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good morning everybody. thank for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. mitt romney dodged a political bullet and regained momentum. in the race for the republican presidential nomination. romney scored a narrow comeback victory in the michigan primary holding off a strong challenge by rick santorum. in yesterday's other primary in arizona as expected romney posted a convincing win. but romney eeked out a hard fought victory in his native michigan where he and santorum had been running neck and neck. susan mcginnis has details. in northville, michigan. good morning, susan. good morning, betty. mitt romney just narrowly escaped what would have been a very embarrassing defeat here in michigan, his home state. winning here and in arizona gives him new momentum heading into future races and it's calling into question rick santorum's longevity. >> mitt romney moves on with renewed momentum. to next week's super tuesday. >> thank you.

>> last night he went two for two. he won the primary in arizona and narrowly defeated rick santorum. in michigan. >> we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that counts. >> with two more states in the win column, romney is refocusing his efforts on beating president obama. >> in a second term, he would be unrestrained. by the demand of reelection. we can't afford four years of barack obama with nothing to answer to. >> rick santorum finished in second place in both states. his campaign says the tight race in michigan proves this is a two-man race. >> a month ago they didn't know who we are. but they do now. >> one of the biggest issues for voters was a candidate's ability to defeat president obama. recent polls show in a head to head matchup in michigan, the president would beat mitt romney. >> newt gingrich bypassed michigan and arizona to get a jump-start on the ten states in play on super tuesday. he's looking for georgia to be his first win since south carolina in january. >> the odds are pretty good

we'll carry georgia. >> ron paul hasn't won a state yet. >> we're still winning a lot of delegates and that's what counts. >> the gop candidates have to win 1144 delegates to clinch the nomination. mitt romney leads that race. so plan on seeing more of newt gingrich as next tuesday comes close. he's concentrating on super tuesday, especially georgia. betty? >> all right, susan mcginnis in northville. thank you. >> in both states, exit polls show the economy was the number one issue in both states. in michigan, romney scored well with more moderate voters and party loyalists. as reported, romney easily won over michigan voters who said electability was their main concern. he also won among female voters. romney beat santorum among catholic voters in michigan. chief washington correspondent bob schieffer has more on yesterday's election results.

>> well, mitt romney said we didn't win by much but we won by enough. which was the quote of the night. that pretty much sums it up. if he had not won, it was a small victory. but let's say he lost by the same margin. he would have had to spend all of the next couple of days explaining why it was as a candidate with the most money with the best organization why it was that he lost in his home state. and there would have been questions. people would have asked look, if he can't win in michigan, where is he going to be able to win down the line. so it wasn't a big win, but it was a win. and winning is always better than losing. now the romney campaign can move on to some of these big states where he'll be contesting on super tuesday, like ohio, tennessee, georgia. you may see santorum do very well in ohio, which is one of the biggest prizes. newt gingrich is concentrating on georgia. but at least mitt romney can now

put michigan behind him and move forward. i'm bob schieffer, cbs news, in new york. well, in a surprising move, long time republican senator olympia snow announced she will not seek reelection in maine. snow is abandoning her campaign for a fourth term because she is tired of the polarizing atmosphere in washington. now, this is a setback for republican efforts to regain control of the senate. snow, a moderate was known as an independent voice while serving 33 years in congress. now to severe weather in the plains states. a powerful storm is being blamed for a death in missouri and recover efforts are under way in kansas following an apparent tornado in kansas. reports have surfaced in central kansas but significant damage is reported in the small town of harveyville. that storm struck last night. at least nine people were injured. one man is in critical condition after he was buried under a collapsed home. his own home, in fact.

power lines and trees have been knocked down. governor sam brownback declared a state of emergency for the county. meanwhile, another dose of winter weather is moving across the upper midwest this morning. the storm system stretches from the dakotas to wisconsin bringing cold weather and some heavy snow. the storm is expected to dump up to a foot of snow in minnesota, parts of wisconsin and the dakotas. freezing rain is expected to make travel obviously difficult. prosecutors have until tomorrow to bring charges against the ohio teenager accused of opening fire in a high school cafeteria. 17-year-old t.j. lane will probably be charged with three counts of murder. prosecutors say he chose his victims at random. manuel gallegus has the report. an overflow crowd gathered outside the church of st. mary to mourn the deaths of three teenage boys, russell king jr., demetrius hewlin and daniel parmertor. >> the pain is beyond belief. losing a child.

>> daniel parmertor's mother first heard about the shooting on the radio. >> i had a sick feeling in my stomach. i didn't know why. i did. i really did. i was scared for him. i don't know why. >> he was funny, lovable kid. >> the suspected killer, 17-year-old t.j. lane, arrived in juvenile court wearing a bulletproof vest. off camera he sat quietly with his grandfather and two aunt and spoke only to say he understood his rights. >> yes, sir, yes, i do. >> the prosecutor said lane admitted taking a .22 caliber gun and knife into the school and to firing ten shots in the cafeteria. >> he chose his victims at random. this is not about bullying. this is not about drugs. this is someone who is not well. >> law enforcement officials say lane will likely be charged as an adult with three counts of aggravated murder. thursday, grief counselors will be at the high school. parents are encouraged to return

with their kids before it reopens friday. >> the healing, start the healing process. be with the community and show the support. >> law enforcement officials say the school staff reacted quickly. >> student with a gun. and prevented the attack from getting worse. >> this small, close community is still in shock. manuel gallegus, cbs news, ohio. >> coming up on the morning news, the state of virginia moves ahead with another controversial abortion law. plus, let the rumors begin. it appears apple is ready to unveil the ipad 3. but first, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." putting america back to work. how one company is bringing back jobs by taking them from china. that story tonight on the "cbs evening news."

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was approved 21-19 over bitter objections from democrats. unlike the previous version, it does not require an invasive internal examination and it exempts rape and incest victims. on the cbs "moneywatch," greek lawmakers approve a tough new cut. several of them in fact. the dow crosses a psychological threshold. ashley morrison is here with more. good morning, betty. it was the moment investors have been waiting for for nearly four years. the dow closed above 13,000 for the first time since may of 2008. a few months before the debts of the recession. the dow added 23 points, inching above 13,000 while the nasdaq gained 20 points. reaction overseas was muted. tokyo's nikkei finished and the flat and the hang seng gained half a percent. steep cuts of public employees salaries and pensions. in greece. it's required for greece to

secure a second bailout package. the cutbacks will total $4 billion. eastman kodak is looking to cut off its healthcare benefits for retirees over the age of 65. the bankrupt company says the former employees are now able to receive medicare and by cutting off the benefits will result in more than $20 million a year in savings. the house of representatives is working on a bill to overturn a controversial supreme court ruling on eminent domain. in 2005, the court decided the government could seize private property for private economic development projects. a similar bill made it through the house shortly after the ruling, but did not advance through the senate. we could be getting our first look at the new ipad a week from today. apple is inviting reporters to an event in san francisco next wednesday and an image of the invitation shows part of an ipad screen suggesting it's getting

ready to announce the next generation of the popular tablet computer, apple launched the ipad 2 last march. betty, that's one company that's really good at build the excitement. >> absolutely. when you get used to one product, there's a new one coming out. >> seems like yesterday. >>they keep you on the hook. >> ashley morrison here in new york, thank you. straight ahead, your weather. in sport, the indiana hoosiers score another upset win by knocking off a big ten rival. make some good points. oms we need safer energy. t10 rival. en10 rival. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego.

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here's a look at the forecast in some cities across the country. new york, a wintry mix, 40 degrees. miami, partly sunny, 83 there. chicago, you'll see some clouds, 54. sunny in dallas, 76. partly sunny in l.a., 61 degrees. time for a check of the national forecast. snow will continue from the dakotas to northern michigan with rain and thunderstorms extending south to the ohio valley. this system will bring snow to northern new york and new england with a wintry mix farther south. thunderstorms will move east from texas and arkansas to the carolinas. rain and snow will extend from the pacific northwest to the northern rockies. in sports, the l.a. lakers could be without kobe bryant's services for a while. he was diagnosed with a concussion suffered in sunday night's nba allstar game. bryant was struck in the face, his nose broken by dwyane wade. his status officially day-to-day. he'll be re-examined today.

now to last night's game action. timberwolves at clippers in l.a. derrick williams scoring early and often for minnesota. the fourth quarter, beasley put on a scoring show, including seven three-pointers between them without a miss. william and beasley each had 27 points. as the t-wolves won it 109-97. in college ball, fifth ranked michigan state and number 18 indiana, the hoosiers cody zeller led the way with a big jam en route victor oladipo drove down the lane for a slam as indiana scored a big ten upset 70-55. it was the hoosiers' third win over a top five team this season. finally, the nfl season will kick off a day early this year and you can thank president obama for it. the league has moved the season's opening game to wednesday, september 5th to avoid a conflict with mr. obama's thursday night speech at

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injured. one seriously. the mishandling of human remains at the air force mortuary in dover, delaware is back in the headlines. last year we learned that the remains of hundreds of u.s. troops killed overseas have been dumped in a landfill. turns out that some victims of the 9/11 terror attacks were treated the same way. here's wyatt andrews. it's something never disclosed about 9/11. but in three painful paragraphs of this pentagon report came this revelation. some of the remains of the victims on the attack on the pentagon and the shanksville, pennsylvania, crash were incinerated and later was residual material found which the contractor was disposing in a landfill. it's the first admission that, just like some fallen military heroes, trace elements of some 9/11 victims have been literally thrown away. >> this is new information to me. >> pentagon officials, including

air force secretary michael donley, promised to review the 9/11 procedures, but were clearly surprised. >> we haven't had a chance to fully absorb all the findings. >> the air force was trying to discuss the larger report of how to improve its mortuary in dover, delaware. it admitted it had put cremated part of 274 fallen service members into land fills and had avoided telling the families. when asked who was responsible for the disorganization, air force chief of staff norton schwartz stepped up. >> you're looking at him. me. i'm responsible. >> but the air force was clear on why it had to improve. >> to provide reverence, dignity, honor and respect to the fallen and the care, service and support owed to the families. >> in new york, the medical examiner's office has spent ten years since 9/11 sifting through the smallest remains of those killed in the attack.

in dover, they still attempt to honor even the smallest trace of everyone killed in combat. the pentagon stopped using landfill disposal as undignified in 2008 and today takes the remains that will never be identified out to sea. wyatt andrews, cbs news, washington. a texas doctor is in a federal lockup in dallas this morning charged in the biggest healthcare fraud in u.s. history. dr. jacque roy was indicted yesterday accused of stealing $375 million from medicaid and medicare. prosecutors say roy and six others submitted claim for 11,000 patients who did not need treatment. a search continues this morning in mobile bay, alabama for three missing people from a coast guard helicopter that crashed during a training light last night. one of the four people aboard was found and taken to a hospital. there's no word on that survivor's condition. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," creative ways to earn money

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four int before 5:00 on the last day of february, a dry day start. marty is over in the -- >> -- first warning doppler weather radar, i want you to note there is showers north of the day area. you take a look at the day part and you will see showers, 100% chance it is going to rain but the don't think the start time of the metro is anytime within the next three hours so you may get through the morning commute rain free. 49 at lunch going to a high of 51. 49 at dinner. steady temperatures today. don take it away. >> thank you very much. here is what we have got our eye on for you today, a hearing

to determine weather a cardiologist can sue his former employer. the creator of the wire makes a return to baltimore. the annual radio thon to benefit the johns hopkins childrens hospital. already makes news a 5-year- old is killed and this morning a family member is charged with her murder. mitt romney takes the top spot in two more primaries, is it enough to clinch the nomination. and the undercover sting here in maryland that could land an internet billionaire behind bars. more news, ,,,,,,

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