guard crawford's school is trying to help him find a match. lyanne melendez filed this report last week from the school in san mateo. >> four-year-old kyle crawford as aelastic anemia. that means his bone marrow doesn't produce enough blood cells. >> this specific disease, is not producing any blood cells. it's not just anemia. it's white blood cells and platelets, as well. he needs a new immune system. >> he has been in and out of the hospital and he urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. his father is caucasian and his mother is chinese. that makes it a big charge. >> he is mixed race, chinese-caucasian so we'll need a asian caucasian mixed donor. it makes it more difficult for him. >> there will beewould bone marrow drives this month. one will be haight ashbury free clinic. at the times is free and painless. donors must be between 18 and 60 years old. if a match is found, stem cells are collected from the donor's blood. kyle's mother is encouraging people to join the bone marrow registry. >> parents can't imagine what it can be like. >> w

jan crawford is in manchester tonight. jan, good evening. >> well, good evening, jeff t was an incredible two debates over 12 hours all on the weekend before the nation's first primary. now this was supposed to be an all-out war against mitt romney. but in the first debate emerged pretty unscathed. this morning, though, he took some hits. with mitt romney holding i commanding lead, challengers did their best to make him a punching bag. >> can we drop a little bit of the piosbalon, y, the fact is you ran in '94 and lost that you weren't in the senate with rick santorum. >> if his record was so great as governor of massachusetts why didn't you run for re-election. >> reporter: romney tried to block the blows and delivered a jab of his own at santorum and gingrich as career politicians. >> i long for a day when instead of having people who go to washington for 20 and 30 years, who get elected and then when they lose office they stay there and make money as lobbyists or connecting to businesses, i think it stinks. >> reporter:

. >> jan crawford, dickerson and chip reid report from new hampshire, a homeless look to survive the winter and win a legal battle to stay. >> behind the scenes in the obama white house, a new book describes the first lady's frustrations, aaron brown has an early read. >> and tucson remembers on the eve of the anniversary of the shooting, ben tracy has the story of a woman who survived and the little girl who didn't. >> held the hand of a nine-year-old and watched the life go out of her eyes. >> captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening, i am anthony mason, with just three days to go before the first primary of this election year in new hampshire, the republican candidates are gearing up for a 1-2 punch of televised debates. round 1 is tonight in manchester, with all eyes on the front runner and the rivals who hope to block his path. >> jan crawford is in manchester tonight, good eastern, jan. >> tonight and tomorrow we have it all here in new hampshire, a front run whore is looking to cement his status, we have the surging challenger trying to grab the

jan crawford, dean reynolds and bob schieffer are tracking the cab datas. crackdown in oaklands, police arrest more than a hundred members of the occupy movement in a violent clash at city hall. and menu makeover in los angeles schools. bill whitaker tells us why more greens at lunchtime are making students see red. >> the healthier it get, the more disgusting it is. >> this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. we begin tonight with a massive accident on one of the nation's busiest highways. a series of crashes early this morning on interstate 75 in gainseville, florida. wreckage was strewn for nearly a mile in both directions. at least ten people are dead. drivers, it turns out were blinded by folk and smoke from a nearby brushfire. and tonight officials say that fire may have been a case of arson. nearly eight hours after the deadly pileups began, firefighters were still trying to put out the flames. the images from above even more dramatic. a hollowed out tractor-trailer still

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we have reports from jan crawford, john dickerson and dean reynolds. and cynthia bowers has the story of the reverend who has taken his anti-violence sermon to the rooftop. >> this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jeff glor, congresswoman gabrielle giffords says she is doing what is best for arizona. this afternoon in a surprise announcement giffords says she will resign from congress this week. the news coming a little more than a year after she was shot in the head and survived. bill whitaker has more on giffords's statement and her future plans. >> a lot has happened over the past year. we cannot change that. >> reporter: poised, showing remarkably little sign of the violent trauma she endured, representative gabrielle giffords of arizona took to youtube to announce that she will not finish her third term in congress. >> i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. >> reporter: whether she would stay in congress was a question that loomed over the 41-year-old tucson native since

. >> pelley: jan crawford, bill whittaker, dean reynolds are with the candidates. bob schieffer looks at what this means to the republican party. new research shows cancer death rates are down, but not for teens or young adults. dr. john lapook explains. is oil production causing earthquakes in the midwest? michelle miller which is the scientists trying to find out. and the new face of employment in america, there may be jobs, but cynthia bowers reports they aren't what they used to be. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. good evening. it is a new reality for republicans after the closest iowa caucus in history. and who would have guessed. in december, rick santorum was polling at 4%, but last night he virtually tied mitt romney for the win, losing by eight votes. out of more than 122,000 cast. it was a record turnout. michele bachmann who won the iowa straw poll this summer dropped out today after mshing sixth. the ink was barely dry on the ballots when the candidates moved onto new hampshire where the primary is next tues

rachel newhouse and andrea crawford. >> if you were going to do that crime, and you saw somebody youanted to abduct, you know, bear with me here, this is a hypothetical -- that you wanted to abduct, take someplace, how would you do it? >> i haven't even thought about that. thinking like that is dangerous. >> at this point he's evaluating me as much as i'm evaluating him. i'm watching rex's nonverbal behavior. it's very open and outgoing. he's having no problem answering my question. he's very animated with his hands, he's leaning forward on occasion talking. >> hobson realizes it won't be easy to get krebs to confess, but with 28 years of experience, the investigator believes he knows the criminal mind. >> why didn't you be the person that's responsible for rachel and andrea's disappearance? >> why couldn't i be? >> yeah, why wouldn't you abduct them. tell me that. >> because it's not in my makeup. >> hobson appears to take krex at his word, asking the suspect for help understanding the mentality that led to his past crimes. >> you're not a bad-looking guy, well put together. you wer

her mom is supermodel cindy crawford.d daughter is following her mother on to the catwalk. >> boy, that is a minicindy right there. >> i would call her minime. >>> and paula deen is taking some heat. she's had diabetes for three years but is only revealing it now. she's serving doughnut hamburgers there. >>> cold as ice? some of the secrets of the superstars. why so many are going inside this ice chamber. sounds fun, right? >> dry ice, right? >> if by fun, you mean not fun at all. >> a lot of fun. >> you mussed sam dancing off to "ice ice baby." did you see it? did you see it? >> sam, we'll do that in the 8:30 hellos. >>> turns out, mitt romney did not win the iowa caucuses after all, at least according to a new vote tally. rick santorum won by 34 votes. there are so many discrepancies already, we may never have an official winner there. >>> newt gingrich is surging with just two days to go before the south carolina primaries. he's closing the gap, coming within five points in one poll. >>> other news from italy. francesc

back in the '90s, supermodel cindy crawford was everywhere.years old, is picking up where mom left off. >> could this family look anymore perfect? the father is a model, the son is gorgeous. everyone is gorgeous. they're big shoes to fill. cindy crawford has krased more than a thousand magazine covers. while kaia is not there yet, she's got a seven-year jump on her mom. cindy crawford has rocked the runway for decades. now, there's a new kid in town. it happens to be her own. kaia gerber may be 10 years old, but she's the spitting image of her famous mother. >> you have a girl that is really beautiful, genetically, and why not seek that opportunity. >> reporter: with her mom on set, this supermodel in training posed for her first ever modeling job. >> what's fantastic about it and almost jaw-dropping about the ad, she looks almost like cindy. >> reporter: cindy was a muse to gianni versace in the '90s. donatella versace says, like her mother, the camera really, really loves her. >> reporter: kaia's career started before she could walk in this

our chief political correspondent jan crawford is there tonight. jan. >> reporter: well, scott, the cheers had barely subsided after that big win in new hampshire and romney was heading here to south carolina for what will be his biggest test yet. now, he arrives here with a strong organization already on the ground. he's got $19 million of cash on hand to spend here, and he's picked up some key endorsements people like governor nicki haley, speaking right now at this rally on his behalf. he has some challenges ahead. there are roadblocks in his path he has to get around and he knows it. here's what he said on the plane on the way down from new hampshire. >> and with regards to the south carolina, last time i came in fourth. so, you know, our-- our team recognizes this is going to be a challenge. >> reporter: now, of course south carolina is a much more socially conservative state than 93. , and, scott, those voters have not embraced romney. they think he's too much of a moderate, that he's not a true conservative. and then there are his rivals. th

. >> at 4 1/2 years old, kyle crawford is full of energy. but in the last month, he was diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease. >> the condition he has is a plastic anemia. his bone marrow is not working. >> kyle's parents say the past month has been an emotional roller coaster for them. >> oh, well with any parent, it's the worst case scenario. unbelievable, undenial, it was raw and we just, you know, i was careful, devastating. >> craw fords have also learned that their son is half caucasian and half chinese, the pool of donors is limited. >> according to the national registry, the number of multiethnic donors is smaller. it would likely tyke someone of biracial heritage to be a match for kyle. kyle could possibly live for five to ten more years, but a morrow match could help him. >> part of the talent is he is seriously adeemic. >> over the next two starts, two marrow drives in san mateo and san francisco. >> you know, i hope somebody can step out of their comfort zone and be able to be giving. i know it's a lot to ask of somebody. i

with just three days to go, jan crawford is in iowa as voters close in on a republican presidential choice. women and war. a conversation with a passionate advocate who has made it her life's work empowering women in times of war. >> women's voices are crucial in creating lasting peace. >> mitchell: and charlie dag tahas the improbable story of the voices behind britain's top-selling holiday hit. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin in los angeles where for the past two nights a wave of arson has lit up the night sky. so far there have been three dozen separate blazes and now local investigators have called in the federal government to help. national correspondent lee cowan is in los angeles ands what the latest. >> reporter: it's become a terrifying predawn pattern-- for the past two nights, more than 30 vehicles in and around hollywood have been exploding in flames. >> i screamed for everyone to get out of their apartment. >> reporter: all the cars intentionally firebombed, say authorities, for reasons unknown.

our chief political correspondent jan crawford is in coin -- council bluffs, iowa, with the romney campaign. jan? >> good evening, jeff. half of iowa republicans in this poll said they consider mitt romney the most electable, and listen to this, 78% of them say they would be very enthusiastic or okay with it if he were the nominee. >> happy new year to you, too. >> reporter: republican front-runner mitt romney is hoping 2012 brings him a one-two punch in iowa and new hampshire. >> i do not want to radically transform america. i want to restore the principles that made america great, andly do it. how are you? >>. >> reporter: riding atop voter opinion polls in both states, the former massachusetts governor and businessman is staying focused on his message, that he can turn around the american economy and lower the federal debt. >> there are a number of programs that we're going to have to stop doing them, and that will require a sacrifice to say good-bye to some programs we likement we just can't keep -- you think about this. we just can't keep spending massively more than we take in. >> rep

crawford 18 points off the bench. just over minute to go, wizards down two.wall playing great defense here against andre miller, knocks it away. miller gets it back, over to harrington, shot clock running down, knocks it down. harrington, game high 29 points off the bench, wizards lose 108-104, dropping their record to 2-13. >>> unfortunately, it wasn't a pleasant night for capitals, either. hasn't been a great week for the caps on the road against carolina, the capitals get shut-out for the second time in four days. before the week, they had not been shutout this season. like the jerseys, old school. first period, no score, carlson with the puck. staal pokes it to vokoun. a short-handed goal, gift for carolina. canes in front, 1-0. second period, orlov fires on net, rebound hits the post. are you kidding me? take another look here. so close, then perrault, shot is blocked, caps finished with 23 shots on goal. under 30 seconds to go. harrison drives, shoots, deflected and jokinen is rewarded. up next for washington home game against penguins. >>> baseball new

. >> at 4 1/2 years old, kyle crawford is full of energy. but in the last month, he was diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease. >> his bone marrow is not working. >> kyle's parents, david and angie say the past month has been an emotional roller coaster for them. >> oh, with any parent, it's like the worst case scenario. unbelievable, undenial, it was raw and we just, it was devastating. >> they learned that because their son is half caucasian, the pool of marrow donors is limited. >> and one of the challenges of finding a bone marrow of exactly that, he's a mixed race. >> according to the national registry, the number of multiethnic donors is smaller. it would likely take someone of racial to be a match for kyle, with aggressive medical treatment, kyle could possibly live for 5 to 10 more years, but a marrow match could cure him. >> part of the challenge is he is severely anemic. the clock is ticking on us. >> there will be two marrow drives for kyle in both san mateo and san francisco. >> you know, i hope somebody can step out of thei

speaker. >> good morning, charlie. >> you heard jan crawford -- you may have heard jan crawford say you did well in last night's debate. but also time is running out. what has to happen to prevent governor romney from doing so well in south carolina that he wraps it up? >> well, i think two things. i think last night helped with both of them. first, i think i have to prove that i'm a much better debater, much more capable of taking on barack obama and standing toe to toe with the president and getting across conservative values. and second, i have to convince the people who might like to vote for santorum or might like to vote for perry that, in fact, those are the wasted votes, and the only way they can get a conservative nominee is to vote for me on saturday. if we can do those two things, convince wavering voters i can be much better at defeating barack obama because i'm so much more effective in debating conservativism in a debate setting and convince conservative voters who right now might go to perry or santorum that the only way to stop a moderate from winning is to vote for me i

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crawford on the line and look at john wall getting up to throw it down, a team high 25. we're tied at 76, yeah. the wizards hang around. late in the 4th what a night for nick young, a three here, 22 of the 24 in the 2nd half, wizards dealing it up but kevin durant for the tie in overtime off the back of the iron. can you believe it? he has 36, but it's not enough. the wizards shock the thunder 105-102 for victory no. 2. >> we did the little things you need to do when playing basketball. it's something we continue to work on and stress. we get frustrated when they don't do it. the question was asked how does it affect? it affects now when you do those little things and it results in wins. >>> how about college hoops? george mason hosting delaware, 1st half ryan pearson picking off the errant pass and the easy steel and slam, game high 24. mason never headed in this one. later in the half it's the paris bennett to mike morrison connection. mason pounds delaware 89-63. how about gw hosting richmond tonight. point guard tony taylor scored 23, but he can also pass it right he

that even the supermodels from the '70s and '80s, like cindy crawford and christie brinkley might beoo big to succeed in modeling today. here's abc's linsey davis on this dramatic change in american life. >> reporter: the picture is supposed to be shocking. an average-sized woman, entwined with an average-sized model. >> i thought they were really beautiful. i thought they were shocking. i thought they were going to cause some controversy. >> reporter: plus-model magazine says standard fashion models have gotten so tiny, the supermodels of 20 years ago, christie brinkley, cindy crawford beverly johnson, would be plus-sized models today. at the height of your career, what were you wearing? >> i was between a 4 and a 6. >> reporter: would you be surprised to know that today, you would be considered a plus-sized model? >> i would not be surprised at all. >> reporter: even as the average american woman is getting bigger, models continue to shrink. 20 years ago, the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. today, she weighs 23% less. >> this is the real life. i don't

jan crawford and john dickerson are covering. the government launches a new attack on alzehimer's disease. dr. jon lapook has the battle plan. and he risked his life to save his shipmates. john blackstone on why it's taken 66 years to honor his war- time heroism. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. divers pulled five bodies from the partially sunken "costa concordia" today, bringing the dead in the italian ship disaster to at least 11. the captain has been placed under house arrest with dramatic few evidence tonight that he left the ship before his passengers. we now have these remarkable pictures of the friday night evacuation. this is black and white infrared video taken from a helicopter and those dark figures are hundreds of passengers standing on the side of the ship and lowering themselves in a long line down a rope ladder into the sea. 24 are still missing, including jerry and barbara heil of white bear lake, minnesota. the "costa concordia" nearly a thousa

as you know, crawford was not a section 5 case and so we will undoubtedly have the conversation to which you are referring in court and i suspect that you and i may have an honest and respectful but pretty serious difference of opinion. yes, sir. >> since 1952, puerto rico has had two districts. will we be having one member districts or keeping two districts. >> that's a question for you and the governor and i have spent a fair amount of time with the governor on another matter unrelated to voting so i would not feel comfortable opining on what i think will be a decision for the residents of the commonwealth. >> okay. >> were there any locations that you monitored in the 2010 election that were selected by random? >> by random? no. >> secretary mcdonough, do you have a quick question? >> yes, following up on exchanges, i understand the back and forth about the statute that holds the state responsible, have you all or the administration considered changes the statute to hold the responsible election of the response to election authority responsible on the move? >> i think that would be up

reports from jan crawford and dean reynolds. bill plante with the new kennedy tapes. ovembeesident says november 25, 1963 will be a tough day. l was-- for the entire nation. and it looks like "star wars." the sun pelts the earth with a burst of radiation. bill whitaker on what a solar eruption will mean for our planet. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening, in a short while president obama will leave the white house and make his way up pennsylvania avenue to the capitol to deliver his third state of the union address. the nationally televised speech will, in many ways, be the unofficial kickoff for his campaign for reelection, setting the tone and laying out the themes. chief among those themes, what he calls economic fairness. the same rules top to bottom. tonight the president will call for an america with "no bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts." norah o'donnell has seen more of the president's speech. she's at the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: scott, the

. >> pelley: jan crawford, dean reynolds and john dickerson on the fast-changing battle. mark strassmann reports the sfrovplt investigating that deadly disaster on a florida interstate. >> what is going on? >> pelley: with rebels at his doorstep, syria's assad intensifies his crackdown. david martin is following developments. and florida's space jobs vanish into thin air the new manned space program rocket was supposed to be called constellation. >> uh-huh. >> pelley: and now you guys call it... >> cancellation. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the race for the republican presidential nomination has changed course with every caucus and primary. tonight here in florida it appears the winds are shifting again and filling the sails of mitt romney. in a suffolk university poll out today, romney leads newt gingrich by 20 points-- 47% to 27%. a new quinnipiac poll shows a somewhat tighter race with romney 14 points ahead 43% to 29%. it's a long way from just one week ago when both men were essentially tied in

reports tonight from dean reynolds, jan crawford, and bob schieffer. john blackstone at the scene of a fast-moving wildfire near reno. it's already destroyed dozens of homes. alan pizzey reports a new danger in the search for victims of the italian cruise ship disaster. and steve hartman on the road with a refreshing politician, one with absolutely no political aspirations. >> we're here to talk about your political career. >> oh. >> reporter: you don't seem too excited about that. >> no. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we are hours away from the first primary there the south, south carolina, and it's turning out to be a more critical battle for the g.o.p. nomination than anyone might have imagined. have a look at what just happened. in the latest preprimary poll out today, newt gingrich has passed longtime front-runner mitt romney. gingrich now holds a six-point lead, 32% to 26%. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering the south carolina primary. first, dean reynold

jan crawford on how that changes mitt romney's chances. lucy craft is in the radiation zone near japan's crippled nuclear power plant. see how the dangerous cleanup is going. >> reporter: this contains the top inch of soil, it's highly contaminated. >> pelley: and on this martin luther king day, the civil rights history you've never heard. jim axelrod has our story. >> reporter: were you thinking to yourselves "hey, we're going to make history here"? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit and enjoy dessert. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we begin tonight off the coast of italy where crews are searching for survivors from that cruise ship that ran aground and foundered on friday night. 4,000 passengers and crew were on board. italy's coast guard says at least six people are dead and tonight the number of people missing has risen to 29. they include jerry and barbara heil of white bear lake, minnesota. a retired couple who raised four children and dreamed of this e

. >> pelley: jan crawford, bill whitaker and dean reynolds are on the campaign. norah o'donnell on a shakeup in the obama administration. the man who runs the white house is out. dr. jon lapook has details of a drug recall. were powerful painkillers mixed into bottles of over-the-counter drugs? and we'll take you to an american town that's buried in snow-- 18 feet of it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from manchester, new hampshire. >> pelley: good evening from the granite state where mitt romney's lead heading into tomorrow's republican primary is rock-solid. the latest polling shows him 13 points ahead of ron paul. romney at 33%, paul at 20%. and one week after romney's narrow, narrow victory in iowa, a cbs news poll just out tonight finds him the favorite of republicans nationally with 19% followed by newt gingrich at 15% rick santorum at 14% and paul at 10%. it's the first time romney's had the lead to himself since october. well, not entirely to himself. he is tied with someone else. that so fa

jan crawford at the romney victory rally tonight. jon huntsman who spent most of the campaign at the bottom of the polls did a lot of campaigning here in new hampshire. he had a late surge. we sat down with the former governor of utah today and talked about his former status as a single-digit candidate. >> i would call ourselves the margin of error candidate from the very beginning. and i'm the underdog. there's no doubt about that. i'm a scrapper. i'm a fighter. i'm going to get that all the way to the finish line. >> pelley: do you go on to south carolina no matter what happens? >> we've got to move the market here. my expectation is we'll go to south carolina. we have to move the market here. >> pelley: 13 million americans are out of work right now. what can the presi what can the president do on day one to start the process of getting people hired again? >> if you had a president who on day one was to say, "folks, get on the bus, we're moving in a growth direction." call together the c.e.o.s of this company and say "i know you'v

first, jan crawford with the romney campaign. jan? >> reporter: well, good evening, scott. as you said, it was just a week ago that romney was fighting to get back his momentum after that crashing defeat in south carolina. what a difference a week can make. >> with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel we might win tomorrow, what do you think? >> reporter: campaign advisors say for romney south carolina was a gut check. florida would be different. he brought in a new debate coach and schooled gingrich in several exchanges that stuck with voters-- as when gingrich proposed lunar exploration. >> if i had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, i'd say "you're fired." >> reporter: he outspent gingrich by as much as 5-1 on television ads blanketing the airways with relentless attacks on gingrich's record. >> newt attacks because he has more baggage than the airlines. >> reporter: he tapped into his superior campaign organization to identify voters and encourage turnout. and he went after gingri

. >> dan crawford, dean reynolds and john dickerson have the latest from the campaign trail. and workers in silicon valley say they're owed millions because of a secret deal among seven high-tech companies. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening. i'm maurice dorks bois. the u.s. military is raising the ante in its stand-off iran. vital strait of hormuz. the move comes against a backdrop of escalating tensions over iran's nuclear programs. david martin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: in what could well be the beginning of the end game, u.n. inspectors left for iran today, looking for answers to their suspicions about a secret nuclear weapons program. >> we hope iran will engage with us on the-- our concerns regarding the possible military dimensions of iranian's nuclear program. >> reporter: the three-day visit comes as the u.s. is rushing to upgrade this massive 30,000-pound bunker buster which can be carried by a b-2 stealth bomber and would be used to attack iran's underground nuclear facilities if it comes to that. the bomb, sh

bob schieffer and jan crawford are back to talk about that.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

reports from dean reynolds, jan crawford and john dickerson. allen pizzey at the italian cruise ship disaster. new audio tape raise sz more questions about the captain. new guidelines for heart patients, dr. john lapook with everything they need to know about sex but may be afraid to ask. and did the rules of war cost a wounded soldier his life? >> my husband laid there, wondering why nobody is coming to get him. >> pelley: david martin on whether changing those rules could save lives. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. mitt romney has just found out that you can't count on anything in politics, not even the elections you win. today iowa republicans took away his victory in the caucuses, and his lead heading into saturday's primary in south carolina has suddenly disappeared. look at how quickly things have changed. in a poll taken the day after the iowa caucuses, romney was far ahead in south carolina, 31% to newt gingrich's 24. but in that same poll today, gingrich leads by on

his unique ethnic background is proving difficult for doctors to cure it. 4-year-old kyle crawford has aplastic anemia. he could possibly live five to ten more years with aggressive medical treatment. a marrow match, though, a bone marrow match, could cure him. the crawfords have also learned that because their son is half white and half chinese, the pool of potential donors is limited. >> with any parent, it's like the worst-case scenario. just like unbelievable, undeniable. it was just raw and we just -- you know, it was tearful. devastating. >> doctors say kyle's condition is so severe that he is running out of time. the two bone marrow drives will be held in san francisco and san mateo. we have posted more information under the links section of cbssf.com. >>> new this morning, san jose voters are expected to decide whether to keep medical marijuana rules adopted by the city council. those rules would limit the number of pot clubs in san jose and force them to grow all their marijuana on site. petitions have qualified a referendum for the ballot. >>> 4:43. flying while intoxicated j

jan crawford is in myrtle beach tonight, jan? >> reporter: scott, huntsman's campaign never really took off except among newspaper editorial boards. among republican voters he was polling in the bottom, in the single digits. so while his endorsement of mitt romney may not bring along a lot of votes, it does reinforce romney's message that he is the one candidate who can beat barack obama. >> i believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. >> reporter: it was just a week ago jon huntsman was throwing punches at romney. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> reporter: today he urged the other candidates to stop the negative campaigning. >> this race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not worthy of the american people. >> reporter: the race has grown increasingly heated as the contenders try to stop the romney juggernaut. former house speaker newt gingrich-- once a front-runner-- has thrown the sharpest jabs. but th

our campaign 2012 team is in new hampshire tonight, and we'll start with jan crawford on the romney campaign. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney went into conservative iowa and his victory theres with a remarkable turn of events for a candidate who had all but written off that state, just a few months ago. >> my goodness what a squeaker, but it sure is nice to have a win, i'll tell you. >> reporter: romney won iowa a good strategy. >> thank you, iowa. >> reporter: for months he had downplayed expectations, but after seeing competitors like newt gingrich fade and hold, including his own, indicating he could finish strong, last week romney went all in. he toured the state with his wife ann, while he and other candidates and their super pacs blanketed the air waves with tough ads aimed mainly at gingrich. >> newt has a ton of baggage. >> reporter: romney won on the issues voters say they care about most. aemergency those who said beating obama was most important, 48% voted for romney. far above the other candidates. he also won voters who picked the economy as their top concern. he flew to n