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against us, and lead us not into temptation as we. romney and given grilled cheese go headto head during a no holds barred florida debate. the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994 and at the end he had to resign in disgrace tonight terror, two deadly twisters ripped through alabama. and finishing the job, congresswoman gabrielle gifford more than a year ago that turned into a deadly shooting spree. captioning funded by cbs good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen.
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the battle for presidential nomination has changed now just one week before the florida primary, a new mitt romney has emerged, ready to attack the surging newt gingrich in heated and personal terms. that was made clear last night. but today romney's tax returns are likely to take center stage. susan mcginnis is in washington with that. good morning, susan. >> good morning. there were very heated moments in the debate. romney, more aggressive than you have ever seen him before. you could really feel the stakes are getting higher. after the debate romney releases some about his income and taxes. >> he made more than $40 million in the past two years. in 2010, 40% went to pay taxes. a rate lower than what most pay because o most of his money comes from investments. he gave $3 million to charity include 1g$.5 million to the
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mormon church. romney decided to release his fire from his republican rivals but he tried to make last night's debate more about the money of his opponent. >> freddie mac was paying gingrich $1.6 million at the same time freddie mac was costing the people of florida millions and millions of dollars. >> he accused him of peddling influence. >> it's not correct, mitt. you've been walking around the state saying things that are untrue. >> the florida primary is days away. rick santorum is trying to paint himself as the true conservative in this race. >> my question to governor romney and to speaker gingrich, if you believe in capitalism that much rngs then why did you support the bailout of wall street. >> ron paul brushed off accusations that he's not
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electable. >> what about if you compare my name to obama? >> i do quite well if not better than the rest. >> the four candidates meet again for another debate on thursday night. and romney will reveal more of his tax information today, and all of this ahead of the president's state of the union address tonight. this speech can get 40 to 50 million viewers, far more than any of these debates. >> thank you, susan. >> thanks. well, no matter who the republicans nominate, the key issue of the campaign will be the economy, and that's the heart of president obama's state of the union address tonight. the president outlined his themes during a speech in kansas last month. >> the president will build off the themes of that kansas speech in the state of the union by laying out a blueprint for an america built to last. the blueprint will be supported by four pillars, american manufacturing, manufacture
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energy, skills for american workers and american values. >> he went on to call it, quote, pathetic. cbs news will bring you live coverage of the president's address and the republican response. that happens tonight, 9:00 eastern. a former cia officer has been arrested on charges that he leaked classified information, including name of an undercover operative. he was released on $250,000 bail yesterday. his lawyer says he'll plead not guilty. prosecutors say he told three journalists the role of a cia officer in the capture of a top akai da leader. he also allegedly revealed the name of a covert operative. paterno will be buried tomorrow. he died sunday from complications of lung cancer. >> like everybody's been saying, he was so much more than just a coach.
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he was a good guy, and i think, you know, he tried to get that goodness to rub off on all of his players. >> paterno was the head coach at penn state for 46 years. he was fired in november amid a child sex abuse scandal. public viewings are scheduled for today and tomorrow. a memorial service on campus is planned for thursday. on the "cbs moneywatch," mortgage lenders agree to one of the biggest settlements in history and economic leaders will get the cold shoulder from protesters in davos. ashley morrison is here with that and so much more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you. in overseas trading another flat day in asia. it rose to a quarter percent while hong kong's hang seng remains closed for the lunar new year. on wall street investors find out apple's first quarter earnings today. on monday the dow's four-day winning streak came to an end. it lost 11 points while the
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nasdaq lost just two points. iran is once again threatening to shut down the strait of hormuz, a move that is sending oil prices higher. iran renewed its vow to block the shipment after the eu renewed a new round of sanctions. it's punished iran for its new nuclear program. it's closing at nearly $100 a barrel. the five larjtest mortgage holders ares are changing. they will agree to pay $25 billion. that money would be used to lower the principle for about a million troubled homeowners. the banks agreed to the deal after many employees admitted to signing foreclosure documents without reading them. this week some of the world's most inflew encham financial leaders will meet at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, but this year the occupy movement will try to have its voice heard at the exclusive summit.
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they have set up an igloo carp. it begins with a keynote address by germany's angela merkel. the country music star claims the hospital agreed to name a cancer center after his mother in exchange for a $500,000 donation. brooks donated the money but the center was never built. the hospital claims he never specified what he wanted in exchange for the money. and starbucks will begin selling beer and wine at more of its locations. they plan to add alcohol sales to as many as 25 select shops by the end of the year. now you can get it all there, a little coffee, beer, wine. >> do they come in three different sizes like the coffee does? >> you know, it's probably as big a beer as you want, betty. >> i probably doubt it. coming up on the morning news, the largest solar flare in
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years could cause havoc and could happen today. alabama recounts their terrifying night riding on a deadly tornado. first, though, kelly has a preview of tonight's cbs evening nurs. >> as president obama prepares to address the nation, we're finding out how struggling middle class residents of one small american town see the real state of the union. that's tonight on the cbs evening news. see it through. e determined to here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. you can always do something better for yourself. and better is so easy with benefiber.
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radiation. there's been a new round of apparent sectarian violence in iraq this morning. the wave of attacks has left at least 14 dead and more than 70 wounded. the first attack targeted a group of day labors in baghdad and minutes later a car bomb exploded nearby. some 170 people have been killed since the beginning of the year, and escalating violence since u.s. troops left the country on december 18th. a stunning end to the trial of the marine who took his men on a shooting rampage in hadithah, iraq, in 2005, killing more than five people. he will be sentenced today. he cut a deal yesterday that could 1e7b8d him to jail for three months. the government had charged him and seven other marines for manslaughter but failed to get one conviction. two more bodies have been pulled from the grounded cruise ship off italy. so far 15 bodies have been found. 17 are still missing. yesterday the italian coast guard released new video of the
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rock that ripped a hole in the ship's hull. you can see what appears to be a massive piece of scrunched up metal. meanwhile officials can begin pumping fuel from the ship as early as today. an oil slick was spotted by helicopters yesterday. clean-up is under way in parts of the south this morning as well after deadly tornadoes roared through the area killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. at least 200 homes were destroyed. alabama's governor has declared a state f of emergency. cbs's mark strauss has the latest. >> reporter: she was startled awake at 4:00 a.m. by the sound of 150-mile-per-hour winds. >> when you look at your son's room now -- >> i can't believe he was sleeping in thatted by just minutes before this happened. he was in that bed. >> reporter: and this is the bathtub where she and her husband darted for cover with their 2-year-old son mifrple. >> we got in the tub, he got on top of us, and we just prayed
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our way three it. we just prayed our way through it. it's like the only thing in the house still standing is that bathroom. >> what were you doing? >> just praying. we just laid down in the bathtub and started praying. >> the only thing i could think of is i couldn't hold on to them strong enough. my grip wasn't tight up in. i felt like i was losing them. the grip loosened every time i squeezed. >> reporter: the storm went through the subdivision in clay and left a swath of ruin half a mile wide. they call it an ef-3 tornado, a severe storm. >> once we thought it was over, when my husband got up and tried to walk through the house and i heard him yell out, thank you, jesus. i asked him was everything okay. he said, no. he was like, the house is gone, bewe're okay. >> reporter: roy is a birmingham firefighter but his training
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played off. they had no crawl or basement and he knew his family's best chance was in that tub. illinois senator mark kirk is still in intensive care after suffering a stroke this weekend. doctors say they removed a big piece of his skull to relieve the swelling on his brain. the 52-year-old republican could lose use of his left arm and have facial paralysis, but eventually he will return to work. in 2010 kirk won the seat that was once held by barack obama. straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, a big celebration and the big snub as the boston and in sports, a big celebration and the big snub as the boston bruins visit the white house. and in sports, a big celebration and the big snub as the boston bruins visit the white house. it looks like he wants some gas. how's it going, gentlemen? what's up, man? m,
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new york is going to be breezy, 52. miami, sunny, 80 degrees. chicago, rainy, 32. dallas, rainy, 62. l.a. is going do be sunny but 70 degrees. time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows a thick band of clouds stretching. another system runs the length of the country from the southwest to canada. storms are lurking off the coast of the pacific northwest and it's clear over the nation's heartland. in sports a big day for hockey. the boston bruins went to the white house but their mvp goalie did not show up. president obama honored the team yesterday for winning their first stanley cup in 39 years
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last year but tim thomas who was named the league's best goalie protested the visit. he said on his facebook page voed, today i exercised my right as a free citizen and did not visit the white house. it's not about politics or a party because in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. this is about a choice i had to make as an individual. a look at massachusetts senator john kerry right now. look at that. he was at the white house support thing the brawn bruins. his eyes are black and blue, his nose is broken. one of the aides said he got injured playing hockey. well, in basketball a dramatic finish in new orleans. with less than two second ossen the clock tim duncan hits the pressure shot to put them over two by the hornets. he finished with a season-high 289 points. carl landry has a chance to win it at the buzz ir, but he tosses up an air bachlt 104-102.
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in college hoops the aggies tried to griebld it out against kansas. they had the lead but not for long. the jayhawks used a big surge to pull ahead in the second half. they take down a&m to take them down. in tennis, a big upset at the australian open, top ranked caroline wozniak lost to kim clijsters. she loses her number one raefrpging. >> when we return, a senator has a run-in with tsa screeners. and an lken man lives to tell us about his free throwening attack by a moose gone wild.
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detroit, partly cloudy, 34, denver, cloudy, 35, and seattle, rainy, 43. a campaign for a congressional seat in arkansas has gotten ugly. a warning now. the image that you are about to see is very graphic. someone apparently killed this cat and scrawled the word liberal on its side. the animal belongs to jacob burris who is the campaign manger for ken aden. he's the only one running for arkansas's third district. senator rand paul sparked a tsa controversy. he went off through the airport and set off an alarm. he refused to be scanned down and asked to be rescanned. he was detained in a small cubicle but allowed to board a later flight. paul said he's not looking for any special treatment. >> if you go through or your 10-year-old daughter goes through and the light goes off
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and you thinking it's an error and you don't want your 10-year-old daughter to be patted down, i think she ought to be able to walk back through there. >> the tsa defends their actions by saying, quote, passengers who refuse the complete the screening process cannot be granted access to the see skier area in order to assure the safety of others traveling. lastly, an alaskan man was attacked by a moose. they were walking their doggings friday and a moose charged and began stomping on him. his wife was able to fight off the moose with a shovel. >> the moose kept -- he trampled on me with his front hooves. then he'd back off, and i was hoping, you know, it would leave. >> slowly he turned and when it turned and i really hit him with everything i had, and the dog then just practically climbing
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especially knot of interstate 70 and around quantico. the rest of us, it is coming better. i know yesterday evening was hanging on but this morning, it is starting to lift north. a pretty good-looking tuesday out there. look at the day planner. we start with temperatures in town in the 30s, 40 north. by noon, we'll be around 50. this afternoon going into the middle 50s. the 5:00 p.m. temperature, still above 51 degrees. a pretty decent day for january. we do have some fog still though as andrea was alluding to. that's up north where dense fog advisory in place until 8:00. places like carroll county, westminster. frederick proper itself is not so bad. you get north of town, we're running into issues to hagerstown and the visibilities are still way down. zero in westminster. quarter mile hagerstown. there's that 16th still being reported at quantico. 3/4 in cumberland.
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we're at 43. tappahannock is 52. it is 51 at the pax river naval air station. the warm air will be moving in. we're look at temps in the 50s. clouds and fog we had earlier, that's pulling away. seeing breaks out to the west. expect a good deal of sunshine to be moving in. 4:27, let's go to monika with timesaver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. as howard said, you've got some fog in parts of the area. be aware of it, especially north of frederick. we're going to zoom in to that area. no big incidents to report. the fog may be a factor for your early morning commute. little further south, much better than yesterday. look at the difference. shady grove road down to the point where the lanes divide. volumes are light early this morning. back over to the maps, this time head to the west side of town. if you're planning to head on to 66, there were two spot of construction at route 123 and
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nutley street on the exit ramp. that should be cleared up shortly. we'll take a look on the south side of town on the beltway near route 4, pennsylvania avenue. everything is fine near andrews air force base. down in accokeek, accokeek road at bell hill road, a tractor trailer hit the pole. verizon is on the scene. there is no time set yet as to when they can reopen it. take barry road to route 210. more on that and other area roadways. president obama gives the state of the union address tonight. he's expected to call for higher taxes on the wealthy and offer his plans for the housing crisis and unemployment. ahead of tonight's speech, gary nurenberg takes a look at the state of the union and whether or not things are better off. >> reporter: because some things are different now than they were then. january 20th, 2009, gas costs $1.84. now it is $3.38. the national debt was $10.6 trillion but it is $50.2
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trillion. the republican take -- >> three years later, what we have are 13 million people still without jobs. 49 people in poverty. over the last three years, there have been a lot of promises that have gone unanswered. we've seen a lot of rhetoric. we haven't seen a lot of results. >> january 2009, the dow closed at 7,949. growth in the gross domestic product was minus 6.2% then now it is plus 1.8%. >> 3.2 million private sector jobs created over 22 months. steady economic growth. the salvation of an iconic american industry, the automobile industry. >> the inflation rate then, 3.8%, now 3.2%. what cost $1 in 1984 costs $2.10 cost $2.26
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