captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's monday, january 23, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning" here in studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is resigning saying her spirit is high, but she needs to concentrate on her recovery. also, newt gingrich is on the move as mitt romney goes on the attack in florida. i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, we'll mooetd meet a young man who posted a video saying why i hate religion but love jesus. it's gotten 16 million views and tons of controversy. sherri shepherd of the view stops by. the loss of former coach joe paterno and two new studies on autism are raising the hopes and

the fears of parents of autistic children. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener, your world is 90 seconds. >> i will step down this week. >> more than a year after the tragedy in tucson, gabby giffords to resign from congress. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. when i say florida, you can applaud any time. >> the gop blazes into the sunshine state with newt gingrich surging after a stunning south carolina win. >> governor romney is a very good salesman, but he has a really weak product. >> he was a leader for four years and had to resign in disgrace. you have to make a decision. >> mitt romney possible lem is some how his romney-ness.

paterno represented the best parts of this place, the soul of what it's about. >> penn state comes together to remember joe paterno and his legendary but scandal-scarred career. >> he wanted everyone to realize everyone has a purpose and a potential to be great. >> severe weather is moving through part of the south and midwest this morning. a scare in the air for passengers on board a packed american airlines flight. >> i was sure i was going to die. >> all of that. [ screaming ] >> i think you lose a little power in the upper range. >> all that matters. >> look out, it's no good. the patriots will now take the journey to indianapolis. >> the kick is good. the giants are going back to the super bowl. >> on "cbs this morning." >> won't you blow your horn ♪

what a weekend. we begin first thing, however, with gabrielle giffords and her departure from congress a year ago, the arizona democrat was shot in the head and nearly died. since then, she's been fighting to get her old life back. on sunday, giffords announced she's now about to resign. >> thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i'm getting better every day. my spirit is high. i will return and we will work

together for arizona and this great country. thank you very much. >> congressional correspondent nancy cordis live in washington. good morning. >> good morning. friends and colleagues of gabby giffords tell us that once she decided not to seek reelection, she determined the best thing for her and her constituents was for her to step down now to focus on her recovery and they can have a full-time representative. >> arizona is my home. always will be. >> the video giffords released to announce she's stepping down revealed both her stunning progress and her limitations. it was tearfully edited to allow her to communicate with the people she represents in southern arizona. >> a lot has happened over the past year. we cannot change that. >> earlier this month, giffords' husband, former astronaut mark

kelly told cbs' ben tracy that giffords' decision to seek a fourth term would hinge on her ability to communicate. >> some daisy think she could do the job today. other days, i see she gets tired and is focused on her therapy. >> for the past year, giffords has spent hours every day undergoing speech and physical therapy. been a source of wonder. doctors initially warned she may never wake up from a coma after being shot at close range in the head. >> one nation, under god. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> she recently improved to the point that she could conduct weekly video meetings with her staff in washington. but she cast only one vote in congress all year. during the surprise return last summer after a divisive fight over raising the debt ceiling. her close friend and colleague, debbie wasserman schultz says

giffords concluded her constituents deserve more. >> in order to be able to make sure that her constituents in southern arizona get the kind of full-time service that they deserve, she decided that it's time to take a step back. >> giffords says she has one goal before leaving office, to complete that congress on your corner event that was interrupted by a shooting rampage last january. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. >> giffords plans to hold that congress on your corner event today. but it will be held in private in tucson with some of the 12 people who were injured and some of the heroes who helped to save their lives. she's coming here to washington, charlie, for the president's state of the union address tomorrow night. >> it is powerful to see her talking and to hear from her. what's the outlook for the recovery? what does she have to go

through? >> both she and her husband are very candid charlie that this is going to be a multi-year long process. it's not something you can measure in months. she may be working on her recovery the rest of her life. it's not something that she can do part-time. it's not something that she can do while she's commuting between tucson and houston where mark kelly lives and washington, d.c. it's something that she needs to focus on 100% of the time. >> what about her husband running for the seat as some speculated? >> there has been a lot of talk about that. democrats would love it. this is a tough seat for them in arizona. but right now, there's no indication he actually will run once a special election is announced. most notably, that would take him away from her and her rehabilitation. >> thanks you, nancy. over the weekend, campaign 2012 was hit by a south carolina earthquake. one week ago, mitt romney seemed to be rolling to the republican presidential nomination. but then he -- this morning as

the candidates move on to florida, we check in with local correspondent jan crawford who says it is a brand new race. >> after his stinging defeat in south carolina, mitt romney laid out the fight against president obama. >> this is a battle for soul of america. >> gingrich's domination in the south first primary shows it will be a battle for the heart of the republican party. >> believe me, republicans in congress will be terrified to run with this man for fear they will lose the house and the senate. they will do what they can to try to defeat him. >> with newt gingrich, you throw out the baby and keep the bath water. >> all across the country this morning, people are waking up running for office as republicans from dog catcher to senate and they're saying, good god, newt gingrich might be at the top of this ticket. >> the establishment concern, gingrich is too polarizing and can't win. sunday he was confidently predicting victory saying he alone can beat president obama. >> i'm prepared to stand toe to

toe with barack obama and debate him, i think, successfully this fall and that's the key to beating him with his billion dollar war chest. >> on sunday, romney acknowledged the obvious. >> it was not a great week for me. >> he was thrown off in part by questions about his taxes and whether he would release his returns. after insists he would release them when he filed in april, now he says he'll make them public tuesday. >> i will release my tax returns for 2010 which is the last returns that were completed, i'll do that on tuesday of this week. i'll also release at the same time an estimate for 2011 tax returns. >> despite his double dimg it loss, romney goes into florida the next day with a slight edge. they've been running television ads for weeks and has more money than gingrich. gingrich has momentum. south carolina changed everything prompting romney to go on the attack sunday night. >> he was a leader for four years as speak every of the house. at the end of four years, it was

proven that he was a failed leader. he had to resign in disgrace. i don't know whether you knew that. jan crawford is here along with host of face the nation, bob schieffer. how great to have you onset. >> great to be here. >> let's start with newt and this victory in south carolina. what's the contest, the battle going to be like in florida in. >> it's going to be the same. south carolina really set the table for what this primary fight is going to be all about. i think newt gingrich will do very well in florida. if i were the romney camp, i'd be concerned about some of the polls we're seeing and also what the voters are saying. they like the message they're hearing from newt gingrich, which is washington is broken, the liberal media is biased and president obama is a disaster. when he talks, people listen to that. he says it with such forcefulness and conviction, he's saying what they want to hear and they're responding in that ballot box.

>> what do you think, bob? >> exactly. newt gingrich has found a way to reach people in the republican party and not necessarily the people at the top of the income bracket. not just the rich people. he's talking the talk that the people down the line, some of those blue collar kind of republicans. and mitt romney just hasn't found a way to connect with those people yet. >> will the release of his tax returns, do what? >> i mean, don't forget. they're releasing them on tuesday, which is the night that the president is going to make the state of the union address. my guess is that they thought this would be a place where you kind of slip them in there and maybe nobody would notice it much. of course, they will. >> are we witnessing the coalescence behind gingrich among the conservatives? >> yes. >> son santorum -- >> he's not going anywhere. he thinks he's the only true social conservative. he's offended by the revelations from gingrich's second ex-wife

of the open marriage. the anti-establishment is getting behind gingrich in a big way. >> what's the strategy then for romney from here on out? it seems like the baggage has been factored in? >> he has to come out of this staying -- he's trying to do what all frontrunners usually try to do, keep things totally under his control, make speeches, run television ads. but he's going to come out, it seems to me, like. i think the romney people are rethinking that. i think the best thing he could do would be to accept my invitation -- >> i was going to say. >> debate newt gingrich next sunday on face the nation. i mean, i think that's -- >> for the full hour. >> absolutely. >> do you think that romney will be prepared to debate gingrich and does he have to? >> i think he is going to have to somewhere down the line. there are two debates this week coming up during the week.

you know, i don't know what he will do come sunday. i mean, gingrich has just -- he's just run over him here. gingrich won south carolina. romney didn't lose it. gingrich won it by his debate performance. >> there is this question that hangs over the gop primary race. will the establishment at some point say, we cannot afford to have newt gingrich at the top of the ticket and do something, whatever something is sm. >> who cares. if you're a voter. the establishment is not going to dictate what the voters do. the voters have been hearing that message from the establish: but the voters aren't listening. they're fed up too. >> the other part is, who is the republican establishment now? >> right. >> this party has moved to the right. it's not the party of mitt romney's father. >> isn't that part of the problem. i read this more than, they talked about the attraction of newt gingrich is that he's channeled the frustration of so many in the republican party who don't feel that it relates to them. >> yeah. the other part is newt gingrich has become a great story.

i mean, he's one up on lazarus who only rose from the dead once. [ laughter ] >> and i mean, that feeds on itself. what's this guy doing? what's this all about? that's what romney is up against now he's going to load up the television with a lot of negative ads, like he dumped on newt gingrich in iowa. >> will gingrich get more money now that he's won -- >> he's already picking up money. he's picking up some of that donors from rick perry. if people see he could win this thing, that will steal that momentum. >> the thing that should scare romney is he hasn't needed much money. he's made it basically on a smile and a shoeshine in the debates. yeah, he's going to get more money but he hasn't needed more so far. >> this is the greatest thing going for you two right now. you're loving every minute of this. >> bob, let us know when mitt romney gets back to you.

>> all right. there are storm warnings out this morning in tennessee, mississippi and alabama after a powerful storm system hit parts of the south an the midwest overnight. lightning as you can see lit up the sky in eastern arkansas where strong winds, hail and several possible tornadoes were reported. there is damage in alabama and eastern missouri and winds over 60 miles an hour reported in memphis. so far, no injuries, though, have been reported. this morning, college football is mourning one of its greatest coaches. joe paterno died sunday morning less than three months after his record setting career at the penn state university came to a sudden and embarrassing end. >> the philadelphia enquirer, pennsylvania's largest newspaper headlines, lion at rest. chief investigative correspondent, armen ka dayen is at pen tate. >> even though he lost his job, for thousands of men and women he inspired on and off the field, this was like he never left. it was the kind of respect that

would have made joe paterno proud. a candlelight procession full of dignity and grace. part of an outpouring of grief expressed in flowers and footballs. some mourners silent, some not. >> he's really the only person that gave me an opportunity to play football. i'll never forget him for that. >> paterno's death on sunday morning of lung cancer closed one chapter of an iconic life. but certainly not the book. in a statement the board of trustees and university president rodney erickson said we grieve for the loss of joe paterno. a great man who made us a greater university. we are considering appropriate ways to honor the great life and legacy of joe paterno. in fact, penn state now faces a delicate dance. how to pay tribute to the winningest coach in the history of major college football, the same man it fired in november after 46 seasons in the wake of a child abuse sex scandal involving former assistant coach

jerry sandusky. >> joe paterno made a huge mistake that a lot of people will never ever forgive him for, but he did a lot of things that a lot of people will remember him very fondly for. a lot of people feel like they should honor him for it. >> in his final interview with the washington post just days before he died, paterno said he wished he had done more than just notify his bosses. after learning of an alleged sexual assault by sandusky of a young poi in 2002. i had never had to deal with something like that. i didn't feel adequate. >> none of that seemed to matter sunday during a day-long vigil at paterno's statue or during the candlelight march. what did matter is remembering a brooklyn-born coach who majored in english at brown before authoring his so-called grand experiment, success with honor, on and off the football field. a coach, teacher and humanitarian who donated more than $4 million to his beloved

school. while impacting countless lives. >> funeral arrangements are still pending. but a source close to the family tells cbs news that right up into the end, paterno expressed no bitterness, only his undying love for both his family and the this national weather report sponsored by citibank. what's your story city can help

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steven tyler singing the national anthem at the ravens-patriots game. getting a lot of reaction to that rendition this morning. we should point out our good friend j.b. will be here to look at the matchup for super bowl xlvi. some of the headlines from around the globe. the los angeles times reports, u.s. aircraft carrier through the strait of hormuz, the body of water that was threatened to close cutting off exports. if you have ships, don't stop using it. the seattle times is reporting, with u.s. troops barely gone the -- it's crumbling. officials are split along religious lines. today is the chinese new year. the headlines. in europe, china is assuring a mid global unterron certainty. a magnitude 4.7 quake on hawaii. there were no injuries or damage report the. the miami herald reports

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fourth quarter. 32 yards. the kick -- it's no good. it's no good. the kick is good. and the giants are going back to the super bowl. >> one kick was good and one was bad. that's why the patriots and the giants will have a super bowl rematch next month. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> we had two nail biters on sunday. new england defeated baltimore 23-20. the giants needed an overtime to

beat san prfrancisco. >> james brown was watching all of sunday's great action. we're pleased to have you here. >> after all of this -- i think i'm supposed to slide across the floor on one foot and i can't dance a lick. >> are you sure? it would be a grand entrance. >> it would embarrass me. >> or be a great running back. >> i'll always get confused with him. looking back before we look forward, what surprised you the most about sunday's games? >> you know what, charlie, there wasn't any surprise. i thought going in that both games would be a toss-up. it turned out to be that way in san francisco in terms of a nailbiter to the end. i can't remember there being this much drama on a championship weekend in recent memory for both squads. new england, they've been much maligned defensively all season long. bill belichick, tom brady, that combination is superb.

>> when they caught the ball in the end zone, how long do you have to hold it. >> supposed to make a football move with one foot and a second foot down while maintaining control of the ball. as you looked at it on a replay, it looked like it took place. it's a split second decision. the officials didn't think he had control of it long enough with both feet down and the defensive player made a smart move. >> the matchup for super bowl? >> the rematch of super bowl xlii with the giants and patriot, this ought to be outstanding matchup. although the last time around, new england was a heavy favorite. they were undefeated. eli manning wasn't thought of in the elite category as now. this ought to be a toss-up again. >> he has great receivers. >> victor cruz, free agent that's done well. >> poor eli, though, he took a beating yesterday. i was sort of in and out watching. i felt like every time a came back, he was losing his shirt, his helmet. grass in his mouth. yet, kept on going. >> the sensitive heart of erica

feeling for eli manning. you know what, that's real world. he did get sacked, what, six time. he was knocked down like 19 times. he did take a beating. but the old school quarterbacks, those who played in the days of terry bradshaw, joe montana. they'll tell you that was life every weekend week in and out of football. he really showed how tough he is. >> that was incredible, his focus. that's why he is where he is. >> no question about it. you know what, i'm happy for the giants. mid season when they had lost four straight, most people were writing them off. the fans, the owner of the giants was talking about how he's got a stack of letters on his desk where fans with were calling for the head of tom coughlin and perry fuel. it's sports wonderful. you can turn it around. they've gotten it done impressively so. they're healthy now, the defense is playing with a nasty mind-set. they're a tough squad. >> going back to what happened on sunday, the missed field goal, that close, what happened? >> you know what, the execution

on that, it's a chip shot the. you would think billy cundiff has to feeling extremely down about that. it was a chip shot. a 32-yard field goal. but it goes to show you, you've got to execute mechanically, the focus has to be there each and every time. >> before we go. joe paterno. here's a man who had extraordinary athletic record as a coach. >> you know what, one can only hope the longview may look at him favorably because he was a towering figure. mentored hundreds of kids, donated millions. charlie, you can't overlook the fact that some kids' lives were radically and adversely changed forever. you would like to think that the adults in charge there at penn state would have done a lot more than was done for them. by the way, this is the chris lick sko owe chris licht segmen. >> we'll find out two weeks from now snumt you'--

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search crews are blasting their way into the capsized cruise liner off the italian coast. at least 19 people are still missing. the search for victims knife stop in order to pump half a million gallons of fuel from the ship. allen pizzey is at the scene in giglio italy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. the lawyers for the captain who ran the costa concordia ashore say their client tested negative for drug use. nonetheless, insurance experts

estimate it will cost the owners tens of millions of dollars in pen compensation. two more holes were blown to allow divers access to keep searching for bodies. the effort is concentrated on bridge 4, about 60 feet underwater. so far at least 12 holes have been blown in the hull of the stricken cruise liner. this helps all the other diving squads to find the missing people. navy spokesman said. continue the rescue mission. there is no expectation of finding anyone alive. the children of missing minnesota couple, gerald and barbara heil came again today waiting for news. the blog had a poignant description of laying a wreath at sea. we picked daisies for mom and white roses for dad. all the workers stopped what they were doing and saluted us as we placed the flowers in the water. when the order was given almost an hour after the initial

accident. the war of words, costa cruises and the captain is heating upment documents leaked to the media say the captain told prosecutors that the owners not only approved of him sailing close to the island, but encouraged it for publicity purposes. if so, they got their wish. ferries are rarely full at this time of year. over the weekend, tourists flocked in for a once in i lifetime chance to view a massive wreck you can almost touch. >> translator: the size of the ship, the damage left me speechless. the residents of the island, who opened their doors an hearts to the evacuating passengers are less than happy about the sightseers. one said it was really in bad taste. the enormous amount of equipment need odd to prevent the islanders worst nightmare of an oil spill is in place an the operation to remove the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the costa concordia is expected to begin soon. a decision on when to start the operation will begin later today. the head of the rescue operation is meeting with the prosecutors who want to make sure that the

oil removal does not interfere with their ongoing investigation into what is essentially a criminal matter. back to you, charlie and erica. thank you, peter greenberg is with us this morning. >> good morning, charlie. what are we learning from the security tapes sh. >> that's the interesting thing. most people don't realize that most cruise ships have dozens if not hundreds of cameras. they're digital, time coded. they go 24/7. the divers recovered the hard drives from those computers that contain the images. up until now, we've only seen amateur individual crows from passengers. now we'll get a real time picture. if the saltwater hasn't compromised the hard drives, you'll see everything that happened from every part of the ship. from the engine room to the spa, to the restaurant to the bridge. who was on the bridge. it will be a real time picture from before that ship left the harbor until the ship literally lost power. >> will we see a massive rethinking of safety procedures from all the cruise lines? >> already hamg. we have safety of life at sea

which we've been focused on the muster drill, the lifeboat drill. they won't wait for the rules to change. from now on, we'll have the drill before the ships leave their first port. the real problem is, the cross training of the crew, the training regimen of the crew and you won't wait for a rule to come in. it takes all the countries to get into one room at one time to do it. each cruise line has to do that ahead of time. everybody is doing an internal audit right now. >> you mentioned the training of the crew. there have been things that came out about language barriers. also, about some labor unions saying that the days that these folks work, they're simply too exhausted to deal with an emergency. >> let's talk about the language barrier. i laugh when we say, we boast that our crew comes from 37 different countries. excuse me. in the event of an emergency, they can't talk to the passengers or each other. you need a standardization of language and then comes the cross training in terms of the hours that they're working. >> there's also, we've seen this morning, the passengers on that

ship were getting a refund. they're being offered a 30% discount off of future cruises. it seems that's not the best move. rather insulting. >> how about a bad move on a public relations. the bottom line here is any time there's a problem with the airline or cruise line, they give you a discount off your next abusive experience. the point is, that will go away. it will be trumped by all the lawsuits. the conversation will trump that very, very quickly. >> go ahead. >> really quickly, before you're worried about all these things getting into place on time, what should you know before you get on the ship as a passenger? >> the most important thing, most people think in the event of an emergency you go back to your cabin to get your life preserver. no you don't. there are life preservers on every deck. you head for the highest deck. you'll fine that in the autopsies most of the people died because they went back to get life

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gayle king has a look at what's coming up in the next hour. gayle, what do you have? >> i do, charlie. i have a lot. newt gingrich pulled off a stunning upset in south carolina. did it all come down to religion? bob schieffer and jan crawford are back to talk about that. religion is definitely playing a role in the latest viral video sensation. over here. the 22-year-old man says he loves jesus but hates religion. autism is diagnosed and there could be a game changer. a comedy act on the road, on the view, she's hitting the big screen. sherri shepherd is joining us today. you're a newlywed with a young son. i'm thinking, did you just not have enough to do in your life? >> i can't sit still. that's what it is. i cannot sit still. i had to keep working. i don't know how to be a stay-at-home mom or wife. i'd be eating all day. >> that would not be good.

>> not saying anything about stay-at-home moms or wives. >> i agree. sherri shepherd

there were three people who claimed god told them to run. cain, perry and michele bachmann. all said they got the go ahead from you know who. and god's 0 for 3. [ laughter ] from you know who. bill maher may not like religion and politic, but it's important to a lot of people who voted in south carolina on saturday. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i am gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rosa long with erica hill. when newt gingrich won the south carolina primary this week and he got a lot of votes from republican evangelicals, exit polls show that 46% of them voted for gingrich and only 10% for mitt romney. >> we want to bring back chief washington correspondent, bob

schieffer and political correspondent jan crawford to talk more about evangelical voters. we've heard so much about this and how important this could be. at the end of the day, is this going to be -- bob i'll start with you -- a deciding factor in a state like florida? >> there's not nearly the -- as large of the evangelical vote in florida as in south carolina. but you know, the thing about south carolina is it is so stunning. newt gingrich won in all categories. he won among evangelicals. he won among women after this story about the open marriage and all of that. he won among everybody. i mean, it was like he walked up there and knocked romney down. it's romney that's got to come back now. >> but what is the message that south carolina voters sent you all? as you mentioned, here's the ex-wife talking, never good. when you know -- you have some idea about what she's going to say. his personal problems have been well-documented. his political problems,

well-documented. south carolina voters said we still want that guy. how is that possible? >> because they see newt gingrich as someone who can take it to the white house. take it to barack obama, take it to the media. that's what they're looking for. they don't care. to them right now, the future of this country is hanging in the balance. they have to get someone who can do that. they're willing to overlook all of these other things because they see that person in newt gingrich. >> interesting -- >> i just want to follow-up on that for a second. if he had not responded the way he did to that debate question, i saw many interviews with people saying i made up my mind after i saw that question and the way he handled it. do you think we would have had the outcome that we had? >> possibly. that was huge for his campaign. we see so many people saying he ought to send them a fruit basket for asking that question. >> what is interesting about this, i mean, romney's whole card has always been that voters thought he was the candidate who had the best chance of beating

barack obama. in south carolina, the voters said no, newt gingrich has the best chance. i think it's because of this fight that he showed. gingrich has the electability as an arguing point. >> romney has staked his campaign. he did so well in iowa because voters thought we don't like mitt romney. we're not feeling it, but he can beat obama. that's what we care about most. when you knock that out -- and at the economy. gingrich won on the economy. the other key platform of romney's campaign. lost them both. >> he can manage the economy best. >> that's what south carolina voters said. >> so panic -- i wouldn't say they're panicked. >> at all, no? >> any time you get a 12-point defeat, a whoopg, that has to hurt. that's just a bruise. >> over the long run, they can take it to gingrich. they've emphasized, they've got a strategy to stay in this campaign. they've got the organization, they've got the money.

so they think they can wear down gingrich and they see him as a flawed candidate. you know, they see all these things. they think voters eventually, they -- at some point the women voters will start saying i don't like hey guy who cheated on his first wife and cheated on his second wife. they believe that e. going to -- at some point explode. the thing is, he's already exploded. he's done that. >> here's the thing. i mean, yesterday i asked newt gingrich, obviously, he speaks from a biased point of view. why did he think romney wasn't connecting? it's a lack of authenticity. i asked him are you saying he's a phony, that he's a fake? he laughed. he said rg well, i'll let you draw your own conclusions about that. i really think there is something to that. people have not yet convinced themselves that mitt romney is exactly who he says he is. they're looking for something

that they can connect with him and so far i don't think that's happened. i mean, he just doesn't stirrup a lot of excitement. i mean, he's a goodman, moral and honest man but doesn't cause a lot of excitement. >> a long marriage, five sons and to my knowledge, there's no police activity involved in any of the kids. always a good sign i think when you're raising children. but do you think it's still an issue of the m-word. being a mormon that people are still afraid and nobody wants to say it out loud and people think, well, do you think that plays any role? >> didn't seem to in south carolina. that's a large evangelical vote down there. you cannot poll on that, though. i mean, it's very difficult. people will tell pollsters one thing and go into the voting booth and do something else. >> here's another thing that sits out there. is the size of gingrich's unfavorability rating. >> that's right. >> it's been there for a long time. not just this year but for decades.

>> that's right. he's upside down on the unfavorables and romney has positives favorability ratings. that potentially is a problem in the general election if newt gingrich is the nominee. he's a polarizing figure. a lot of people flat-out don't like him. that could be a problem for the republicans going forward. a lot of republicans don't like mitt romney. >> speaking of the general election, state of the union is coming up. is that the point in which the president will define how he sees the campaign and what he will do to try to get re-elected had. >> yeah. the campaign is under way. i mean, the general election has now begun. we'll see the white house now lay out where they think it is and what it's all about. and so i think this is a very, very important speech. it's very much like bill clinton, you know, as he was coming into that. >> early word is that -- it will be similar to the kansas speech, he'll talk about fairness an the economy and the 99 and 1%. >> remember, bill clinton, when

he got ready to run for reelection, he came out -- his speech was the era of big government is over. we started talking like that. i think you'll see them lay it out. >> who do you think they most want to run against? >> this is what i think is so striking. if you think about it. they have laid out a campaign and they've already started the messaging of this campaign. kind of a class warfare messaging assuming that romney was going to be the nominee. that message doesn't work as well for all the reasons bob said, if newt gingrich is the nominee. newt gingrich out there being will populous, firing up the base. they want romney but they may not get him. >> we've had three contests -- >> i mean they don't want romney. >> three different winners, can we officially say it's a two-man race or do you think the other candidates have a shot heading into florida? >> i think it's a two-man race. >> i think it's a two-man race but as long as ron paul is in there and he's going to stay to the end. what he wants to do is be a force within the party.

i think that's what his strategy is. he'd like to get a lot of delegates, go into that convention and being someone that they have to deal with. listen, let me tell you something. i am beginning to think more and more that we might go to this convention and not know who the -- >> just took my question out of my mouth. are we looking at the possibility of a brokered convention? >> i think it's a long shot. maybe i just want it to be that way. >> here's the question. will we remember how to cover it? i mean it's been so long. >> been a long time since we decided at the convention. >> we'll figure it out. >> thanks again. >> good to see you. we want to turn to developing news this morning. there is a house to house search happening near birm haingham, alabama after a severe storm moved through. collapsed buildings and homes. officials tell us two deaths are reported. keep in mind, this is the same storm system that swept across

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blowing ♪ warren buffett there. with a little happy new year greeting for the chinese new year. if you like that, there are plenty of other videos online with mr. buffett and his ukulele. >> he loves that. he plays it all the time at his mooed meetings. secondly railroads, he's made an investment in railroads. it's a part of america's future. they don't have the fuel cost that other means of transportation have. it's for him a love of railroads and a good investment which is the way he likes to work. >> listen, i like warren buff t buffett, i like him seeing, i've been working on the railroad. i'm trying to figure out what that has to do with the chinese new year. i like seeing him sing. it's the connection between the two. >> it's his gift to china. he probably has other investments there as well. >> now i get it. thank you have. we're glad to have sherri shepherd in the house today. she's going to talk about family, film and the latest controversy comes from spike

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this morning, we're looking at two new studies of autism. one of them out this morning suggests that kids can outgrow the disorder or they get better because they were misdiagnosed. the other finds that changing autism standards could leave out thousands of patients. dr. catherine lord is working on the guidelines. she joins us now. thank you, doctor. we were talking during the break and i was wondering if parents could be encouraged on one hand and angry on the other. encouraged because you're thinking, whew, my child doesn't

have autism and angry on the other hand, if you know your child needs help but now they're saying they're not that bad. is it a good news/bad news kind of thing? >> i think it is. the combination of the new study coming out in pediatrics which suggests there are people who get diagnoses of autism and you ask the parents do they have it, the parents say no. it is possible either that the diagnosis was wrong in the first place or the kids grow out of it. not everyone who gets a diagnosis of autism necessarily continues to have it forever. on the other hand, i think there's been huge concern in response to the recent media about the redefining criteria and families being very, very concerned that their kids are going to lose their diagnoses. i think it's really important to reassure people that there is no intention that that will happen. >> even if that changes, then, there's no intention. but if they do, in fact, they no longer fall under the spectrum, the concern is that they will lose the benefits that many

parents need for these children. is that expected to change if they're already diagnosed? >> no, it's not. i think that the intention of the new criteria is to better describe children who have -- and adults who have autism, asperg asperger's syndrome or anything that falls within that criteria. we want -- we don't want criteria that diagnose everyone as having autism. we want to do a better job of diagnosing the people who do. but we're not trying to exclude anyone. >> here's the question. what's so hard about diagnosing autism that you have these new studies raising these questions? >> i think the problem is that although autism is a neurobiological disorder, it has to do with brain function. the diagnosis is made on the basis of behavior. it encompasses a huge range of skills. as the pediatric study showed, also associated problems, such as mental retardation or language delay. so we have to come up with

descriptions for behavior that describes children and adults across development and describe people who may have no speech at all up to very articulate, very bright people who also have the basic social deficits and other kinds of problems associated with autism. >> is there a huge difference or divide within the scientific community about autism? >> i don't think so. i think that what we're trying to do is get better, faster and more accurate in diagnoses and the question is had you to do that. >> can you go back to the statement you made about being able to outgrow autism? i got an angry e-mail from a friend of mine who has a child with autism that says it's not true. how can you put that on the air? can you explain that a little bit more? >> there's two different thing. in the pediatric study, families were asked, has any health professional ever said that your child might have autism and then asked, does your child have autism.

it's quite possible in that study someone said, maybe your child has autism, go see a specialist. and the parents did and they didn't have autism. but there is a -- >> let's talk about the kids that do have autism. let focus on that. can they outgrow it? >> there is a small proportion of kids that outgrow it. >> what percentage? >> 10 to 20% of kids with autism, without other severe problem. >> does that mean they were misdiagnosed? >> no. i think they really get better. it is possible for kids to get better. >> it's is that about the treatment and in revising then the criteria for autism, this provides them the treatment? >> the rising criteria should not affect the treatment. because the treatments have to be based on the characteristics of the individual child. >> what does a parent do sf. >> i think that a parent needs to first of all, get a careful diagnosis. they need more than a brief office visit. then you ought to figure out

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hello indianapolis. the super bowl is coming to your town in a couple weeks. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this has been a difficult decade in the magazine industry. but one bold southern magazine is doing great by breaking all of the rules. >> our special correspondent jeff glor is here to tell us about "garden and gun."

>> charlie good morning. before you jump to conclusions open it up. the content might surprise you. especially the story of how garden and gun was founded. >> i do like to come out here as often as i can. >> rebecca darwin had it good. a big time magazine executive in the big city. at one point the first female publisher of the legendary "new yorker." >> i loved living in new york. >> then everything changed. >> i think it was divine intervention. my husband decided to go to seminary. he took a call with the church here in charleston. that's how i got to charleston. >> the newly appointed preacher's wife planned to slow down. but along came a second surprise. she was asked to start a new magazine. "garden and gun." >> you thought you were going to be a preacher's wife. now you're running "garden and

gun." >> yes. that gets raised eyes once in a hiem. >> i would say it would. >> there's a lot of garden stuff. >> launch at a gut wrenching time. in 2007 just as the great recession hit and just as everybody believed that print was dying. she went ahead anyway. >> if you think about what most magazines do, they do a lot of coverage of the east coast, the northeast and the west coast. and there's kind of this whole world in between that they don't really cover. >> david di ben debt owe also fled new york. he's the editor of the magazine. >> i think at first, at the very beginning, there was a lot of, ha, ha, dpard en and gun. there was no more laughter. in my case, i flipped it open and said i want to work for this magazine. >> our interview is getting

interrupted by gunfire. he's scouting a story about a sporting clay range this south carolina. >> forward. >> in truth, though, garden and gun isn't really about guns or gardens. both are metaphors for the southern lifestyle. authentic, old school, unapologetic. >> any subject off limits? >> yeah. politics, religion and s.e.c. football. >> no way, no how. >> just not -- yeah. >> no preconceived notions about the south, thank you very much. >> what is it about the south that people don't know that you want them to know? >> that we're not all stupid. >> in fact, 45% of their subscribers don't even live in the south. they just want to know more about it. aggressively. >> honestly, in that office, once a day somebody sees a sign

on the wall downstairs that says garden and gun and walks up and says i had to see where this magazine is made. >> people are walking into your office? >> absolutely. they want to look around. >> this is going to be -- >> i think there are people who may not relate to all of it. but they think, you know, this is a magazine out of south. i'm really proud of this. this makes us look good. >> last year, rebecca darwin returned to new york triumphant up against the industry's biggest names, the little southern subscription that could walked away with the biggest honor in the business. a national magazine award. >> that's a wild ride. >> it is. it's been pretty wild. i have to say, it's been very wild. but loved every minute of it. when i walk through an airport and see the magazine sitting over there, my children run over and look mommy, garden and gun. i wouldn't change a thing. >> great to have you here sitting at the table. it seems to me this is a great

story of a region that i know well. of two people with a vision, with a sense of i know and i have an instinct and i'm going to act on it. >> i think that's a very important point. not only people who have vision but people who doesn't go through market research and focus testing and study this thing to death. they said listen, we want to do this. we're going to do what feels right, tell a certain story about a certain place and we're going to do it. >> been reading my mail. there is this also. do they have any regrets about the name or anything? >> there's no question it gets attention. this was a magazine that was launched by happenstance completely only days before the shootings at virginia tech. did they pause at some of these points? i think probably yes. but also it goes back to the gut instinct thing of they wanted to do it. >> i would say special mommy hug to rebecca darwin. i know how difficult it is to do a magazine. it's beautifully done and executed. you can't go wrong when you have

a recipe for scallion, cornbread and cheddar cheese. >> that will feel good. >> it's interesting that they say they have -- there are no agendas here. they rejected an ad from the nra. >> they wanted to place an ad there. garden and gun said no. no agendas, no politics, no religion. no s.e.c. football. >> wow. >> no s.e.c. football in the south. >> understand the south more is a good thing. >> i think so. absolutely. this does it well in a smart, compelling way. >> charlie, she wants to show that not all people from the south are stupid. you would agree, mr. rose, from north carolina. >> i would absolutely agree. >> thank you, jeff. >> you're welcome. coming up next, sherri shepherd. she is a talk show host, she's a mom, she's a newlywed and she's an actress too, with a new role she dreamed of playing

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they all have hearts of gold. >> janet ivon wrote the books. she becomes friends with stephanie plum, who is katherine heigl's character. she ends up becoming a bounty hunter. it shows this evolution of the character and she's got -- she's compassionate, yet firm. she's not afraid to shoot a gun. she's not afraid to fight a man. and that's what i loved about her. >> okay. >> she wasn't a stereo stip cal hooker. in the first book, she's introduced and that's her occupation. >> the vision of her in reading the books and becoming a big fan of this character shall how much that of were allowed to bring to the process when you got the role for the movie? >> they let me improv quite a bit in this movie. i'm a big fan of the author. i was reading the books and i knew this character. when somebody, a fan tweeted me and said they're auditioning, i

put on my little -- i went in there and found one of elisab h elisabeth's tight mini skirts and an electric blue tube top. >> you were ready to go. >> i had my heels and barbara walters says where are you going dear? i'm going to play a hooker. when i went to the audition, i said to the directors, i know this character, i know her. i booked it. that's what i mean when i said that. i didn't want to be a hooker. i know sherri for years, she's going down. >> always a little worried. spike lee is making news. he's out in sundance. he was saying his latest movie he financed himself. didn't want to go through hollywood. didn't want anybody telling him to do with his movie. because they can't really tell me about black people. what do you think when you hear that from spike? >> well, i think -- >> do you think it's still hard in hollywood for black people which is despite the point? george lucas was here last week

with "red tails" and saying it was hard to get financing. people were worried about an all black cast. you sit here black actress. what are you thinking? >> the weight of one -- the weight of black people on my shoulders. >> speak into the microphone. >> very well-documented. spike lee the problems that he has had with studios. you know, when you're a director and you're a writer, it's very hard to get that -- they want to intervene and tell you what to do. that's always very, very difficult. i think it's also a shame when i see a promotional, a commercial for "red tails" and i don't see faces. it's just the voices. i'm going, wait a minute, it takes me back to when african-americans would sing the songs but on the cover would be white people. so i'm going, wow, in this day and age when we're in the post racial age and we have a black president, i can't see who is in the film? i got to hear voices in order for me to want to see the film? i think that concerns me quite a bit.

so you know -- >> i hadn't thought about that. that promo was like that. >> where are the people? i think that's a problem. as an actress myself, i know i've always thought to just let me read. a lot of times they didn't want me to come in, because they said we weren't thinking of a black person. >> just try me. >> my acting speak for itself. >> remember we went through this political correctness and then it was we're trying to correct the political correctness. >>. [ overlapping talking ] >> race scares people. >> i like your top. i'm not going to say the words. >> does that ever change? somehow talking approximate these things, does it make it better? >> i think you have to be able to talk approximate it. i think you have to be around people. sometimes you have to be around people you trust so they know where you're coming from so things aren't taken out of context. that's what's happening so much. things are taken out of context and you're defending and going i

didn't mean it that way. i really hope that we can continue the discussion. can i say you look fantastic? >> thank you. >> i don't know what you're doing. >> girl, i'm -- i just got married. can i say that on this show? i just got married. >> the glow. >> how is being a newlywed going for you? >> good. >> i love it. it's the second marriage. i think when people say how is it going? they want me to go it's roses and lollipops and i'm so in love. it's like two imperfect people trying to fit their issues into one bag. i'm learning and i'm growing and so far so good. >> so far so good. i got a good guy. >> always good to see you. >> thank you. one for the money opens in theaters this friday. there's a new viral video burning up the internet in just a minute. we'll ask the man who made it why he hates religion but loves jesus. "cbs this morning."

♪ we wanted to show you a video that's gotten an incredible 16 million hit on you-tube in less than two weeks. >> one reason may be the title. "why i hate religion but love jesus requesting ". >> let me clarify, i i love the church and the bible and i believe in sin. but if jesus came to your church, would they let him in? he was called a glutton and drunkard by religious men. but the son of god never supports self-righteousness. back to the point. how jesus and religion are on opposite spectrums. one is the work of god, one is a man made invention. one is the cure, the other is the infection. because religion says do, jesus says done. religion says slave, jesus says son. religion put you in bond anl,

and jesus sets you free. religion makes you blind but jesus makes you see. 22-year-old jeff bethke wrote this and he performed the poem. he's with us this morning along with faith and religion contributor father edward beck. >> good morning. >> how does this happen? how does something like this go viral so that 16 million people? >> that's a great question. i have no idea. i kind of wrote the poem because i love jesus, wanted to share the message. when you put it on you-tube and you have the strong language i used, it fires people up. positive or negative. >> what was your expectation? >> me and my roommates put on bets. within 24 hours, it would get 2,000 views. the highest was 8,000. it was 1.2 million after two hours. >> you struck a cord with a lot of people. this goes on for a number of minutes. there are a lot of different points. one of the things off the top has to deal with politics. you were a political science major. that christian is not republican

and vice versa. how much religion should there be in politics? >> that's a good question. essentially where i got that line from is god owns every domain in life, in culture and you can honor him in all of those. the thing that i was rubbing up against there was don't elevate something above him. it's not are you a republican. well then you can be a christian. i read a book called jesus plus nothing equals everything. that's essentially where i got that idea. too many times jesus plus what we believe on the spiritual gift, jesus plus, can you have a beer or not? you don't want to lose sight of him. >> father beck, i'm looking at your face, trying to figure out what you're thinking? you saw the video, obviously. >> i did. >> i don't jeff, let me give you a holler from the collar. i don't think it's religion you should be dissing. it's the nuance that you're missing. don't worry, that's all i got. your job is not in jeopardy

>> oh, good. >> i was thinking hate is such a strong word because if you say you hate religion, it means you're also saying you hate all the good that religion does. you just were baptized in 2009 in a church, right? >> yeah. >> you are part of the institution. you are part of religion. if you dismiss all of religion and i know that there's a lot of nuance to what you're trying to say. look at what happened after joplin, the tornado. who were the first people on ground? religious people. churches. look at what happened after haiti, the earthquake. who were the first relief workers? they were churches. in the name of religion. same with the tsunami. >> do you get his point, father in. >> i think the point is he's against hypocrisy in religion. that's what he's against. he's against when religious leaders aren't who they're supposed to be. >> here's the point i get from this. what is jesus and who is jesus and what was jesus about and what kind of life did he live and what did he stand for in.

>> i was trying to get back to essentially the root. i think it added too many layers. he has a great point. i agree with everything that father beck says. >> good man. >> when i read the scriptures, it says pure and undefiled religion is in. in clogs shans two, man made religion is bad. it's a neutral word. you have to interpret and understand the author's intent before you try to judge. >> jeff shall jesus was the religious jew. >> totally. >> he threw the money ut -- he worshipped in the temple. he said to peter, you know what, peter, you are rock and on this rock, i'm going to build a church. jesus wasn't anti-religion. he was anti-hypocrisy. that's where you want to get to. >> a lot of it is semantics. i come from the seattle area, my pastor, mark driscoll and another pastor from nosh, use religion shorthand in the way i

was using in the poem. not against the institution, not against jesus being pure in those ways, it was just, again, with a different. >> do you think -- do you think it's going to change, though? it seems in many ways religion is more and more important to people in our society. even as there's growing cultural divides. do you change that conversation then to make it a more pure experience? >> what do you mean? >> the conversation about religion and what you do with church and what you do with sunday versus the other sie oths of the week. >> we've been inoculated with the hypocrisy. that's the good and the promising future is my generation wants authenticity. we want to know what they say they believe. i think there will be a resurgence of grace following jesus loving, bible believing people who will transform and change this country for the good because we believe and we have that power and that grace with us.

>> you've got people talking. >> certainly do. >> thank you. >> father beck, thank you very much. >> that does it for all of us

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