like wednesday through sunday. >> the storm door is open! . >> it is. where's lawrence? >> lawrence? lawrence is resting. we should have lawrence back tomorrow. >> yeah. >> we miss you, big guy. thanks for watching cbs 5 "early edition." >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, january 17th, 2012. welcome to cbs this morning. i'm charlie rose. breaking news out of italy where more victims have been found on that crippled cruise ship. we'll show you new pictures from the search for survivors. i'm gayle king. we'll ask newt gingrich about last night's gop debate and look at the surprise impact of stephen colbert in the race. when i see you at 8:00 we'll have csi's marg helgenberger. it's a how done it.

we'll take you inside the look of a killing. muhammad ali turns 70 today. as we do every morning, we'll take a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. the death toll rises to 11 as rescue crews searching for survivors blast holes in the crippled cruise liner off the italian coast. >> we believe it has been a human error here. >> the captain will also appear in court. the black box recordings suggest he did abandon ship before all the passengers were off. >> now new fierce of leaking fuel and environmental disaster. >> mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money. >> mitt romney under fire as the republican field tries to slow the front-runner. >> answer the question first. we have plenty of time. i'll get there. >> it would be nice if governor

romney would exercise leadership to take falls hoods off the air. >> you have a super pac ad. >> this is a great example of the insiders that are having a conversation up here. >> we should have the right to put anyone's name we want. sleepy, dopey, perry. there is relieve in nome, alaska, now that a russian tanker has arrived. >> we've handled about 160 collisions. >> i'm going to stay off the roads. make sure you have four-wheel drive. >> it was out of a movie. something in hollywood. >> you're getting killed here. >> you have nice size feet. all of that. >> is that mrs. -- >> o. >> bama. >> and all that matters. >> talk about milking it. >> on cbs this morning. >> oops, my bad. >> what did jesus say to tim tebow this weekend?

we begin first thing this morning with breaking news from italy where rescuers have reportedly found five more bodies aboard a disabled cruise ship. that would raise the death toll to 11 with 24 passengers and crew still missing. >> you are looking at the "costa concordia" this morning. there is also growing concern there about the fuel on board the ship and what happens if it leaks. allen pizy is in giglio, italy, with the latest. >> reporter: as you say, five more bodies have been found. we understand they were brought out of a submerged part of the hull. that all takes place as the captain is in a hearing which could see him face up to 15 years in jail if he's convicted on charges of abandoning his passengers and ship and of coursing an accident at sea and multiple manslaughter. >> reporter: underwater demolition experts blue four holes in the hull of the ship this morning to provide access

to gathering points and areas that have not been reached and make it safer for divers working in the long passage ways. newly released infrared coast guard video shows how passengers had to make a perilous descent to reach the life rafts. rescuers are having to cope with the hull turned on its sides. walls have become floors in a jumble of december brings. corridors, restaurants, bars, recreation areas. divers say it is disorienting to swim through passages and rooms that are sideways. the search now is for bodies. there's little, if any, hope of finding anyone alive. among the missing are an american couple, jerry and barbara hile from minnesota. there are fears of an ecological disaster. a barrier has been set up to contain the diesel fuel that could leak from the stricken ship. recordings of conversations between the captain and coast guard authorities seem to confirm that he abandoned his

ship well before all of the more than 4,000 passengers and crew were evacuated. what are you doing, the coast guard asks? are you abandoning the rescue? there are already bodies. at another point the captain is ordered to go back to his ship and apparently refuses krclaimi he cannot get back aboard because of the angle. the amateur video, stories are emerging that it was the crew who took the decision to abandon ship because the captain would not act. >> reporter: the audiotapes showing increasing damming evidence that the captain was derelict in his duty. the port captain grew more and more angry as he ordered the captain of the ship back to his ship and he simply refused to go. charlie? >> alan, is the most damming evidence against the captain that he left or what happened before this crash happened? >> reporter: well, before it looks like he ordered the ship

to come in too close anywhich, but once the whole thing had happened and the ship had run aground, you can see it behind me here, he simply got off the ship. there were 4,000 souls aboard. the captain is supposed to make sure they were all safe. he was bobbing about a life boat and complaining he couldn't see anything in the dark. the port captain who was trying to coordinate the rescue over the radio kept telling him, get back on the ship, and he kept simply refuse to go do so. he doesn't really appear to have a leg to stand on with these audio tapes coming out now. >> alan, very quickly. we talked about if the fuel leaked. is it in danger of leaking at this moment? >> reporter: yes, it is, because the ship is damaged and if the sea gets rough, the tanks could rupture. they put barriers around to & a lot of concern that something could come out. >> alan, thank you very much. turning now to campaign 2012 where many republicans think saturday's south carolina primary is the last chance to stop mitt romney. he was clearly targed at last night's debate, mostly over his

business record. meantime, the latest national gallup poll show romney with a lead over his gop rivals. chief political correspond dend jane crawford joins us this morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. last night's debate was very different than all the others, and you know there have been a lot of other debates. there are two main reasons for that. number one, there are fewer candidates. two candidates have dropped out and, number tup, as you suggested, time is wasting on these candidates if they're going to stop romney. if you add those things together, you get a debate that is furious and intense. >> when we're asking -- >> reporter: the four challengers took the stage with the same goal, to weaken mitt romney's support and build up their own. newt gingrich hit hard over negative ads. >> so i think it is an absurdity and it would be nice if governor romney would exercise leadership on his former staff and his major donors to take falsehoods off the air. >> reporter: romney answered back. >> but if we're talking about

super pac ads that are inaccurate, mr. speaker, you have a super pac ad that attacks maine. now just hold on. that attacks me. it's probably the biggest hoax since big foot. >> reporter: rick santorum set the tone early aggressively challenging romney on his record as governor of massachusetts and then taking on both romney and gingrich over reforming social security. >> i want to make a point about newt and his plans because they're not bold in the case of governor romney. first, we have to get our fiscal house in order, balance this budget, and then create the opportunities that they want. the idea of doing that now is fiscal insanity. >> reporter: but santorum at times faded from the stage as gingrich started doing what he does best, and what made him a front-runner for a time. he bashed president obama and made no apologies for saying things like poor kids should work in schools as janitors. >> can't you see that this is viewed at a minimum as insulting

to all-americans but particularly to black americans? >> no. i don't see that. >> reporter: with gingrich and santorum slugging it out to be the romney alternative, texas governor rick perry also had a good moment. a reminder of why months ago many thought he could beat romney when he talks about getting america back to work. >> that's what i've done for 11 years as governor of the 13th largest economy in the world. a million jobs have been created in that state. >> reporter: but it was texas congressman ron paul who refuse the to back down standing by his principles and defending some of his negative attacks. >> there was one ad that we used against senator santorum and i only had one problem, i couldn't get all the things in i wanted to say in my minute. >> reporter: now there were no real losers. also no clear winners although gingrich, i think, did pick up some ground. but what we saw instead was all these candidates in a clear

focus. they're really different from each other, and i think the moderators at fox and "wall street journal" did a great job drawing them out. you saw their strengths up on the stage but also maybe some of their flaws. >> a lot of that focus of course, too, from the candidates was on mitt romney. the attacks intensifying as you pointed out. how did he fare in the end in handling that? >> reporter: he played it really safe last night. that was part of his strategy. he didn't have any razzle-dazzle. no fumbles, no turnovers either. let me keep this football analogy going. he ran a prevent defense. he's got a big lead. trying to protect it. it worked for a while. gingrich picked up some ground though and thats danger of that kind of game plan. if you're not careful, some of those other guys can get back in this game. we've got another debate on thursday night. there is a lot of time between now and when people vote here in south carolina so if he keeps playing it safe, could be some problems. >> jane crawford in south carolina this morning.

thanks. former house speaker newt gingrich is also in myrtle beach, south carolina. good morning, mr. speaker. >> good morning, charlie. >> you heard january crawford. you may have heard her say that you did well in last night's debate, but also time is running out. what has to happen to prevent governor romney from doing so well in south carolina that he wraps it up? >> well, i think two things. i think last night helped with both of them. first, i think i have to prove that i'm a much better debater, much more capable of taking on barack obama and standing toe to toe with the president and geting across conservative values. and, second, i have to convince the people who might like to vote for santorum or might like to vote for perry that, in fact, those would be wasted votes. that's the only way they can get a conservative nominee is to vote for me on saturday. if we can do those two things, convince waive verying voters to

vote for me, and convince the conservative voters who right now might go to perry or santorum that the only way they can stop a moderate from winning is to vote for me, i think we'll win on saturday. it's going to be a close run, but i think we may be able to pull it off. >> if you don't do that, is it all over? >> certainly much harder. depends on what the total vote is. if he's down at 29 or 30, then i think we're still in a serious race. if he gets up to 40 or 45, then, yeah, you have to be realistic about it. so i don't see any evidence of him doing that well. i think last night, frankly, weakened him a little bit. i think his refusal to release his income tax weakened him some. >> even though he's had the -- >> in south -- charlie, you're a south carolinian. why don't you want me to know about it? why are you going to wait until after i've voted? last night he conceded in principle that he owes it to the public to share it.

it strikes me he ought to do it before south carolina votes. i also think they care about things i mentioned last night, the i-73 corridor of hope to replace what barack obama had called a corridor of shame of unemployment. very important in the myrtle beach area. i talked about modernizing the port of charleston. very important to the economy in south carolina. >> two things seem to be happening. conservatives can't coal less around a candidate. as the fighting gets tougher, republicans and conservatives say we may be weakening our likely nominee so that president obama will be able to take advantage of it. even conservatives are making that point now as you well know. >> i think, actually, that's pretty silly. barack obama is going to vai billion. the power of the white house and the advantage of most support from the elite media whoever we nominate had better be able to stand there and win the debate on stage because they're not going to be able to raise the kind of money obama will have.

he'll be plenty tough no matter who we nominate. that person had better be battle tested, seasoned and ready. this is the most important election of my lifetime. defeating barack obama is vital to the future of this country. we need our best, toughest debater. >> the person who made that was senator jim demint from south carolina. >> i'm just saying i think obama's going to be plenty tough. whoever we nominate had better be prepared to endure the campaign with obama, and i think that's frankly why as people generally agree i'm the best debater we have. we need somebody who is solid conservative, can stand toe to toe on the stage, can defeat obama. >> i want to give you an opportunity because the point was made in your comments about it's better for black americans to seek a job than it is to seek food stamps. many people stepped forward to say isn't that simply true for all-americans who are desperately looking for jobs? that's what they want.

not just black americans. >> it is true for all americans. that's true for native americans, true for latino americans, true for white americans, and true for black americans. the original statement was in the context of saying i would love to be invited by the naacp to come to their convention because the president has particularly failed to pay attention to the tremendous unemployment. we've had 43% black teenage unemployment. that is a disaster because it sets up a social pattern that's very hard for young people to go out and get jobs, get in the job market. i'm addressing, for example, here in south carolina, the president described an area between myrtle beach and i-95 as a corridor of shame. after three years he's done nothing. that's why building i-73 is so important. we need to turn it into a corridor of hope. that's a very important concept in an area that's, frankly, very largely african-american. >> mr. speaker, thank you for joining us this morning.

we will follow you on the campaign trail. >> thank you. a sheriff knows better than anyone what can happen if you break the law. this morning the sheriff of san francisco is accused of assaulting his wife, and some people think he got special treatment as we hear from john blackstone. >> reporter: ross micarini was all smiles on january 8th, as was his wife, eliana, when he was sworn in as san francisco's new sheriff. less than a week later he was under a spotlight of a far grimmer nature. >> these charges are very unfounded. >> reporter: mirkarimi he's charged with domestic violence battery of his wife. >> i don't have any complaint against my husband. >> reporter: it was here at his home on new year's eve that the sheriff allegedly grabbed his wife so violently he bruised her upper arm. she showed the bruise to a neighbor who videotaped it and reported the incident to the

police. >> this type of behavior is inexcusable, criminal, and will be prosecuted. >> reporter: sheriff mirkarimi has been quoted as saying, this is a private family matter, an attitude that has infuriorated advocates for victims of domestic violence. >> i believe he should step aside right now until the investigation is completed. >> the idea of the county's chief law enforcement official being able to dismiss away allegations against himself by saying it's a private matter calls into question the entire integrity of the judicial and investigatory system. >> reporter: this is not an isolated case. last year domestic violence charges were dropped against former new york city deputy mayor steven gold smith after his wife declined to press charges. arizona state senator scott von gard charged with hitting his girlfriend was released because arizona lawmakers enjoy limited immunity from arrest. in mirkarimi's case the investigation intensified only

after the investigation was leaked to a newspaper columnist. >> it's discon serting, even discouraging, to see that law enforcement officials, those charged with the ponsbility of enforcing the law, can make cases against themselves go away because they are in positions of power. >> we will fight these charges and i'm confident that in the end that we will succeed. >> reporter: it's clear if he does succeed what he sees as victory will be seen by critics as institutionalized injustice. for cbs this morning, john blackstone, san very chilly. coldest morning to start. ocean beach clear and cool. concord 30 degrees. 20 out in fairfield. and 32 in san rafael. all right. for later on this afternoon, we're warming things up a

little bit. looks like it's still going to be chilly with temperatures mostly in the low 50s. we are staying dry, plenty of sunshine today, but then our next chance of rain wednesday, north of the golden gate. >> announcer: this national weather report is sponsored by farmers insurance. we are insurance. we are farmers. it may seem funny watching from home but the candidates are not laughing at it may seem funny.

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matter how old you are. time now to show you some of this morning's headlines around the globe. fuel starts flowing from tankers to nome. they had to break through miles of ice to get there. cold weather stopped a delivery in november. we find u.s. launches national wa war on alzheimer's. experts meeting today in washington to work on a new strategy. "the baltimore sun" reports on aion verts study of pedestrians wearing headphones. it found three times as many were hurt or killed by cars anned trains last year compared to 2005. and from "l.a. times," wikipedia is planning to shut down tomorrow to draw attention to a bill making it harpder to steal online content. wikipedia and other websites claim the law would lead to censorship.

finally lancaster, california, is into tweeting, chirping, actually in a big way. they played calming bird calls over big speakers. they say crime rates are falling as they listen to the birds and do not go off frank mallicoat ... smoke alar family to the fire i good morning, everyone. time now for some bay area headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. smoke alarms alerting a martinez family to a fire early this morning. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. a lot of smoke, a lot of flames under control now. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi arraignment set for thursday. "the examiner" reports his wife had sent some twitter messages against domestic violence less than two weeks before mirkarimi allegedly bruised her arm on new year's eve. and students returning today to city college of san francisco are warned to change their passwords not to do business on school computers. school officials say someone has been hacking campus

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good morning from the traffic center. slow southbound 101 heading into sausalito. we have a broken-down vehicle blockin lanes. extra volume towards san francisco but overall an easy ride towards the golden gate bridge. now, coming off the eastshore freeway, traffic slow and go headed towards the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and you're backed up almost into the maze. that's traffic. here's elizabeth. >> thanks, gianna. freeze warning still in effect for much of the bay area for at least another half more. so a lot of our temperatures are still below freezing. check out some inland valleys. fairfield at 20 degrees. 20 in napa. a little warmer in san francisco, coming in at 40 degrees. by this afternoon, most spots warming up to the low 50s across the bay area. we are staying dry.

we are going to see plenty of sunshine. next chance of rain tomorrow, mainly north of the golden gate. then that system spreading farther south bringing chances of rain thursday through sunday for much of the bay.

everyone knows this year's election is about bringing jobs back to the country. the question is how do we do it. >> steven jobs and what he innovated and people like him, we need to be giving them the insenn tirchs being on shore doing that and not driving them off. >> you don't want to drive them off. you want to bring them in. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this morning the republican presidential field isn't laughing about stephen colbert as we hear from national

correspondent dean reynolds. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. well, before we say that a comedian yacht could have no serious impact on a presidential campaign, let us remember that six days after a poll came out showing stephen colbert slieltly ahead of jon huntsman, jon huntsman quit the race. so far colbert's effort is not displaying what you would call a light touch. this is from the americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow super pac, which colbert is using to mock super pacs in general. >> if mitt romney really believes -- >> corporations are people, my friend. >> reporter: then mitt romney is a serial killer. he's mitt the ripper. what's striking about the ad is

how it resembles the ones that have been flooding the airwaves, which attack romney on the one hand -- >> for tens of thousands of americans, the suffering began when mitt romney came to town. >> reporter: -- and especially newt gingrich on the other. >> newt has a ton of baggage. >> reporter: gingrich and romney have insisted they have no control over these nominally nonaffiliated groups and say the ads should be removed if they're inaccura inaccurate. so, too, in his way does colbert. >> so is mitt romney a serial killer? i don't know. but that question's out there now. >> reporter: colbert may have an obstacle to his write-in campaign here like the fact that south carolina doesn't recognize write-in campaigns, but so what. >> they said you can't go to the moon. they said you can't put cheese inside the pizza crust. nasa did it. they had to because the cheese

kept floating off into outer space. >> reporter: there was a question about corporations. >> are corporations people are only people people? and while you discuss that, i'm going be the good boy and eat my vegetables. >> reporter: colbert insists his effort is less than a campaign and more like an expedition without a destination. >> you know, i'm exploring right now. i'm a one-man lewis & clark and i'm looking for my sack ja wee ya. >> reporter: and what colbert has found is another way to inject himself into the race. this is a new ad that went out last night. >> thankfully there is one name on the ballot that stands for true american namety, herman cain. america for a better tomorrow tomorrow believes that a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. he's not a commercial politician.

he's a washington outsider. he's not even running for president. send them a message. on january 21st, vote herman cain. >> now, that may, just may cause a little confusion here because herman cain while he quit the race in november still on the ballot in south carolina. >> so dean, is stephen colbert having fun or does he have a message that he wants to have some impact? >> reporter: well, he clearly is mocking the whole super pac thing. whether or not the people of south carolina understand the distinction that is drawn between pacs and super pacs, i think, remains to be seen. but clearly it came up in the debate last night. and whether these guys are playing fair and whether this whole citizens united case, which allowed super pacs and unlimited, unregulated money to get into campaigns is a good idea. that is a debate that is worth having and stephen colbert is having it. >> dean, thank you very much.

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that documented evidence connecting the c.i. and israel to last world series's killing of a scientist in tehran. >> the brazen daytime bombing seemed like something out of an action movie. john talks about what a plot like that happens. >> reporter: one consideration in using sabotage or

assassination is deniability. last week marked the fourth attack against a scientist working for iran's nuclear program. he was killed when a bomb was attached to his car by a passing motorcycle. iran quickly accused the u.s., great britain, and israel of being behind the attacks, but all three have issued denials. >> i've seen the accusations about possibly the americans or brits or israelis involved of this. top of the pile. >> reporter: for any of them, it's a daring adventure. phil muscular dystrophy was with the cia and the fbi. >> you can't do this every day, so you'd better be careful about what operations you conduct and taking out people significant in the program. >> reporter: and what kind of work goes into preparing for an operation like this? >> you've about got to get pattern of life on him, see how he moves, see where he's most

accessible in a public place so you can get in and out quickly without being seen on cameras, for example, so i expect work has been going on for this for a long time. >> reporter: whether it was the tracking and killing of the terrorist responsible for the massacre of their athletes at the 1972 munich olympics of the assassination of a man who ran a string of bldy terrorist operations against israel and united states in lebanon. when this senior hamas official was killed in his hotel room in united emirates, they were caught on hotel security cameras and left a money trail that was quickly traced. but the work in iran has been in the street, which gives the spies an edge. >> here you're operating in an open urban environment, you don't have to check in, presumably you're under false documents, no finger prints,

faces, phone cards, so my mind this would be much harder to track. >> reporter: targeting the attack may be only one el management. facilities have been taken over by a computer virus, disrupting operations, a series of mysterious explosions at missile facilities and pipelines have caused damage. iran is under pressure, but the killing of the scientist could backfire. >> what you have in the case of the assassinations of nuclear scientists is the potential that the regime can use those incidents as a galvanizing event, a propaganda event to rally the flag of nuclear nationalism and to defend not only the nuclear program itself, which is popular in iran, but also the regime and its survival. >> reporter: if israel is behind the assassinations, denieblt is

par for the course, but a former agent told us the iranian scientist should have known this was in the cards. >> he has to have under, should anyone in involved in the nuclear iranian program that they are part of an attempt to create a weapon of mass destruction for a country that has openly threatened to destroy us, and we have every reason to not regret any loss of life or other act of sabotage that in any way sets back an iranian program. >> you've been in troom, listened to these conversations when you were with the fbi and director of national intelligence. the presums is israel is doing this covert action. the question is who's helping and especially whether the u stace is helping them. >> well, that's an interesting question, and in the hall mirrors it is hard to tell and

that is on purpose. i suspect if israel was to rub an operation like this, they could get help on the ground from various groups. iran has many ethnicities, groups. they could have help on the inside or from another foreign service. >> and the goal is to use covert action so you do not have to use a military strike. >> that would be one goal. but again, in the hall of mirrors, an operation like this with strike after strike after strike on a small scale could be one to elicit a military response from iran, which could then ratchet things up without israel or the united states being the one who started it. >> and how big a risk is that that iran will retaliate so the united states will have to retall yacht? >> i think on this level, iran has been busy on retaliating against its own. you had the plot to kill the

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anded the doctor told us not to wake him because he might end up with a heart attacks, so i don't. i just get up and move. that's the hard part. you have to sort of -- >> we haven't seen much of muhammad ali since that great interview 16 years ago with ed bradley. he turned 70 today. he made a rare appearance over the weekend in his home town of louisville, kentucky, to celebrate his birthday. >> i know you have actually seen him a number of times. has some great stories. >> what's amazing about him is nelson mandela came to new york in one of his last visits if not his last visit and ali was there. to see these two men, these two

amazing men of dignity there, people of great fame, they're all trying to snap pictures as if they were part of the paparazzi. ali, even then, slower than he had been suffering with alzheimer's, maintained that great sense of dignity. you see these pictures, all that parkinson's has done to him has not done away with the dignity of who he was. >> so important to remember that and to point that out. i'm sure some who are living with parkinson owes would live the same way. the doctor will talk with us in the latest advances and the fight against parkinson is. stay with us for that and much more. you're watching "cbs this morning." cbs health watch sponsored bier this ma care. [ ron orsini ] osteo bi-flex has been incredible for me,

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our own gayle king has a look at what's coming up in our next hour. gayle. >> thank you, charlie. here's a question. what do charlie rose and muhammad ali have in common? they both celebrated a milestone birthday. for muhammad ali, he's suffered

with parkinson's for 40 years. and csi's marg helg enberger is making a move. where is she going? and ralph fiennes a martinez family r an early- morning fi good morning, everybody. time for some headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 7:56. a martinez family displaced after this early-morning fire gutted their home on walnut street. it was report just before 4 a.m. crews arriving on the scene to find the house fully engulfed. at least one person being treated for smoke inhalation. and a local man who saved his warship during world war ii will receive an award today at moffett field. congresswoman anna eshoo will present the award to 95-year- old carl clark, who lives in menlo park. he will get a naval and marine corps commendation medal. it was back in 1945 he was on the uss aaron ward when it was

hit by six kamikaze planes. he grabbed a fire hose, doused the flames that was threatening an ammunition locker on board. he also carried injured sailors to safety despite having a broken collarbone. it's been a long time, but finally being honored today. >> traffic and weather coming up right after this so stay right there.

good morning from the traffic center. your commute in full swing. we're seeing delays as you work your way -- extra volume through guadalupe parkway. billscy for that morning ride -- busy for that morning ride. also, westbound 237 a live look at the connector over to 880, traffic loaded up there, as well. and business as usual at the bay bridge. you're backed up to the maze. that's traffic. here's elizabeth. >> back to work on this tuesday for a lot of folks. you're stepping outside to some cool temperatures out there. a lot of spots still below freezing. check out napa, fairfield, a little warmer in san francisco coming in at 40 degrees right now. and by the this afternoon, we're mostly going to be in the low 50s across the bay area and looks like we are staying dry,

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mi michelle obama, the first lady, is appearing on a tv show. this is a long, rich tradition of presidents' wives, first ladies of the united states appearing on television shows. i think we put together a little montage. take a look. >> 1983, nancy reagan played herself on "different strokes." 1976, betty ford played herself on "the mary tyler moore show." 1969, pat nixon played on "star trek."

to learn more, visit your local -- >> we should say though that today is michelle obama's birthday. happy 48th birthday to the first lady. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose. in italy, the drama continues this morning. five more body have been recovered from the crippled cruise ship. earlier, rescuers blasted holes in the hull to open up access to blocked off areas where people might be. >> survivors say the evacuation of the ship was so chaotic, so we wanted to find out how crew members are trained for this. mark is in fort lauderdale with some of the answers. we heard the crew let a lot of people down that day. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. that's absolutely right, which is why of course there are now suddenly sweeping calls for safety reform in an industry where disasters on this scale are actually quite rare. but no single authority polices the world's cruise ships, which

critics say carry risk but sail right past any real accountability. >> may day. may day. >> reporter: captain jerry pannell was deliberately running a ship aground, but this was a simulated maritime disaster. part of emergency training for junior and senior officers on cruise ships. >> we want them to react in training as they will react in real life. that will ensure that the correct procedures are taken. >> evacuation control center. >> reporter: all the world's 256 registered cruise ships are supposed to follow a minimum international safety standard. only one of them is registered in the u.s. where those standards are higher. to save money, cruise lines often register ships in foreign countries, where the standards may not be as strictly enforced. on any cruise ship, only the captain may give order to abandon ship. once he does, every crew member has a defined role. like the passengers, krcrew

members often speak different languages. >> most vessels operate internationally on an english basis. in some cases, english may be a second language, so they are communicating in a crisis in a secondary language. >> reporter: the costa concordia is owned by carnival, the world's largest cruise line. its jurisdiction is italian. disaster struck three hours into the cruise before passengers had completed lifeboat drills that international regulations mandate must occur within 24 hours of departure. mega ships like the costa concordia are floating cities. critics say an overhaul of safety regulations is overdue. >> i think it emphasizes and brings a painful reminder -- it happens to be the 100th anniversary of the titanic disaster. cruise ships are vulnerable, and there are serious safety concerns. >> reporter: on average, 1/4 of

a ship's crew is constantly turning over, along with 100% of the passengers. that's a lot of new faces suddenly forced to save each other if there's a call to abandon ship. >> mark, you're in fort lauderdale. i hear that's called the cruise capital of the state. do you know -- can you tell us something about the training of this particular crew, especially the captain? >> reporter: well, you're right. fort lauderdale and miami, florida generally is the cruise ship capital of the world. junior officers and senior officer get a fair amount of training, often weeks of safety training. the lower crews, of course, get a whole lot less. i'm talking about all the staffing that makes up these floating cities. the maids, the waitresses, all the folks that make it happen day to day. the whole safety picture, the training involved, what the accountability is for all that, that's very much what is under scrutiny and whether serious reform is needed when all these ships go sailing past what

critics say is any sense of accountability and any sense that people have to be held to account when something goes wrong. >> mark, thanks. with the south carolina primary coming up, mitt romney seems to be pulling away from his gop rivals. the latest poll of republican voters finds romney with a 23-point lead over his closest ompetitors. so they took shots at romney during last night's debate. newt gingrich questioned romney's role in a series of corporate takeovers. >> there was a pattern in some companies, a handful of them, of leaving them with enormous debt. then within a year or two or three having them go broke. that's something he ought to answer. >> jan crawford covered the debate in myrtle beach. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> are they having an impact? if not, why not? >> reporter: well, sure. the attacks have had an impact on romney, particularly ones

from gingrich. in fact, they've hit more gingrich. the more he attacks romney, the faster he's falling in the polls. what we saw last night was the kind of new good gingrich. he's talking about hitting president obama. he's talking about why republicans are better than democrats. voters respond to that. when newt was staying on that, he was the front runner. so, yes, these attacks are having an affect, they're just hurting gingrich. it's not that close. those national polls are somewhat misleading when you look to somewhere like south carolina. the race is closer than that here in south carolina. >> how close? >> reporter: well, right now it looks like romney's got a slight edge, charlie, but you have a lot of time left between now and saturday when these voters starlet. last night was a big night for newt gingrich. we've got some time. there's another debate thursday night. that lead could narrow. what i thought was so interesting in the interview you did with gingrich earlier in the show is he's talking about, you know, romney might win, but we have to stop him from winning big. he's not going to win by 40

points, mitt romney won't. you're seeing gingrich set the expectation, even if mitt romney wins, as long as he doesn't win big. >> charlie asked newt gingrich about these attacks on one another and whether it could weaken the eventual nominee. let's see what he has to say. >> barack obama is going to have $1 billion and support from the media. whoever we nominate had better be able to stand there and win the debate on stage because they're not going to be able to raise the kind of money obama will have. obama will be plenty it enough to matter who we nominate. >> so is the thinking right now is that these attacks could help prepare the field for president obama? >> reporter: that's what other people are saying or trying to defend. that's what they always say when you see these guys going at it. think about hillary clinton and barack obama in the democratic primary. this process is set up this way, and it works. yes, it's hurting right now. it's not that pleasant for rom thee. but gingrich is right. he's going to be facing these

attacks with barack obama and all of that force of his machine if he is the nominee. so better to get it out now. >> jen, i want to ask you about something from the debate last night. rick perry made a statement talking about turkey being ruled by islamic terrorists. let's listen to what he said. >> governor perry, since the islamists-orient eed party took over in turkey, the murder rate of women has increased 400%. press freedom has declined to the level of russia. the prime minister has embraced hamas, and turkey has threatened military force against israel. given turkey's term, do you believe turkey still belongs in nato? >> obviously, when you have a country that is being ruled by what many would perceive to be islamic terrorists, when you start seeing that type of activity against their own citizens, then, yes, not only is

it time for us to have a conversation about whether or not they belong to be in nato, but it's time for the united states, with we look at their foreign aid, to go zero with it. >> is foreign policy having a part -- is it part of the conver

muhammad ali is turning 70 today. he's a great champion. we all know that. his biggest battle may be his long fight with parkinson's disease. we'll take a look at what we're learning from that. we'll also tell you if people who heat their homes with natural gas instead of heating oil will be better off this winter. rebecca jarvis has the answer. you're watching "cbs this morning." chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak sandwich. layers of shaved steak and grilled peppers served with fries and a tasty soup or salad.

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float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> in the 1970s, muhammad ali was heavy weight champion and probably the world's most famous athlete. today is his 70th birthday. he celebrated over the weekend in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. >> muhammad ali has battled parkinson's disease for nearly 40 years. we want to look at this condition this morning with dr. jon lapook.

good morning. explain what we need to know about this disease. >> this disease is a big deal. it's a chronic disease. it affects a million americans, 50 to 60,000 americans get the disease every year. the basic problem, charlie, is the lack of the substance dopamine. it helps one nerve cell talk to another nerve cell in the body. with parkinson's, that goes down. the symptoms, there are four big ones. one is a tremor. you see this kind of pill rolling behavior of the hands, right. the other is a lack of movement, problems walking and even talking. you can see sort of the shuffling gait that people have. sort of shuffling down. the third is rigidity. on physical exam, you can take somebody's arm and pull it like this. it goes like this. after a while, you can have problems with balance where you actually fall. >> is it unusual to live this

long? it seems so encouraging. charlie mentioned his brain is still very, very sharp. >> it is a chronic disease, so people can live for decades with it. it is a unusual. most people get the disease over the age of 50. it's unusual to get it to early. >> jon, thanks. homeowners are paying more for oil heat this winter. natural gas is much cheaper. we'll show you why. we'll also take a look at whether it's worth it to switch. you're watching "cbs this morning." great engineering today at your authorized dealer. with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. left behind by some mop. why you... nobody's taken a shine to me in a long time.

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the good news, it's been a mild winter so far in much of the country. the bad news, heating oil prices as many of you probably know are sky high, especially in the east where homeowners tend to rely on

it. >> this is economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is with us here. good morning, rebecca. >> good morning. >> i feel like you did this for me. i just paid my bill and i called the guy. pdo you think it's something we should think about? >> anyone heating their home with natural gas is paying substantially less. natural gas, the average price you're paying for this winter is $6781. home heating oil is almost $2,400. so we're talking almost four times the amount of the people who are using natural gas. like you said, there are definitely when it comes to natural gas, there are political and definitely economic reasons to consider that as well. >> no, but really when i got the bill i was stunned be i the number and i did call to say did you make a mistake and they said nope. i called other places to make

sure i wasn't being cheated and i wasn't. >> you can make the switch. there is the reality that if you have heating oil and a lot of people in the northeast do. you can make the switch, however, there's an up front cost to making that switch and it's in the thousands. not a couple hundred dollars. it's in the thousands. in order to make the switch it's going to take time for it to pay off. we're talking a couple of winters that and when you're pricing that out, we don't know what the cost is. >> we don't exactly know. but natural gas, however, the forecast is it's going do remain relatively low. >> why is there such a dramatic defrps between the price of gas and the price of oil? >> the sources are coming from two different locations. natural gas is a primarily local source. it's coming from the united states. whereas oil is coming from around the world. some of it is coming from here, but it is susceptible to, for example, the saber rattling we're hearing out of iran. we don't get oil from iran,

however, iran does give toil the rest of the world and when they take that or potentially could take that oil out of the picture, that hurts and scares the rest of the world economy and so all of a sudden that drives up prices. in europe, europe has closed down a number of refineries because their own economy has been struggling. as are result of taking that out of the pipeline, that's also drink up the cost. you have this double whammy. >> anything we can do other than walk around with a coat? >> wear a coat. i mean, listen, i'm not going to advocate for that. but if you do turn your thermostat down 1 degree, it ooh's 2% savings for every degree you turn down your thermostat. also if you turn your water heater down to 115 to 120, you're not going to feel much of a difference. and, lastly, if you do the shorter shower, okay, like half of the time in the shower that you would spend, you're going to save about 33%. so a lot of people might say, wow, i can't take half the time in the shower, but 33% cost

savings is pretty significant. >> for those of us who love to sit in a big hot tub of water, you say what? >> i say enjoy it, gayle. live a little. >> skplurj. >>

through a house in martinez early this morning. five good morning, everybody. 8:25 is your time of. in the headlines in the bay area, big fire ripping through a home in martinez early this morning. five people inside. they were all woken up by smoke alarms at 4:00 this morning. one person treated for smoke inhalation. firefighters found the house fully engulfed in flames so at first they had to stay outside to get the flames under control. the house was gutted. a battalion chief says a wood- burning fireplace was likely the origin of the martinez fire this morning. a big freeze warning across the bay area has prompted people to take extra precautions. there's been a run on pipe

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good traffic traffic center. still busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. 40 minutes-plus from the carquinez bridge to the maze. on the eastshore freeway, golden gate bridge also starting to load up just a bit. sluggish as you come on the bridge into san francisco. no major traffic delays along 101 coming away from 580. san mateo bridge a little lighter now. you can see traffic about 12 to 13 minutes now to go between 880 and 101. no delays going eastbound. mass transit, though, a good choice. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all right on time. that's traffic. here's elizabeth. >> thank you, gianna. we have a few hearty folks at ocean beach. freeze warning for the bay area has officially expired but let's go to our temperatures outside right now. mostly in the 30s, a couple of 40s and a few 20s out there, as well. 22 in fairfield, 24 in napa, 36 degrees right now in oakland. so by this afternoon, the sun will make an appearance, plenty of sunshine. but temperatures still going to be cold, mostly in the low 50s across the bay area.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." do you recognize that theme song? marg helgenberger says i recognize the music.

she began collecting fingerprints when the series began back in 2000. >> next week katharine willows is terning in her badge and marg is here to tell us why. good morning. >> good morning, charlie, good morning, gayle. >> good morning. good morning. >> the question i have is one of two. this is one of the great franchises this television history. >> yes, yes. >> and high pay. >> and what? >> high pay. >> not a bad thing, marg. >> and you've had a remarkable run. what causes one to say now's the time to go? >> well, that's an excellent question, one i've been asked quite a bit lately, and i was starting to -- it's been an incredible run with an incredible group of people. the show still has -- does very well around the world, number one in the world. it's still a great quality. it was a very difficult decision. i just think -- i felt the need

to kind of step back because i had been playing this character for 11 1/2 years to reassess and regroup and i'm -- as scary as that is, i'm also very excited aboubecause your mom is in the n room. i love that you came with your mom, number one. when i was growing up they said it was always easier to get a job from a job. are you worried about or i'm open to all possibilities, whatever that is? >> i'm not worried so much about it. but i am more executed about all the possibilities than i am worried. i mean the fact that i did have such a great experience on csi, it will be hard. the bar is set pretty high. >> but you have a lot of interest as well. >> a lot of interests? >> interests, yeah, in things that you might want to do. >> yes, yes. career-wise as well as lifestyle in terms of having the time now.

>> and supporting the causes you do so well in terms of supporting breast cancer and things like that. >> yes. >> the character went through a very interesting evolution. tell me where it started and where you're ending it. >> the character was introduced in the initial episode csi, ex-stripper. it wasn't at all tawdry. there was nothing -- actually there was no scene filmed of flashbacks. some of the female producers thought about changing that backstory once we got picked up and put on the air. i said, no, no, no. this is a woman who -- it's that journey she took is quite different than people who go into law enforcement and i thought it formed the character and the backstory, so i'm glad i stood up for my stripperdom and -- yes. she's -- then that allowed her

sexuality wasn't necessarily something she had to run away from. it certainly didn't inhibit her job. >> what would you like to do, you know? after 12 seasons, what would you like to do? you're so identified with her. what are you thinking? >> because i'm so identified with her i perhaps would like to do something that's quite different. >> a stripper perhaps? listen, marg, that's very different. that's very different. >> ideally i'd like to do a play, perhaps here in new york city. a new play would be great but i'm very interested in a revival. i haven't been in a full production of a play for a gazillion years. but for a type of role, i think i'd like to play somebody who was just kind of an ordinary woman that's under extraordinary circumstances, you know, doesn't really have a whole lot of --

the glam factor is sort of dialed down a bit. >> as you look at all those optionings that might be there, whether it's theater, film, another character, before you do that, look back. is there an episode, moment, something that happened over this really successful run that you'll always remember? >> wow. well, because it's so fresh in my memory, this last episode that i shot in which catherine -- i don't want to give too much away, actually -- when catherine has a chance to say good-bye to the team and shortly after that marg said good-bye to the crew and i got the nailed pounded into my last mark on where i stood last and that's my permanent mark. they're going to fasten something there on stage 24, universal studio, it was an emotional journey. and then the lead-up to it, the mark of the three episode mark was axed back as well as emotion

emotional. although so many have had an impact on me, sorry. >> wi watched the last episode. we all know what happens or i know what happens. will you watch the last episode? >> i will watch the last episode. whether i want to see it by myself or with a group of people, e-mail not exactly sure because i know there will be some tears. >> your mom will watch with you. i met her. she's very nice. she'll watch with you. >> yeah. >> thank you, marg. continued success on whatever you decide to do. >> thank you. >> a play in new york. i like that. you can see her final episodes torl and next wednesday at 10:00. that's, of course, at 9:00 central right here on cs. and one of charlie siem's fans says -- every time i see charlie, i think ow you. fans say nobody

you are about to hear the world's hottest violin virt oh sow. his name is charlie siem and while you may not yet know his music, you've likely seen his face as a model in "vogue" and other magazines. he gave his first interview to lee cowan. lee is with us in studio 57. good morning. >> good morning. charlie siem is gets as much attention for his good looks as well as his playing. if you thing he's performing in stuffy concert halls, thank again. even lady gaga has found this virtuoso simply irresitable. if you were to bump into charlie siem, say, in new york city, you ebel probably think he was just another pretty face. in part you're right.

his modeling fo lineling portfo landed him in magazine shoots but the violin isn't just a prop. it's a passion. ♪ >> reporter: few can make a violin sing quite the way charlie can. >> you're always finding, i thinking you can work at it. there are always ways you can get better. that's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that i'm not quite there, you know. there's always for me to be able to do. >> reporter: critics would argue he's done quite a lot already. at only 25 charlie's played some of the greatest concert halls of the world. his most recent cd hit number three on the classical charts in the uk. and like him, the instrument he plays on is a one of a kind "the begin arias made in 1735.

>> you'd be horrified if you know how much it's insured for. >> how much is it insured for? >> well, this is insured for $10 million. >> $10 million. >> yeah. >> the sound the two of them make together is priceless. ♪ >> reporter: born in london, the violin struck a chord in charlie at a very early age. >> i heard the violin when i was 3 years old, and i -- i heard it on the radio. and the sound of the instrument is just what inspired me. >> at 3 years old. >> 3 years old. that's the earliest childhood memory i have. >> reporter: unlike most kids his parents who weren't musically inclined at all never had to beg him to practice. instead, they had to beg him to stop. >> they'd say initially charlie's playing his violin,

great. then when i took it to the next level, no, i want to play the violin, then they got worried. >> reporter: they insisted he get an education. he went to cambridge and honed modeling on the side. then he played the violin with a very unique style of performing. >> the challenge now is freshening it up, making it not just a museum piece in a glass case, making it fun and relevant and fresh to an audience today. >> reporter: his modern presentation of 200-year-old music caught the eye of another fashion forward musician. lady gaga. charlie not only performed at a party in gaga's honor but he also shared the stage with the legendary rock band the who. >> they have a way of performing and such car riz ma and i think that's what first triggered my mind to instead of trying to form to the audience, take a

little bit of that to take it to the cast of music to try to bring the performance a little alive. >> reporter: despite all the attention, it's hardly gone to his head. he's learning to embrace his life on the road and says he wouldn't change a thing. >> you know, i can't imagine doing anything else, you know. as far as i'm concerned, my life is consumed with playing the violin and wrer the path takes me, whatever direction the journey is going in. i em going to just keep following it. >> reporter: a young virtuoso who has the world quite literally at his fingertips. now, charlie's next stop is japan and then south america and then he's hoping to announce some tour dates right here in the u.s. as well. >> what is it that makes him so good as a violinist? >> i think it's probably his passion. that's what he would say. and i think it's the sense that

he can do more with the violin than perhaps sould people would think. he doesn't want it to be the stuff j instrument as you heard him say. he wants it to be contemporary, the kind of strinment he can pull out anywhere and play. he's pulled it out at subway station, itune stores. he's as contemporary as you can possibly be but he still loves music compose 2d 00 years ago. >> and he looks gooey pizza, something good with a violin. >> you wouldn't want to touch a violin greasy fingers afterward. >> it's nice to have you in studio. lee cowan, thanks. he's a two-time oscar nominee who ee's played heroes and villains, but his greatest fear? sharks. you're watching "cbs this morning."

the way my spirit dispossessed me, a tongue's motion may move through my lips. i will not do it lest i cease to honor my own truth and by my body's action teach my mind the most inherent basis. >> that is a mod tern take on shakespeare. it features vanessa redgrave, harold butler and ray fiennes who not only plays the title role but is the director. >> he was nominated for the most outstanding day buy but a british writer, director, or producer. go, ray fiennes. he's joined us in studio 57. good do see you. >> good to see you. >> we know how good you are in front of the camera. you decide you wanted to direct for the first time.

were you nervous? >> of course i was. >> i would have said no. >> it was a shakespeare play that not that many people are that familiar with. it's a tough piece, confrontational piece, they believed could work as a strong political thriller. i had played it about 11 years ago on stage and it became an obsession to make it into a film if we edited aggressively. >> suggesting it's a kind of shakespearean message for this time? >> i think it's always a piece that's relevant. it's got an economic unrest, unhappy population, conflict, crisis of leadership at the center of it. >> characters in conflict. >> people politicking and manipulating for positions of power, the eternal politics that will roll in and step in and kill and not. now everywhere in the world there's a lot of it. >> had you been thinking about directing for some time and you've been saying, you know, i

want to do this? >> i had. i think, you know, you're known as one thing as an actor, and i think the moment you open the door and say i want to do something else, it's -- people's response is interesting. i think for some actors, it's a natural transition. plenty of actors have made the transition. i think if you work on films you become curious, more than curious. >> working as an actor, you always thing about directing and seeing how the director evolved the film. >> well, i've been lucky enough to work with great directors. all extraordinary directors. it's amazing to be part of that process. and i suppose working for directors like that, catherine big low, it started to interest me. >> what lesson did you come away with learning everything from them? >> there's so much more to

learn. i look at "coriolanus" and am proud of it but there's so many things i i'd like to fix. >> like what? >> some of them are technical things, compositional things with the camera, but also i have some, i think -- it's hard to watch yourself. so i'm never -- in my own performance, i have so many things i'm uneasy about. >> which is probably always that way, especially when you direct yourself. that must be very difficult for yourself. >> that was very hard. the days i wasn't acting was kind of a relief. i love working. vanessa redgrave is extraordinary. >> and gerard butler. >> yes. and bryan cox play as political insider. >> directors i've talked to have often said the most important job for a director is casting, getting it right. >> the first person i knew i wanted was vanessa redgrave. she plays my mother.

at the center of this piece, you have a mother/son drama which is essential. it's always moved me. it with us the mother/son face-off. the politics are confrontational but it derives at a mother/son what i call the umbilical moment. no one can escape that. >> when did you know, ray fin , fienn fiennes, you wanted to be an actor? everybody a lot of people would pronounce it ralph. did you ever give any consideration to changing your name and when did you know this is what i want to do? >> the name thing came up often and it still does where people say hey, ralph. >> yeah it's quirky old

tradition, rafe instefl of ralph. steven spielberg said you should consider changing your name. i thought this is my name. i often have thought maybe i should have changed it. it would change the spelling. >> challenge the spelling. >> there it is. >> one last quick question about language. shakespeare, what's the challenge there? >> well, shakespeare is, i think, one of the greatest contemporary writer we still have. the understanding of whether they're in love, at war, fighting for positions of power, his knowledge of human sigh kol jit and heart is profound and continuously inspires us. in film, we have to cut a lot. >> cut is what i have to do. i have to cut him off. sorry. that does it for us. up next, your local news. see you tomorrow. thank you very much.

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to class for students at city college of san francisco, since school officials announced someone's been hacking the computer system for a number of years. everyone surged to change their computer pass words. college officials are trying to determine how much data has been stolen over all those years. >> one word for the weather, c- o-l-d. >> plenty of blue skies, clear as a bell, but it's really chilly still. a freeze warning for the bay area has expired but it is still at or below freezing in some parts. by the afternoon it's still jacket weather, check out the temperatures. mostly in the low 50s, 53 in oakland, 54 redwood city, 51 the high in pacifica. we're seeing sunshine by later on this afternoon, staying dry. the next chance of rain is tomorrow afternoon, likely mainly north of the golden gate, then the system moves south bringing us a good chance of rain, heavy at times

thursday through the weekend. it looks unsettled on saturday, so we could see more rain saturday night into sunday. we will have your time saver traffic coming up next.

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