but the ali who greeted the crowd, was not the same ali of different. he has trouble walking and has trouble talking. the once nonstop talker ali said virtually nothing the entire two hours he was signing his new biography tonight. but people had plenty to say to him. >> thank you very much for what you have done to us, thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> i had him sign the milwaukee sentinell from 194. >> what does this mean to you? >> a lot. he's my idol. >> reporter: now his doctors say he is really -- >> when i think about muhammad ali i think about his jumping around the rink and you know, the chris -- ka charisma that he had. >> i remember him the way he was. and that's it. he was the better, so i love him. >> reporter: most people bought ali's $25 book but this homeless man with no money just wanted to meet him. the man started walking away, but ali insisted on giving him a book. >> he looked me in the eye and he gave me this. it means a lot to me. >> oh god. oh, thank you so much. >> i'm so excited, oh god. i'm sorry. >> this was an honor b

muhammed ali turns 70 today. he not only fought and some of the most memorable fights in history, he came up with some of the best lines. he never shied from the public gaze and was a great entertainer. it was not just his boxing that won him fans. >> mohammad ali -- fast, brave, and crash. even in the early days, before he was world champion, it was clear he was different. this is ali at 70, back in louisville, kentucky, to celebrate his birthday at the weekend. courage is only part of the legend. his three world titles confirm his place in boxing history but he was also an entertainer. >> who was the champ of the world? [applause] >> i will let any man in the world. -- i will whip any man in the world. >> not everyone saw the funny side. his views on race and religion in the 60's were divisive and controversial. >> he was outspoken and brave. he was a king. >> it is now more than 30 years since muhammed ali retired from the ring, and yet he is still an inspirational figure to anyone in boxing. at 70, he remains

a milestone tonight for muhammad ali and unearth that moment. what did he say after another giant birthday 50 years ago? >>> good evening we begin with the stunning new images coming in from that deadly ship wreck that ran aground with a view from underwater and the terror the passengers faced during those crucial hours. tonight how the disaster unfolded minute by minute as the luxury liner mroued into the rocks off the coast of tuscany. 4,000 passengers and crews putting on life jackets in a race to escape. this evening our team tackles three big question, what really happened from the moment the ship was in trouble, the 65 minutes before that order to abandon ship? why did the crew wait so long to sound the alarm? and just how did so many people manage to survive even without any drills? we turn first to abc's lama hasan on the scene. llama, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, as of tonight the death toll went up. they found two men still wearing their life jackets dead in their cabin, a total of five dead. 15 still unaccounted for still

former heavyweight boxing champion muhammud ali turning 70. despite his ailing health, he remains one of sports' most enduring heroes. fellow boxers and a former u.s. president mark his birthday by paying tribute to his many achievements, as tim franks reports. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> his talent shone at the age of 19, winning gold at the 1960 olympics. difficult to recall now, but for years, ali's quick feet and loose lips made him hated by most of the boxing world. >> i can back up anywhere and i'll whoop any man in the world and i want anybody out there on tv to know it. i am the greatest. >> but just as ali was reaching his peak, he was banned from his sport for 3 1/2 years. >> he maintains that his religion won't allow him to duel people of his own color in vietnam. >> reason, his refusal to be drafted to the war in vietnam. in the early 1970's, he came back to boxing slower, but if anything, braver. there were giants to overcome, men like foreman and frazier. soon after his retirement after decades of pounding, ali was diagnosed wi

muhammad ali from many different lenses. this piece is from the fifth street gym in miami where ali trained early in his career. one of the things that is so important is to realize how much goes behind the scenes in making a museum work. and in this case, because in essence, we had to start from scratch, not only did we have to build a collection, find all of this material, but then build a system to protect it. build the systems to track it. and then build the systems to allow us to exhibit it. so it really is this long complicated process that takes many years to complete. what happens when you try to build a museum is the notion of getting these collections. and so one of the challenges is the variety of ways you do this. early in my career, it was pretty easy that people sort of felt the desire to give to the smithsonian. but then as times changed, these things became a commodity. you have planet hollywood and hard rock cafe. suddenly people began to see these as a way to make money. so what we have is a variety of ways

now, ali is paying it forward and helping others live big. today were checking in with some of your favorites. jorge, leslie, matt and carmen. after meeting ali months ago are they still living big? so how are you doing? plus you'll need a whole new group of people looking to live big this year. people like alexandra. there is not one thing i'm happy with right now. emily mcguiness. it what every fat person goes through. nicole lesargo. i wanted to finally complete a goal. and sharon carmona. when i almost hit 300 that's when my eyes opened. their stories, their successes. their struggles. those are not mine. now on live big with ali vincent. ♪ as the first female to win the biggest loser the world watched as she lost it all, and won big. in that moment i started living the big life. the life i always dreamed of. now ali has a new mission. that will take her across the country. ready or not here we go. and introduce her to people who need her help to live the life they deserve. that's a good start. i want to help you live big. i want to help

i'm ali velshi. the latest cnn opinion research corporation poll shows 57% of americans think that the economy is the most important issue facing this country. i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst david gergen. david, the polls say mitt romney has the best chance to beat president obama in the republican field. do conservatives still reluctant to get behind romney feel he lacks what it takes to turn the economy around or is it something else all together? >> he is actually doing well when people asked is your most important issue the economy in iowa. he won a healthy plurality of those voters who thought the economy was number one. he's having some trouble connecting with voters emotionally. they seem stiff, reserved, can't quite understand him, santorum in the case of iowa struck people as i think a little more connected. having said that, i do think it's worth pointing out that if you look at the overall iowa survey, the entrance polls, what you find is ron paul did very well among voter

we're in the same kind of zone. >> i told a friend i was going to mohammed ali's birthday. my buddy i grew up with, said you're kidding me? he said, are you serious? i said yes, i'm serious. >> he's meant so much to the world, the fact we can have this focus on louisville and him is wonderful. >> it was my job. i worked at "sports illustrated" and happened to cover boxing. i was lucky enough to have probably the greatest subject anyone could dream of at the height of his career. >> reporter: you know the champ well. his younger brother. and i had to ask how it was growing up with mohammed. >> did he beat up on you? >> no, never did. never tried to hurt me. always gentle towards me. he's a big sweetheart. like a hunk of love. >> reporter: he says he was 10 years old when his brother began to shine. >> at 12 years old he showed signs of greatness, the way he moved. always been the greatest, even as a small child. >> reporter: the champ is loved by many, and tonight was a chance to show it. he's been battling parkinson's disease and had a scare in the hospital last year. but h

birthday boy the man widely regarded as the most iconic sports person of all time ahmed ali turns. for not coming up but let's get started don underwear chooses been a dreadful day for russia's male contingent at the australian open all but one of the country's top players are now all right after just two days of action first to go was to the future soon off who. will be joining his palm on an early flight home after going trying to qualify or. another top one hundred. he's also the talk me of losing in straight sets to. better news for me. taking care of. no problems either for world number one movie djokovic she raced into a run to the expense of polar ends and served meeting just an hour and a half on court to kill off the italian slight resistance six to six love how it finished up. changed from. from winning two thousand and eight and last year was that. i get on to the court. believing in my abilities more doing then i did back then and playing more consistent playing well in a consistent level throughout the whole year rather than from two thousand and eight now with a much

he became muhammed ali, the great sportsman of the 20th- century. uisville, kentucky, where cas sius clay was born. it is difficult to remember, but his quick feet and loose lips made him hated by most of the boxing world. >> i will beat any man in the world. i am the greatest. >> just as he was reaching his peak, he was banned from his board for three and a half years. >> he maintains that his religion will not allow him to kill people. >> the reason, his refusal to go to vietnam. >> when he resisted all to oppose the vietnam war, he could say, i put my life where my mouth was. this is the way i am prepared to live and i am prepared for whatever the consequences are, for standing up for i believe then. -- for what i believe then. that made him more fans. >> in the early 70's, he came back to boxing slower. there were giants to overcome, men like forman and frazier. after decades of pounding, he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease. it is now more than 30 years since he skipped rope but his presence still invokes awe. >> i want to say happy 70th b

for muhammad ali, he's suffered with parkinson's for 40 years. enberger is making a move. where is she going? >>> michelle obama, the first lady is appearing on a tv show. it's called i carly. this is a long rich tradition of presidents' wives, appearing on a television show, and thing we put together a little montage. take a look. >> reporter: 1983, nancy reagan played herself on "different strokes." 1976 bet j ford played herself on "the mary tyler moore show." 1969 pat nixon played the gore on "star track." >>> we should say today is michelle obama's birthday. happy 48th birthday to first lady. it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king that and i'm charlie rose with erica hill. in italy this morning 29 passengers and crew members from the costa concordia cruise ship are still missing. rescuers blasted holes in the hull to get access to areas where people might be. >> they say the evacuation was so chaotic, so we wanted to find out how crew members are trained for this. we have some of the answers to those questions. mark,

ted turner and mohamed ali. he would go to the armory in louisville and he went one day and saw gorgeous george and he's sitting there and this guy walks out with the velvet thing and the mink trim, the big cape and the hair. yellow hair, going up -- and he would say, ali is sitting there. don't you make face of this face. i got the prettiest face out there and people would boo and ali is sitting there telling me about this and he said, i looked around and there were no empty seats, so he learned how to -- he, he got lucky and he found howard cosell as the perfect foil and he also brought pride and boldness to young black males. you know? be proud and you know, don't be quiet like the white people want you to be. be yourself. he made his parents nervous. he was a loud mouth kid and that was so unusual for the time. black people were supposed to behave. >> he was one of the great trail blazers, wasn't me? a fearless trail blazer. >> absolutely. i think he's the athlete of the 20th century and i think he should ha

muhammad ali won that fight as well.f the greatest heavyweights in an era of great heavyweights. though he was also highly controversial. he was known for controversial statements on politics and social issues. this is joe frazier and muhammad ali going back and 40s in 1971. remember this statement? >> me and other so-called negroes go 10,000 miles from home to drop bombs and bullets on other innocents brown people. and i will say directly no. i will not go. >> reporter: they took his title because of that. he was diagnosed with parkinson's in 1984. you see the champ right there. all kinds of sports writers who covered him for many many years. listen. >> i worked at sports i will straitds and happened to cover boxing. i was lucky enough to have probably the greatest subject anyone could dream of at the height of his career. >> reporter: when you look back at those old pictures can't you hear the voice of howard cosell? he would say "down goes frazier." megyn: birthday was yesterday. happy birthday to muhammad ali. a woma

muhammed ali, the greatest, turns 70 today. inside and outside the ring and in just a little while we're going to take a fond look back. >> that's right. there are new images that were just taken. we have videotape of him with his grandchild -- seeing a grandchild for the first time. >> courageous man. get ready to say aw. these unbelievable photos have taken the internet by storm. sleeping baby photos that are so cute. and very creative. we'll look at people behind it. >> can we take a quick look at this awake baby? i think we should. this is your little moment of zen this morning. there we go. >> uh now inside to check in with savannah guthrie at the news desk while natalie makes her way back from california. >> in the news today the captain of the italian cruise ship that ran aground last week makes his first court appearance today. phone transcript between the captain and port officials suggestions he abandoned ship before all passengers could be evacuated. this morning rescue teams used controlled explosions to blow holes

for muhammad ali, he's suffered with parkinson's for 40 years.king a move. where is she going? and ralph fiennes >>>4:54. please note the gray skies overhead. sharon will update traffic after bernadette's first warning weather. >> it's a wet start to the day for a lot of people. go to first warning doppler weather radar and here's where we're seeing the rain. there wasn't rain for a while in the city but look at what is coming from the west now. another round of rain. it is warm outside with this rain coming down. comparatively speaking. we're in the 40s, going to the 50s this afternoon. this is january. for a check of the roads here's sharon. >> good morning. a busy morning, new problem on the jfx. an accident in the southbound direction, it is going to be on 83 southbound at fayette street. watch for an accident on 295 northbound, at arundel mills boulevard. accident also in monkton, crash on monkton road east of falls road. ice reported in that area. typical delays as well. top side of the beltway here. this brought to you by home paramount pe

are tunisia the middle east expert terek ali told us about the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of real solutions to the country's woes. the way in which the young meats been operating there we're. extremely unintelligent president marc good to see who has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of going social and moral creature to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is awarding the real problems of photogrammetry which are social and economic problems and look and needs to be implemented to help the boy of the people who are treetop and addicted to the fact to be so-called moderate islamists are basically concentrating on moral censorship and what people should do in general is the sign of the bankruptcy it's because they are not of the people anything else so they are receding along. the emera of cad has become the first arab leader to openly support the idea of military intervention in syria he says arab states should send in armed forces it follows reports th

i urge my colleagues to support the muhammad ali act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i appreciate this time to report back to the body about my quick but informative weekend trip to afghanistan, where i was able to be cautiously encouraged by the progress the afghan national army is taking there. mainly my goal was to go and say thank you to the men and women of all the different branches and to let them know they will not be forgotten by me, my constituents, or the rest of us here in this body. i especially want to say thank you to our international partner, ebrits, the aussies, the germans, the dutch, the romanians, who are there with us along with many others who are pushing this effort forward. i also want to say thank you to the embassy staff for their fine work. the men and women of the air national guard who are there, sacrificing, especially those men and women from the 82

for muhammad ali, he's suffered with parkinson's for 40 years. enberger is making a move. where is she going? and ralph fiennes a martinez family r an early- morning fi >>> good morning, everybody. time for some headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 7:56. >>> a martinez family displaced after this early-morning fire gutted their home on walnut street. it was report just before 4 a.m. crews arriving on the scene to find the house fully engulfed. at least one person being treated for smoke inhalation. >>> and a local man who saved his warship during world war ii will receive an award today at moffett field. congresswoman anna eshoo will present the award to 95-year- old carl clark, who lives in menlo park. he will get a naval and marine corps commendation medal. it was back in 1945 he was on the uss aaron ward when it was hit by six kamikaze planes. he grabbed a fire hose, doused the flames that was threatening an ammunition locker on board. he also carried injured sailors to safety despite having a broken collarbone. it's been a long time, but fin

and finally friends and relatives have turned out in their numbers to wish boxing legend mohammed ali a happy seventieth birthday in his museum in kentucky heavyweight icons birthdays actually on tuesday but the first of five pound parties was held on saturday ali is now in the late stages of cotton since dizziness and his glory days he was crowned olympic champion and defeated every top opponent of his era during his professional career and following his retirement in nine hundred eighty one ali went on to travel the world on humanitarian missions and is now equally esteemed supposed roles as a fighter and as a philanthropist. and that's all the sports news by for that. matter is that so much. in which record you write on it in terms of you know if we can think of a living military strategy or just more of the same brag about his new vision for the pentagon is a bit saving. today . these are the images. from the streets of canada. operations today. please. run claims the u.s. and israel both behind the assassination of an arabian nuclear scientists in the city in an effort to block t

and finally friends or relatives have turned out in their numbers to wish boxing legend mohammed ali a happy seventieth birthday in his museum in kentucky that the iconic turns seventy on choose day that's the first of five planning parties was held on saturday ali is now in the late stages of politics in this disease but in his glory days he was crowned olympic champion and defeated every top opponent of his era during his professional career then after his retirement in one thousand eighty one ali went on to travel the world on humanitarian missions does not equal esteem for both roles as a pugilist and as a philanthropist. was great in the ring what he's done outside the ring ring ring. where. the only thing that struck the flies everything was. not only the look outside the ring well it's really a great match. and that's all the sports news. technology innovation and all the list developments around russia we've got this huge earth covered. if you. are going to take three. four children. arrangements three. three stooges three. golds three broke your load of videos for your media

since denise's president ben ali was ousted the new islamist leaders are accused of ignoring the real issues of poverty and unemployment in favor of spreading every article religious agenda. as the headlines up next saucy martian entries delves into russian culture and. hello good to see you again as we continue our exploration of the italian capital now russian culture has made its impact in many corners of the world and rome is no exception so in this week's program we'll be exploring a various russian it's early and connections will be meeting experts ex-pats will prove my theory russia is closer than you think. standing in front of the ilford to be on a monument you would get a sense of how grounds the italian capital is rich in history culture and style drawn to many cities around the world the bostitch history intense music scene autistic treasures and all round appeal london athens moscow the russian capital is often called the rome of the comparison is mostly religious connotations two countries share many cultural similarities today the most metropolis of rome is a very popul

birthday boy the man widely regarded as the most iconic sports person of all time ahmed ali turned seven. let's start with tennis where choose there's been a dreadful day for russia's male contingent at this truly an open all but one of the country's top players and. after just two days of action first to go with me to fail at the hands of men seeded serb tip sort of age mikhail youzhny will be joining his power on an early flight home after going down to a qualifier and. another top one hundred russian eco is also on the bloody bus stop native losing in straight sets to pablo. better news from. the volgograd man taking care of a little bit later on. no problems either for world number one novak djokovic she raced into a run to the expense of paolo lorenzi the serb needing just an hour and a half on court to kill off the italian slight resistance six to six love six love how it finished up some to. be at the holders next challenge. the crucial thing that changed from for me winning two thousand and eight last year was that. i get on to the court. believing in my abilities more doing then

. >> from her hospital bed, 26-year-old ali carr is recovering from surgery. auch i feel pretty good. >> ali donated her kidney to a man she met just five months ago on facebook, a total stranger who needed help. his name was dan garrett, and the page read simply, my husband needs a new kidney. >> we had gone through several people trying in the family. it was the next thing i could think to do. >> i saw it, and i knew that's what i wanted to do, and that was a thursday. and by friday morning, i was calling and getting scheduled to be tested. >> al spee dan were a match -- ali and dan were a match. and on wednesday, she gave them the ultimate gift, her kidney, she named paul. >> paul is doing excellent. >> and so is dan. >> he's doing well. the kidney started working as soon as they put it in him. >> it's very, very healthy. it started urinating instantly when it went into dan. >> doctors say dan will be aanti-rejection meds for the rest of his life, but he's healthy, and ali's kidney gave him a future. >> she's given me and dan a chance to have a normal life,

meet ali.d carrie gallard were cross-country skiing near cook city on saturday when the avalanche occurred. david gallard died. his wife survived. the family thought the dog died as well. but the welsh corgi showed up at the alpine hotel on wednesday. the family said having ali back really cheered them up. >> i was like what happened? she was like ali survived. >> it was a nice moment because we all had a moment of happiness. it was nice to share that. >> and rescue workers say ali was tired and hungry, but he'll be fine. >>> now another dog, this one out in new mexico, has rather expensive taste. this bassett hound named tap coraline gulped down a woman's wedding ring. rachel atkinson takes her ring off when she goes to bed every night but couldn't find it one morning. she noticed that coraline was acting rather strangely and kept looking the other way and was considered immediately the suspect in the ring theft. after ten days, the ring didn't come out naturally. so she had surgery to get the