flipping support. newt gingrich pulls out all the stops as mitt romney pulls ahead in the polls with just a day to go before the florida primary. deadly pileup, a mile long stretch in florida turns into a death trap when drivers are blinded by fog and smoke. facebook is expected to make blinded by fog and smoke. facebook is expected to make a big announcement this week. captioning funded by cbs >> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, january 30, 2012. good morning everyone. i'm terrell brown. the race toward tomorrow's florida primary has been topsy, tipsy turvy. but this morning, it looks like mitt romney has the upper hand. a fading newt gingrich is aggressively fighting mitt romney's tactics. this poll released saturday night showed romney with a double digit lead.

gingrich, says no matter what he'll fight to the convention. susan mcginnis who is somehow freezing in tampa, florida has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: it is cold here. good morning terrell. looking at the polls, it appears romney will clobber gingrich in florida. he's outspending him knife five to one in advertising. that has him slamming for carpet bagging his record. mitt romney is trying to pump up florida voters ahead of tuesday's critical primary. >> get out and vote tuesday. >> a rally in pompano beach last night, he kept up attacks on newt gingrich. >> his record was one of failed leadership. we don't need someone who can speak well perhaps or say the things we agree with but does not have the experience of being an effective leader. >> romney leads the gop pac in florida but gingrich insists the race is actually closer than polls show. the former house speaker greeted voters sunday and said he's

willing to keep up his fight well past tuesday. >> the clearer we are about a pro abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase massachusetts moderate, the less likely it is that he's going to win a ma yort anyway. >> as gingrich and romney battle it out for first place in florida, the other contenders are looking ahead to the next big contest. >> rick santorum is expected to campaign in missouri and minnesota today. the former pennsylvania senator canceled stops in florida sunday to be with his three-year-old daughter who was hospitalized with pneumonia. his oldest daughter, elizabeth, stood in his place. >> i know he's missing on talking to you. but thank you all for coming out. it's encouraging to see all of you here. >> as for texas congressman ron paul, he's by passing florida altogether. focusing instead on caucus states like nevada. and as gingrich accuses romney of telling lies about him, he's also accusing republican leaders of allowing

it saying that that's out of fear of losing control of the old order. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in tampa this morning. hak you. it's reported that the afghan government is preparing to hold direct peace talks with the taliban. the bpc reports that the talks will take place in saudi arabia in the coming weeks. previously, the taliban refused to recognize hamid karzai. it would only talk to the u.s. and allies. leon panetta still believes someone in the pakistani government knew where osama bin laden was hiding. on "60 minutes" last night, panetta told scott pelley he has no hard evidence. the pakistani military helicopters passed over the compound where osama bin laden was held. >> we had seen military helicopters actually going over this compound. >> pakistani mill tear? >> right. going over the compound. and for that reason, it concerned us that if we in fact, brought them into it, they might

give bin laden a heads-up. >> you can see more of scott pelley's interview with leon panetta on the "60 minutes" page of cbs news.com. the bloody ten month rebellion against bashar assad is closing in, in damascus. they're now in control of the dissidents. the violence has been approaching damascus for week. heavy fighting is reported. activists say 62 people were killed in violence nationwide on sunday. in this country, occupy protesters have been served in the. they have to a ban do two washington, d.c. parks, freedom plaza and mcpherson square by today. an officer used a taser on one who became aggressive. police are conducting an intirnl inquiry. in oakland, california, occupy protesters clash with police over the weekend. more than 400 people were arrested on saturday. the protesters broke into city hall and other buildings. police chased demonstrators around the city. rocks and bottles were thrown.

oakland's mayor says enough is enough. >> the occupy oakland has got to stop using oakland as a playground. and that people in the community and people in the occupy can cus for this behavior. >> oakland is quiet this morning. the city estimates the demonstrations have cost the city about $5 million. salvage officials say it will take up to ten months to remove that capsized cruise ship off the italian coast. the search for more victims was called off yesterday due to rough seas. they delayed the start of operations to remove fuel from the costa concordia, a 17th victim was removed saturday. 16 people are still unaccounted for. investigators say blinding fog and smoke are behind a deadly chain reaction interstate pileup in florida. the crash in gainesville killed at least ten people and investigators now believe the smoke came from an intentionally set wildfire. drew levinson report. >> reporter: parts of interstate

75 south of gainesville were littered with the remains of dozens of cars and trucks on sunday. what was left of the trailer of this big rig was still on fire. smoke billowing to the sky. the truck behind it and the car in front were smashed up like an accordion. hours earlier in the middle of the night, more than 70 vehicles ran into each other in a series of deadly multicar crashes. dense fog combined with heavy smoke from a brushfire left drivers virtually blinded add defenseless. one woman told a newspaper that all of a sudden she couldn't see anything and struck a guardrail. her car r ended up sideways. as she was calling 911 she heard other crashes all around her. >> she had crashes on both the north and the southbound side of the interstate this that area of the road. it dips down. it's a low area. >> police say visibility was so bad that when rescuers first arrived, they found victims by listening for screams and moans.

fire investigators are trying to determine if an arsonist is to blame for the wildfires that has burned more than 60 acres of nearby prairie land. smoke from the fire and the fog forced police to close the highway earlier. but they reopened it and soon after the crashes began. for much of the day, all six lanes of i-75 were closed for miles as investigators removed the wreck anl and surveyed the roads for damage. drew levinson, cbs news. investigators are still trying to figure out why the driver of an suv drove into the path of a commuter train in sacramento, california. there was a flashing crossing warning. three people in the vehicle were killed in saturday's crash, including a one-year-old boy. one person survived that crash. the train was traveling at 55 miles per hour when it hit the suv. that train threw the suv 30 yards down the track. let's take a quick break. coming up, a ceo turns down a million dollar bonus. plus, facebook likes this announcement.

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morning. tokyo's nikkei dropped more than half a percent in third straight session of losses. the hang seng shed more than 1.5%. on wall street, investors are looking for the dow to get back on track. on friday, it lost 74 points and finished the week in the red for the first time this year. the nasdaq was up 11 points. this week we'll get the january jobs report as well as earnings announcements from amazon.com and exxon-mobil. but the big news on wall street is the expected announcement that facebook is going public. the social media site could file paperwork for an ipo this week. facebook could raise as much as $10 billion once it starts selling the stock to the public. european leaders are meeting in brussels to resolve the continent's debt crisis. the summit will focus on austerity measures and a tentative greek debt bill reached over the weekend. but the leaders will face protests. belgium's three major unions

launched a 424-hour strike last night. the chief executive of the royal bank of scotland is turning down his $1.5 million bonus. steven hester opted not to take the money after seechg criticism from the public and the immediate kra in britain. the government owns an 83% share in rbs after bailing the bank out in 200. and moviegoers give a warm welcome to the snowy survival movie the grey. the thriller starring liam neeson debuted at number one making $20 million. underworld awakening slipped to second place making $12.5 million and one for the money starring katherine heigl opened in third with $11.8 million. all look like pretty good movies. good selection >> go to the movies to see snow. right, ashley? >> yeah. we have to do that. >> ashley morrison here in new york. appreciate it. let's take a quick break. coming up, monday morning weather. blood, sweat and tears during the epic men's final at the

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clear skies over the south. cloudy over nung new england. more clouds in the northwest and the northern part of california. in sports this morning, a thrilling and historic men's final at the australian open. it was a sweat drenched endurance contest between nadal and djokovic. they battled it out for almost six hours. that made it the longest grand slam singles final ever. djokovic came out on top. he's now won three straight grand slam titles. in basketball, the bulls, almost take one from the heat. take a look. lebron james makes the highlight reel jumping over john lucas. he's only 5'11" by the way to make the slam. derrick rose drives the lane, takes the turn around jumper to decide the game but ends up missing. the heat hold on to beat the bulls. >> 97-93.

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here's a look a look at the weather. in d.c., partly cloudy, 49 degrees. atlanta, mostly sunny skies. 61. rain mixed with snow in detroit. 37 degrees. partly sunny skies, 62 in denver. seattle, showers and 50 degrees. top stories now on a monday. the florida primary is tomorrow. several new polls show mitt romney pulling ahead by double digits over newt gingrich. gingrich is slamming romney for a steady stream of attacks and accused romney of lying. in at least ten people were killed when dozens of cars and trucks slammed into each other on a stretch of florida interstate in gainesville. the sunday morning wreck was caused when drivers were blinded by fog and smoke from a

brushfire. in canada, swift justice in a shocking case. three family members have been guilty of so-called honor killings. it took a jury 15 hours yesterday to find the afghan husband, wife and their son guilty of murdering three teenage sisters and another woman. their bodies were found trapped in a submerged car three years ago. prosecutors say the defendants killed the sisters because they defied family rules on dress, dating and socializing. in detroit, a very unusual demonstration. last year there were 344 murders in the motor city. up 12% from 2010. already this year, 27 people have been killed. so as michelle miller reports, some funeral directors took to the streets to protest the violence. >> by and large, it's the younger people that's dying, killing each other. >> o'neill has buried detroit residents for years. these days business is booming for all the wrong reasons >> you'll look and think about the potential that these

youngsters had. it was taken away. >> last sunday, dozens of detroit's undertaken tloef a motorcade of hearsts through the violent neighborhoods. they bore a simple message from the bible. swanson led the procession. >> these are funeral directors. they're sick of it. they don't want business that way. >> elaine saw the hearsts in downtown detroit. as she was making funeral arrangements for her son-in-law. 36-year-old darius kendricks was a married father of five. shot and killed in front much his two sons when he tried to break up a fight. >> did you feel relieved someone is standing up? >> do you know what i felt? i felt pride because a funeral director is coming together with his fellow funeral directors and saying enough is enough. >> we want to send a message out to the youngsters that we're concerned, that someone cares.

if we had more jobs, i think you'd see a difference throughout america. if there were more jobs. >> swanson hopes that one day he'll be the one business owner in america relieved to have fewer clients. michelle miller, cbs news, detroit. we go overseas now. in israel, one of the high tech drones crashed. the drone capable of reaching iran was on a routine experimental flight when a wing fell off. that caused it to go down in central israel yesterday. this is israel's biggest drone with a wingspan of 87 feet, the same as a boeing 737. the crash is under investigation. look like iran is returning the u.s. drone it captured. it's sending back a toy lreplic of the aircraft. after repeated demands from president obama that iran return the original aircraft. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." t original aircraft.

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. let's take a look at how the last monday in january is going to square away. a high of 47, 48 degrees. about 41 degrees action clear skies at dinner time. no rain. take it away. here's what we have a he got our eye on for today. an earthquake strikes the coast of central bay rue. police investigating a possible robbery at a birmingham home find five people dead. also in the news this morning, top g.o.p. candidates have one last day to drum up support before tomorrow's primary in florida. we'll have the latest from the campaign trail for you. same sex marriage is on the agenda in annapolis this week. what the governor says about his wife's now controversial

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