i'm anthony mason. also tonight, what's ahead for the new congress? we'll talk to freshman republicans about their plans for a change of course when they take control of the house next week. the first baby boomers start turning 65 today, but can america's health care system handle them? and cable queen-- oprah winfrey takes a gamble launching a new tv new york that is all her own. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> mason: we begin with the killer tornadoes that barreled through the center of the country last night, part of the weather system moving into the east. here's the latest the storms left seven dead, three in arkansas, four in missouri. dozens more were injured. peak winds reached 165 miles per hour. 40 tornadoes in all reportedly touched down in four states. cynthia bowers is in the st. louis suburb of sunset hills tonight. cynthia. >> reporter: you know, and no one was injured here, which is amazing, considering that the tornado sirens sound around noon. there were a lot of people here and they tell me they ran for

anthony mason. anthony, thanks so very much. president obama delivers his second state of the union address tonight. tomorrow he heads to middle america, to wisconsin, to talk up the proposals he just made. there will be more about this on your late local news tonight, then tomorrow on the "early show" and, of course, later on the "cbs evening news." in the meantime, our coverage of the state of the union will continue online at cbsnews.com. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol, i'm katie dure rick. i'll see you new a minute on the web. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to

anthony mason, cbs news, chica chicago. >> mitchell: what a great story.hat is the cbs evening news. tomorrow on "face the nation" the latest on egypt in crisis with secretary of state hillary clinton and an exclusive interview with new white house chief of staff bill daly. thanks for joining us this saturday even. i'm russ mitchell in new york, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org fire. divers end >>> another fatal police shooting in oakland. why officers say they were force to open -- forced to open fire. >>> where investigators will now turn their attention searching for a missing 4-year- old boy and his kidnap. >>> the protests in egypt and the president's attempt to calm the country. >>> cbs5 news is next. ,,

. >> couric: anthony mason is our senior business correspondent. anthony, a lot of people hoped for a better jobs report today. what do these numbers tell us about the recovery and the pace of it? >> reporter: well, businesses have created jobs for 12 straight months now, katie, just not enough of them. if you look at the past year, the economy created 1.1 million jobs. that's an average of less than 100,000 a month. if we're going to bring down the unemployment rate, we really need about 250,000 a month. a lot of economists thought we'd be there by now, but we're not. >> couric: the economy gained just 103,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate dropped, what, from 9.8% to 9.4%? >> reporter: yeah, because people just dropped out of the work force. and if you give up looking for a job, the government stops counting you as unemployed. now take a look at this: for every 100 people unemployed in november, by december just 18 had gotten a job. 62 remained unemployed. and 20? they left the labor force entirely. that's what's happening. that's why the unemplo

anthony mason reports. >> reporter: no other ceo is more closely tied to his company's success than steves. >> he's the creative genius at apple, he's the one who says our next product is the ipad. >> reporter: but jobs was conspicuously absent when apple announced its new verizon iphone in new york last week and in a note to employees, jobs said he's taking a medical leave of absence so i can focus on my health. >> in this case it seems like it's an open-ended time frame which is quite worrying. >> reporter: the 55-year-old jobs who had surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 was not specific about the health problem forcing him to take more time off. he asked for privacy, but apple was heavily criticized in the past when it disclosed nothing while its ceo became alarmingly thinner. >> i think the call for more disclosure could be louder this time because the stakes are higher and, frankly, apple is just more important than it used to be. >> reporter: with the success of the iphone and ipad sending apple stocks soaring 62% over the past year, it's become the second most valu

anthony mason, bob schieffer, and john dicker son, thanks to all of you. they and jeff greenfield will be with us for our live coverage of the state of the union address and the republican response beginning at 9:00 eastern time, 8:00 central, and 6:00 in the west. and one more political note about the race for mayor in chicago. the illinois supreme court said today rahm emanuel's name must be on the ballot while it reviews a lower court ruling that took him off. the lower court ruled yesterday that the former white house chief of staff did not meet the one-year residency requirement to be mayor. and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," they are in a league of their own. moms on ice. but up next, outrage in lebanon as a terrorist organization takes control of the government. , i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare, because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. ( announcer ) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle, and is proven to treat overactive bla

here's our senior business correspondent, anthony mason. >> so this, for instance... >> reporter: when hugh mar martin, c.e.o. of pacific biosciences, faced a health crisis last january, he called his employees together. what did you tell them? >> i said, you know, i have cancer of the blood. it's called multiple myeloma. >> reporter: martin's silicon valley company was at a vulnerable moment. he'd raised $260 million to develop a d.n.a. sequencing machine. were you worried that going public with your illness could risk the funding for your company? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the 56-year-old c.e.o. was afraid investors would abandon ship. >> my biggest nightmare was that i might pass away quickly, that the company would have serious problems and all i'd worked for could all be at risk and that was a very, very scary thought. >> reporter: martin chose to disclose everything, but frequently executives don't. when apple's c.e.o. steve jobs announced his third medical leave this week, apple cited only unspecific health reasons. but legally, that may be all they have to say. >> the law say

anthony mason, cbc news. >>> some small businesses in silicon valley.ing 20 employees and believe small business will drive the rebound. >> if you look at the long-term trends from 1980 to 2005, small business has accounted for all, all the net new jobs created. and so all. so it really is a huge engine in terms of economic recovery. >> all this week a small business seminar has been going on at microsoft mountain view campus. it is a campaign to spread the word about small business loans and tax breaks. more conferences are planned. >>> fearing this day would never come but it looks like it could soon be here. verizon iphones. kiet do shows us why the development could end up benefiting those who decide to stay put with at&t. >> reporter: it is the wall street journal headline frustrated iphone users have been yearning for. verizon finally lands the iphone. >> i'm thrilled because i can get rid of at&t. >> reporter: citing an unnamed source the newspaper said the official announcement from verizon will happen in new york city on tuesday. breaking at&t'

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and cbs news senior business correspondent anthony mason reports. >> reporter: for the 12th straight month, american businesses added jobs. just not enough of them. >> it was a bit of a disappointment. we are creating jobs and the job market's moving in the right direction. it's just not moving in the right direction fast enough. >> reporter: overall the economy created 1.1 million jobs last year but that's less than a hundred thousand a month and analysts say we need to more than double that to put a real dent in the unemployment rate. fed chairman ben bernanke told congress while the economy is strengthening. >> at this rate of improvement it could take four to five more years for the job masht to normalize fully. >> reporter: the unemployment rate did drop in december but only because people left the workforce. and when you stop looking for a job, the government stops counting you as unemployed. many economists do expect job growth will start to pick up soon. >> it's really no longer a question of can they hire more but a question of are they mg. i think we'll see more willingness