season. 13-3. we will leave you with some of the highlights from yesterday. thumbs up. happy monday, everybody. see you tomorrow. thanks for watching c-b-s 5 good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, january 23, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning" right here in studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is resigning. she says her spirit is high, but she needs to concentrate on her recovery. in politics, newt gingrich is on the move and mitt romney on the attack in florida. and i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, we'll meet a young man who posted a video online called "why i hate religion but love jesus." it's gotten over 16 million hits and drawn ton of controversy.

and sherry shepherd of "the view" is stopping by today. and penn state mourns the loss of former coach joe paterno. and two new studies on autism are raising the hopes and fears of parents with autistic kids. but first, as we do every morning here, we begin with a look at today's eye opener. it is your world in 90 seconds. i will step down this week. >> more than a year after the tragedy in tucson, gabby giffords to resign from congress. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. anytime when i say florida. >> the gop blazes into the sunshine state with newt gingrich surging after a stunning south carolina win. >> governor romney is a very good salesman, but he has a really weak product.

>> he was a leader for four years and had to resign in disgrace. you're going to have to make a decision. >> i think newt gingrich has embarrassed the party. >> mitt romney's problem is somehow his romneyness. joe paterno represented the best parts of this place, the soul of what it's about. >> penn state comes together to remember joe paterno and his legendary but scandal-scarred career. >> he wanted everyone to realize everyone has a purpose and a potential to be great. the real weather is moving through parts of the south and midwest. a scare in the air for passengers onboard a packed american airlines flight. >> i wasn't sure that i was not going to die. >> all of that -- >> i think you lose a little power in the upper range. and all that matters. >> look out, look out! the patriots will now take the journey to indianapolis! >> the kick is good! and the giants are going back to the super bowl!

on "cbs this morning." ♪ blow your horn what a weekend. we begin first thing, however, with gabrielle giffords and her departure from congress. a year ago she was shot in the head and nearly died. since then, she has been fighting to get her old life back. >> on sunday, giffords announced she is now about to resign. >> thank you for your prayers. and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i'm getting better every day.

my spirit is high. i will return, and we will work together for arizona and this great country. thank you very much. congressional correspondent nancy is live for us in washington. good morning. >> charlie, friends and colleagues of gabby giffords say once she made the determination not to seek re-election, she decided that the best thing for her and for her constituents was to step down now. so she can focus on her recovery, and so they can have a full-time representative in congress. >> arizona is my home, always will be. >> reporter: the video giffords released to announce she is stepping down revealed both her stunning progress and her limitations. it was carefully edited to allow her to communicate with the people she represents in southern arizona.

>> a lot has happened over the past year. we cannot change that. >> reporter: earlier this month, giffords' husband, former astronaut mark kelly, told cbs 'ben tracy that giffords' decision to seek a fourth term would hinge on her ability to communicate. >> some days i think she could do the job today. you know, other days i see, you know, she gets a little tired, and she's really focused on her therapy. >> reporter: for the past year, giffords has spent hours every day undergoing speech and physical therapy. her rare public appearances have been a source of wonder. doctors initially warned she might never wake up from a coma after she was shot at close range in the head. >> one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [ applause ] >> reporter: she recently improved to the point that she could conduct weekly video meetings with her staff in washington. but she cast only one vote in

congress all year during the surprise return last summer after a divisive fight over raising the debt ceiling. close friend and colleague debbie wasserman schultz says that she concluded her constituents deserved more. >> to make sure her constituents got the full-time service they deserved, she decided to step down. >> reporter: giffords says she has one goal before leaving office to complete that congress on your corner event that was interrupted by the shooting rampage last january. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day. but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. >> giffords will hold that congress on your corner event today in tucson, but this time it will be a private meeting between her and some of the 12 people who were injured that day, along with some of the

haddy rohad heroes who helped to save her lives, and then she will attend the president's state of the union address tomorrow night. >> it's really great to see her, knowing what she has gone through, seeing her speaking. but the question is how is her recovery? what do we know about that? >> she and her husband have been very candid that this is a process that will take years, not months. her right side is still somewhat weak. she is obviously still working on her speech. she has lost some of her eyesight. it's the kind of thing much easier to pursue when she is in one place, not traveling between houston, tucson, and washington, d.c. >> speaking of her husband, is it likely that he will run for the seat that she is vacating? >> well, democrats would love that because this is a seat that's going to be somewhat difficult for them to hold onto. but there's no indication right now that he will do that. most importantly, because that would take him away from her side as she continues her rehabilitation, charlie. >> thank you, nancy. over the weekend, campaign

2012 was hit by a south carolina earthquake. just one week ago, mitt romney seemed to be rolling to the republican presidential nomination. but then he got stumped by newt gingrich in saturday's primary, and this morning as the candidates move on to florida, we check with local correspondent jan crawford, who says it is a brand-new race. >> reporter: after his stinging south carolina defeat, mitt romney laid out the stakes in the fight against president obama. >> this election is a battle for the soul of america. >> reporter: but gingrich's domination in the south's first primary shows it also will be a battle for the heart of the republican party. >> believe me, republicans in congress will be terrified to run with this man for fear they will lose the house and the senate. they will begin to do what they can to try to defeat him. >> newt gingrich, you throw out the baby and keep the bathwater. >> all across the country this morning, people are waking up who are running for office as republicans from dog catcher to senate, and they are saying, god

g good good god, he might be at the top of the ticket. >> reporter: the concern, newt gingrich is too polarizing and can't win. >> i am prepared to stand toe-to-toe with barack obama and debate him i think successfully ths fall, and that's the key to beating him with his billion dollar war chest. >> reporter: on sunday, romney acknowledged the obvious. >> it was not a great week for me. >> reporter: romney was thrown off in part by questions about his taxes and whether he would release his returns. after insisting he would release them when he filed in april, now he says he'll make them public tuesday. >> i will release my tax returns for 2010, which is the last returns that were completed. i'll do that on tuesday of this week. i'll also release at the same time an estimate for 2011 tax returns. >> reporter: despite his double digit loss, romney goes into florida the next date with a slight edge. his campaign has been running television ads there for weeks and has more money than gingrich, but gingrich has

momentum. and south carolina changed everything, prompting romney to go on the attack sunday night. >> he was a leader for four years as speaker of the house. and at the end of four years, it was proven that he was a failed leader. and he had to resign in disgrace. i don't know whether you knew that. >> jan crawford is with us in the studio along with our chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation "bob schieffer. how great to have you here on the set. >> great to be here. >> let me start with newt and this victory in south carolina. what's the context, the battle, going to be like in florida? >> it's going to be the same. south carolina really set the table for what this primary fight is going to be all about. and i think newt gingrich will do very well in florida. if i were the romney camp, i'd be concerned about some of the polls we're seeing and also what the voters are saying. they like the message they are hearing from newt gingrich, which is washington is broken, the liberal media is biassed, and president obama is a disaster. and when he talks, people listen

to that. he says it with such forcefulness and conviction, he's really saying what they want to hear and they are responding in that ballot box. >> what do you think, bob? >> well, exactly. i mean, you know, newt gingrich has found a way to reach people in the republican party, and not necessarily the people at the top of the income bracket. you know, not just the rich people. he is talking the talk that the people down the line, some of those blue collar kind of republicans. and mitt romney just hasn't found a way to connect with those people yet. >> and will the release of his tax returns do what? >> well, i mean, don't forget they are releasing them on tuesday, which of course is the night that the president is going to make the state of the union address. so my guess is that they thought this would be a place where you would kind of slip them in there and maybe nobody would notice it much. of course, we will. >> are we witnessing the coalescence behind gingrich by the conservatives? >> yes.

>> so santorum is less of a factor? >> well, santorum is a fighter. he thinks he is the only true social conservative. he has been offended by the revelations by gingrich's ex-wife that he asked for an open marriage. so he is not going anywhere. but the anti-establishment i think is really getting behind gingrich in a big way. >> so what's the strategy for romney from here on? it seems like a lot of the baggage of gingrich has already been factored in. >> somehow or other he has to get off this staying behind and making the -- he is trying to do what all front-runners try to do, keep things totally under his control, make speeches, run television ads. but he is going to come out it seems to me like, and i think the romney people are rethinking that. i think the best thing he could do would be to accept my invitation. >> i was going to say. >> to debate newt gingrich next sunday on "face the nation." i mean, i think that's -- >> for the full hour. >> absolutely. >> do you think that romney will

be prepared to debate gingrich? and does he have to? >> i think he is going to have to somewhere down the line. there are two debates this week coming up during the week. and, you know, i don't know what he will do come sunday. but he -- i mean, gingrich is just, you know, he is just running over him here. gingrich won south carolina. romney didn't lose it. gingrich won it by his debate performance. >> there is this question that hangs over the gop primary race. will the establishment at some point say, we cannot afford to have newt gingrich at the top of the ticket, and do something, whatever something is? >> well, who cares? if you're a voter? the establishment is not going to dictate what the voters do. and the voters, they have been hearing that message from the establishment. but the voters aren't listening. they are fed up with the establishment too. >> the other part is who is the republican establishment now? this party has moved to the right. it's not the party of mitt romney's father. >> and isn't that part of the problem? one article i read this morning they talked about the attraction

of gingrich is he has channelled the frustration of so many in the republican party who don't feel that it relates to them. >> yeah. and the other part is, newt gingrich is a great story. i mean, he's like a lazarus who you thought only rose from the dead once. >> so twice already. >> and that feeds on itself. and it causes the -- what's this guy doing? what's this all about? you know, and that's what romney is up against now. but he's going to load up the television with a lot of negative ads, just like he dumped on newt gingrich in iowa. >> will gingrich get more money now that he's won? >> well, absolutely. >> and he is already picking up money. he is picking up some of the donors from rick perry. and if people see that he could actually win this thing, that's going to really continue to fuel that momentum. >> but the thing that should scare romney is he hasn't needed much money. he has made it basically on a smile and a shoe shine until now. >> and the debates.

>> yes. he hasn't needed more money so fa. >> the greatest thing going for you too right now. you're loving it. >> us four. >> and bob, let us know what mitt romney gets up to. >> all right. there is developing weather news this morning. violent storms killed at least two people near birmingham, alabama, overnight. authorities are searching house-to-house to rescue people trapped in their homes. the storms part of that same system that has hit many areas head from mississippi to illinois. it happened last night. possible tornadoes from arkansas, causing widespread damage and tornado warnings overnight in parts of tennessee, mississippi, and alabama. this morning, college football is mourning one of its greatest coaches. joe paterno died sunday morning less than three months after his record-setting career at penn state university came to a sudden and embarrassing end. >> the philadelphia inquirer headlines, lion at rest. chief investigative correspondent is at penn state. >> reporter: even though joe

paterno lost his job two months before succumbing to lung cancer, for thousands of men and women he inspired both on and off the field it was like he never left. it was the kind of respect that would have made joe paterno proud. a candlelight processional full of dignity and grace, part of an outpouring of grief expressed in flowers and footballs, some mourners silent, some not. >> really the only person that gave me the opportunity to play football. and now i'll never forget him for that. >> reporter: paterno's death on sunday morning of lung cancer closed one chapter of an iconic life, but certainly not the book. in a statement, the board of trustees and university president rodney ericson said, we grieve for the loss of joe paterno, a great man who made us a greater university. we are considering appropriate ways to honor the great life and legacy of joe paterno. in fact, penn state now faces a delicate dance. how to pay tribute to the winningest coach in the history

of major college football, the same man it fired in november after 46 seasons in the wake of a child abuse sex scandal involving former assistant coach jerry sandusky. >> joe paterno made a huge mistake that a lot of people will never, ever forgive him for. but he did a lot of things that a lot of people will remember him very fondly for. and a lot of people feel like they should honor him for it. >> reporter: in his final interview with the "washington post" just days before he died, paterno said he wished he had done more than just notify his bosses after learning of an alleged sexual assault by sandusky of a young boy in 2002. >> cause i didn't know, you know, i had never had to deal with something like that. i didn't feel adequate. >> reporter: none of that seemed to matter sunday during a day-long vigil at pa teterno's statue or during the march. what did matter was remembering an english coach who majored in english at brown.

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♪ and the home ♪ of the brave steven tyler singing the national anthem at the ravens-patriots game, getting a lot of reaction to that rendition this morning. we should point out too our good friend will be here to take a look at the upcoming matchup for super bowl xlvi. i can't wait. time for the morning headlines around the globe. "the los angeles times" reports that a u.s. air carrier sailed straight through the strait of hormuz. the seattle times is reporting with u.s. troops barely gone, the iraq government is crumbling. there's a power struggle between the prime minister and other officials who were split along religious lines. today is the chinese new year, and the china daily newspaper headlines in euro dragon, assuring amid global uncertainty. and the honolulu star

advertiser has the story of a magnitude 4.7 quake on the big island of hawaii. there were no injuries or damage reported. and the miami herald reporting turbulence injuries crew on flight to miami from brazil. six crew members were hurt aboard american airlines flight headlines... i'm frank mallicoat ... good morning, everyone. 7:26 your time on this monday. get you caught up with some of the bay area headlines. police standoff in oakland's fruitvale area came to an end a few minutes ago. a man wanted in a domestic dispute holed up in a building near brookdale avenue and c.a.p. street. no word at this time on whether anybody was injured. but that has settled down. san francisco sheriff going back to court once again today. the judge expected to set a date for his trial on domestic violence charges. he's back in court on thursday as well. it took overtime to find out who's going to the super bowl from the nfc. sadly, it is not our niners. that fumble set up a game-

winning field goal in overtime. the giants win it 20-17. they will take on the patriots but a very good year for our niners. 13-3 and a big win over the saints. we've got traffic and a wet weather forecast, much more coming up right after this.

>> getting word with of some flooding northbound 880 right at 23rd blocking a lane. traffic busy anyway as you work your way along 880. we're dealing with windy conditions as well. you could see southbound 880 loaded up in the hayward area. metering lights are on. you're backed up to the first overpass. that's traffic. here's elizabeth. >> thank you. the traffic cameras are telling the weather story. it is a wet and a windy morning commute. it looks like it is going to stick around throughout the morning hours. check out of some our heavier cells, over the east bay,

especially that quarter, that 580, check out the dublin interchange, moderate rain falling as well as castro valley, hayward. by this afternoon, we could see a rogue shower or two. we're drying out and it looks like we're sticking around that way through the week.

fourth q 32 yards to tie. and the kick. it's no good! it's no good! >> the kick. it's good! and the giants are going back to the super bowl! one kick was good, and one was bad. and that's why the patriots and the giants will have a super bowl rematch next month. welcome back to "cbs this morning."

we had two nail biters on sunday. first, new england defeated baltimore 23-20. and then the giants needed an overtime to beat san francisco 20-17 in the nfc championship. >> james brown, host of "the nfl day" was watching all of sunday's great action. we're pleased to have you here. good morning. >> after all of these years of being on tv, whenever i hear that name, i think i'm supposed to slide across the floor on one foot, and i can't dance at all. >> are you sure? >> i won't embarrass myself. no question. >> or be a great running back. >> i always get confused with him. >> looking back before we look forward. what surprised you the most about sunday's games? >> you know, charlie, there really wasn't any surprise. i thought going in that both games would be a toss-up. it certainly turned out to be that way in san francisco in terms of being a nail biter to the end. i can't remember there being this much drama on the championship weekend in recent memory for both squads. and new england has been mucha

maligned defensively all year long. but offensively, that combination is superb. >> looking at sunday's game, when the raven receiver caught the ball in the end zone, how long do you have to hold it? >> well, they say you're supposed to make a football move with one foot and then a second foot down while maintaining control of the ball. as you looked at it on the replay, it absolutely looked like it took place. but it's a split second decision. the officials didn't think that he had control of it long enough with both feet down, and the defensive player made a smart move. >> and the matchup for the super bowl. >> a rematch again of super bowl xlii with the giants and the patriots. this ought to be an outstanding matchup. i'm looking forward to it. although the last time around, new england was i heavy favorite because as you recall they were undefeated. eli manning certainly wasn't thought of in the elite category that he is firmly ensconced in now. so this ought to be a toss-up again. >> and he has great receivers. >> no question about it. and victor cruz, what a great story. free agent, he has done well.

>> poor eli. he took a beating yesterday. and i was sort of in and out watching. i felt like every time i came back, he was losing his shirt, grass in his mouth, and yet just kept on going. >> the sensitive erica feeling for eli manning. >> this is how i watch football, boys. >> that's real world, because he did get sacked six times. he was also knocked down like 19 times. he did take a beating. but the old school quarterback, those who played back in the days of terry bradshaw and joe montana will tell you that was life week in and week out in football. but he really showed how tough he is. >> and that was incredible, too, the focus, which obviously is why he is where he is. >> no question about it. but i'm so very happy for the giants because mid season when they had lost four straight, most people were writing them off. the fans, the owner of the new york giants, was talking about how he's got a stack of letters on his desk where fans were calling for the head of tom coughlin and defensive coordinator perry fuel. but you can always turn it around. and they have gotten it done and impressively so.

they are healthy now. that defense is playing with a vry nasty mindset. they are a tough squad. >> going back to what happened on sunday, the missed field goal, that close. what happened? >> you know, the execution on that, it's a chip shot. and you would think, my goodness, he has got to be feeling extremely down about that, because it was a chip shot. 32-yard field goal. but it goes to show you you've got to execute mechanically. the focus has to be there each and every time. >> before we go, joe paterno. here is a man who had an extraordinary athletic record as a coach. >> you know what? one can only hope that maybe the longview may look at him very favorably because he was a towering figure, mentored hundreds of kids, donated millions. but, charlie, you can't overlook the fact that some kids' lives were radically and adversely changed forever. and you would like to think that the adults who were in charge at penn state certainly would have done more than allegedly what was not done thus far. by the way, this is the chris lick segment. the executive producer of the

show. because he claims he was with the giants all the way. i doubt that. but that's what he says. >> we'll find out two weeks from now. >> that means you're saying the giants will take it all, right? >> no, no, no. i've got to do a little bit more reviewing first. i'm more sensitive like you, erica. in the wake of the italian cruise ship tragedy, cruise lines are now making new plans to avoid disaster at sea. we'll tell you exactly what they are doing to keep everyone safe. and tomorrow, we'll watch the academy award nominations live in a way that you won't see anywhere else. you're watching "cbs this morning." that was me still taking insulin

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in italy this morning, officials say two more bodies have been found aboard that crippled cruise ship. the death toll is now 15. 17 others are still missing. officials also say salvage crews could start draining fuel from the ship as soon as tomorrow. we have a reporter once again at the scene in italy. hello. >> reporter: good morning, erica.

well, the bodies of the two women were found on the fourth level near the internet cafe. that level is about 60 feet underwater. this morning, they blasted two more holes in the hull to let them reach that area because that's where they think most of the bodies that are missing will be concentrated. it's an evacuation area. two more holes were blown in the costa concordia this morning to allow divers access to keep searching for bodies. the effort is concentrated on bridge four, about 60 feet underwater. so far, at least 12 holes have been blown in the hull of the stricken cruise liner. this helps all the other diving squads to find the missing people, says this navy spokesman, and continue the rescue mission. there is no expectation of finding anyone alive. the children of missing minnesota couple gerald and barbara heil came to giglio again today waiting for news. their family blog had a poignant description of laying a wreath at sea. we picked daisies for mum and white roses for dad, they wrote. all the workers saluted us as we

placed the flowers in the water. still photographs which have just been made public show passengers when the abandoned ship order was given almost an hour after the initial accident. the war of words between the ship's owners, costa cruises, and the captain who ran the liner ashore is heating up. the media says that the captain told prosecutors that the owners not only approved of him sailing close to the island, but encouraged it for publicity purposes. if so, they got their wish. ferries are rarely full at this time of the year, but over the weekend, tourists flocked in for a hopefully once in a lifetime chance to view a massive wreck you could almost touch. the size of the ship that was damaged, this man says, left me speechless. the island residents who opened their doors and hearts to the passengers are less than happy about the sight seers. one said it was really in bad taste. the enormous amount of equipment to prevent an oil spill is in

place, and the operation to remove the 500 gallons of fuel aboard the costa concordia is expected to begin soon. the italian authorities have given permission for the oil removal to begin simultaneously with the hunt for bodies. charlie, erica, back to you. thank you very much. cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is with us here. good morning. >> good morning. >> what are we learning about the security tapes? >> most people don't realize that most cruise ships today have dozens if not hundreds of security cameras throughout the ship. they are digital. time coded. they go 24/7. and the divers have recovered the hard drives from the computers that contain those images. up until now you have only seen amateur videos. now we'll get a realtime picture. you'll see everything that happened from every part of the ship, from the engine room to the spa to the restaurant to the bridge, who was on the bridge. it will be a realtime picture harbor until the ship literally lost power.

>> will we see a massive rethinking of safety procedures from all of the cruise lines? >> already happening. here is the problem. we have something called safety of life at sea, slols, in which we have all been focused on the safety drills. they will now have those before the ship ever leaves port. the real problem is the cross training of the crew, the training regiment of the crew, and you can't wait for a rule because it takes all of these countries to get in one room to do it. each cruise line will do that ahead of time. and there will be an internal audit. everybody is doing one right now. >> you mentioned the training of the crew. things have come out over the last two days about language barriers on the different ships and also about some labor unions saying that the days these folks work, they are too exhausted to deal with an emergency. >> let's talk about the language here. i laugh every time i see a brochure that says our cruise ship comes from 37 different

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gayle king has a look at what's coming up in the next hour. gayle, what do you have? >> i do, charlie. i have a lot. newt gingrich pulled off a stunning upset in south carolina. did it all come down to religion? bob schieffer and jan crawford are back to talk about that. religion is definitely playing a role in the latest viral video sensation. over here. the 22-year-old man says he loves jesus but hates religion. autism is diagnosed and there could be a game changer. a comedy act on the road, on the view, she's hitting the big screen. sherri shepherd is joining us today. you're a newlywed with a young son. i'm thinking, did you just not have enough to do in your life?

>> i can't sit still. that's what it is. i cannot sit still. i had to keep working. i don't know how to be a stay-at-home mom or wife. i'd be eating all day. >> that would not be good. >> not saying anything about stay-at-home moms or wives. >> i agree. sherri sheph b-s five... i'm grace lee. an armed standoff came to an end in the past hour in oakland. swat teams surrounded a home in >> i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. an armed stand-off came to an end in oakland the fruitvale neighborhood where a suspect barricaded himself inside, has surrendered. this morning a caltrans crew had to do an emergency repair on a section of roadway in daly city, because of all the rain that we saw over the weekend, the on-ramp connects john daly with 280, it is back open. we have an update of traffic

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>> good morning from the traffic center. lots to look out for on the freeways, wet and windy weather. here is the san mateo bridge, traffic not doing bad, but slick surfaces so heads up. to the maps, reports of an accident southbound 280 approaching 17, now over to the right shoulder but slow through there. also northbound 280 stop and go conditions and the connector as you work your way through downtown san jose. bay bridge, no delays. you're slow off the eastshore freeway, metering lights are on, wind advisory continues for the bay bridge as well as benicia and san rafael. >> temperatures in the 50s, a couple upper 40s. check out santa rosa at 47 degrees. the high tech doppler, rainshowers are going to stick around through the morning

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there were three people who claimed. cain, perry, and michele bachmann said they got the go-ahead from you know who. >> bill marr may not like religion and politics, but it's very important to a lot of people who voted in south carolina on saturday. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose along with erica hill. when newt gingrich won the south carolina primary this weekend, he got a lot of votes from republican evangelicals.

exit polls show that 46% of them voted for gingrich and only 10% for mitt romney. >> we want to bring back chief washington correspondent and political correspondent jan crawford to talk more about evangelical voters because we've heard so much about this and how important this can be. at the end of the day, is this going to be a deciding factor, especially in a state like florida? >> well, there's not nearly as large of an evangelical vote in florida as there was in south carolina. you know, the thing about south carolina that is so stunning, newt gingrich won in all the categories. he won among evangelicals. he won among women after this story about the open marriage and all of that. he won among everybody. i mean, it was like, you know, he just walked up there and knocked romney down. it's romney that's got to come back now. >> but what is the message that south carolina voters sent you all? because as you mentioned, here's the ex-wife talking.

never good. you have some idea about what she's going to say. his personal problems have been well documented. his political problems have been well documented. still, south carolina voters said, we still want that guy. how is that possible? >> because they see newt gingrich as someone who can take it to the white house, take it to barack obama, take it to the media. that's what they're looking for. they don't care. to them right now the future of this country is hanging in the balance. they have got to get someone who can do that, so they're willing to overlook all of these other things because they see that person in newt gingrich. >> what's interesting -- go ahead. >> i want to follow up on that for a second. if he had not responded to the way he did, to that debate question, i saw many people saying i made up my mind after he answered that question. do you think we would have had the outcome we had? >> possibly. obviously, that was huge for his campaign. we've seen so many people saying he ought to send them a fruit

basket. >> he knew that question was coming. >> what is interesting about this, romney's whole card has always been that voters thought he was the candidate who had the best chance of beating barack obama. in south carolina the voters said, no, newt gingrich has the best chance. i think it's because of this fight that he showed. you know, gingrich has seized elect blt. >> that's a problem for romney because romney has staked his campaign -- he did so well in iowa because voters thought, we don't really like mitt romney. we're not feeling it, he's not one of us, but he with beat obama, and that's what we care about most. and the economy. gingrich also won on the economy, the other key platform of romney's campaign. >> so are they panicked? >> i wouldn't say they're panicked. >> at all? no? >> obviously, any time you get a 12-point defeat, i mean, a whooping, that's got to hurt. but that's just a bruise.

>> why are they so confident that over the long run they can take it to gingrich? >> they have a strategy to stay in this campaign. they have the organization. they have the money. they think they can wear down gingrich. they see him as a flawed candidate. at some point, those women voters are going to say, i don't really like a guy who cheated on his first wife and cheated on his second wife. they believe he's going to, at some point, explode. the thing is, he's already exploded. you know, he's done that. >> and here's the thing. i mean, yesterday i asked newt gingrich, and obviously he speaked from a biased point of view, but why did he think romney wasn't connecting? he said it's a lack of authentici authenticity. i ask him, i said are you saying he's a phoney, a fake? he laughed. he said, i'll let you draw your own conclusions about that. but i really think there is something to that.

people have not yet convinced themselves that mitt romney is exactly who he says he is. they're looking for something that they can connect with him. so far, i don't think that's happened. i mean, he just doesn't stir up a lot of excitement. i mean, he's a good man. i think he's a moral and honest man, but he doesn't cause a lot of excitement. >> he has a long marriage. he has five sons. to my knowledge, there's been no police activity involved in any of the kids. always a good sign when you're raising children. but do you think it's still an issue of the "m" word, being a mormon, that people are still afraid and nobody wants to say out loud and people think, well, do you think that plays any role in it at all, bob? >> didn't seem to in south carolina. that's a large evangelical vote down there. you cannot poll on that though. i mean, it's very difficult. people will tell pollsters one thing and go into the voting

booth and do something else. >> here's the thing that sits out there. the size of gingrich's unfav unfavorability. it's been there for a long time. >> he's upside down while romney has positive favorability. that potentially is a problem in the general election if newt gingrich is the nominee. he's a very polarizing figure. a lot of people flat out don't like him. that could be a problem for the republicans going forward. a lot of republicans don't like mitt romney. >> speaking of the general election, is that a point in which the president will define how he sees the campaign and what he will do to get re-elected? >> the campaign is underway. the general election has now begun. we'll see the white house lay out where they think it is and what it's all about. so i think this is a very, very important speech. it's very much like bill clinton, you know, as he was

coming into that office. >> it will be similar to the kansas speech. he'll talk about fairness and the economy and the 99 and 1%. >> but remember bill clinton when he got ready to run for re-election. his speech was the era of big government is over. we started talking like that. so i think you'll see them lay it out here. >> who do you think they most want to run against? >> this is what i think is so kind of striking, if you think about it. they have laid out a campaign, and they've already started the messaging of this campaign. kind of a class warfare messaging, assuming romney was going to be the nominee. that message doesn't work as well for all the reasons bob said if newt gingrich is the m nominee. they want romney, but they may not get him. >> we've had three contests. >> i mean, they don't want him. >> can we officially say it's a two-man race in your opinion? do you still think the other candidates have a shot?

>> i think it's a two-man race. >> i think it's a two-man race. as long as you have ron paul in there -- and he's going to stay. he's going to stay right to the end. what he wants to do is be a force within the party. i think that's what his strategy is. he'd like to get a lot of delegates, go into that convention, you know, and being someone they have to deal with. listen, let me tell you something. i am beginning to think more and more that we might go to this convention and not know who the -- >> you just took my question out of my mouth. are we looking at the possibility of a broken convention? >> i think it's a long shot. maybe i just want it. >> i think you do. >> will we remember how to cover it? it's been so long. >> it's been a long time since we saw it decided at convention. >> we'll figure it out. >> thanks, guys. we want top turn to developing news this morning. there's a house-to-house search happening in birmingham, alabama, after a severe storm

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♪ i've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away ♪ >> warren buffett there with a little happy new year greeting for the chinese new year. if you liked that, turns out there are plenty of other videos online of buffett and his ukulele. >> he plays it at his annual meeting all the time. second, he loves railroads. he's made a big investment many railroads. it is, for him, his confidence in america. he believes railroads are the important part of america's future because they don't have the fuel cost that other means of transportation have. it's a love of railroads and a good investment. >> i like warren buffett. i like him singing "i've been working on the railroad." i'm trying to figure out what that has to do with the chinese new year. i just like seeing warren buffett sing. i think it's a connection between the two. >> it's his gift to china. >> oh, okay. now i got it.

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this morning we're looking at two new studies of autism. one of them out this morning suggests that kids can outgrow the disorder or they get better because they were misdiagnosed. the other finds that changing autism standards could leave out thousands of patients. dr. katherine lord is one of the experts working on these new autism guidelines. she joins us now. thank you, doctor. we were talking during the

break. i was wondering if parents could be encouraged on one hand but angry on the other. encouraged because you're thinking, shoot, my child doesn't have autism. angry, on the other hand, if you're thinking, i know my child needs help, but now they're saying no, he's not that bad. is it a good news, bad news kind of thing? >> i think it is. i think the combination of both this new study that's coming out in pediatrics, which suggests there are people who get diagnoses of autism, then when you ask their parents later if they have it, their parents say no. it is possible either that the diagnosis was wrong in the first place or the kids grow out of it. not everyone who gets a diagnosis of autism necessarily continues to have it forever. on the other hand, i think there's been huge concerns in response to the recent media about the redefining criteria and families being very, very concerned that their kids are going to lose their diagnoses. i think it's really important to reassure people that there's no

intention that that will happen. >> even if that changes, you're saying there's no intention, but if they do, in fact -- they no longer fall under the spectrum, the concern is they'll lose the benefit that many of these parents need. is that expected to change? >> no, it's not. i think the intention of the new criteria is to better describe children who have, and adults, who have autism, asperger's syndrome, or anything that falls within that criteria. we don't want criteria that diagnoses everyone as having autism. we want to do a better job of diagnosing the people who do, but we're not trying to leave out anyone. >> what's so hard about diagnosing autism that you have these new studies raising these questions? >> i think the problem is that although autism is a neurobiological disorder, it has to do with brain function. the diagnosis is made purely on the basis of behavior. it encompasses a huge range of

skills. as the pediatric study showed, also associated problems such as mental retardation or language delay. so we have to come up with descriptions for behavior that describe children and adults across development and describe people who may have no speech at all up to very articulate, very bright people who also have the basic social deficits and other kinds of problems. >> is there a huge difference or divide within the scientific community about autism? >> i don't think so. i think what we're trying to do is get better, faster, and more accurate in diagnosing. the question is how to do that. >> can you go back to the statement you made about being able to outgrow autism? i got a very angry e-mail from a friend of mine who has a child that has autism saying that's absolutely not true. can you explain that a little bit more? >> well, i think there's two different things. in the pediatric study, families

were asked, has any health professional ever given you, said that your child might have autism? then asked, does your child have autism? so it's quite possible that in that study, someone said maybe your child has autism, go see a specialist, and the parents did and they didn't have autism. but there is -- >> let's talk about the kids that do have autism. let's focus on that. can they outgrow it? >> there is a small proportion of kids with autism that outgrow it. >> what percentage? >> i would say 10 to 20% of kids without autism without other severe problems. >> does that mean they were misdiagnosed? >> no, i think they really get better. i mean, it is possible for kids to get better. >> is that about the treatment? and in revising the criteria for autism, does this revise the treatment? >> i think revising criteria should not affect the treatment. the treatments have to be based on the characteristics of the

individual child. >> so what does a parent do? >> a parent needs to get a careful diagnosis. they need more than a brief office visit. then i think you have to figure out what treatment makes sense for your child. >> great to have you here today. thanks for your time. we'll have more. you're watching

standoff came to an end in the past hour in oakland. swat teams surrounded a home in the fruitvale neighborhood... wher >> good morning. 8:25. an armed stand-off came to an end in oakland, a s.w.a.t. team surrounded a home in fruitville where a suspect was wanted in a domestic dispute and surrendered. sheriff ross mirkarimi goes back to court, the judge will set a day on domestic violence charges. a 78-year-old is scheduled to

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>> good morning from the traffic center. let's start with a trouble spot in the south bay working to the 101, lanes blocked, lace us a work your way through there. also slow and go northbound

280, the connector over to highway 17 has improved. also slowing along 85. bay bridge better, slick surfaces, 31 minutes off the eastshore freeway towards the maze, 880 sluggish, windy conditions through there. golden gate bridge not doing as bad as far as delays but we're dealing with slick surfaces into san francisco. mass transit a very good choice to avoid the freeways, everything is right on time. that's a look at traffic. here is elizabeth with your weather. >> rain drops falling all over the traffic cameras this morning. we've got rain, some wind, here is a live look through pleasantton, gray skies, high def doppler is busy, heavier cells moving over the east bay, clayton, concord, light to moderate stuff falling this morning. and we should be drying out this afternoon. a few lingering sprinkles in the early parts of the afternoon but we're looking at a dry evening commute home, and

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in the magazine industry. but one bold southern magazine is doing great by breaking all of the rules. >> our special correspondent jeff glor is here to tell us about "garden and gun." >> charlie good morning. before you jump to conclusions open it up. the content might surprise you. especially the story of how garden and gun was founded. >> i do like to come out here as often as i can. >> rebecca darwin had it good. a big time magazine executive in the big city. at one point the first female publisher of the legendary "new yorker." >> i loved living in new york. >> then everything changed. >> i think it was divine intervention. my husband decided to go to seminary. he took a call with the church here in charleston. that's how i got to charleston. >> the newly appointed preacher's wife planned to slow down. but along came a second surprise.

she was asked to start a new magazine. "garden and gun." >> you thought you were going to be a preacher's wife. now you're running "garden and gun." >> yes. that gets raised eyes once in a hiem. >> i would say it would. >> there's a lot of garden stuff. >> launch at a gut wrenching time. in 2007 just as the great recession hit and just as everybody believed that print was dying. she went ahead anyway. >> if you think about what most magazines do, they do a lot of coverage of the east coast, the northeast and the west coast. and there's kind of this whole world in between that they don't really cover. >> david di ben debt owe also fled new york. he's the editor of the magazine. >> i think at first, at the very

beginning, there was a lot of, ha, ha, dpard en and gun. there was no more laughter. in my case, i flipped it open and said i want to work for this magazine. >> our interview is getting interrupted by gunfire. he's scouting a story about a sporting clay range this south carolina. >> forward. >> in truth, though, garden and gun isn't really about guns or gardens. both are metaphors for the southern lifestyle. authentic, old school, unapologetic. >> any subject off limits? >> yeah. politics, religion and s.e.c. football. >> no way, no how. >> just not -- yeah. >> no preconceived notions about the south, thank you very much. >> what is it about the south that people don't know that you want them to know? >> that we're not all stupid.

>> in fact, 45% of their subscribers don't even live in the south. they just want to know more about it. aggressively. >> honestly, in that office, once a day somebody sees a sign on the wall downstairs that says garden and gun and walks up and says i had to see where this magazine is made. >> people are walking into your office? >> absolutely. they want to look around. >> this is going to be -- >> i think there are people who may not relate to all of it. but they think, you know, this is a magazine out of south. i'm really proud of this. this makes us look good. >> last year, rebecca darwin returned to new york triumphant up against the industry's biggest names, the little southern subscription that could walked away with the biggest honor in the business. a national magazine award. >> that's a wild ride. >> it is. it's been pretty wild. i have to say, it's been very wild. but loved every minute of it. when i walk through an airport and see the magazine sitting

over there, my children run over and look mommy, garden and gun. i wouldn't change a thing. >> great to have you here sitting at the table. it seems to me this is a great story of a region that i know well. of two people with a vision, with a sense of i know and i have an instinct and i'm going to act on it. >> i think that's a very important point. not only people who have vision but people who doesn't go through market research and focus testing and study this thing to death. they said listen, we want to do this. we're going to do what feels right, tell a certain story about a certain place and we're going to do it. >> been reading my mail. there is this also. do they have any regrets about the name or anything? >> there's no question it gets attention. this was a magazine that was launched by happenstance completely only days before the shootings at virginia tech. did they pause at some of these points? i think probably yes. but also it goes back to the gut instinct thing of they wanted to

do it. >> i would say special mommy hug to rebecca darwin. i know how difficult it is to do a magazine. it's beautifully done and executed. you can't go wrong when you have a recipe for scallion, cornbread and cheddar cheese. >> that will feel good. >> it's interesting that they say they have -- there are no agendas here. they rejected an ad from the nra. >> they wanted to place an ad there. garden and gun said no. no agendas, no politics, no religion. no s.e.c. football. >> wow. >> no s.e.c. football in the south. >> understand the south more is a good thing. >> i think so. absolutely. this does it well in a smart, compelling way. >> charlie, she wants to show that not all people from the south are stupid. you would agree, mr. rose, from north carolina. >> i would absolutely agree. >> thank you, jeff. >> you're welcome. coming up next, sherri shepherd. she is a talk show host, she's a mom, she's a newlywed and she's

an actress too, with a new role she dreamed of playing

you know what, if you want more information from lieu la, you have to bring her a snack. >> done. all right. bye girl. >> i'll see you guys soon. >> bye. >> bye. >> lola? >> a snack? >> you always complaining. >> it's hot. i'm hungry. >> okay. sherri shepherd is always sure to make you laugh. that was a clip if her new movie, called one more the money. she joins us now. hello, sherri. >> good morning, lady. >> this is what i heard, lady. you wanted to play this role for years. now she knows she's playing a prostitute. i heard you wanted to play that for years. i was watching the movie curious to see what hairdo you were

going to have next. let's back up to you always wanted to play a prostitute for years. >> i will tell you why. this is based -- this character, she's a hooker with a heart of gold. it's based on a series of books. they all have hearts of gold. >> janet ivon wrote the books. she becomes friends with stephanie plum, who is katherine heigl's character. she ends up becoming a bounty hunter. it shows this evolution of the character and she's got -- she's compassionate, yet firm. she's not afraid to shoot a gun. she's not afraid to fight a man. and that's what i loved about her. >> okay. >> she wasn't a stereo stip cal hooker. in the first book, she's introduced and that's her occupation. >> the vision of her in reading the books and becoming a big fan of this character shall how much that of were allowed to bring to the process when you got the role for the movie? >> they let me improv quite a

bit in this movie. i'm a big fan of the author. i was reading the books and i knew this character. when somebody, a fan tweeted me and said they're auditioning, i put on my little -- i went in there and found one of elisab h elisabeth's tight mini skirts and an electric blue tube top. >> you were ready to go. >> i had my heels and barbara walters says where are you going dear? i'm going to play a hooker. when i went to the audition, i said to the directors, i know this character, i know her. i booked it. that's what i mean when i said that. i didn't want to be a hooker. i know sherri for years, she's going down. >> always a little worried. spike lee is making news. he's out in sundance. he was saying his latest movie he financed himself. didn't want to go through hollywood. didn't want anybody telling him to do with his movie. because they can't really tell me about black people.

what do you think when you hear that from spike? >> well, i think -- >> do you think it's still hard in hollywood for black people which is despite the point? george lucas was here last week with "red tails" and saying it was hard to get financing. people were worried about an all black cast. you sit here black actress. what are you thinking? >> the weight of one -- the weight of black people on my shoulders. >> speak into the microphone. >> very well-documented. spike lee the problems that he has had with studios. you know, when you're a director and you're a writer, it's very hard to get that -- they want to intervene and tell you what to do. that's always very, very difficult. i think it's also a shame when i see a promotional, a commercial for "red tails" and i don't see faces. it's just the voices. i'm going, wait a minute, it takes me back to when african-americans would sing the songs but on the cover would be white people. so i'm going, wow, in this day and age when we're in the post racial age and we have a black

president, i can't see who is in the film? i got to hear voices in order for me to want to see the film? i think that concerns me quite a bit. so you know -- >> i hadn't thought about that. that promo was like that. >> where are the people? i think that's a problem. as an actress myself, i know i've always thought to just let me read. a lot of times they didn't want me to come in, because they said we weren't thinking of a black person. >> just try me. >> my acting speak for itself. >> remember we went through this political correctness and then it was we're trying to correct the political correctness. >>. [ overlapping talking ] >> race scares people. >> i like your top. i'm not going to say the words. >> does that ever change? somehow talking approximate these things, does it make it better? >> i think you have to be able to talk approximate it. i think you have to be around

people. sometimes you have to be around people you trust so they know where you're coming from so things aren't taken out of context. that's what's happening so much. things are taken out of context and you're defending and going i didn't mean it that way. i really hope that we can continue the discussion. can i say you look fantastic? >> thank you. >> i don't know what you're doing. >> girl, i'm -- i just got married. can i say that on this show? i just got married. >> the glow. >> how is being a newlywed going for you? >> good. >> i love it. it's the second marriage. i think when people say how is it going? they want me to go it's roses and lollipops and i'm so in love. it's like two imperfect people trying to fit their issues into one bag. i'm learning and i'm growing and so far so good. >> so far so good. i got a good guy. >> always good to see you. >> thank you. one for the money opens in theaters this friday. there's a new viral video burning up the internet in just

a minute. we'll ask the man who made it why he hates religion but loves jesus. "cbs this morning."

♪ we wanted to show you a video that's gotten an incredible 16 million hit on you-tube in less than two weeks. >> one reason may be the title. "why i hate religion but love jesus requesting ". >> let me clarify, i i love the church and the bible and i believe in sin. but if jesus came to your church, would they let him in? he was called a glutton and drunkard by religious men. but the son of god never supports self-righteousness. back to the point. how jesus and religion are on opposite spectrums. one is the work of god, one is a man made invention. one is the cure, the other is

the infection. because religion says do, jesus says done. religion says slave, jesus says son. religion put you in bond anl, and jesus sets you free. religion makes you blind but jesus makes you see. 22-year-old jeff bethke wrote this and he performed the poem. he's with us this morning along with faith and religion contributor father edward beck. >> good morning. >> how does this happen? how does something like this go viral so that 16 million people? >> that's a great question. i have no idea. i kind of wrote the poem because i love jesus, wanted to share the message. when you put it on you-tube and you have the strong language i used, it fires people up. positive or negative. >> what was your expectation? >> me and my roommates put on bets. within 24 hours, it would get 2,000 views. the highest was 8,000. it was 1.2 million after two

hours. >> you struck a cord with a lot of people. this goes on for a number of minutes. there are a lot of different points. one of the things off the top has to deal with politics. you were a political science major. that christian is not republican and vice versa. how much religion should there be in politics? >> that's a good question. essentially where i got that line from is god owns every domain in life, in culture and you can honor him in all of those. the thing that i was rubbing up against there was don't elevate something above him. it's not are you a republican. well then you can be a christian. i read a book called jesus plus nothing equals everything. that's essentially where i got that idea. too many times jesus plus what we believe on the spiritual gift, jesus plus, can you have a beer or not? you don't want to lose sight of him. >> father beck, i'm looking at your face, trying to figure out what you're thinking? you saw the video, obviously. >> i did.

>> i don't jeff, let me give you a holler from the collar. i don't think it's religion you should be dissing. it's the nuance that you're missing. don't worry, that's all i got. your job is not in jeopardy >> oh, good. >> i was thinking hate is such a strong word because if you say you hate religion, it means you're also saying you hate all the good that religion does. you just were baptized in 2009 in a church, right? >> yeah. >> you are part of the institution. you are part of religion. if you dismiss all of religion and i know that there's a lot of nuance to what you're trying to say. look at what happened after joplin, the tornado. who were the first people on ground? religious people. churches. look at what happened after haiti, the earthquake. who were the first relief workers? they were churches. in the name of religion. same with the tsunami. >> do you get his point, father in. >> i think the point is he's against hypocrisy in religion. that's what he's against. he's against when religious leaders aren't who they're

supposed to be. >> here's the point i get from this. what is jesus and who is jesus and what was jesus about and what kind of life did he live and what did he stand for in. >> i was trying to get back to essentially the root. i think it added too many layers. he has a great point. i agree with everything that father beck says. >> good man. >> when i read the scriptures, it says pure and undefiled religion is in. in clogs shans two, man made religion is bad. it's a neutral word. you have to interpret and understand the author's intent before you try to judge. >> jeff shall jesus was the religious jew. >> totally. >> he threw the money ut -- he worshipped in the temple. he said to peter, you know what, peter, you are rock and on this rock, i'm going to build a church. jesus wasn't anti-religion.

he was anti-hypocrisy. that's where you want to get to. >> a lot of it is semantics. i come from the seattle area, my pastor, mark driscoll and another pastor from nosh, use religion shorthand in the way i was using in the poem. not against the institution, not against jesus being pure in those ways, it was just, again, with a different. >> do you think -- do you think it's going to change, though? it seems in many ways religion is more and more important to people in our society. even as there's growing cultural divides. do you change that conversation then to make it a more pure experience? >> what do you mean? >> the conversation about religion and what you do with church and what you do with sunday versus the other sie oths of the week. >> we've been inoculated with the hypocrisy. that's the good and the promising future is my generation wants authenticity. we want to know what they say they believe. i think there will be a resurgence of grace following

jesus loving, bible believing people who will transform and change this country for the good because we believe and we have that power and that grace with us. >> you've got people talking. >> certainly do. >> thank you. >> father beck, thank you very much. >> that

an armed standoff came to an end in the past hour in oakland. swat teams surrounded a home in the fruitvale ne >> good morning. 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat. an armed stand-off came to an end in oakland, s.w.a.t. teams surrounded a home in the fruitville neighborhood where a suspect had barricade himself inside, wanted on domestic dispute surrendered. sheriff ross mirkarimi goes back to court today, the judge will set a date on his domestic violence charges. the 49'ers, we all know, the season sadly is over. this fumble by the niners in overtime set up a field goal that won it for the new york

giants right there. giants 20, san francisco 17. tough, tough game but a good year for the niners at 13-3. here is elizabeth to look at the forecast. it's wet out there. >> kind of wet, a sad start to our monday, 49'ers lose, a gray day. we can talk rainshowers, we need the rain. a live look over pleasanton, we'll need umbrellas and jackets, high def doppler is busy overnight into the morning. it should stick around through the morning commute. some heaviest areas are in the east bay, and we're drying out by this afternoon, should be a dry evening commute home, and it looks like the dry weather is sticking around tuesday through the end of the week, and temperatures will be above average by thursday, and friday. coming up, gianna has a look at your timesaver traffic. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online.

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>> good morning from the traffic center. let's start with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, still wet and windy. wind advisory continues, but the good news as you can see traffic is getting a little bit lighter us a work your way off the eastshore freeway, sluggish across the upper deck. an accident on the lower deck of the bay bridge at treasure island blocking lanes, chp and crews are on scene pushing that out of the roadway soon. an accident on the 680/101 connector, a backup through there, northbound 280, slow and go through downtown san jose. also seeing delays along 85 as well, the 101 us a work your way through san jose. the golden gate bridge, slick

surfaces into san francisco. sluggish conditions us a come off of 101 out of marin county and the richmond san rafael bridge is wet as well. slow and go in both directions, 13 miles per hour toward sfo. have a great day.