demand for justice. hundreds marched in new york city calling for the arrest of the man who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. mitt romney campaign is all shook up as the candidate is a sketchy comment made by a staffer. >> the issues i'm running on will be exactly the same. and feeling the pain. the nfl with bounty hunting with a big hit on the new orleans saints. >> we have a serious violation threatened the health and welfare of our players.

good morning. betty nguyen. we begin with the outcry over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in florida. the neighborhood watch man who shot the teen has not been arrested for last month's shooting. here in new york a demonstration was held in memory of trayvon martin. >> reporter: a crowd of supporters surrounded the parents of 17-year-old trayvon martin as they left a rally in manhattan's union square. it was hectic but peaceful. supporters are calling for justice for the teen who was shot dead by a man in his florida gated community. >> it was a travesty what happened to this young man. i want to show solidarity for the family. >> incredible this young man was

murdered, practically a month ago and his killer is still walking out free. >> reporter: the 17-year-old was killed last month while walking in sanford, florida, near orlando. he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying kaepd. neighborhood watch man george zimmerman saw him and called police. zimmerman has a license to carry a gun and says he fired in self-defense. he has not been charged. many in the crowd of demonstrators were wearing hooded sweatshirts to show their solidarity with the teenager. the teen's father says he was killed because he was black. >> my son was praying for his life. in anything, trayvon was acting in self-defense. >> reporter: the protesters want zimmerman arrested. they also want changes to florida's stand your ground law which allows people to defend themselves with deadly force if they feel threatened. overseas the french interior minister says the suspect in a deadly shooting wants to die with weapons in his hand.

the suspect, 24-year-old mohammad merah, is holed up in an apartment in toulouse for a second day. he bragged about shooting three children and rabbi and three french paratroopers but police have not heard from him since wednesday night. he says he's a member of al qaeda and had more attacks planned because he wanted to bring france to its knees. after winning the illinois primary and getting key endorsements, mitt romney campaign should be on a roll. instead it's all shook up. susan mcginnis is in washington. this is a little sketchy. >> reporter: definitely. good morning. mitt romney long battled the reputation of being a flip-flopper and now a comment from one of his own advisers is churning up those concerns and it all centers around an etch-a-sketch.

just as they begin to coalesce around front-runner mitt romney he's forced to defend himself after a campaign stop in maryland. >> it's an hor -- >> reporter: one of his advisers talking about the general election compared the fall campaign to an etch-a-sketch saying you can shake it up and start all over again. romney says his positions won't change. >> i'm running as a conservative republican. i was a conservative republican govern governor. the policies and positions are the same. >> reporter: at campaign stops throughout louisiana, rick santorum pounced on the gaffe. >> that should be comforting to all of you who are voting in this primary. that whoever you're going to vote for will be a completely new candidate. >> reporter: the comment comes as romney gains more support. jeb bush endorsed him and said it's time for the gop to unite. president obama is focusing more on free election and defending his energy policy in three

battleground states. while campaigning in louisiana, newt gingrich said the president is depending too much on foreign countries to lower gas prices. >> if you want increased oil production, wouldn't tb a lot better to have it in louisiana where it creates louisiana jobs? >> reporter: president obama is in oklahoma today and is expected to announce plans to accelerate work on the controversial keystone oil pipeline to increase production. now, as for the etch-a-sketch comment, newt gingrich said f we're dumb enough to nominate romney, we know he'll make a move to the left. they say this was just about a change of focus from primaries to general election. >> getting interesting. susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. as gas prices soar, the pipeline and president's energy policies are a key issue in this election year. this morning mr. obama begins a

four-state energy tour. yesterday in new mexico the president says he's opened up millions of acres in this country for oil and gas exploration. >> we're grdrilling all over th place. that's one of the reasons we've been able to reduce our dependence on foreign oil every year since i took office. >> the president argued drilling for new oil alone will not solve the nation's energy problems or reduce the price of gasoline. now to the republican plan to reform health care. in the proposed budget, house republicans want to put future retirees into a medicare plan that has them shop for the best health care policy. the plan would affect people 54 years old and younger. an investment of a few thousand dollars may end up costing the new orleans saints a shot at winning next year's super bowl, which will be played on their home field. on wednesday nfl commissioner roger goodell hit the saints

with an unprecedented punishment for running a program that rewarded players for injuring members of another team. sean payton will be suspended for the entire 2012 season. it's the first time the nfl has suspended a coach for any reason. it will cost payton his $7 million salary. they he knew about the so-called program. >> we were misled. there were denials. meanwhile, there are risks to our players and integrity of our game. >> quarterback drew brees reacted on twitter, writing, i'm speechless. sean payton is a great man, coach and mentor. gregg williams in charge of the bounltys has been suspended indefinitely. his new boss says the suspension is warranted.

>> had you known about it, would you have hired him? >> williams agreed to his punishment. it was a terrible mistake. instead of getting caught up in, it i should have stopped it. the suspensionings come after a two-year investigation by the nfl who found as many as 27 saints targeted poenopponents f injury. they say defensive players were paid between $1,000 to $1500 to knock opposing players out of the game. saints linebacker jonathan vilma is accusing of offering $10,000 who knocked then-viking quarterback brett favre out of the championship game. commissioner goodell says sanctions against players will come at a later date. the league also suspended saints general manager for eight games and assistant coach for six games. the team is fined $500,000. coming up on the "morning news" the ohio family who

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of shrinking for housing market. ashley morrison here. >> up day for asian markets. trading on wall street was quiet wednesday. the dow was down 45 points. the nasdaq gained a little more than one point. the u.s. housing market got another positive sign on wednesday. the national association of realtors says home sales dipped slightly in february but the past three months have been the best winter for sales in five years. . economists say the improving job market has fueled demand for housing. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke assured members much congress that u.s. banks are strong enough to weather a european financial crisis. bernanke says a meltdown in europe would be costly to american banks but they're better to withstand a cries.

australian government says it will offer general motors $250 million to continue making cars in australia. pretty big moves going on down under. >> ashley morrison here in new york. straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. in sports, the deal looks shaky for a while but this morning tim tebow is a jet all the way. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we were determined to see it through.

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here's a look at today's forecasts in some cities around the country. new york, mostly sunny, 80. miami, 83. chicago, afternoon showers, 74. dallas, partly cloudy, 69. l.a., partly sunny, 68. now for a check of the national forecast. rain and thunderstorms will stream north from the lower mississippi valley. severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes are likely along the gulf coast from louisiana to the florida panhandle. rain and showers will fall in the northern plains. more rain and snow will fall in the northwest and northern rockies. and record warmth continues in the northeast. in sports, the new york jets nailed down their trade for quarterback tim tebow last night eight hours after prematurely announcing the deal was complete. last season's most talked about player goes to new york from denver for two future draft picks. tebow will be the backup to mark

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., mostly sunny,

79 degrees there. mostly cloudy in atlanta. afternoon thunderstorms, 80. st. louis, 67. denver, 63. seattle, 47. now a follow-up to a story we reported yesterday. how did a fake version of the cancer-fighting drug avastin end up in the united states? armen keteyian spoke to the man who shipped them to the u.s. >> reporter: we traveled to the caribbean nation barbados to sit down with the man responsible for bringing counterfeit avastin into the united states, tom haught haughton. tom, armen. a source close to a federal criminal investigation told cbs news houghton's role importing avastin into the u.s. is a key part of the probe. haughton told us he broke no law. >> i have nothing to hide. the businesses i have are ethical, safe and legal. >> reporter: you talk about safety but the fact is,

according to you, 36 packets of the fake avastin got into the hands of doctors and into the hands of potential patients. so, how can it be so safe? >> because we followed protocol. we as a licensed registered uk wholesaler brought the product through the trusted and controlled supply chain. >> reporter: do you know what was in the fake avastin? there was salt and there was starch, but there was nothing in there to fight cancer. >> well, for me, that is shocking. and it's so disappointing. rt. >> reporter: according to the food and drug administration, the only avastin approved for u.s. in the u.s. is made in the u.s. by genentech. haughton repeatedly blamed his european supplier and regulators for failing to discover the counterfeit drug. >> we are legally entitled to sell any product with our

license. to any registered licensed doctor, wholesaler. >> reporter: not according to the fda you're not. >> then you need to go to the clinic. >> reporter: now it's the clinic's fault, it's not your fault for bringing in through your company into the united states avastin that turned out to be fake? >> these clinics, they purchased this product. and we're not in the u.s., so i'm not sure what the u.s. laws are. they would have to -- they would have to make sure what they're doing. >> reporter: you're not sure of what the u.s. laws are regarding the use of avastin, a cancer-fighting drug, a life-saving drug in the united states? >> i'm telling you that we, my wholesaler in the united kingdom -- >> reporter: but it's your company. >> yeah, i know. i know what the laws are in the uk, but you'd have to ask the clinic. >> reporter: so you don't know, though, really whether that product, which turned out to be fake, was made in someone's bathtub in egypt or turkey?

>> i'm not going to speculate. but i know for a fact that my business followed protocol. they purchased this avastin through a licensed, registered wholesaler. we bought it through the regulated supply chain. >> reporter: it's situations like this why u.s. fda prohibit importation of drugs through sources not approved by the fda. once you step outside the regulated and approved route for drugs, as one person told us, you might as well be playing russian roulette. armen keteyian, cbs news, new york. shifting gears. a small town in wisconsin is booming, but no one is happy about it. since monday night there are been mysterious booming nows in clintonville, wisconsin. they say is sounds like distant thunder or someone slamming a heavy door. city officials can't figure it out. geologists say it might be shifting granite beneath the city. coming up on "cbs this

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mike hydeck. one more day. monika santami is helping you get into work easily this morning we hope. and howard bernstein has the forecast. fog once again. dense fog advisories already been posted for the area until 10:00 a.m. i know we didn't see much fog here but the fog south and east really dense. monika has a shot from annapolis in a moment. we'll be dealing with this fog this morning. can't rule out just a stray shower is possible. by noon should start to see some sun break out. 80 south and west of town toward culpeper and those areas to our south and west. you could shoot toward 80. most areas in yellow fence gog advisory -- dense fog advisory. we have a quarter mile in

stafford, half mile culpeper, warrenton. manassas. andrews a quarter mile. zero if annapolis. this is headed into central prince george's county. bowie just got a report not so bad yet but in prince frederick we're a quarter of a mile. pax river, you get the idea. it's bad down to the south right now with the fog. had the showers down there yesterday. midday in the afternoon. tonight doesn't appear to be that much going on. we have partly cloudy skies upstairs but the low clouds downstairs. our temperatures still very, very mild. some of the lows we've been having have been setting records for low temperatures. this morning here in the low 60s to 61 here in d.c. south and east of town those corridors that you want to be most careful driving in this morning. the north side of town you're okay from college park to bethesda. let's take a look at the camera

we promised to show you. this is coming in from annapolis annapolis. here's what it looks like if you're planning to come in from the west side. no problems on 66. a bit of construction between nutley street and the beltway and the beltway through annandale. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of 95 coming from quantico toward springfield and here at duke street seems to be doing okay to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you, monika. d.c. police are investigating a triple stabbing in northeast. it all began around 9:00 last night after a fight at a mcdonald's involving eight to ten people. >> three female victims, two adults and one juvenile were stabbed in the 400 block of rhode island avenue. at least two of the victims made their way to the 100 block of franklin street where they

flagged down an officer. the injured child was taken to children's hospital. one of the adults is said to be in serious condition. the other is listed in stable condition. police say they are searching for a black man dressed all in black with a gun and a black woman wearing blue with a knife. the city council of stanford, florida has passed a no confidence vote in their police chief following that controversial shooting of a 17- year-old teen. >> the tragedy comes as national outrage over the teen's killing exacerbates racial tensions as well as the debate over firearms. >> reporter: the rally for trayvon martin took center stage in union square in new york, although far away from where the teen was killed. >> i just want new york to know we're not going to stop till we get justice for trayvon. >> reporter: