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the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. president obama says it's time to turn the page on the problems of america's recent past, but will a republican-controlled congress embrace the plans he laid out in his state of the union address. as recovery teams prepare to bring the fuselage of airasia 8501 to the surface of the java sea, new information on what happened in the final moments of the doomed flight. with less than two weeks to go before the super bowl the nfl is under pressure to answer questions about whether the new england patriots broke the rules in sunday's afc championship game. >> sara has no idea she's about to get proposed to.
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and police proposal. a texas police officer has his girlfriend pulled over so he can pop the question. captioning funded by cbs this is this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, january 21st, 2015. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, in his first state of the union address before a congress controlled by republicans, president obama was anything but conciliatory. last night he focused on helping the middle class with new tax proposals republicans are sure to vote down and the president attempted to vito any attempts to nullify his actions on health care, immigration, and new reels governing wall street, and he highlighted the economic recovery. >> america for all that we have endured, for all the grit and hard work required to come back, for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this. the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong.
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>> susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie good morning. you know much of the speech did ring familiar the past. president obama's speech is talking about everyone getting a fair shot and everyone doing their fair share and as you said, this year the speech was given against backdrop of an improving economy, and the president challenged congress to build on those gains, but with ideas that they've already conveyed are going nowhere here on capitol hill. >> tonight we turn the page. >> in his sixth state of the union address, president obama called on the new republican-led congress to help the middle class with proposals they are sure to vote down including tax hikes for the healthy, free college tuition, and raising the minimum wage. >> if you truly believed you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, try it. >> he urged congress to use military force against iraq and
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syria and protect americans from cyber hackers. >> no hacker should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets or invades the private lives of families. >> while promising to work with republicans, he also threatened to work toward immigration and immigration reform. >> if a bill comes to my desk trying to do any of these things, i will veto it. >> republicans criticized before he even gave his speech and continued afterward. >> he is squandering the last opportunity to set things right with the american people.again. >> now ernst challenged the
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president. the president did make mention of it in his speech only to say let's set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. while president obama said he's interested in cooperating with congressional republicans, he did take a number of shots at them during his address. cbs analyst john dickerson gave his analysis. >> he framed them as lobbyists and super wealthy. he said they were essentially hypocrites on minimum wage. he said their obsession with the keystone pipeline was limiting and limited in terms of america's vision. and he issued a whole host of veto threats because he, you know, just sort of warned them from following their worst instinct. so his kind of between the lines the way he was treating republicans was certainly the way they read it as well was not
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something very favorable. >> well, at several occasions during his speech the president ad-libbed. when republicans applauded the fact that he had run his last campaign, the president responded. >> i have no more campaigns to run. [ applause ] >> my only agenda -- i know because i won both of them. >> earlier i spoke with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer about the president's seemingly relaxed demeanor. >> the president made his point. he said some things that some republicans in the room did not like. a lot of them will never see the light of day as legislation, quite frankly, but he did it all in kind of a good humor that i think kind of spread through the hall tonight. i thought this was one of the better speeches that president obama has made over the last couple of years when things have not been going well. you sometimes wondered if he
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even liked having the job of president. he didn't seem to like having to do what presidents had to do. he just seemed to kind of from time to time out of sorts. but tonight he was very relaxed. he was in good humor. he almost had a little twinkle in his eye from time to time. and i think it was kind of infectious, and i think you saw the result of that in the audience tonight. >> we'll have more analysis and speak with vice president joe biden coming up on "cbs this morning." well, a doctor who was shot at a boston hospital has died. the lone gunman entered brigham and women's hospital yesterday morning and went to the cardiovascular clinic. police say he asked for a specific doctor cardiac surgeon dr. michael davidson. after a brief conversation, he shot davidson twice. davidson died last night following several hours of surgery. >> it's leading us to believe there's something in the past
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that upset this guy to come in looking for this particular doctor. >> the gunman then went to a nearby examining room and fatally shot himself. they say he was not a patient of dr. davidson. this morning the prosecutors announced the first charges in the string of attacks in paris. the suspects have been in police custody since last week. israel calls a knife attack on a tel aviv bus an act of terror this morning. a police spokesman says a palestinian man stabbed nine people including the driver. four of the injuries are reportedly serious. police say the suspect was shot and arrested as he tried to flee. the islamic militant group hamas praised the attack. and this morning shiite rebel fighters known as huecy replaced the security officers
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outside the home of the president. the latest in a long simmering power struggle. the group's leader warned the president to implement an agreed to power-sharing deal. the u.s. has moved two warships into the red sea to assist with any potential evacuation of u.s. embassy personnel. and the mayor of paris says she plans legal action against fox news. anne hildalgo says the channel insulted paris with its comment that suggested only muslims are permitted. legal experts say the case will be difficult to make in u.s. courts. and indonesian authorities are expected to submit a preliminary report on the crash of flight 8501 next week, but it will not be made public. this morning crews will use flotation devices to try and raise large portions of the jet including the fuselage. the twin engine jet crashed last
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month and investigators are just starting to put together its final moments. bob orr reports. >> reporter: in the final moments before airasia flight 8501 crashed into the java sea, the passenger jet was in a steep and dangerous climb pushing the limits of safety. new information from the plane's flight data recorder reveals the jet was ascending at a rate of 6,000 feet a minute three times greater than normal for the airbus a320. the pilots were apparently trying to quickly climb above bad weather, but the data and radar information suggests the flight crew pulled the plane's nose too high likely causing the jet to stall and pitch over in a deadly dive. flight 8501 with 162 people on board crashed into the water, its fuselage and tail shattering on impact. after listening to the plane's cockpit voice recorder investigators say there's no
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evidence of terrorism, no sounds of threats, gunfire, or explosions. instead investigators say the two airasia pilots seemed to be alone on the flight deck busily trying to handle the jet. while a mechanical failure or bad weather can't yet be ruled out, it's clear investigators are focused on the pilots in what appears to be a series of mistakes made in the cockpit. bob orr, cbs news, washington. well, coming up on the "morning news," lift-off for google. we will tell you why the tech company is buying a huge stake in technology. and over the moon. a woman gets the surprise of her life during a police traffic stop. this is the "cbs morning news." stop. this is the "cbs morning news." struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine ... what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise
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no injuries are reported, and the cause is under investigation. on the "cbs moneywatch" the reigning top-selling carmaker and google's billion-dollar bet on spacex. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. toyota remains the world's top automaker. toyota sold 10 million beating general motors. it's the third year in a row that toyota has claimed the top spot. but the japanese automaker says it expects to sell fewer cars and truck this year. stocks on wall street finished slightly higher riding a surge in technology and airlines. the dow climbed 3 points. the s&p also climbed 3 points and the nasdaq finished the day to points higher. the streaming giant netflix jumped almost 16% in after-hours trading following a strong fourth-quarter earnings report.
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net felix reports a profit of 72 cents per share easily beating expectations. netflix is now available in 50 countries. it hopes to expand to 200 countries in the next two years. google invested $1 million in spacex. spacex founder elon musk says he wants to launch a series of satellites to create a global internet service. the more people who can get online, the more money google can potentially make. and walmart is offering a service to turn your tax refund into cash. it's called direct to cash. filers can go to any one of 25,000 tax preparation locations nationwide. they receive a confirmation code via e-mail when their refund is ready and then pick up their money at a walmart store. tax preparers could charge up to $7 for the service, but filers avoid a check cashing fee.
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the service is available for federal and state returns. anne-marie? >> i'm sure they're hoping you pick up your cash and spend it right where you are. seems to make sense. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. straight ahead, new reports breathing life into the patriots deep lategate controversy and the slapshot that shatters a goal camera, but was it enough to help the capitals win. camera, but was it in uf to help the capitals win.
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the country. the nfl is taking the air out of a report that nearly a dozen balls used by the new england patriots in sunday's afc championship game were doctored. late tuesday night espn reported that 11 of the 12 balls used by new england were underinflated by two pounds per square inch of air but the league says an investigation is still under way. nfl rules dictate just how much air needs to be in each ball. having an underinflated ball may make it easier to throw and catch. and the controversy is bubbling up less than two weeks before new england takes on seattle in super bowl xlix. on tuesday workers started painting the field at the university of phoenix stadium in glendale, arizona. college basketball's top team runs into trouble at home.
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kentucky getting all it can handle from vanderbilt, but down the stretch kentucky gets strong play from twin brothers aaron and andrew harrison and they're unbeaten, 65-57. on ice it seems like washington's capitals star ovechkin can't miss when he scores his second goal of the game against edmonton last night. the puck takes out the tv camera inside the goal. >> excuse me. alex will be sending you an invoice. >> despite ovechkin's hot shooting, the capitals fall to the oilers, 5-4. when we return, pulling out the stops for a surprise proposal. we'll show you how a police officer popped the question to his girlfriend in an eelaborate scheme. sir? (vo) theraflu starts to get to work in your body in just 5 minutes.
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police in galveston, texas, helped a fellow officer make a life-saving traffic stop. he wasn't after a criminal but the love of his life. marcelino benieto of our affiliate has the story. >> reporter: galveston police officer gregory parris was used to making traffic stops, but this day made his heart race. >> reporter: he wasn't catching a criminal. he was pulling over the love of his life. >> she has no idea she's about to get proposed to. >> he watched from his squad car as another officer turned on his siren and pulled over sara jan wolf, all planned by officer paris and the galveston police. >> they both deserve academy awards. >> when sara looked up she knew
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she was getting pulled over but she didn't know why. when the officer came to her window, he told her she had a broken taillight. dash cam video shows what happens next. with the straight face the officer tells her she has outstanding warrants, asks her to get out of the car. >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> what are the warrants for? >> reporter: she can't believe what's happening and starts to cry. >> i had no idea what happened. >> a lieutenant shows up to sort through it all and officer parris makes his move. >> do you want her in handcuffs. i say, no, don't put her in handcuffs. >> he drives up, walks out and gets down on one knee. >> he said sara jane wolff, will you be my wife? >> she said yesterday. >> i couldn't imagine anything better. that was perfect for us. >> reporter: a perfect proposal. >> this was my perfect number one all-time best traffic stop by far. >> reporter: by a police officer who wanted to make sure this one didn't get away. in galveston, marcelino ben knee toe.
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last month we launched a new spacecraft that re-energized space to send american astronauts to mars. and in two months to prepare us for those missions scott kelly will begin a year-long stay in space. good luck, captain. make sure to instagram it. >> i'm going have to start following him on instagram then. during last night's state of the union address, president obama gave astronaut scott kellyanne early send-off ahead of his year-long space mission. kelly's twin brother and fellow astronaut mark won't be making the trip, but as don dahler reports, he's still playing a key role in astronaut history.
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>> reporter: they have never gone on a mission together but their year-long mission apart may prove invaluable. once aboard he will undergo a daily battery of medical and psychological tests, 229 miles below in a nasa lab twin brother mark will undergo those same tests all to try to figure out how long durations in space affect the body. >> well, we know what the effect is for six-month missions, and now we need to know what it is between six months and a year and what those negative effects are and how to mitigate them. >> reporter: in zero gravity heart muscle weakens, balance becomes shaky, and eyes can lose their shape, affecting vision. astronauts have to exercise 2 1/2 hours a day to minimize bone loss. do you think that the human body and the human mind are capable of long trips in space right now with what we do know? >> the physiological, the medical stuff, the stuff like radiation and loss of bone mass and muscle mass and density, you
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know, it's those things that we need to figure out. >> reporter: genetically the kellys are nearly identical, so mark will be the control subject, a baseline for how the extremes of space alters his brother physically and mentally. nasa scientists hope what they learn will somehow make a three-year round trip to mars survivable. don dahler, cbs news, houston. well, nasa has released the largest picture ever taken of the andromeda galaxy. it's made up of 1.5 billion pixels. the andromeda is our closest galactic neighbor. it was taken by the hubble space telescope. it takes viewers past 100 million stars. each of the tiny white dots is a sun much like our own. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with vice president joe biden on president obama's state of the union awe dress. plus an update on the unrest in yemen.
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it is just about 4:30. >> it's wicked early. >> it's wicked early. [ laughter ] >> 4:30 on the nose right now. good to have you with us. it's wednesday, january 21. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. happy wednesday, everybody. out the door, a little weather, a little traffic. and roberta, good morning. >> you could feel the chill in the morning. >> you had to stand outside waiting for a tow truck! >> let's take a look at the conditions in our microclimates at this particular time. we have temperatures right now if we can show you, okay, i guess we are going to have to imagine the numbers. they are in the 30s for the most part inland. we have a temperature right now in the livermore area of 40 degrees. 38 san rafael. 41 san jose. san francisco in the upper 40s. later today we are talking about numbers from the 50s to the 60s. we are forecasting near
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