jammed up for the stay 10 minutes late. it is friday. enjoy your weekend. duckweeds as friday march 16th. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center i'm charlie rose. oadcast center. i'm charlie rose. the suspect in the deadly shooting rampage is headed back to the u.s. we'll ask newt gingrich why he's staying in the republican race despite some calls for him to step aside. i'm erica hill. tornadoes ripped through parts of michigan destroying homes and leaving a path of destruction. we are at the scene as the search for victims continues. i'm gayle king. when they ran for office, many freshmen congressmen said no more business as usual, but our hidden camera investigation shows that when it comes to lobbyists that may not be the case. when i see you at 8:00 the ceo

of sears is here to show us his plans to get the company back on track. first, we have today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. a twister tears through a michigan neighborhood. >> rescue crews are on the scene near the village of dexter searching for survivors. >> we shut the door and prayed. >> leaving more than 100 homes damaged or destroyed. >> i can't believe this is happening. >> it's devastating. >> mother nature can be devastating. >> a senior american official told "the new york times" due to stress, alcohol, and domestic issues, the soldier, quote, just snapped. >> new details emerge about the u.s. serviceman accused in the afghan massacre. >> the army staff sergeant got a lawyer today. >> he and family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that changed. >> drilling does work for

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>> we rewrite the show right before the show. >> we rewrite the show right before the show. so sometimes we screw up. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." the lawyer for the u.s. army sergeant accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan, he says that soldier never wanted to go back to war. >> we still don't know the suspect's name, but we are learning much more about him this morning. national security correspondent david martin is at the pentagon with the latest. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning to our west coast viewers. pentagon officials now say that in the hours before the shooting rampage the alleged shooter was drinking alcohol with two other soldiers, which is forbidden in a combat zone and could well have played a role in the horrific events that followed. >> reporter: a day before the army sergeant allegedly went on his shooting rampage he witnessed a fellow soldier get

his leg blown off according to his lawyer. >> at this small base that he was at, somebody greatly injured the day before the alleged incident, gravely injured which affected all of the soldiers. >> reporter: attorney john henry browne announced the new details thursday night and revealed his client is from the midwest, has two young children ages 3 and 4, and is a highly decorated soldier with a flawless military record. he said the suspect's family is stunned. >> we've never said anything antagonistic about muslims, middle eastern individuals. he's in general been very mild mannered so they were very shocked by this. >> reporter: browne shot down reports that he had alcohol and marital problems. >> there's certainly no marital discord in this family at all. >> reporter: but he said the 38-year-old who had been injured

twice in iraq was reluctant about a fourth tour. >> he and the family were told that his tours were over and then literally overnight that changed. >> reporter: the family is now staying at the soldier's military base near tacoma, washington, for their own protection. back in afghanistan local lawmakers are outraged the he was flown to a military base in kuwait saying the families of the victims are demanding he be tried where the massacre took place. >> reporter: and the kuwaitis were outraged to find from news reports that the suspect was being held in their country. as a result he is now being flown to a military prison in ft. levenworth, kansas. he is expected to arrive later today. >> david, thank you very much. in the wake of saturday's massacre afghanistan's president is calling on the united states and its allies to take all the troops out of remote areas and afghan villages. lara logan is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> if these demands are carried out, what are the consequences? >> reporter: well, there's no

indication these demands will be carried out. i mean, it is in line with the u.s.'s strategy to hand over to afghan security forces, whether that be in the villages or the towns. so in one sense it's not consistent -- i mean it is consistent but in another sense it really pushes up the timetable. what it seems to indicate is that this issue has become heavilyicizepoliticized. the problem is not in the villages of afghanistan. he has been very critical of an increasingly aggressive strategy in the villages by the u.s. because he feels that that is replacing what really should be an effective strategy regarding pakistan. if you look at his statements over the last few years he's made that point repeatedly and so far there's been no change in the u.s. policy towards pakistan. so it doesn't appear that the u.s. has heeded his call to this point and there is no indication that, you know, the u.s. is going to do anything dramatically different now. >> no indication that pakistan is going to do anything about

its borders either. >> no, or its sanctuaries or aid for militants, etc., etc. the list is endless. >> but there is also the question of what strategy the united states can pursue if counter insurgency is unable to be carried out in the way that it is prescribed. >> reporter: well, yeah, that's very clear. but is counter insurgency being carried out anyway? that's a question in itself. there is another question about whether this should or shouldn't even be a counter insurgency. the taliban were in power when the u.s. went in in 2001. they see themselves as a government trying to restore their rightful grasp and hold on power. they don't see themselves as an insurgent force in the first place. so, you know, the whole picture in afghanistan is very distorted and only becomes more distorted when something like this happens but the real question i think that you're asking is about trust. if trust is the basis of the strategy, does it have any

chance of succeeding if that trust is consistently eroded. you know, it appears logical that the less trust you have, the harder it is for any strategy to be successful. >> lara, when you say trust you mean not just just twreen officials but perhaps even more important the trust between the troops that are on the ground, the u.s. troops, and some of these afghan villages where they've been working? >> reporter: that's right. the basis of the strategy for the last five years has been for the u.s. with the trust that it has to get afghan people to trust their own government. that's what the u.s. has asked american soldiers to do on the ground. at the same time, it's very, very significant to note that u.s. diplomats, for example, the former ambassador of afghanistan were responsible for undermining the credibility of the afghan government both in the u.s. and abroad by leaking cables saying they didn't trust them, they're

not a reliable strategic partner, etc., etc. so what you are left with is u.s. soldiers to conduct an impossible mission. their own government is saying they can't be trusted. >> trust with kabul is one thing and hearts and minds of the people in the village is another. >> reporter: yeah. no, absolutely right, but, i mean, those two things are very closely related if your whole strategy rests on convincing the people in the villages that the government in kabul can be trusted. >> lara, thank you. search teams are going door to door in southeast michigan this morning after a string of tornadoes severely damaged more than 100 homes. so far there are no reports of serious injuries. the small town of dexter, michigan, was hardest hit. maria is there. >> we're in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. it's hard to believe that the people living inside this homemade it out okay. workers are currently assessing

the damage to this home, but it's not the only one. >> reporter: over 100 homes were damaged and 13 destroyed in the small town of dexter, michigan. >> initially it's the shock value. i think when people say, oh, my god, my house is destroyed. that's just your initial concept of how bad it really was. >> reporter: this morning dexter residents assess the damage. >> i thought it only hit on this side of the house from what i was listening to until i walked out and saw the garage was missing. >> reporter: bob hid inside his home as he watched the tornado head straight towards him. >> i realized it was coming faster than i thought so i went down in the basement and got down there and i could just hear it getting louder and louder. and all of a sudden everything just started exploding. the doors. i could see the neighbor's houses were falling apart. >> reporter: the slow moving large funnel cloud of wind, hail, and rain touched the ground in dexter for 30 minutes tracking ten miles of devastation. >> you don't even have enough time to pray or kiss yourself good-bye. it's just -- you just sit there

and wait and just hope that you're going to be there at the end. >> reporter: minutes later a second funnel cloud was spotted southeast in the town of ida where the storm tore through a home as lightening drove the skies. yesterday a 77 degree high tied the record for the warmest ides of march in southeast michigan history when a canadian cold front blew in, the weather system was ripe for the violent weather that turned these lives upside down. >> it's devastating. mother nature can be devastating. there's nothing that can be said to that, to lose your home or have it significantly damaged. >> despite the damage in the area, no deaths have been reported. authorities say a 26-minute tornado warning yesterday gave people enough time to take cover. for "cbs this morning", i'm maria in dexter, michigan. the republican presidential candidates have another busy weekend ahead including tomorrow's caucus vote in missouri. later today mitt romney goes to puerto rico. the democratic candidates are

busy, too, speaking to auto workers in toledo, ohio. vice president joe biden lashed out at the republicans for saying gm and chrysler should have gone bankrupt. >> look, i want to tell you what's real bankruptcy. the economic theories of gingrich, santorum, and romney. they are bankrupt. if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> and in maryland president obama dismissed the candidates' calls for lower gas prices. >> and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three point plans for $2 gas. i guess this year they decided we're going to make it $2.50. i don't know where dwrsh not

$2.40? why not $2.10? >> the house speaker newt gingrich has used that $2.50 figure a lot lately. he's in louisiana where there's a primary vote next saturday. speaker, good morning. >> good morning. >> did you hear the president? >> i did. it's a funny thing. they've asked the saudi arabians to pump more oil. dr. chew, the secretary of energy said he was grateful. so he apparently drilling in saudi arabia is fine. paying the saudis billions of dollars is fine. having the royalties go to the saudi government is fine. it's the americans obama doesn't like to help. why not drill in the united states? why not have the money stay here. why not create jobs here. they can't have it both ways. the fact is his plans are for much more expensive gasoline and when biden talks about the middle class, who does he think buys the gasoline? this administration is punishing the american middle class with high unemployment rates combined with high gasoline prices and

it's kind of ironic that biden wants to pretend those are good things for the middle class. >> the question that the president was raising and you had spoken to before is how much of an increase in domestic production could have what impact on gas prices in this country in the near future? >> well, i think depending what you mean by near future? over a two-year period or three-year period, an enormous amount? >> what do you mean when you talk about $2.50? >> i mean as rapidly as possible. start it moving in the other direction. let me give you an example. natural gas production has gone up 11% since 2008 and the result is the price of natural gas has fallen with the equivalent fall in gasoline would be $1.13 a gallon. i'm not advocating that we can get to $1.13. that is the exact parallel. if gasoline fell as much as natural gas has fallen since

2008, it would be $1.13. i'm happy to say the gingrich plan moves you towards $2.50 or less. the obama plan moves you to 9 or $10 or more. his idea of algae only works at about $850 a barrel. it's a very fundamental difference in the two approaches. >> most oil analysts will tell you that speculation is having an impact and there should be more regulation of speculation. do you favor that? >> people that i trust who are experts think if you simply required the people to cover the margins and put up real money, can't just speculate on -- without having to put anything up, you automatically take 20 or $30 a barrel out of the system. i'd be very willing to look at that as a piece of it. that doesn't affect the long term trend line. what affects the long term trend line is what's happening in north dakota where new technology has given us -- we've jumped from 150 million barrel reserve to 24 billion barlts in the last decade. that's an enormous supply of oil

in north dakota alone. some people think it might in the future go as high as 500 billion barrels. i'm just trying to get -- the president is anti-american oil. he's for brazilian oil, saudi arabian oil. he's shipping our money overseas which ships our jobs overseas which keeps our prices higher. there's a fundamental difference here about how we approach the reality of middle class driving a car or driving a truck. >> okay. let me turn to afghanistan. when you look at what's happened there and the reaction from president karzai, does it affect your decisions or your understanding or your impression of what the united states should do now in afghanistan and that the mission that the united states has been on there? >> i thought your discussion a few minutes ago was superb. it caught the discussion. they're divided between two countries. you will never solve the problem

as long as the taliban has a safe zone in pakistan. karzai's frustration is legitimate. at the same time, we are asking our young men and women to do something that's probably impossible. trying to go into the villages as outsiders, clearly foreigners, and trying to somehow make -- get the villagers to trust their own government strikes me as backwards. you have to send -- we can train afghans to go into the villages, but i don't see -- it's almost as though we're doing what we know how to do even if it won't win the war but we're not doing what we know has to be done because we don't know how to tackle pakistan. you cannot solve afghanistan without pakistan being a part of it. >> let me get to a political question. under what circumstances would you in end your campaign before the convention? >> probably none. i have 176,000 donors. everywhere i went in illinois yesterday people came up to me and said, please stay in the race. please represent big ideas. please represent things like

$2.50 a gallon gas. personal social security savings fund. i gave you the answer, charlie. probably none. >> let me ask you one follow-up. if mr. adelson and his contribution to the super pac changed, if he urged you to change your campaign, would you do it then? >> no. i'm happy to have somebody who cares passionately about the iranian nuclear weapon and somebody who cares passionately about the survival of israel independently support me just as i'm sure mitt romney has had 16 billionaires supporting him and i assume the president has hundreds of people supporting his super pac. that's the way the game is currently played. that's fine. i have 176,000 voters at newt.org. i represent their interests as individuals. 95% have given less than $250. >> and the chance you'll stay in the race until the convention is 99%. >> i'll be with you in tampa. >> and we'll still be asking those questions.

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lined up outside of the apple store there on fifth avenue in new york city, mid town. they're lining up for the new ipad this morning. i have seen those lines at that store. they were literally wrapped around the block. this morning, i need to go there. >> hours and hours and hours. >> we were in the store last night. just order it and wait for it to come in the mail. >> some of the early reviews are good. >> there are, as you know, 468 congressional campaigns going on now. that means a lot of serious fundraising. much is behind closed doors except on a weekend week where cbs news got an inside look at what goes on behind scenes.

>> investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson is on capitol hi hill. >> reporter: good morning. this was the first campaign, 2012, fund raiser for a group of freshmen republicans all face tough, well-financed campaigns against democrats and need big money to buy tv time. they get that by wooing special interests who are willing to pay a lot of money for special access. >> reporter: in 2010 many freshmen republicans were swept into congress on the promise of doing things differently. fast forward to 2012 and the ocean reef club in key largo, florida. an exclusive seaside resort, 54 holes of championship golf, and a private marina. that's where we caught up with a select group of republican freshmen engaged in business as usual. they didn't come alone. they invited big campaign donors

and lobbyists. we secretly sent our cameras along for an inside look at their first joint fundraiser where special interest got the kind of access ordinary americans can only dream of. on the golf course, over drinks at the resort bar, and a private beach lagoon. book your key largo get away now reads the invitation obtained by cbs news. spencer bachus, pete session, and 12 of your favorite republican freshmen, adams, canseco, crawford, dold, duffy, fin cher, fitzpatrick, webster, grimm, hayworth, renacci, and gardner. here's canseco and gardner going in to host happy hours. donors had to pay $10,000 to get in. during his campaign gardner promised average voters would inspire his actions. >> i will always put colorado families before the washington special interest. >> reporter: but in key largo

gardner appeared to offer special interests lots of face time. here he's talking to an attendee who says he works for a bank. here he's going charter fishing as part of the fundraising package. they head out on a group of boats including one named "good life." looks like congressman daniel webster is going fishing too. back in 2010 at a tea party rally webster criticized washington's ways. >> america's not broken, washington is. >> reporter: then there's congressman jim are you na si managing the cart. some congressmen brought their spouses and special interest got to share lively dinner conversation at a restaurant with gourmet delights such as baby octopus. there's gardner and canseco again and congressman bachus, bachus recently became the subject of an ethics investigation into whether he used his position for personal gain, which he denies.

later we found canseco mingling over drinks at the resort's bar. then congressman sessions joins the conversation. an individual can legally give up to $46,200 to this joint fundraiser, the money split among the freshmen. it's perfectly legal for members of congress to have a get away at a florida resort. the question is why do lobbyists pay thousands of dollars to be here with them? what are the lobbiests getting in return? >> reporter: none of the congress members agreed to an interview. they referred us to paul lindsay at the national republican congressional committee which organized the get away. >> reporter: so what are the donors getting out of the weekend? >> they're getting a republican house. >> is the public wrong thinking that something doesn't look right even if it does follow the letter of the law and the letter of ethics rules? >> i think the public has also seen that president obama has had many high level fundraisers throughout the country in cities

like new york and los angeles. >> reporter: president is the fundraiser in chief. >> we have so much more work to do. >> reporter: he recently headlined eight fund racers in one week. tickets can cost upwards of $35,000. the money split between his presidential campaign and other democrats. watchdogs question whether this high priced access unfairly influences politicians. nine of the key largo congressmen are on the committee that regulates banks. nobody would give us the donor guest list, but we do know it includes at least one bank lobbyist. we showed lindsay video of the chair of the committee. >> unless you can guarantee me that they're going to unilaterally disarm and not spend any money against republican candidates in the fall, we are going to do everything we can to have the resources necessary to compete. >> reporter: the republicans refuse to give us the donor guest list for the weekend but

at the end of march they'll have to disclose all that have to the federal election commission. democrats also disclosed their donors regularly under election laws. sharyl, thank you. one of america's best known mega churches is changing hands. they have a new owner and new identity. we'll show you why. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." twinkle twinkle hope appears.

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apple. >> one more example of the power of social media. for the first time since tell evangelist rub ber schuller started preaching. they have no connection to the crystal cathedral. >> the ministry and its hour of power tv program have fallen on hard times. we want to welcome cbs news correspondent brian rooney. good to have you with us. >> reporter: thank you very much. erica, back in the 1970s in the formative days for robert schuller there were about 50 megachurches in the united states. that would be churches with an attendant of 2,000. now there are 1300 of them. it was robert schuller and his television broadcast and the crystal cathedral that parted the waters for the churches that followed. >> reporter: the cathedral is one of the most recognizable churches in the country. designed as a window on god. and in its prime the pastor who built it to youered as high as

his church. >> this is the day the lord has made. let us rejoice. >> reporter: robert schuller drew international recognition as one of the first to spread the word from the electronic pulpit, one of the first of the tell evangelists. >> hour of power. >> schuller said you could dream it, you can do it. his dream built a ministry that once reached 20 million people around the world. but this sunday the ministry returns to its roots with a serm mon to be delivered by schuller's daughter in the movie multi-pleks across the street. she and the extended schuller family were forced out of the church her father started. >> it's not maybe the story or script you would want to write for your life, but it doesn't matter. >> reporter: from a peek in the 90s, the cathedral's aging congregation dwindled and income dropped by 1/3. elaborate holiday celebrations pushed the church to bankruptcy. it's devolved into lawsuits and

robert schuller's only son is estranged from the family. >> reporter: did you go too big? >> i don't think so. i think i'd rather grow too big and implode than not try to reach all those people. >> reporter: last sunday sheila coleman delivered the last schuller sermon in the cathedral. she plans to take her message and her father's legacy to the internet. >> i think the era is coming quickly to a close in terms of television, but you can get a message and put it on the web and i think that's the future. >> reporter: as many as 75 million people a month still watch christian programming on television. megachurches are growing but their income is shrinking. the fall of the house of schuller could be a harbinger. robert schuller has announced he's broke. >> it's been a humbling experience for this dreamer who never quits. >> reporter: could lose his home? >> i don't know. i don't know the details. >> reporter: he hasn't come to the kids yet for help? >> no.

i've offered. i actually offered. >> reporter: and he said? >> and they said, not yet. >> reporter: but she has to sell her home because she has no income. and her new ministry is

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each year. >> i'm a romantic man. so to me, that's an easy question. i love flowers and they're pretty. >> for those snapping early pictures. >> i could imagine what they look like when they're fully out. >> the pink buds have burst on a few trees. ever seen a bloom this early? >> i haven't. >> soon the roughly 4,000 teresa long d.c.'s title basin will take on the cloud-like shapes that have dazzled crowds for a century. this is one of the original trees here, right? >> as far as we know, yes. >> you can tell by looking at it. >> exactly. >> ann mcclellan wrote the book on d.c.'s cherry blossoms, literally. in fact, she wrote two. >> it's always been something that renews itself year after year and yes, is an important expression of international friendship. >> 2,000 were delivered in 1910, a gift from the city of tokyo. but upon arrival, they had to be burned. infested with insect. just two years later, the

japanese sent 3,000 more. an experience that has withstood the test of time, much like the friendship between the two countries that started it all. about 100 of those original trees are still here 100 years later. the national park service says that peak bloom begins next tuesday, march 20th, the first official day of spring. charlie, erica. >> another reason to plan a field trip. sears is not blossoming these days. closing stores, bankruptcy rumors. the ceo is here to talk about his plans to turn the store around. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> this portion of "cbs this morning," sponsored by kleenex brand tissues. soft necessary worth sharing. are america's softest... no wonder people want to share them with the ones they love. ♪ ♪

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thank you, charlie. after closing so many stores, some thought that sears was going out of business. the ceo is here to tell us why that's not true and he's making change. a lot of women are making more money than the men in their lives. the richer sex is telling us how that affects the job, the kids and the sex. it's march madness and armen keteyian has five things to know about the ncaa. i'm thinking syracuse almost

lost round one. is that something we should know about the ncaa? he's a syracuse alum. i could not resist. and abel groupies' lined up outside the retailer as the cupertino company put its new i'd have on sale it is a two minutes in a matter that joins us from san francisco where they're lining up. dick weis is some additional hours of waiting this is a fun of the line if you can see it's your madness. you're up police officers and if you look over here in the window this is the reason why the new i'd have generation 3 coming out this morning within the next two minutes it is coming out everywhere local time. and of course we will be covering this for years so stay tuned. get online. that is that we're traffic and weather coming up right after this. out to natalie go. the

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do you think that she's done this before? i don't know. the dutchess of cambridge, kate middleton, playing field hockey with the british olympic team in london yesterday. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs in morning." may i just say, charlie rose, happy friday. >> you're happy it's friday. >> i am so happy it's friday. you too? >> i am too. i'm charlie rose. from the 1940s to the 1980s, sears was america's biggest retailer. thanks to internal troubles and tough competition, the company hasn't made a profit in more than a decade. >> it's closing hundreds of stores. there are rumors of sears going into bankruptcy. well, we can get the answers to that as we welcome lou d'ambrosio to studio 57 this

morning. hello, lou d'ambrosio. you've heard all the rumors, i know. >> i have. >> should the sears shoppers be worried? >> i think sears shoppers should not listen to what they hear. >> are the reports of your death premature or greatly exaggerated? >> greatly exaggerated. in the end, customers vote with their wallets. we had 40 billion votes last year so we had $40 billion of sales last year. so in fact there's still a lot of people coming to sears. >> so why are you closing all these stores? >> we're closing stores because we want to continue to improve the operations. clearly, there were errors that we've made in the past. we could have executed better. but i'd say mostly, charlie, we want to reconnect with the customers in ways that we haven't done in several years. i think the strategy we have in place will enable us to do that. >> how did you get into trouble? what happened? >> i think like any company that is successful, at times it loses its focus on its most important

constituent, which are its customers. you can wander a bit. some of our execution has not been stellar but we're addressing all of that. i think with the new programs we're rolling out, the new membership program we're putting in place, i think you'll see a new sears. >> sears has new kinds of competition too, not only watt ma -- walmart and target, yet sears had the brand name, sears had the reputation, sears had a lot going for it. >> sears resides for most of us deep in the american consciousness. and we have a set of brands, whether it's kenmore, diehard, craftsman to be special, to be special. and those brands and that brand reputation has endured. by refocusing on the customer and giving them the serves they want. for example, if you buy something, you don't like it, you want to return it, no receipt required. you want to buy something online, pick it up in the store, guaranteed to do it within five minutes. >> what do you think the customer most wants? sam walton thought quality at

low prices, low prices, low prices. that was the genius that made them successful. >> i think price is important, but it's not the only thing. i think what customers want is great quality, affordable prices and outstanding service. so if we provide a kenmore washer with great service, we will in many situations get that sale. >> the obvious question is why do you think you can do it now? these have been things that have been tried before. eddie lambert, who got control of sears, has wanted to change this company for a long time. he is a very smart man and he's been unable to do it, even though he had a hands-on approach. >> eddie is incredibly smart, he's passionate. he's put his money where his mouth is. this company is 125 years old. nobody has committed more of their financial resources to this company than eddie. >> but it seems to have gotten worse than better. >> well, when you're transforming something, it doesn't happen overnight. the whole world is changing, right? technology is changing the way we work, the way we live, the

way we shop. people can go online tonight, then go look at the product in the store, and then on the way home go to the mobile application to order it. we're going to allow that to be a very simple, a very seamless process for our customers. actually i think many of the investments we've made, you'll see the results in the short term. >> i love the no receipt required policy, so bravo to you for that. and i love your enthusiasm, because clearly you don't look like a guy who's worried. but it has to be very disconcerting and troubling to see the headlines about sears. so when you look at it, lou, what do you think you need to do? what concerns you most? i hear you say about putting the customer first, i get that. but at home when you go home, what are you thinking about what you need to really do to get the message? >> yes, i'm thinking about how do we provide the type of services that make you have an extraordinary experience in today's environment. what's happening is technology is changing so much. we believe technology can make the shopping experience more

personal, not less personal. so when we provide deals to you, gayle, we want your deal to be different than, say, charlie's. >> charlie and i like a deal. >> you'd like different deals, right? >> we do like different deals. he's not into shoes. >> really, it's a personalized deal based on what you want. it's the type of services that you want. social shopping through our website, you can go on and track your friends to see what they're buying and you can be cued into a purchase if that's what you want. the whole concierge service, we're going to have that for the masses. >> how long do you give this opportunity to turn sears around? >> first of all, we have plenty of time. we're financially a very strong company. we have several billion dollars of liquidity. >> and more if with the sale of

assets. >> when the opportunity presents itself to get value for assets, we'll consider that. but we're here to transform this company and make it great again. when i first became involved in sears, we all

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this morning, capitol hill is the latest battleground in the fight over women's issues in america. >> and both parties in the senate are accusing the other of playing politics with a very serious matter. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. women's issues have become so politically charged here on capitol hill lately, now democrats are accusing republicans of refusing to stand by victims of domestic violence, but republicans say democrats are just setting a political trap for them. the violence against women act passes every five years with overwhelming support, but this year it's in jeopardy. >> combatting domestic violence

and sexual assault is an issue that we should all be able to agree on. >> reporter: since 1994, the act has provided federal grants for domestic violence programs and law enforcement. but this year's version includes some new provisions, extending domestic violence programs to same-sex couples, giving native american tribes more prosecution powers, and enabling some illegal immigrants who have been battered to get temporary visas. >> is the danger any less real because you happen to be gay or lesbian? i don't think so. >> reporter: but republicans accuse democrats of playing politics with domestic violence. >> i have cautioned my republican colleagues not to walk into a trap. >> reporter: moderate republican senator susan collins of maine supports the bill, but says democrats are refusing to allow any changes to it because they want to label republicans who vote against it as soldiers in a war on women. >> sadly, i think that some of

my democratic colleagues are trying to use this bill to drive a wedge between republicans and women voters. this should not be a partisan issue on either side. >> reporter: the debate comes on the heels of a controversy over contraception, fueled by these comments conservative rush limbaugh made about a georgetown law student, who advocated for birth control coverage. >> it means you're a slut, right? it means you're a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> reporter: democrats believe that fight and clashes over planned parenthood and abortion will cost the gop with women in the fall. and that's why they have moved up the timing of this bill. they want to hold the vote now to fully capitalize on these controversies. gayle and erica. >> nancy, thank you. capitalizing on them. there is another fight in washington against tobacco. this is our healthwatch this morning. the government has a new $54

million anti-smoking campaign. it started thursday and features very graphic print ads and tv commercials. just a little warning before we show you some. >> my name is roosevelt. smoking just messes up your lungs. i never thought at only 45 it would give me a heart attack. i never thought it would stop me from playing basketball with my kids. i never thought it would give me a scar like this. and i never thought that it would change my life forever. my tip is, do your heart a favor and quit now. >> now, is that enough to get people to quit? with us is dr. jionathan whiteson. director of the smoking cessation program. we didn't show the ads that are far more graphic of that. my mom died at the age of 61, i know smoking contributed to it. we would show the grossest pictures we could find and have the intervention. all i found that did is really

tick her off. do you think these ads are effective? >> we're going to find out one way or another. there is some evidence from studies done around the world that graphic images have been effective at getting people to wake up and realize that smoking is not good for them. there's a group who will pay attention. there are the groups who will say -- >> they get mad or say it's too gross. looking at them at home, just really, really gross. i'm wondering is the message getting lost? >> the message can get lost. people may be disturbed by these images and they may look away or they may not identify at all. that's not me. >> so it sounds like you're saying there is a chance that this can back fire. we see higher taxes, we see smoking bans all over the place. most recently in new york city in the parks now you can't light up. is any of that having an effect? >> yes, it is. i think we have to have a concerted effort and we have to use all the weapons that we have.

so increasing taxes is one way of doing it. making smoking anti-social so that you can't smoke in public places. i think this is an excellent idea. preventing product placement and limiting how the tobacco industry can actually advertise or use their dollars to promote the tobacco industry to adults and to children. >> i really do -- go ahead, erica. >> you mentioned children and nine out of ten smokers start before the age of 18. these ads don't seem to be targeting kids. >> these ads are not targeting kids. there is some research from australia that looked at graphic advertisements and whether kids took notice. and some did. but these commercials, this campaign is not directed at children. we have to be very cautious about that because it is the children who start smoking. we know there are over 3,000 kids who start smoking each and every day. and that is a tremendous concern. so we have to consider whether the children are going to pay heed to these commercials. >> i think whether it's a good

thing or bad thing, at least we're talking about it. i for one am for whatever we can do to get people to stop. stop. >> we have to talk about it, it's very important. whichever way this debate goes, as long as there's debate and we're keeping it in the public eye, it will be effective. >> that's a good thing. thank you, dr. whiteson. so what would you do if you found $7,000? would you give it back? yes, i would. it happened to one man in texas. we'll tell you what he did. that's a long story short. you're watching "cbs this morning." "cbs healthwatch" sponsored by the alzheimer's association. wake up!

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short. usa today says red flags are being raised about green food. you may be eating it on st. patrick's day tomorrow. retailers use green food coloring in everything from milkshakes to bagels. some nutritionists warn that the calories are more dangerous than the additives. be careful. >> the next one may restore your faith a little bit. there's a story of a doughnut shop owner who left a bag with $7,000 in it on top of his car and drove away. street cleaner was on the job, found the bag. he gave it to his boss who then returned to to the grateful owner who said he was shocked someone was so honest. >> you would return it, erica? >> i would. >> a must-see for whitney houston fans. hollywood reporter says her movie, the bodyguard will return to the big screen in select theaters nationwide for one night only. that's march 28th. that happens to be the 20th anniversary of the film. the washington post is saying goodbye to yoda the dog.

the 15-year-old chihuahua mix died in her sleep. she took top honors last year at ugliest dog. she was mistaken for a rat when she was found behind an apartment building. >> i see the similarity. a detroit woman is thanking author mitch albom. 101 -- she's 101. she was allowed back in her foreclosed home this week after being evicted in september. albom, a detroit native, bought her house, renovated it using $20,000 from his own charity and that's a long story short. >> special hug to mitch albom. we remember tuesdays with morery. go mitch. tomorrow on "cbs this morning" saturday, are your co-workers making you fat? we'll show you how to avoid the goodies in the break room without causing a stir? i don't know, gayle is inspiring me to slim down. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning" saturday. >> always blame the co-workers. >> right. >> always good. >> ladies, it turns out our wallets are getting fatter.

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fire crews are still trying to figure out what caused a huge house fire near napa. the only person inside the home got out safely. a dozen people are due in court in connection with the occupied cal protest last fall. they claim they were arrested because they sought medical treatment. the allegations are being denied. the wait is over for apple fans who camped out in san francisco overnight. the new ipad is on sale now. the flagship store opened its doors less than 25 minutes ago. there are demanding a worker protection plan for factory

workers overseas. all lot of excited people are there despite rain. more coming up.

>> let's go right back outside to napa where they're working hard to clean up a bunch of glass bottles and the roadway after a truck overturned. in the last minute or two they have reopened one lane of southbound highway 29 which was shut down for a while. again, it is still slow across

that area. outside, here is a live look at the nimitz freeway. it looks okay but it is of little sluggish. at the bay bridge it is friday white although it is definitely slippery. the san mateo bridge looks pretty good this morning. with more on the forecast, here is >> we have a good storm coming our way, scattered showers out north. we have fog showing up as it looks like another cold front sliding into town and it will be raining heavy at times, especially late in the day today. temperatures not that bad today, '50s and '60s. we have very cold air moving in and highs on the weekend will be struggling to get to the fifties. we finally catch a break as we head to tuesday and wednesday.

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i've always said president obama was an al qaeda codler and now his administration is proving it again. >> some elderly travelers could soon get a break at airport security. starting monday the tsa will start new procedures for passengers 75 and older. they can leave their shoes on, for one thing, same with their light outerwear. >> what? are they crazy? have you seen their shoes? those things could be made entirely of plastic explosives. wake up, tsa! old people are powder kegs. gold bond powder, but still! >> but they're comfortable walking shoes. thank you, steven colbert.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." throughout history men have traditionally supported their families but get ready for the big flip. >> women will take over as bread winners in the decades to come. the new back and how that will transform our lives. welcome. >> thank you so much. it's great to be here. >> what's the consequence of this? >> i think the consequences in the long term are going to be good. i think there's no question for women that earning more in their relationships gives them more power and more bargaining power as the economists say in their relationships. men are doing more housework than they ever have. >> say that part again. >> men are doing more housework than they ever have, they really are. for men also there are going to be more options, more flexibility in life in terms of life choices. less pressure hopefully to take a job that they don't want to simply in order to support a family. i think men will have an array of new options and more time with their families. >> does that suggest for cultural or other kinds of

resistance to this inevitability? >> i think there will be cultural resistance. there's still a certain amount of stigma that couples face, even when it's working out well for them in their relationships. sometimes the in-laws aren't that happy. i interviewed husbands who were the secondary earner or the supportive spouse and they felt a little stigmatized by their parents-in-law. >> or the public, i want to pick up on that for a second. i have several friends in this situation. they say, look, we're happy. i'm happy, he's happy. it's only when we go out and we feel we have to explain unnecessarily so. take the in-laws out of it, just society in general. >> i interviewed a number of young women who have developed strategies when they go out and are meeting men. they will try to downplay their earnings and say here's some must ha movie tickets, they were giving them away at work. and they would carry ones and

tens so they could pay for drinks or pay for parking or pay for tips. sometimes women would lie. they would minimize their profession. instead of saying i'm a lawyer, >> but how can that make a guy feel good? >> i don't think it does. studies show that for men, when they rank traits in a marital partner that are desirable, earnings have gone way up in men's estimation and domestic skills have really plummeted. where women are quite a bit more interested in men that have domestic skills than they used to be. >> in her book she says women like a man who's good in bed and good at washing dishes. you fall where? oh, i'm sorry, go ahead. >> i haven't washed dishes in a long time. >> tadahito igucouche. >> here's the question. when was the last time you, you, being a very successful single woman with a huge paycheck.

>> it's not that huge, but go ahead. it could be huger, but go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. >> when was the last time you, for example, took a man out for dinner and picked up the check? most of the time? some of the time? almost never? >> for sure some of the time. >> is it ever a problem, resistance at all? >> no, no, no. it's not because he can't afford it. to me it depends on the nature of the relationship. so i have no trouble with picking up the check, none. but i think a lot of women feel that way. >> right, although i think most women would be glad to pick up a check. i did interview women who said all i want is a nice dinner. >> exactly. >> what about the message it sends to kids who were raised in households where dad is a stay-at-home dad and mom is working. what message does it send to them? >> i think it sends a message of flexibility and options. i interviewed adult young women of bread winning moms who were sort of the first generation.

they said i want to be like my mom. she's successful, she's happy. they love the attention they got from their fathers. i interviewed a young woman, stephanie hawkins, who said it was so cool when my dad picked me up from school and he was the only dad that was around and i bragged about it. i interviewed a bread-winning woman, rhonda mcnally who said my daughters are going to expect what they have gotten from their father. he's really engaged and not a baby-sitter. >> this will be easier for the next generation and even easier for the generation that follows. >> men are not feeling lesser than. i think that's the point that's so important to make. >> men are feeling happy and proud of their partners and like they have a new array of choices. >> and they're seen as two human beings that are parents and they both do everything. >> i like that. thank you, liza mundy. >> thank you, it was great to be here. normally one shining moment comes at the end of march madness, you know the song, but we couldn't wait so armen

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they need a three for a tie. it's good! >> the buzzer beater for you in tennessee. that shot from 75 feet. it sent the game into overtime. the team that hit that shot ended up winning the game. congratulations to them. welcome back to "cbs this morning." not too shabby. >> i always love a buzzer beater. businesses lose about $8.5 million of work productivity. we want to add to that by telling you five things you should know about the ncaa basketball tournament. >> chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian is with us. he has covered seven final fours for cbs sports. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do we need to know?

>> well, i think the first thing is new orleans, the site of the final four this year, this is the fifth time new orleans will host the final four and there has been some crazy things happening in that city. go back to 1982. that was that iconic shot that michael jordan hit to win the game for north carolina in the national championship. that was cbs's first year that they had the final four in the tournament. then you go to 1987, syracuse is just about ready to win the tournament. they're missing free throws down to the end. 28 seconds left, a one and one they miss and keith smart for indiana hits the shot to win it 74-73 for indiana. and then in 1993, the infamous chris webber time-out that michigan didn't have for the fab five. and that secures dean smith's second and last national championship at north carolina. so i think some new orleans voodoo here could be happening. >> i'm not trying to rub it in, but you mentioned syracuse. are you aware they almost lost

yesterday? >> i am. i actually was working yesterday. i caught it out of the corner of my eye. >> you were preparing for this segment. that is work. >> i was, absolutely. i think they were one of the number one seeds in the tournament. you know, they look shaky right now. >> let's move on to number two. this is a feel-good story. which will have the feel-good story of 2012. >> i think you have to feel about about the murray state team right now. they're a six seed. they played great yesterday. they just blew out colorado state. they have got an interesting kid, isaiah cannon, who's their guard who's actually from mississippi but went through all the horrors of katrina. they play marquette on saturday. >> so they have cinderella wrip all over them. >> a lot right now. >> which team is going to ruin my brackets. i picked duke.

i picked duke although everybody told me it's not going to be duke. >> that's not a good idea. >> because kentucky is inevitably going to beat them? >> i think kentucky is the team to beat. but last night virginia commonwealth, if you remember last year, they were the 11th seed in the tournament and went to the final four. they have a terrific young coach in shaka smart. he's 34 years old, his third year with the team. they beat wichita state last night, which was a number five seed. so i think if you're looking for a team, they have this havoc defense. you know, a young team. they're a cinderella team that i think you have to look at. they play indiana on saturday. >> let's get back to our list. >> number four. >> the coach. coach calipari. i mean cal is the guy. you love him, you hate him, but you've got to fear his teams. he's the highest paid coach in college basketball. >> how much does he make about? >> i don't know exactly, but probably north of $4 million a year. >> he's got anthony davis. >> he does have anthony davis.

he has the best player in the country. i suggest you watch him now because likely he'll be the number one pick in the nba draft. >> he's as good a coach as he is recruiter. >> i think he is. i think he's a terrific coach. he gets kids to play hard. he has a lot of freshmen on his team and he gets them to play. i think they're the team to beat. >> so the final four will be the final four, kentucky. >> north carolina. >> north carolina. >> marquette. >> marquette. >> one more. >> and one more. >> wait, we have one more thing on our list of five that we need to get to and it's very important. like most people, one of my favorite parts is one shining moment at the end. thank you for bringing us that song from your friend. >> i've got a little bragging to do. "one shining moment" back in the mid-1980s when he was at "sports illustrated" i heard that cbs news was lack looking for a song. david, a singer/songwriter. there's david right there.

that's his daughter. >> i love this song. >> 27 years it's been a signature song. >> it's nice to be your friend. >> thank you. >> it's nice to be his friend. >> armen, thank you. cbs sports coverage of the ncaa basketball tournament continues at noon eastern time today. there goes the productivity on a friday. you can catch it right here on cbs. we think that you're going to want to flip out over this next story. a wall trampoline. how do they do that anyway? he will show us right after the break. you are watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

jumping on a trampoline is probably not what you think of if you're thinking extreme

sport, but recently we read in "the new york times" a group in canada is trying to take what's known as wall trampoline to the x games. who better to check it out than special correspondent jeff glor who went up to quebec city for a look, maybe a little fun too. good morning. >> that's right, put me in danger, why not. good morning, erica. you figure the last thing you want right next to a trampoline is a hard wooden wall. but that's why these gymnasts are different. they do not like the usual rules. julienne roberge will be right back, but not before he and his gymnast friends show off their latest feat, wall trampoline. roberge is hoping wall trampoline becomes an official contest in the x games and right now he's getting a lot of help from this extraordinary 30-second online video, a

mind-bending example of his work, shot by his friend. >> it's one of those moments where you think this is going to change something. yes, this is one of those moments where the future is going to go in a different way because of this. >> unlike traditional trampoline, a rigid and regulated olympic sport, wall trampoline is sort of a rebel son. acrobats were encouraged to improvise. >> how do you describe it? >> it feels like trampoline but way cooler because you don't have to do all those free bounces before you start your routine. you already start at the top. >> you're inventing a new sport? >> basically, basically. >> reporter: though not entirely. entertainment giant cirque du soleil has used a wall for years in shows, and now many would like to see it graduate from the big tent to the big time.

>> a lot of people from the bigger shows in town come to train. >> reporter: jeff jay owns the werk shop, an extreme sport school in las vegas. he says wall trampoline is so popular here, he's hired two coaches to teach it and he's putting up a new wall. >> the wall that we'd like to build is 21 feet. we'll rake it back a little bit so it's easier to run on and put windows in it. >> reporter: one of his athletes, chris purdy, loves the no rules mantra. >> trampoline is straight up and down. it gets kind of boring. i would refer to it as army, there's such strict rules. this you can take a little break, add a little more tricks, something new, something exciting. it's more of a free-style feeling to it. >> reporter: roberge and his crew are hoping more american markets jump on board. >> i watched you guys do this

and you make it look really easy. >> that's the point. >> reporter: they encourage it by teaching anyone to try. we did. and it's not simple. serious wallists jump and spin for three or four hours a day, honing a craft that right now is still not officially recognized, something that will likely change is roberge's passion is any indication. >> you can see the joy you have just talking about this. >> oh, yeah. i've been jumping for ten years and absolutely love it. i never want to stop. >> it's a lot of fun. >> you tried it, right? >> i did try it. it was a blast. lets go again. >> okay. >> so how do we keep score and

what was your score? >> a one? a 0.5. you can see from my feeble attempt how incredibly difficult this is. you have to land in just the right place and come back in just the right way or you're going to fly off that mat, which i did several times. but julienne and his friends are trying to come up with a rule book or a guide book so you can judge this and it will become a sport. >> impressive. >> i'll pass. >> thanks. >> nice try. we look back at the past week and want to show you some of the good member an and women brought you this broadcast. have a great weekend. >> every afghan knows today that an american soldier went on a rampage and killed innocent afghan civilians. >> the staff sergeant was diagnosed with a traumatic brain order. >> wounded by gunfire. >> an afghan man crashed a stolen truck at the airfield

where panetta was landing. >> we owe it to them to stick to this mission and get it finished. >> this race is the most important race of our lifetime. >> santorum was expected to do well in kansas because it's also a giant square. >> i'm the one guy in this race who can beat barack obama. >> if you're the front runner and you keep coming in third, you're not much of a front runner. >> from my perspective, he's got to get rid of those stupid blue jeans. >> does it live up to the fairy tale? >> not at all. all these people are talking about stories you're never going to get to the front line. these people live in a ridiculous world. >> a pr nightmare for goldman sacks. >> it's corroboration for a lot of people who have been saying goldman sachs is evil. >> some of them actually were muppets and unfortunately ernie took a real bath. >> people like the fact that one of these companies saved itself. >> the dow closing above the 13,000 level. the nasdaq above the key 3,000 mark. >> the darkest i've ever seen. >> started in 115,000 volt

transformer behind the hilton hotel. >> magnitude 6.8 earthquake has occurred off the coast of northeastern japan. >> do you think it looks like it's on an angle. >> it is. >> rebekah brooks and her husband were arrested. >> the encyclopedia published its last edition. >> start your brackets. >> harvard. >> iowa state. >> west virginia. >> people love to see their sports teams do well because of the great unifier. >> he's going to help me fill out my bracket. >> and he's going to teach me cricket. >> they really lit up the place. >> i bet the music was great, charlie. i wish i'd been there for that. >> let me tell you this about charlie. >> oh, no, don't. >> i played basketball with charlie. he cheats. he fouls. >> and you foul. >> i haven't washed dishes in a long time. >> will you be removing your clothes today? if so, i need to get my classes. >> as soon as they yell cut. >> that's amazing. >> bigger isn't necessarily

better, gayle. >> says who? >> can you say all that? >> and all that matters, you can do it, buddy, come on.,,,,,,

>> good morning. the new ipad is on sale now at apple stores around the world. the flagship store in san francisco opened about one hour ago. people showed up to protest the company because of factory employees overseas. the port of oakland is getting ready to welcome the large ships ever to dock in its waters. it carries more than 12,000 containers. the santa cruz boardwalk is safe for the weekend despite the rising water from the river. all of the heavy rain caused the river to bomb up against the retaining wall. it ripped apart a staircase and cost thousands of dollars of damage.

let's check your weather forecast with warrants >> we have more range showing up around the bay area today. more scattered showers and we have fog out there as well but we will see the rain picking up, especially into the afternoon hours. another cold front moving in and foggy out right now but the showers will continue on and off, especially picking up in the north bay. temperatures in the '50s and '60s and and more rain, even the possibility of some thunderstorms and it looks like a partly cloudy skies and showers.

>> it is still slippery all over the bay area and we're seeing some slowdowns especially on the nimitz. this is right near the

colosseum and it remains stop and go all the way out to the downtown oakland exit. not too bad at the bay bridge, white. your drive times across the east bay are obviously pretty slow. a little bit sluggish on the east shore freeway. westbound to 37 by 880, slow going and a quick check in the south where it is actually not too bad. have a great friday. ,,,,,,,,,,