taking on the economy. the theme will be jobs, jobs, jobs, when president obama addresses the state of the union before congress tonight. deadly blast. russia says eight foreigners were among nearly three dozen killed in the terror bombing at moscow's busiest airport. and there are witnesses, video and piles of evidence, but jared loughner pleads not guilty in the tucson massacre. this is the "cbs morning news" in the tucson massacre. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 25th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. from time to time as the constitution puts it, the president is required to tell congress how he views the country's current status and its future prospects. so tonight president obama goes

to capitol hill to deliver his state of the union address. he'll have a lot to say about jobs. more from washington. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the president and the white house have been giving hints about what will be included in that state of the union address and you can expect that america's greatest concern will be addressed, the economy. tonight president obama is expected to lay out his plan for getting americans back to work. >> i think you'll hear the president talk about a whole host of economic things including getting our fiscal house in order. >> reporter: the president will highlight the need to make u.s. companies more competitive and ready to hire. he'll call for new incentives and investments on everything from education to green energy to roads and bridges. but funding those programs may be difficult. and online preview of his speech over the weekend immediately raised red flags among republicans. >> the president has looked for every opportunity to spend more money. >> reporter: hours before the state of the union, house republicans will take up a vote

that would reduce government spending. the gop has already vowed to cut $100 billion from the budget this year. >> obama wants to keep spending money. he feels that if you don't, the fragile economic recovery could end. but the republicans are saying, look, we need to cut. >> reporter: the president will discuss the need to reduce the deficit, but it isn't clear whether he'll outline specifics or endorse recommendations by a bipartisan deficit commission. >> we're not going to have a debate in washington about whether we need to make some changes. we'll have hopefully a bipartisan discussion and work together on how we go about doing that. >> reporter: that bipartisanship could begin to take shape tonight when some republicans and democrats break with tradition and sit together. and some experts see the state of the union speech as the unofficial kickoff to obama's 2012 campaign, another reason they say that he'll be talking about the economy tonight. betty? >> all right, thank you so much.

now to the terror attack at a moscow airport. we have dramatic new security video of the bombing. the terminal was busy with travelers hurrying to their flights when suddenly a fiery blast ripped out of the doorway. at least 35 people were killed, including eight foreigners. but no americans. about 180 more were hurt. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: moscow's busiest airport in the late afternoon rush as many international flights were arriving. a bomb carried russian officials say by a suicide bomber goes off. the result is carnage. i will kill you all, the bomber is reported to have shouted. >> i saw people die on the floor and people lying and coming to me and was terrible. >> reporter: the attack came after a terror threat warning. a russian security source says. it's the second time security there has failed. two suicide bombers killed 90

people on two flights from the same airport in 2004. this attack is again suspected to be the work of islamic militants from russia's north caucuses region. but this bomber targeted the international arrivals area of the airport where foreigners would inevitably be. officials say the bomb contained screws and ball bearings designed to kill. >> they could be sending a signal to the rest of the world that those areas of cooperation that russia has to the rest of the world, places like an international terminal, are subject to attack. >> reporter: russian president medvedev went on television and vowed to track down those behind the attack. while russia's shooting war against chechen and other rebel groups in the north caucuses ended more than a decade ago, terror attacks attributed to militants from the area have continued with deadly regularity. now the death toll in a war that

will not end has risen again. mark phillips, cbs news, london. in other news, arizona representative gabrielle giffords remains in intensive care this morning at a houston hospital, but she's said to be improving steadily and may begin rehab by the end of the week. the man who allegedly shot giffords and 18 others has pleaded not guilty. karen brown has more. >> reporter: 22-year-old jared loughner didn't look much like his mug shot as he walked into court on monday. his hair has grown out and he appeared pale and thinner. loughner smiled but didn't make eye contact as he spoke only a few whispers to his attorney. federal judge larry burns entered a plea of not guilty on loughner's behalf. >> he runs a very tight courtroom. there will be no inordinate delays. he will make sure things run smoothly.

>> reporter: when the judge asked if there was any question about loughner's ability to understand the case against him, the defense replied we're not raising any issues at this time. but loughner's mental condition is expected to be at the heart of the case. many experts believe the defense will claim he was insane at the time of the shooting. >> we wonder whether this young man's dilutions will interfere with his ability to have a rational understanding because that's what the law requires of the court process. >> reporter: so far loughner is charged with the attempted assassination of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and the attempted murder of two of her aides. he's expected to face additional charges including murder once the investigation is complete. doctors say congresswoman giffords is improving daily, but she remains in the intensive care unit of a houston hospital for treatment of fluid on the brain. her husband says she may be ready to move into full-time rehabilitation by the end of the week. karen brown, cbs news, phoenix.

it's reported this morning that the woman accused of stealing a baby from a new york hospital in 1987 has admitted to the crime. ann pettway appeared in federal court yesterday facing kidnapping charges. a criminal complaint says she confessed to abducting carlina white, but her lawyer says the case is more complex than it appears. >> she is trusting that all the true facts will come out and when they do, she will be looked at in a very different light. >> carlina white, now 23 years old, suspected she was not pettway's daughter. an agency for missing children helped her reunite with her birth parents last week. on the cbs "moneywatch," asian stocks rallied this morning. ashley morrison has much more on all of that. >> reporter: well, asian markets were mostly higher ahead of earnings reports. the nikkei added more than 1% while hong kong's hang seng saw a late day downturn and lost a fraction.

wall street could be looking today to add to its gains. yesterday the dow jumped 108 points while the nasdaq tacked on 28. depending on where you live, you may have to go a little further to buy those postage stamps. the post office is considering shutting some 2,000 post offices. last year the postal service lost $8.5 billion. postal officials say more customers are using online services or postal machines in stores. small towns would likely be hardest hit. airline profits are flying high again. the return to profitability came as airlines eliminated flights, charged higher fares and grounded older planes. travel demand is also rising. the government says the eight largest u.s. air carriers are forecast to earn more than $5 billion this year. this will be good news for airline executives and consumers. the price of oil is falling. the price of oil has dropped more than 3% since last thursday.

it took another hit today after the saudi oil minister said the world's largest oil producer may raise supplies. u.s. inventories have risen already, but so far there has been no effect on gas prices. and betty, good news if you're going to buy a car. interest rates have hit an all-time low. according to bankrate.com, the interest rate on a four year loan for a new car averaged 6.1%. that is the lowest average in more than two decades of tracking. some lenders are offering rates as low as 2.9%. so this would be a good time to go get that lamborghini you've been talking about. >> you go first, okay? ashley morrison, thank you. just ahead on the "morning news," a brutal cold snap ends in the northeast. plus off the ballot. rahm emanuel's run for chicago mayor hits a major snag. first, though, katie couric has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news."

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take a look at that. in the northeast, brutally cold weather turned everything to ice including a parked car here in new york which was encased in ice after water from a broken pipe was splashed on it. yesterday the owner had to chip away the ice just to get inside. it was the coldest weather in years with temperatures below zero in many places. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel says he'll fight a court decision that's keeping him out of the race for mayor. an appeals court ruled he does not meet the residency requirement. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: the former white house chief of staff and

congressman from chicago tried to appear unruffled by the ruling and said he would appeal to the state supreme court. >> i am determined based on the overwhelming energy and support i've gotten across the board from people from all parts of the city that they know that they have a right to make a choice here and nobody else can make it for them. >> reporter: getting elected mayor was beginning to look easy for him. he raised more money and according to polls had as much voter support as all of his three main opponents combined. he had a chance to win an outright majority on february 22nd and avoid a runoff on april 5th. just last week, he received a big pat on the back. >> if you want the windy city to have a gale force of leadership, rahm emanuel is your man. >> reporter: but the court said working in the obama white house for the last two years made emanuel a resident of washington, not chicago. and thus he could not meet a requirement that a candidate live in this city for a year before the election. emanuel argues his time in washington was in service to his

country and that owning a house, paying taxes and voting here made him a resident. by disagreeing, the court supported emanuel's opponents who have made his residency the number one issue in town. over and above violent crime or the budget deficit. >> it's taken a confusing situation and turned it into chaos. >> reporter: that's because early voting starts next week and they've already started printing up the ballots and right now rahm emanuel's name will not be on those ballots dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. sentencing is expected today for the man accused in the 1998 bombing of two u.s. embassies in africa. he's the first guantanamo detainee to face a trial. last year he was found guilty of conspiring to attack government buildings. he is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, some dramatic beat the clock shots to win nba

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time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows the southwest cloud free as much of the southern plains. the southeast is seeing rain and storm clouds building up. and scattered snow showers are drifting through the great lakes and northern rockies. now, later today, heavy rains will be sweeping through the southeast and heading up the eastern seaboard. there will be thunderstorms over florida and a wintry mix back into tennessee and alabama. the southwest stays warm and sunny, but frigid temperatures continue to plague the northern plains. and the northeast warms up a little bit. in sports, a bunch of buzzer beaters. david west of new orleans hit a last second jump shot against oklahoma city and the hornets pulled out a 91-89 victory over the thunder. that is the ninth straight win for new orleans. in toronto, rudy gay hit a tie breaking jumper with less than a second to go. gay had 21 points as the grizzlies beat the raptors 100-98.

it was the third straight win for memphis and the eighth loss in a row for toronto. and with the game tied in new jersey, brooke lopez scored with less than two seconds left to defeat cleveland. the nets 103-101 victory was their third in the last seven. and notre dame upset pittsburgh. 56-51. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and he said no to rehab. former homeless man ted williams bails out of a drug facility.

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nation for laser incidents. what happened to the suspect who targeted a south bay pilot. the search heats up again.. for a kidnapped 4 year old. where investigators are focusing their efforts today. and.. headed to the white house. the special local guests attending the state of the union. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,, on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. the freezing air has all but moved out of the northeast

except for a few places in maine. the northern plains stays chilly. the southeast gets heavy rain and the northern rockies sees light snow pass by. here's another look at this morning's top stories. president obama will deliver his second state of the union address to congress tonight. it's expected to focus on the economy and especially on putting americans back to work. and russia now says at least 35 people were killed and about 180 wounded in an apparent suicide bombing. at moscow's busiest airport. eight foreigners are among the dead, but apparently no americans. secretary of state hillary clinton gave a strong show of support to mexico in its fight against drug cartels. clinton made a one day visit to mexico yesterday. she admitted the drug war is, quote, messy, but necessary. >> i think that what mexican law enforcement is doing to both

reform at the same time that they take on the drug traffickers is essential and a commitment that we stand ready to help them carry out. >> more than 34,000 people have died in drug related killings in the past four years. meanwhile, the u.s. is threatening to cut off aid to lebanon as the country prepares to pick a hezbollah-backed candidate as its next leader. the move to install the prime minister triggered protests in beirut yesterday. the u.s. considers hezbollah a terrorist organization. ted williams, the man with the golden voice, said he didn't want to go to rehab, so he reportedly checked himself out of rehab on monday against the advice of doctors. williams voluntarily spent 12 days in rehab after he became a media sensation. now, there's no word on where he went. this morning on "the early show," a preview of president obama's state of the union address.

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in many places old fashioned stationery has given way to the modern e-mail. but some people say it is better to stick to tradition when it comes to saying thanks. steve hartman takes a closer look at the lost art of the handwritten thank you note. >> reporter: twis now a month after christmas and all through my house, not a note has been written. does that make me a louse? must i really pen thanks for all the candles and cheeses, for that book from my in-laws about tracking animal feces? yes, at least according to my 1950 edition of emily post. but today, most of us don't live stationery lives. the thank you note has been slowly going the way of the

curtsy. and i say that's a good thing. >> if you're doing it out of a sense of duty -- >> not duty. it's a sense of honor. >> reporter: this issue we've always been at odds over. >> i think there's something nice about the handwritten word that people can feel and touch it. >> reporter: it's boy scouts like byron who make the rest of us look bad, but this guy claims writing thank yous can actually make you feel good or even change your life. >> i did feel it changed my life. >> reporter: john, an l.a. attorney, said it all started three years ago. his life was going down the tubes. >> i wasn't noticing the good people i was encountering every day. >> reporter: people like his daughter's piano teacher. >> open the mail and there's a thank you note on this nice stationery. >> reporter: or the woman who

cut his hair. even the girl at starbucks who he thanked just for making the effort to remember his name. in total, john wrote 365 notes that year and has how written a book about how it changed his fortune. >> in a way when you appreciate something, it comes again. >> reporter: that made sense. so i decided to give it a try and ask byron for help. i mean, where do you even start with this? >> so maybe i hope this note finds you well. >> reporter: turns out you open with a broad greeting. >> what do we have so par? >> i hope this note finds you well. >> reporter: and end with a broad greeting. >> i hope this note finds you well. sometimes less is more. >> reporter: i did mail it. and it went over well. >> the thought was nice. >> reporter: although i should probably get my own stationery. >> i was a little curious because there's a guy named byron pitts, but anyway, thanks. see you, steve. >> reporter: steve hartman, cbs news, new york. so while i work on my own thank you notes, let me tell you this. coming up later on "the early show," a special broadcast from

washington as we get a preview of president obama's state of the union and hear from senator john mccain. also an interview with commander scott kelly from the international space station on sister-in-law gabrielle giffords. and we will find out which movies get an oscar nod as the academy award nominations are announced. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thank you for watching. i'm betty nguyen. thank you for watching. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com