,, search for survivors. that capsized italian cruise ship starts to move, complicating rescue efforts as the ship's captain is scheduled to make his first court appearance. fiery debate. mitt romney is the target at this year's first republican presidential debate in the deep south. and gassing off. a russian tanker pumps much needed fuel into icebound nome, alaska. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. well, the search for survivors of the italian cruise ship disaster resumes this morning and the ship's captain is due in court.

this morning rescue crews blew up part of costa concordia's deck to reach an inaccessible part of the ship. it was suspended yesterday when the ship started to shift in rough seas. the italian coast guard now says 29 are missing. at least six are known to have died. two missing are an american couple from minnesota. the company that owns this ship says the captain intentionally navigated off course to impress people on shore. >> we believe there has been a human error here. the captain did not follow the authorized route. >> the captain faces manslaughter charges. after the accident passengers describe a scene of chaos with little help from the ship's crew. >> we were panicking and yelling and pushing. they wanted to be the first on the life boats. we were up close. we didn't get on the first lifeboat. and then they were gone, and there we stood.

>> i knew that i couldn't rely on costa, the crew, nobody else. we had to do it. that's why i told my mom, you've got to use your legs like you've never used before. >> there's fear that 500 gallons of fuel could leak into the water causing an environmental problem. let's take you to politics now. saturday's first primary, the first southern prier, may be the last chance for mitt romney's rivals to stop him. last night mitt romney was clearly the target, and he had to constantly defend his business record. terrell brown in washington with that. good morning, terrell. >> good morning, betty. you said it. the one thing aside from president obama, mitt romney was the main target. for the other gop contenders, rightfully so. romney is the winner of iowa and new hampshire, and some republican experts believe with a win in south carolina, he is well on his way to the gop nomination. the gop pac is trying to stop

mitt romney before it's too late. >> mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money. >> at last night's debate in south carolina they ganged up on the front-runner, slamming everything, from his business background to his refusal to release his tax returns. >> what's happening is people release them in april, and that's what i'll probably do. >> romney's equity firm came under attack once again. >> there was a pattern in some companies, a handful of them, leaving them with enormous debt. i think that's something you ought to answer. >> four of the companies we invested in ended up today having some 120,000 jobs. >> romney is still dominant in south carolina and across the country. a new poll out this morning shows most republicans believe he will clinch the gop nomination. >> if you're exposing a voting record, i think it's quite proper. >> ron paul defended his use of negative ads while rick santorum

and newt gingrich attacked him for supporting it. >> i would go out and say stop it. >> but romney insists he has no control over those groups. >> now, i can't call these people and direct them to do that as you know because that would violate federal law. >> he apparently has no influence, which makes you wonder how much influence he would have if he were president. >> the fireworks aren't expected to die down any time soon. the gop contenders face off again on thursday. by romney releasing his tax records we get a look maybe at the tax rate that he pays. again, though, he said he will not be doing that possibly until april, and by then, betty, this race for the gop nomination may be well over. >> good point. terrell brown in washington for us. thank you, terrell. a just-released cnn poll finds that if the general election were held today, president obama would be in a statistical tie with two republican candidates. 48% of the registered voters say they would vote for mitt romney if he were the gop candidate.

47% for the president. the president would beat ron paul, 48% to 46%. and mr. obama would defeat rick santorum, 51% to 45%. the house returns from its winter break today, extending the payroll tax cut and payroll at the top of the agenda. demonstrators are unhappy with how lawmakers are working and they plan to occupy congress in rallies there. well, the online encyclopedia wikipedia plans to protest, in fact, one of its own, black out its english version tomorrow. wikipedia is protesting the stop online piracy act under consideration in congress. wikipedia says it would harm the free internet and bring about tools of sensorship in the u.s. in wisconsin they plan to

present signatures. walker pushed through a law last year that stripped most collective bargaining rights for public workers. now, even if democrats are successful in getting a recall, a recall election would not be held until june or later and democrats don't have a candidate to run against walker. on the "cbs moneywatch," a mini cooper malfunction prompts a recall, and the shoe website zappos is hit by hackers. ashley morrison is here with more. good morning, ashley. good morning. big gains overseas trading in tokyo added 1% on news of better than expected economic data from china, while hong kong's hang seng jumped more than 3%. trading on wall street took a break monday in observance of martin luther king jr. day. today investors will keep an eye on earnings reports from two big banks. citigroup and wells far fwoe will make their announcements before the opening bell. standard & poor's is

downgrading the euro-zone's rating fund. it was cut to a aa plus. if other credit rating agencies cut the fund's credit rating it could deepen the european debt crisis. on friday the s&p downgraded the credit rating of nine european countries. bmw of north america is issuing a recall affecting nearly 89,000 mini coopers. the company says a water pump malfunction in the cars could cause a fire. the recall was issued voluntarily. no accidents or injuries have been reported. bmw will replace the pumps for free. online shoe sellers zappos.com is the last company last victim of cyber attacks. the company says hacker mass may have gained personal information of nearly 40 million customers. that includes names, phone numbers, addresses and e-mails. zappos says credit card and other information was not stolen.

and you can now add o.j. simpson's name to a long list of americans whose homes have been put into foreclosure. jpmorgan has begun proseerdings on the former football stars home. he's currently in prison on robbery and kidnapping charges. he bought the home for $575,000. it is currently worth $478,000. so, betty, it's not just a conversation piece. it's a bargain. >> yeah. and as our producer said, o.j. is under water. coming up on the morning news, problems for the peace corps in honduras. plus, fueling up. an alaskan town is finally getting some much needed fuel and gas. you're watching "cbs morning news." >> announcer: "moneywatch" sponsored by the vagisil screening kit. now you can know. by the vagisil. now you can know. [ female announcer ] fashion or food, it's all about taste.

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getting fuel. a russian tanker ,which got within a half mile of the iced in city, has begun pumping 1.3 million gallons of fuel in gas. the coast guard is keeping a close eye to make sure nothing goes wrong. >> people falling through the ice. you know, we're taking every effort possible to drill the ice before anybody goes on it to test it as well as you have a potential for a fuel spill. we've got everything in place to assist if something goes wrong. >> if all goes well, the job could be done in about a day and a half, but it could also take up to five days. this is the first fuel delivery to nome since the massive storm hit two months ago. the peace corps has pulled out all volunteers from honduras. the central american country is said to have the highest murder rate in the world. the peace corps has also stopped training volunteers in el salvador and guatemala. officials say those three

countries are plagued by drug trafficking and gang violence. the center for disease control is expected to release its latest findings on tell obesity epidemic later today. an estimated 200,000 of obese americans in america choose to have wait loss reduction surgery every year. one appears to be more effective than the erie. >> lynnette trotman decided to have weight loss surgery after being diagnosed with blood pressure. >> i with us so happy when i go to the doctor that the scale would be able to tell me my weight. >> reporter: she chose a procedure called gastric banding. doctors put an adjustable band around a apartment of the stomach. trotman thought banding was the safest option but three years later after complaining to her doctor, she had the band removed. >> i told her like, what is going on, you know. i'm not losing any weight, i'm gaining weight still. >> reporter: trotman's experience is not unusual.

more than half who chose gastric banding were still obese after six years according to a new study in the archives of surgery. patients also had more long-term complications following surgery where doctors use staples to create a new pouch the study found those who had it lost weight more quickly and kept it off longer than those who had a band. the doctor says there's a reason why patients may have better results. >> when we remove parts of the stomach, we change the hunger that controls hunger performance. >> reporter: trotman regrets choosing the gastric band. >> it was an experience i learned. >> she underwent the gastric bypass in the fall and has shed 77 pounds with diet and exercise. she plans to lose even more. randall pinkston, cbs new york. >> good luck to her. straight ahead, your tuesday

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the latest satellite picture shows clear skies over most of the southwest. there are patchy clouds from georgia up to maine, and it's overcast from the pacific northwest to the great lakes region. in sports the lakers take it down to the wire against the mavs. with less than ten on the clock, the mavs apz jason terry hits the pull-up jumper to even the score at 70. then fisher goes down down to put the lakers up by three. vince carter could win it at the buzzer, but it bounces off the rim. lakers edge the mavs, 73-70. in boston the thunder roll over the slumping celtics. kevin durant drives the force to put a big jam to put them up by five, but russell had the hot hand scoring 26, including the long-distance shot that seals the win. oklahoma stops celtics, 97-88. boston has now lost five straight games. in college ball, the

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while applause broke out last night when they entered the kennedy center, they entered a tribute for the slain civil rights leader called "let freedom ring." in south carolina hundreds gathered on martin luther king day to protest the state's voter identification law. the law requires voters to show a photo i.d. before they vote. opponents say the law is meant to suppress black voter turnout. supporters say it's necessary to prevent voter fraud. well, a lot of folks think the civil rights movement got its start in the south. but jim axelrod reports on a trailblazing protest in the nation's heartland. >> reporter: if the sculptures in dwroun wichita are designed to show a certain pioneering experience, then look no further than this bronze soda fountain. were you thinking to yourself, hey, we're going to make history here?

>> no, we were thinking we were going to sit until we were served. >> reporter: 54 years ago carol park hohne led a group of students into dock um's food story where they could get food to go and not eat at the counter. >> i simply went in and sat down. and the waitress behind the counter came up to me and she took my order actually. and she leaned forward and she said, you're not colored, are you, dear? and i said, yes, i am. >> reporter: were you feeling, while this was going on, that you were in the process of making history? >> well, i don't think at the moment you had time to capture that because looming not far away was little rock, the montgomery bus boycotts. >> reporter: you were more concerned about your safety. >> certainly. that was part of it. >> reporter: every day they took shifts at the counter, two to three hours at a time. there was no violence, but the white customers took their

business elsewhere. finally after three weeks the dockums desegregated their counters at all nine of their stores. this is the counter in south carolina. but it's that counter that's in the smithsonian. >> reporter: the story of what happened here challenges an assumption about race yichl in this country. >> absolutely, yes. >> reporter: that it was limited just to the south. >> oh, no, no. some were aware of it, but some or not that kansas or wichita was this way. >> reporter: kansas and a lot of other places until these students came along. just being able to get a hamburger and a coke. >> it sounds simple, doesn't it? >> reporter: sometimes simple ideas are the most powerful, like standing up by sitting in. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kos. >> indeed. well, some big birthday celebrations today. first lady michelle obama turns 48. no word on what she'll do tonight. but last year president obama took her out to a nice dinner. and the champ hit a milestone.

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we're a little damp from overnight rain. >> we're going to start out with radar and show you the rainmaking its way across the state. most of it is across the south right now. but it is spreading northward with lighter amounts up to baltimore. and we're going to see more as we head through the day. temperature-wise, we're above freezing. 40degrees in baltimore. and we'll show you everyone in the metro area, the upper 30s to low 40s right now. and through the afternoon, a warm one. up to 53 degrees. the storm leaves us tomorrow and colder air returns. that forecast coming up. >> thank you very much.

flags around the state has been lowered to honor a soldier who died in afghanistan this month. a fire contained, a blaze inside an electrical room. it was extinguished without injury to anyone. the governor comes back from south carolina where he criticized mitt romney. also making headlines overnight, the plans to regroup after occupy protest ends in arrests. and mitt romney under attack by republican peers who are beginning to question his integrity. and tracking girl scouts with little more than a cellphone. why it's easier to find your favorite girl scout cookies. more news, first warning weather and traffic reports of weather and traffic reports of th,,,, [ dog barking ] mom!

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