joins me from houston. with the poll numbers that we've seen, can santorum get that

nomination? >> well, i think that is the thinking. the leaders that were there, that it's time to get off the sidelines, move into the process and express support for the candidate that is most conservative. what happened here this weekend is that the campaigns had surrogates that came and spoke on behalf of the candidates. then there was discussion and then a series of balloting. there was passionate and enthusiastic support for rick santorum, for rick perry and for newt gingrich. in the end, what we had super majority expressing support for rick santorum. >> so was it a case of the surrogates, supporters of these candidates, it really boiled down to who made the best argument for their candidate and that's how they were able to influence the vote? or did people already have their minds made up before the surrogates walked in the room?

>> no. it was a process that took place this weekend. what they wanted to do was to make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward securing the nomination and winning the general election were the candidate they put their support behind. in the context was this. they realize the seriousness of the situation we are in as a country. there was unanimous support they can and must replace barack obama as president. i think there would be support for any of the three of rick perry, rick santorum or newt gingrich, but the expression of a super majority there was they wanted to back rick santorum. i expect in the days following from this event you will see individuals and organizations begin to show that support publically. >> were there certain issues being measured? certain criteria that was really important for this group collectively to judge any of these candidates on?

>> it's an interesting question. there was a discussion not just about social issues, but there was discussion about economic issues, the free market system. it was not a focus on the negative of what are not right about candidates. there was very little, if any discussion about mitt romney. rather the discussion was on the future and what america needs to become great again and to restore the family, to restore fiscal responsibility and a strong presence internationally. so the focus gravitated toward the candidate they thought was best able to carry forward the conservative banner on all fronts. in the end, a super majority believed that rick santorum was the candidate to do that. >> is this selection of rick santorum, does that translate into a feeling that he is the one who will become the republican nominee or simply he is the one who this group most

favors among the six candidates? >> that's a good question. i don't thing people came from across the country here on a weekend at a ranch outside of houston just to express a preference. we could have done that online. i think the desire coming here was to reach a consensus or an agreement, at least a majority that could put their support behind a candidate there was a threshold of thirds that would have to support a candidate to make any public statement. i didn't think we could get there, quite frankly, because that's not happened in the past. weighing heavily upon this group was the present state of affairs in america and the fact that in 2008, the conservative vote was fragmented when you had several candidates in the race. they didn't get behind mike huckabee.

john mccain was not successful in the general election. there is a desire not to repeat that, but put forward our best foot moving the country forward. >> tony perkins, president of the family research council, thanks for your time from houston today. >> good to be with you. the latest on that italian cruise ship accidents. t hasn't g exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries.

now for the latest on that luxury cruise ship sinking off the coast of italy. the u.s. state department confirmed more than 120 americans were onboard the ship. none listed among the dead and injured. the ship's captain is now being investigated, however, for abandoning the ship and possibly being charged with manslaughter. at least three people are dead, but many more are missing. at last check, about roughly 40 people were still missing. the president of the cruise line released this statement a short time ago. "i want to express our deep

sorrow for this terrible tragedy that devastates us." we have on the line with us, vivian schaeffer, an american who we understand was actually on that cruise liner when it ran into trouble. tell me what was your experience, what happened? >> it was really quite bizarre. we had been on only a few hours, we didn't have the safety brief yet. it was bizarre. we finished dinner and were at the magic show. we thought it was really a bizarre trick to have the curtains all be sideways and the lights, you know, because he was using different lights and smoke. all in all, it was pretty bizarre. it was unreal. >> you were at the magic show. things started to slant a little bit there. did you hear anything, any announcement that there was trouble? >> no.

that's what was really unfortunate. there wasn't an announcement. one gentleman got up and ran to the back of the room. he looked back and people quickly went to their rooms. then once we were all in our roo rooms, the floor steward kept saying, minor technical problem, minor technical problem, electrical. don't worry. go back in your room. we went back in our room and prepared to go to bed because the lights went off. we had flash lights and things. we thought, okay, they'll fix the electrical. then as the room started to slant more and more, things started to slide. we got up and got dressed. at that point they had said one lifeboat three. they announced twice the captain came on, speaking on behalf of the captain, there is no

problem. don't panic. >> were you panicking? >> no. we really weren't. it was just so surreal. you didn't think it was happening. we weren't panicking. the people we were with, there were a few panicking, but we were calm. one gentleman was out in the hall in his underwear. we thought that was bizarre. any case, once we heard them say lifeboat three and then muster station four, we thought they must want us on deck for safety. we got dressed, but we didn't grab everything. i wish i would have grabbed some of my identification, at least. it was all in the safe. we got up and got dressed and walked out. then we could see they were actually loading the life boat. you could see the whole angle of the ship. we got on the lifeboat. >> this is all happening at nightfall, it's dark.

right? >> no. there were lights on the outside of the ship. we were one of the lucky people. we were one of the ones that left earlier, not in the first lifeboat, but definitely not the last lifeboat so it wasn't dark. we were able to get on the lifeboat. the lifeboat ran aground, but he was able to rock it off whatever he caught on. then a lifeboat got us to shore. we spent the night on that island. those people were really wonderful and we were trying to find a place to be warm. we went to a church and leaned up, my sister and i were both catholics so it felt wrong to be sitting on the altar. we were sitting on the altar because there was no space. the poor workers, some of them had been asleep. they were only dressed in little flannel shorts or flannel night things. they were really cold. >> was it your feeling at this point once you're on the island

after you've been on the lifeboat that everyone had gotten off the ship safely just as you did? >> yes. where we were, the situation where we were was pretty ordinarily. some of the people were panicking, but most of the people, you know, we were trying to keep each other cheered up and in good spirits. we did not realize anybody was actually hurt until we saw ambulances and things like that. then we saw some people didn't have shoes. you could see people were cutting their feet. one gentleman had his head bandaged. he must have hit his head, must have slid or fell. we didn't realize anyone was seriously hurt until we started hearing news reports. >> now reportedly, the ship's captain allegedly abandoned ship and may be facing criminal

charges, including manslaughter and abandoning ship. were there ever in i discussions or did you lesh anything about the ship's captain when you were with the other fellow mates on the ship on this island? >> no. what is really disappointing there didn't seem to be anybody in charge or anybody really with any authority to tell people anything. if it wasn't for the island people and some of the ambulance people, we wouldn't have known about the church or the school or a place where to get warm. there was a little toy store and cafe that was letting people in to use the bathroom and could get warm. no, nobody from the ship. it was disappointing in the sense how unprofessional they were there. hilton hotel here has been fabulous, but there's been such a lack of information on what to

do or what's going to happen next or that type of thing. that is what was so frustrating. you were cold and didn't know what was going to happen. >> vivian, you're i from gaithersburg, maryland. you are a colonel in the army and you were recently stationed in kabul. was this a vacation planned post deployment? >> yes. i am not post deployment. i'm on my r&r. you get two weeks r&r and i planned for my sister and i to take this cruise as my vacation. i need to go back to kabul, but i'm going to go back to the states because i don't have my i.d. card or anything. i can't imagine you'll get through customs back into kabul. >> how is your sister doing? >> she's fine. >> is she shaken up about this? you say she's fine. >> no. yeah, we're both fine. we are with a group of people,

some wonderful canadians. we are all fine. the canadians had it worse. their lifeboat got hung up when it was coming down. they definitely want to go home. there were a lot of us that just -- it was okay. >> vivian shafer, we're glad you're okay. what an incredible journey and experience you've had. all the best as you try to get back home to maryland and then possibly back to afghanistan on your assignments. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> we'll keep you updated at home. this investigation is no you leading into potential charges that the ship's captain may face, abandonment as well as manslaughter. at least three people so far have died from this ship running aground. at least 40 people might be missing. we'll keep you posted on this.

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with the uncertainty in the job market, millions of people are upgrading their skills going back to vocational schools, community colleges or universities. every week we focus on ways to get a jump-start in the work force. in today's "reclaim your career," when is it worth going back to school? valerie burton is the author of "where will you go from here?" in this economy, people are nervous about, a, can i afford it and can i afford the time? how do you strike a balance and make a clear decision about whether it's the right thing for you? >> you want to be strategic about it. a lot of people go back to school aimlessly expecting they're going to make more money or have more opportunities. you want to be very intentional about choosing to go back to school. one of the first ways you know you're ready is you understand how you're going to pay for it. that is a big one. if it's possible to pay as you

go or find grants or scholarships or tuition assistance programs with your employer, that's smart. if you're going to take out loans, ask how much am i going to take out? how much will payments be when i finish? >> in state college tuition costs average $700 per class. >> it's not cheap and that is in state. a lot of people are opting to go to private universities. you're talking two, three, four times higher than that. >> you're lucky if your employer will help supplement. >> folks are trying to figure out do i take out a loan and go back to school or how do i straddle work and school? >> i think there is no time in history going back to school with a flexible schedule than now. there are so many online

programs or weekend and evening programs. not just talking about online schools. >> i went back to school myself a few years ago and it was very flexible program. look at your family. are they in support of you going back to school? sometimes you need to tap into their help to manage your time. >> we asked a lot of people on facebook about their sentiments. josie said, did the college career change by going back to school. i think she said it changed for her. sometimes you have to assess whether it really will benefit you for your job. >> that's right. you want to talk to people who have already been where you're trying to go. where you think this degree or going back to school is going to take you. what do they say? many will say, yes, absolutely you need the education.

sometimes you need the experience or other things they'll tell to you do that are cheaper and take less time than going back to school. you want to ask your employer. ask people who have been there and done that. don't make assumptions that you need a particular field of education in order to accomplish your goal. make sure you know that before you spend the money and time. >> it's a huge investment. >> it's a big investment. >> have that plan. >> thanks, fred. good being with you. >> the u.s. marine corps is promising a full and fair investigation of the video showing four u.s. marines urinating on bodies in afghanistan. what kind of punishment might they face? we'll ask a former naval judge advocate general after the break. first dr. sanjay gupta launched a new called "the next list." it profiles innovators from all walks of life.

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the u.s. marine corps is promising a full and fair investigation of the video showing four u.s. marines urinating on bodies in afghanistan. the marines have been interviewed by commanders. their identities have not been released. u.s. government and military officials earlier condemned the incident and warned this incident may undo some of the peace efforts in that area. >> we do condemn and deplore this incident. it needs to be investigated. it's incompatible with the standards we expect from our military. we also have a lot of important work to do in afghanistan and with afghans. >> we are joined by general charles swift from seattle. good to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> what are military officials assessing as they try to figure out what charges, if any, should be imposed on these four

marines, if it is four, perhaps more. >> from the respect to the four marines. the investigation will focus on more be the four marines. the four could be charged for desecrating a body when is recognized as a war crime. >> what does that potentially mean for them? if you're convicted of those war crimes, what sentence could come with that? what potential punishment? >> it could include jail time or reduction in rank. there is no specify pichlt. there is not a maximum or minimum. it's what the court-martial determines is appropriate in this case.

that raises comments from military officials. >> perhaps there are other charges that could come with the fallout that comes from these alleged actions. >> yes. what they are concerned about what the investigation is looking into is why the actions happen. it's clear from the video. ies a different question. the marines are sensitive to whether this showed a lack of unit discipline. is this systematic of something larger? where was the commanding officer? where was the senior enlisted who were supposed to govern and direct these marines at the battle front? that's the kind of thing that is concerning, much like abu ghraib. it's not just the young soldiers at the front, but a question of command leadership that is

immediately brought forward by an incident like this. >> this is underscoring that point. you say it could be more than the four marines that could be potentially facing charges. how much did the commanding officer know about this? or if the commanding officer or other high-ranking officers didn't know about this, what does that say about their leadership? >> absolutely. ultimately a commanding officer, the officers in charge of that unit is responsible for the unit's conduct. the commanding officer and seniors enlisted are responsible for their leadership. that is probably the greater questions rather than what did the young man do. combat is a terribly stressful place. it requires extraordinary leadership. the young man's crime under the

circumstances is not that severe, but the question is, why were we videotaping it? why does it get published? and what does that say about the command that should be joseph seeing all of this? >> somebody is behind that camera. >> absolutely. all of those become questions that go toward it. probably another young marine is behind the camera. that is something different in this war than there's ever been before. the soldiers themselves have video phones. it may well be another young marine. >> charles swift, thanks for your time. former naval judge advocate general. >> in the court, what isn't the judge advocate general of the navy. >> thank you for that clarification. we need that.

the fwoegolden globes awarde tomorrow. a lot of people are talking about this movie here. >> we'll help you get an education, give you national unity and help young people in trade and get them out of debt. >> that's right. if you're going to do it, do it. make it mandatory, not voluntary. >> let's talk about the movie. let's talk about that star right there our movie critic grae drake talks about her favorites.

the 69th annual golden globes are tomorrow.

today a preview of our movie. grae drake, good to see you. the fur is out, the jewels, all the bobble for the red carpet. >> everybody dresses like this in los angeles this weekend, i'm telling you. >> that's fun. good. you don't need a red carpet then. it just is. let's talk about the movies that are nominated in this category. begin with "the descendents." >> the descendants" was a great movie, definitely the front-runner because the hollywood foreign press is known for loving american celebrities that spend a lot of time overseas, unofficially, of course. this was like george clooney being a part of your family, but much better looking. >> he is hollywood's darling, isn't he? >> he absolutely is. there is so much to like about

this film. it struck me super deep in my heart. it got me. a lot of people in the theater were crying in this one. it was the "war horse" of hawaii. just a phenomenal film. the rest of the movies are great. this is a tough category except george clooney. they love him. the other movies in the category like "money ball", "war horse," "hugo," and "ides of march" i don't think they are going to take the award. >> let's talk about "hugo." it's gotten a bit of buzz. what did you like about it? >> absolutely. "hugo" is an amazing movie in the respect that finally someone who is an incredible legendary film maker like martin scorsese figured out how to use 3-d.

it's a visual wonder. when you combine that with the fact he is getting to express his love of film, the second half of the movie, i thought, was spectacular. the first, maybe not so much a little long for a children's movie. the reception to the movie was luke warm. >> it's mysterious, as well. this is about an orphan living in the walls of a train station. maybe it's tough for young people to grasp. maybe it's too grown-up. it was nominated, so something's right here. >> absolutely. it's scorsese. you're not going to hear me say bad things about it at all. >> let's look at some of the actresses nominated in this category. glenn close, viola davis, rooney mara, meryl streep, tilda

swinton. >> absolutely. ladies were all up on it this year. we need to talk about one of the least-talked about films popularitiwise in america. critic critics were loving it. one of my favorite films. tilda swinton is the dark horse in this category. in the end, the favorite is meryl streep for her amazing performance as margaret thatcher in "the iron lady." >> golden globes tomorrow night and we'll be right here with the red carpet. the movie "the red tails" is screening around the country about the tuskegee airman and their missions in world war ii. >> let's give those newspapers something to write about. >> among those who watched an

early screening of the movie "airmen," robert front, one of the original p-51 pilots. he explains why sharing this history is in important. >> i flew 142 missions. >> you said that like it's no big deal. >> was no big deal. >> really? >> nope. in fact, when the war was over, i was really a little bit disappointed. i was frustrate it didn't know what i was going to do the next day. >> did your gut ever say that this was a program that was designed more for failure than it was success? >> i don't believe you can design a program for failure because you can't control all the elements. they couldn't keep us from doing the right thing. >> portions of this history have been told in various ways. it seems within the past 15 years or so, there's been almost

a birth or rebirth of interest. >> probably because we started to disappear down to a very few. >> there may be about only 40? >> 40 of the ones who were overseas, yes. >> maybe as a whole about 300 airmen. >> less than two. >> join us next weekend for our interview with tuskegee pilot bob friend. a week from today south carolina holds its primary and the candidates are revving up their campaigns, chasing the man who leads in the polls. mitt romney. live pictures of an event in columbia. sorry. you're seeing lots of different pictures of all the candidates. ttd# 1-800-345-2550

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new did he maechlt new developments in the presidential nomination. folks are waiting to hear from mitt romney. christian conservative leaders now say they are going to be supporting rick santorum in sumpter, south carolina. newt gingrich is hoping to overtake romney's lead. very narrow lead, according to some polls there.

any reaction in rick santorum's camp that they are getting this backing out of texas in. >> i just got an e-mail from super pac supporting santorum touting this endorsement. here is the reason why. this is significant. it's been no secret. we know a lot of social conservatives to not like mitt romney to feel he's too moderate. they feel some of his policies while governor of massachusetts were way too moderate, but they've been searching around for kind of an anti-romney candidate. it seems at least today these leaders from this group say it should be rick santorum. this is significant they would decide to coalesce around rick

santorum. rick was low in the polls a few months ago. now he came in second in iowa. he placed well in new hampshire. he's here in south carolina hoping to ride that wave of momentum. >> you have to wonder how influential that might be for this south carolina primary. we are talking about the tea party has been throwing their support behind the governor nicki haley. would it be the governor who might be most influential in that state? >> excellent question. you have these christian conservatives coalescing around rick santorum. in terms of mitt romney, you have nikki haley who won the governorship based on tea party support backing mitt romney. tomorrow she will be here behind

me at a huge tea party convention in south carolina. jim demint is a big tea party booster. rick santorum and newt gingrich will be here. a whole lot going on here in south carolina. >> i like the specs, as well. >> they're new. i just got them. >> i like them. they look good. thanks for coming to us from myrtle beach. keep it right here next saturday as results come in from the south carolina primary. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't...

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in this segment for health for her, does the number of embryo goes used during in vitro fertilization put a baby's health for risk? >> reporter: when doctors do fertility treatment the goal is to have a healthy baby and avoid multiples, if possible. the reason is that multiples are

born early more o than single babies, and mothers are more likely to get sick if they have twins, triplets or more. a group of british physicians decided to see how many embryos do you need to put inside a mom in order to get a live, healthy baby, a live birth and avoid multiples, if possible? what they found is that two embryos, one or two embryos does the trick. three embryos doesn't increase the chances of getting you a healthy baby. they developed these guidelines. they think for women who are over 40, putting in two embryos at most is a good idea. women under four, they should only put in one embryo. in britain, they regulate medicine much more so than they do in the united states. the united states doctors we talked to, they don't like this idea very much. they say that different women need different kinds of procedures and need different numbers of embryos. some women over the age of 40 might need three or four or even

possibly more than that. they say it's not a good idea to have hard and fast rules for every woman. for more information, you can go to cnn.com/empowered patient. checking stories making news across the country now. in minnesota, a man has become the first civilian in the u.s. to get a new bionic hand. matt rasnick lost his arm in a rock-crushing machine. thanks to his handel's be back to work in no time since he still has his nerves. wires and electrodes let him handle it like a natural hand. until now the michaelango had only been available to soldiers from iraq and afghanistan. in greenwich, new york, a crossing guard using a dog. she is keeping kids out of harm's way. sophie is accompanied by her

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