hundreds of flights have been cancelled and correspondent bill whitaker is in snow-bound denver this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. this massive winter storm is tapering off here finally, moving east, losing strength as it passes over kansas and nebraska. but not before dumping a near record amount of snow and misery here in colorado. for the second night in a row, snow fell continuously, getting deeper and deeper, meaning more and more work for sam. he owns a snow removal company with a contract to keep denver's streets clear. >> it seems like you plow it once, it keeps snowing and you have to do it again. >> we go through and plow. covered and drifted again. >> reporter: this was the biggest storm to hit the region since 2007, one of the top ten storms on record. as it approached, people swarmed stores, stocking up and staying in. when it hit, it was with a vengeance, stranding thousands

as china's next president visits the u.s., bill whitaker investigates whether china is undermining our industry. and his supreme court appeal cannot be denied, but jim axelrod will talk to the coaches who passed on jeremy lin. captioning sponsored by cbs s this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. much of the world is lined up leainst iran's nuclear program, israel is threatening to go to war over it, and the u.s. is pushing for extreme new sanctions. so you might not expect the manians to go on tv to brag about their nuclear achievements, but today the iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, claimed that his anntry has made an important advance in the process of enriching uranium, which is necessary to make the fuel for a bomb. we asked david martin to find avidwhat the iranian development means. >> reporter: iran's president hay have impressed his own people by showcasing his country's latest advances in nuclear technology, but experts like david albright found no new fidence iran is dramatically omoser to building a bomb. >> the announcement today ce

bill whitaker sits down with a survivor of the deadly avalanche in washington state. >> i definitely have the fear that this could be the way i ended. >> reporter: and john glenn tells bill plante about the moment america held its breath. >> looks like a good flight... oh, golden! >> pelley: 50 years ago today. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. on a day america honors our first president, we begin with the men battling for the chance to become the 45th. the republican candidates for g.o.p. nomination. mitt romney is in a bit of trouble, trailing rick santorum in national polls and in polls in his home state of michigan. but don't count him out just yet. one reason, in a word, money. new figures just out from the federal election commission showed that a superpac supporting romney is raising and spending millions. we asked wyatt andrews to tell us how all that money is changing the race. >> florida, you're the best! >> reporter: superpacss and the candidates' campaigns are not supposed to coordinate, but last month, t

bill whitaker shows us why it's take, such a beating from chinese competition. >> reporter: business is heating up for randy bishop, owner of verreningo solar plus, one of the top residential solar panel installers in california. >> we've added 400 jobs. we expect to add 400 this year as well pep these are great jobs that are going to stay here in the u.s. >> reporter: fueling the growth-- these inexpensive solar panels from china, significantly cheaper than ones made in the u.s.a. >> fair house like this it would probably be on the order of $3,000 to $5,000 more expensive. >> reporter: to go with u.s. panels. >> to go with u.s. panels. >> reporter: how do most of your customers decide. >> customers probably more than nine times out of 10 vote with their wallet. >> reporter: while installers might welcome chinese imports, american panel makers claim the chinese are unfairly dumping panels on the u.s., killing good american man american manufacturing jobs. last year, the biggest u.s. panel maker closed this plant near l.a. 100 jobs were lost. a dozen american manufacturers have gone b

the journey was by train. >> bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> he was a pioneer. on "cbs this morning," more on soul train founder don cornelius. we'll speak with his son tony who worked alongside his father for more than 15 years. >>> plus, what happened to winter? a look at the mild weather around the country. >>> a rare in-depth chat with bill belichick who shares insight on this sunday's super bowl. i'll be watching. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thank you for watching. i'm betty nguyen. thank you for watching. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

bill whitaker spoke with her about those terrifying moments. >> reporter: elise saugstad was enjoyed a day of skiing in pristine backcountry with eight friends, all expert skiers, when suddenly the snow started to shift beneath her. >> you didn't really hear anything, and my partner to the right of me started screaming, elise, avalanche, elise, avalanche. at that time i was the one being swept in. >> reporter: are you tumbling? are you being thrown about by the power of the snow? >> yes, you are. most definitely. it feels like you're being tossed in washing machine. it's all light. you're not sure what's up and down. >> reporter: it through her2,000 feet in 30 seconds. did you feel at any time you were not going to make it out of this? >> yes, i definitely had the fear that this could be the way i ended. >> reporter: so you are truly convictioned that that saved your life? >> yes. i fully believe that my backpack saved my life. >> reporter: this is video of the airbags being deployed by a snowboarder during an avalanche in colorado earlier this month. saugstad deployed hers as soon a

bill whitaker has that story. >> business is heating up for randy bishop, owner of a solar company.installers in california. fueling the growth, these inexpensive panels from china, significantly cheaper than ones made in the usa. >> for a house like this, it would probably be on the order of $3,000 to $5,000 more expensive to. >> go with u.s. panels? >> to go with u.s. panels. >> while installers welcome them, american panel makers say the chinese are unfairly dumping panels on the u.s. killing good american manufacturing jobs. the biggest u.s. panel maker closed this plant near l.a., 100 jobs were lost. last year. a dozen american manufacturers have gone bankrupt, cled down or downsized. >> just a few years ago, chinese products were less than the 10%. of the u.s. market. today they average about half of the u.s. market. >> this attorney represents seven american manufacturers suing to have the u.s. commerce department slap import tax on chinese panels. they say the solar industry in china propped up by huge government subsidies, a violation of international trade rules. >> the en

bill whitaker tells us cornelius was a t.v.vision and a one of a kind voice. >> as always in parting we wish you love, peace, and soul! ♪ what they do... >> reporter: call it soul, it are. and blues or urban, don cornelius was the man who exposed black music, fashion, and dance not only to an african american audience but to all of america's teenagers on t.v. >> soul train! >> reporter: even before mtv, don cornelius provided a televised stage for performers to reach a wider audience. ♪ baby that's no lie... >> i'm happy, i don't have to introduce these fellas. anybody know their names? ♪ when i had you to myself... >> reporter: the jackson 5, james brown, gladys knight and the pips, aretha franklin and smokey robinson. what did he mean to pop culture? >> he integrated the culture and gave people of all races to see a positive black image. >> reporter: bourne in chicago in 1936, don cornelius started working as an insurance salesman before enrolling in broadcasting school in the 1960s. after a brief stint as a raid quo journali

bill whitaker, cbs news, san diego. >> pelley: the chairman of the house financial services committeean ethics investigation over his stock trading. "60 minutes" reported republican spencer bacchus and other members of congress has made trades using nonpublic inside information. the house and senate have since voted to ban insider trading by members. it has more than 100 year's experience. now an american company may take on the toughest salvage job yet. that's next. for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increase as the dose increases. patients may experience loss of appetite or weight. patients who weigh less than 110 pounds may experience more side effects. people at risk for stomach ulcers who take certain o

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again, bill whitaker in los angeles will have the latest on houston's passing coming up in just a fewr bill flannagan will be along with a remembrance of her music. saturday was a good day for republican presidential hopeful mitt romney. he was declared winner of the maine caucuses and romney came out on top in a straw poll at the conservative political action committee conference in washington. president obama sends his 2013 budget to congress tomorrow. he's expected to call for investments in the nation's infrastructure and tax increases on the wealthy and on corporations to pay for them. the plan has not been well received by republicans. government troops pushed into rebel-held neighborhoods in syria's central city of hoems yesterday. the death toll from violence across the country was at least 17 and the capital city of damascus gunmen assassinated an army general. there's been no claim of responsibility for that. iran yesterday marked the anniversary of its islamic revolution. speaking at a rally, president ahmadinejad promised that his nation will soon reveal some, in his words

from denver tonight, here's bill whitaker. >> that's how we measure our snow.tty accurate. >> reporter: all this snow fell on tyler weldon's backyard picnic table in littleton, colorado, southeast of denver in 16 hours. that's 16 inches. >> yeah. i think it's nuts and i heard we're supposed to get a don tonmore snow. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: it's the biggest storm to hit region since 2007. it forced the cancellation of 600 flights at denver's airport, triggered traffic accidents, closed schools and closed i-70 almost all the way to kansas. did it live up to expectations? >> i think so, for the month of february, it's the storm of epic proportions, by all means. >> reporter: snow removal contractor sam grandados plows streets for the city of denver. he has 400 trucks, 2,000 workers out battling this storm, dropping two inches an hour in some places. >> we plowed but it covers it right up. >> reporter: so you have to come back and do it gene. >> come back and do it again. >> reporter: brothers daniel and elijah harrison charge $20 to clear a sidewalk and dri

we asked bill whitaker what that could do to the economy. >> reporter: with 700 trucks, dependable highway express is one of l.a.'s busiest trucking firms. c.e.o. ron massman now spends $13 million a year on fuel. he fears sharply rising prices will drag down a fragile econo economy. >> virtually everything that we touch and see is handled by a truck, from appliances to clothing and to food items. as fuel prices go up, so will the cost of transporting those goods. >> reporter: to cut costs, he's installed solar panels, bought fuel-efficient trucks, offered bonuses to drivers who use less fuel. is it going to be enough to make up for the increase in fuel if it gets up to $4 a gallon? >> no. the only way that we can recover that cost is to pass it along to our customers. >> reporter: two factors are behind the spike in gasoline prices: four u.s. refineries are down for maintenance, cutting supply. and investors now see profit in gasoline. they've bought up more than $4 billion gallons, pushing up prices at the pump. >> we couldn't do anything without the gas except maybe rake up leaves. >> r

when something like this happens within our office, it's incomprehensible. >> that was bill whitaker reporting from long beach. in the presidential campaign, republican rick santorum is on o the attack. polls show him surging ahead of mitt romney in michigan where romney grew up. >> both candidates campaigned there on thursday taking shots at each other. national correspondent chip reid is watching this new battleground in the race for the gop nomination. chip, good morning. >> good morning, erica and charlie. not long ago, the campaign trail was a very lonely place for rick santorum. now his events are packed and he's become the darling of evangelical christians and tea party supporters. his popularity is due in large part to his deeply conservative views on social issues but now he's going straight at mitt romney on the economy. >> governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. >> campaigning in detroit, rick santorum worked to protect his new front-runner status by attacking mitt romney. clearly, feeling the heat, romney hit

that's kind of how i do my job. >> and it feels like home ♪ >> for "cbs this morning," i'm bill whitakerthe whole process. >> this is the thing, everybody thought it was going to be outrageous and what could madonna do? that's what i loved about it, charlie. she knew it was a family audience. she tailored it for that. she's got great dance moves and can do more than she did. that's what i loved about it. it was appropriate. the production. i did not see the m.i.a. giving the finger until they showed it on the news this morning. that was unfortunate. >> my point was it made -- it weighted her down in terms of the -- >> the whole process. >> you can still do that. >> lot going on there. >> did you like or didn't like? >> i like her. >> twoef leave it at that. otherwise we'll get in trouble and the computer cuts us off. >>> 60 years ago, britain's king george the vi died suddenly. a good time for us to go to >>> this morning, britain is celebrating the 60-year reign of queen elizabeth. this is in scotland. morning phillips is there where the queen made an appearance. mark, hello to you. >>

for "cbs this morning," i am bill whitaker in los angeles. >> 48 hours correspondent troy roberts isere with part of that first ever interview with the suspect behind bars. nice to see you in the studio. >> nice to see you too. bruce beresford is an ex-reality show producer. in the mid-of a more dramatic experience than we've seen on survivor. for the first time he's talking publicly about what he says happened as he prepares to go on trial in mexico. >> i'm bruce beresford-redman. i'm currently am in a prison cell in cancun, mexico. >> this morning, bruce beresford-redman. the tv reality producer whose past credits include survivor and the contender, sits in that mexican jail cell accused of murdering his 42-year-old wife monica. >> first time i have speaking. everyone seems to have decided a long time ago that i killed my wife. i didn't kill my wife. i really didn't. >> this interview was shot by a 48 hours producer on a cell phone just days ago. >> i can't imagine how anyone who listened to everything that was said could possibly think i had anything to o do killing my wife. all i

bill whitaker sits down with a survivor of the deadly avalanche in washington state. >> i definitely ve the fear that this could be the way i ended. >> reporter: and john glenn tells bill plante about the moment america held its breath. >> looks like a good flight... oh, golden! >> pelley: 50 years ago today. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. on a day america honors our first president, we begin with the men battling for the chance to become the 45th. th r

. >> bill whitaker is taking a look back at the life of the tv icon and pioneer. ♪ people all over thefore there was mtv there was don cornelius who presented black music, fashion and dance to all american teenagers on tv. always with his deep bier baritone voice -- he provided a weekly televised stage allowing performers to reach a wider audience. the jackson 5 -- stevie wonder, james brown, gladys knight and the pips, aretha franklin and smokekey robinson. >> he was my friend. and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: what does he mean to pop culture? >> he integrated the culture and gave people of all races to see a positive black image. >> reporter: born in chicago in 1936 don cornelius was an insurance salesman before enrolling in school in the 1960s. then he started a little tv show featuring r&b acts. soon teens across the country were tuning in for the latest hit and coolest moves. >> don was and innovative and created something with "soul train" that had never been there. he really created something wonderful. >> reporter: and left us with this wish -- >> i wish you love, peace

as china's next president visits the u.s., bill whitaker investigates whether china is undermining ourtry. and his supreme court appeal cannot be denied. but jim axelrod will talk to the coaches who passed on jeremy lin. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. much of the world is lined up against iran's nuclear program. israel is threatening to go to war over it, and the u.s. is sashing for extreme new

bill whitaker is at the scene this morning. bill, good morning. >> good morning, erica. despite warnings of high avalanche danger, skiers packed the slopes here hoping to take advantage of a long weekend and two feet of fresh powder. now, the skiers who died on this mountain were expert skiers, but they were no match for the extreme conditions. the avalanche tore through pine trees building up speed before burying a dozen skiers all on a back country run. >> those that weren't buried, those that were able to extricate themselves quickly immediately began their rescue mode looking for the other persons in their party. we do have three fatalities. >> cbs news has learned through the friends of the victims that jim jack a former extreme skier who judged free skiing competitions around the world, friends say he was on the mountain making a video with chris rudolph, a marketing director for stevens pass ski area. a third man, john brenan died. and elise was skafd by an avalanche airbag. >> kept her atop of the avalanche and basically saved her life. >> earlier this month, the

bill whitaker is there this morning out there in the snow. bill, good morning. >> good morning. this snow is falling hard-and-fast. by this time tomorrow, two feet are expected to have accumulated. here in this city, which is no stranger to heavy snow, people have been working round the clock to get ready for this. >> let's go back there. >> when the snow started coming down, snow removal contractor, sam granados and his crews starting gearing up. this first snowstorm of the year looking to be. >> monster storm. >> it started falling early in the evening and grew thicker and deeper by the hour. granados has a permanent staff of 35. for this storm. >> we'll have 3500 people hit thing the streets. >>> plows pushed through city streets fighting to stay ahead of the storm. last year necessity got 22 inches. this storm could dump that much by saturday. >> this is unusual for february. in denver, march is one of the snowiest months. >>> it will be a slow mover and produce gusty winds. in fact, along interstate 25 corridor, the winds will top 40, even 50 miles per hour producing blizza

. >> for "cbs this morning," bill whitaker in los angeles. >>> tony cornelius, worked alongside his dady other shows and now is joining us from los angeles this morning. tony, hello and welcome. >> good morning, gayle. >> i want to say first that i'm so sorry that you lost your dad yesterday. i don't even know words to he can press our condolences to you. i know that this is a very painful day. we're so grateful that you're joining us this morning. i know too, it's been widely reported that your dad called you yesterday morning and i want to know what you care to share about that conversation. what he said to you. >> well, first of all, gayle, i want to say that i'm very happy to be here. thank you so much. we've been friends for years. during that call, it was a call of urgency and i came to his home immediately. >> it has been reported that he was depressed and in poor health. is that true? was that true? >> yes, he had been very -- you know, very unhappy about some things that have gone on in his life several years and his health was failing. >> and so many people, we got the news he

get back home sweet little darling do not cry ♪ >> reporter: for cbs this morning saturday, i'm bill whitakers. >> by the way, sir paul has reportedly agreed to do a walk-on on the hit cable tv show "madmen." see the grammys right here on cbs tomorrow night at 8:00, 7:00 central. >>> companies tracking your every click. how to protect yourself from something known as weblining. >> oh, happy day. what the makers of a document found out about all of the happy people they studied. >> shiny, happy people. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> so -- >> so -- >> what have you been up to the last couple of weeks? the reason i pose that question, guess what rebecca has been doing? >> i know. >> off. >> relaxing in the sun. >> getting married. >> changing your whole life. >> changing my whole life, for the better. >> she is now married, if anyone missed it. >> i di

get back home sweet little darling do not cry ♪ >> reporter: for cbs this morning saturday, i'm bill whitakers. >> by the way, sir paul has reportedly agreed to do a walk-on on the hit cable tv show "madmen." see the grammys right here on cbs tomorrow night at 8:00, 7:00 central. >>> companies tracking your every click. how to protect yourself from something known as weblining. >> oh, happy day. what the makers of a document found out about all of the happy people they studied. >> shiny, happy people. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." >> coming up, here is a term you may not have heard. it's weblining and it happens every time you go on the internet. advertisers follow your every click and can use that against you. well, we're going to tell you about how to fight back. >> frightening stuff, right? >>> plus, a new look at a documentary called "happy." what all of those people around the world who are happy have in common. >>> and we celebrate abraham linco lincoln's birthday tomorrow with a trip to springfield, illinois, today and an intimate look at his life and legacy. >>> first, a

get back home sweet little darling do not cry ♪ >> reporter: for cbs this morning saturday i'm bill whitakerby the way, sir paul has reportedly agreed to do a walk-on on the hit cable tv show "madmen." see the grammys right here on cbs tomorrow night at 8:00 7:00 central. >>> companies tracking your every click. how to protect yourself from something known as weblining. >> oh, happy day. what the makers of a document found out about all of the happy people they studied. >> shiny, happy people. i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i was just in a trance watching it. i'm discovering new channels every day. [ male announcer ] and here's a special bonus: sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios internet -- the s