cbs "this morning"'s gail king as asks michelle obama about her advice to the president. >> i am one of his biggest confidantes but he has dozens of really smart people who surround him. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from manchester, new hampshire. >> pelley: good evening. the polls are still open, but not much longer in the first presidential primary of 2012. mitt romney, who essentially tied for first in the iowa ca caucuses last week, is hoping far decisive win tonight to give him momentum heading into the south carolina primary next week. one big question tonight: who will emerge as the anti-romney alternative? when we asked voters leaving the poll what is they were looking for in a candidate, the largest group, 33%, told us the ability to defeat president experience. we can also tell you that many voters decided on a candidate la late. 19% made up their minds today an and 27% in just the last few days. we have our entire campaign 2012 team covering this primary. first, chief political correspondent jan crawford wit

. >> i would like to ask michelle, who works for me, to answer that question, because she is a technical person here has been working very closely with mta. >> good morning, supervisors. department of emergency management and i am the interoperability program manager for the department. my job for the past several years has been to collaborate across multiple departments on these wireless communications initiatives. i do want to talk about the different projects that have been presented through the coit process. we do have a $65 million radio replacement project, and that did go through the coit process. it is in the ict. that is for emergency radio communications. part of the coit request was to fund the public service, a voice radio commissions system, so this would be more of the non- emergency services, departments like parking and traffic, public works, public utilities commission, those departments. that was a request last fiscal year. that did not get approved. and as part of the process, we did identify the bay web system, the project we're talking about today, as a future need a

ask your doctor if you can reduce your risk of stroke with pradaxa. a >> pelley: back now from new >> pelley: back now from new hampshire. there's a new book out today that looks at the role michellebama has played since moving into the white house. he wthis morning co-anchor gayle king was there today, and she asked the first lady about claims the book makes about friction between her and the president's top advisors, including the president's first chief of staff rahm emanuel. t> well, i do care deeply about nu husband. i am his biggest ally. >> pelley: biggest confidante? >> i am one of his biggest henfidantes but he has dozens of really smart people who surround him and i am not an expert on most of the issues tha most of the issues that he's dealing with on a daily basis. so i want him and he wants to be talking to the people with the best information. n't 's not to say that we don't have discussions and onnversations, that's not to say that my husband doesn't know how i feel. i mean, one thing is true that i talk very candidly to my husband about how i feel, but that's the kind of relationship we have. i wouldn't go to rahm about something that i would talk to my husband abo

we asked michelle miller to look into this. >> this is the magnitude 4 earthquake which occurred newr's eve, very close to youngstown, ohio. >> reporter: john armbruster is a seismologist at columbia university. before march there had not been a recorded earthquake in youngstown, ohio. since then, there have been 11. never felt an earthquake before, and it was just an experience. >> reporter: so ohio state officials asked armbruster to investigate. >> these earthquakes were sitting there waiting to happen. we have triggered these earthquakes. >> reporter: armbruster believes the trigger was this youngstown well that disposes of contaminated water, trucked in from pennsylvania and beyond. the water is a byproduct of oil and natural gas extracts called cracking, the disposal well pumps thousands of gallons of the waste into rock a mile or more below. armbruster says the fluid may have made its way into an earthquake fault line. >> pumping the fluid into the fault encourages the fault to slip. >> reporter: arm brulser says seismic readings allowed tom pinpoint the epicenter of the quake

i asked michele bachmann i said, well what happened? did they all become democrats or go away?what do you think that is all about? >> i think it's partially that, but, also, there are a lot of independents who pick one side or the other and this time, you only have one side. and a lot of those independents are going to ron paul which brings down the number of evangelical voters here. but, you know, the interesting thing is that this place is supposed to winnow out candidates and it may not do that to anybody. the thing that the political pros have been talking about here the last few days isn't iowa at all, it's south carolina, where people think that the anti-romney will emerge. you know, you'll get rick perry going there. even though he probably is not going to do so well here. newt gingrich has been ahead in the polls there. santorum surging here will always be there. those three guys will be contesting, you know, who is going to be the anti-romney. i assume michele bachmann will go back to her day job. >> let's talk about the future because i think that is important. assumi

. >> you asked michele bachmann who was the strongest candidate, and she would not answer, i thoughtin" vote. can not water board, she declined to answer and she has that right. >> and from rhode island, the factor has been fair, as can be, whiling the covering the election. thank you. >> and from maryland, as ever. mike, from new york, would love to see o'reilly and miller like, we have the turning stone casino. back in iowa, there last year, where everyone you? >> a week from tonight, i'll be in north carolina, for big, big show, a lot of presidential stuff and question-and-answers, and in melbourne, florida. come on out, see you in north carolina a week from tonight. and if you submit to interviews these days, bizarre questions will come up. paging pat sajak. >> have you ever done wheel of fortune drunk. >> yes, when i first started and was younger and could tolerate --. >> was the show better or worse? i had a great idea. no one said anything, so i guess i did okay. >> there was a restaurant, a mexican restaurant across the street, and they taped five shows in a day, so on the lu

to follow the first lady, her suddenly ask michelle obama. >>> suddenly beautiful. >> and -- >> that was not bad. >> and it's been warm for a few days. >> yeah. >> and that is nice, though. >> yes. >> and scary? the rain is out of here, hopefully. is the nice weather we had today going to continue? >> let's say the heavier rain from last night is out of here. >> okay. >> and we still have a chance tonight. maybe a little bit of rain and some cases switching over. and you guys were talking about, we're running about 5 degrees above normal and that is a shot shark, right? speaking of a few showers and once they clear out, early, early, we have a lot of sun, 60 degrees in some place. i know that. over the next few hours, i expect it to increase in intensity and where we could have some thunderstorms to the west-northwest and some might hold together and glance frederick county, loudoun county, maybe the district. i don't think so and maybe. that is what we're seeing to the north and west. that is rain. the temperatures here are too high to support anything other than that. 55 in the cit

cbs "this morning"'s gail king as asks michelle obama about her advice to the president. >> i am ones biggest confidantes but he has dozens of really smart people who surround him. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from manchester, new hampshire. >> pelley: good evening. the polls are still open, but not much longer in the first presidential primary of 2012. mitt romney, who essentially tied for first in the iowa ca caucuses last week, is hoping far decisive win tonight to give him momentum heading into the south carolina primary next week. wie big question tonight: who

. >>> plus, i'll ask michele bachmann about one republican's claim that she's staying in the race in hopes of being mitt romney's running mate. >>> michele bachmann is signaling she's stay in the presidential race no matter how she does in iowa. her campaign confirms her travel plans after the caucuses. she'll go to new hampshire which holds its primary next week, but first she'll stop in south carolina which holds its primary on january 21st. joining us now from iowa, congresswoman michele bachmann. congresswoman, thanks very much for coming in. let's get right to what's going on right now. you were so high in iowa when you won the iowa straw poll. these latest polls you're not doing very well. if you could change one thing in your campaign strategy between august and now, what would that be? >> well, what we're looking at right now, wolf, is on tuesday night, and we think we made the exact right decision. after the last debate, where i took on ron paul over the issue of whether or not iran should have a nuclear weapon, we saw an electric light switch flip on and we saw people all ac

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. >> my view and i'll ask michelle to comment on this also, but my view is that when members of congresscitizens see the magnitude of the task that we've had to undertake to meet the $487 billion target, you'll understand why we gave the harsh warnings we do about sequestration. we are going very, very far with $489 million. as the secretary said, we are looking at things that we haven't had to look at in this department for a decade. he has made us put everything on he has made us put everything on the table and undergo a very thorough process. we've undergone the strategy exercise first so he wouldn't make her budget changes without having a strategy behind them and the strategic insight behind them. so when you see with $489 billion is, people are going to easily understand why sequester it be so disastrous. >> outages that the secretaries repeatedly used the phrase hard but manageable choices. when we rode up the budget details, you'll understand the heart part because there's a lot of hard choices, both in terms of trade-offs ima but also in terms of people stepping up to the plate

. >> my view and i'll ask michelle to comment on this also, but my view is that when members of congresstizens see the magnitude of the task that we've had to undertake to meet the $487 billion target, you'll understand why we gave the harsh warnings we do about sequestration. we are going very, very far with $489 million. as the secretary said, we are looking at things that we haven't had to look at in this department for a decade. he has made us put everything on he has made us put everything on the table and undergo a very thorough process. we've undergone the strategy exercise first so he wouldn't make her budget changes without having a strategy behind them and the strategic insight behind them. so when you see with $489 billion is, people are going to easily understand why sequester it be so disastrous. >> outages that the secretaries repeatedly used the phrase hard but manageable choices. when we rode up the budget details, you'll understand the heart part because there's a lot of hard choices, both in terms of trade-offs ima but also in terms of people stepping up to the plate an

. >> my view and i'll ask michelle to comment on this also, but my view is that when members of congressitizens see the magnitude of the task that we've had to undertake to meet the $487 billion target, you'll understand why we gave the harsh warnings we do about sequestration. we are going very, very far with $489 million. as the secretary said, we are looking at things that we haven't had to look at in this department for a decade. he has made us put everything on he has made us put everything on the table and undergo a very thorough process. we've undergone the strategy exercise first so he wouldn't make her budget changes without having a strategy behind them and the strategic insight behind them. so when you see with $489 billion is, people are going to easily understand why sequester it be so disastrous. >> outages that the secretaries repeatedly used the phrase hard but manageable choices. when we rode up the budget details, you'll understand the heart part because there's a lot of hard choices, both in terms of trade-offs ima but also in terms of people stepping up to the plate a

you ask michele bachmann about tax codes and they said they want to go back to the reagan tax code, whichbe great. it's actually higher. it's more aggressive than clinton or obama. we have this perception that taxes are always increasing, which is untrue. >> and the republican majority, most of them in congress, have signed pledges, no new taxes. no new taxes. so they won't vote for them and they have the majority. >> josh? >> i this the reason the carried interest tax treatment survives is that it's actually not that large a tax issue in the big picture. >> sure. >> you say why can't we have a good tax policy, why can't we tax carried interest properly? it will raise an extra $2 billion, $3 billion a year. we're left with a $497 billion deficit. >> but of course, the reason i raise it, it's low-hanging fruit. the point is, fine, yes, does it solve the federal deficit? no. >> about who pays for elections. let's be fair. >> thank you, heather. i've been leading everybody to the water but nobody wanted to take a drink. >> we're talking about democracy now. >> the link, my organization was f

. >> the other hopefuls include newt gingrich and michelle bachmann. we askstay tuned for complete coverage of the iowa caucas. we will have live reports from des moines. the first new baby of the new year. she was born at 12-12 in the year 2012, -- 12:12 in the year 2012. the parents -- they haven't settled on a name yet, but they have two other children. wwee say congratulations. >> temperatures well above average. you have to go to the west to see snow, and a lot of it. for western maryland. looking outside the whitehouse is quiet. the wind is picking up. high temperature was 60 degrees. 14 below zero in 1881. the frontal system moves to the east. not going to lead to a lot. the cold air will take time to move on. the wind chill factor, out of the south at 16 mph. earlier, wind gusts at 29 mph. high temperature was 57 and look at wintergreen virginia. wind gusts of 45 mph. temperatures falling into the low 40's. fredericksburg made it to 64 degrees at are at 55 degrees. 30 for st. marie. chicago and detroit. this is what is on the way. by tuesday we will b

i will ask michele bachmann with one republican's claim that she is staying in the race in hopes of being mitt romney's running mate. >>> michele bachmann is signaling she's staying in the presidential race no matter how she does in iowa. her campaign confirms her travel plans after the caucuses. she'll go to new hampshire which holds its primary next week, but first she'll stop in south carolina which holds its primary on january 21st. joining us now from iowa, congresswoman michele bachmann. congresswoman, thanks very much for coming in. let's get right to what's going on right now. you were so high in iowa when you won the iowa straw poll. these latest polls you're not doing very well. if you could change one thing in your campaign strategy between august and now, what would that be? >> well, what we're looking at right now, wolf, is on tuesday night, and we think we made the exact right decision. after the last debate, where i took on ron paul over the issue of whether or not iran should have a nuclear weapon, we saw an electric light switch flip on and we saw people all across iowa c

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in a new interview, president obama was asked to describe michelle and he used the words "beautiful, smart, and funny." when asked how he picked those, he used the words, "she's sitting right next to me." [ laughter and applause ] speaking of michelle obama, a wisconsin congressman is facing criticism after saying that michelle has "a large posterior." [ light laughter ] though michelle took it as a compliment when she heard the guy's name -- congressman mix-a-lot. [ laughter and applause ] "oh, my god, becky." ♪ [ laughter ] "look at her posterior." [ laughter ] finally, you guys -- i heard that a white castle in indiana has actually started selling wine and beer. really? you don't go to white castle and get wasted. you get wasted, then you go to white castle. [ cheers and applause ] we have a great show tonight! give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have a great show! [ applause ] we have a great show tonight, you guys. first, i wanted to show you this. this is -- we have a new iphone app. look at this. [ cheers ] jimmy -- it's a wa

ask questions is i have made mistakes in my life. i had to go to god for fov giveness and to seek reconciliation. >> back in august i sat down with michele bachmann in ames, iowa, and asked her to expand on controversial positions. that is the view president bachmann would have of guy americans? >> i'm running for the presidency of the united states. i'm not running to be anyone's judge. >> you have judged them. >> i don't judge them. i don't judge them. i am running for presidency of the united states. >> is that the view of gay americans, that the president bachmann would have? >> my view on marriage is that i believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and that's what i stand for. but i ascribe honor and dignity to every person, no matter what their background. they have honor and they have dignity. >> do you think anybody hears that and thinks you haven't made a judgment about gays and lesbians? >> that's all i can tell you, i'm not judging. >> your words should stand for themselves? >> i'm running for the president hey of the united states. that's what's important. >> one last one on think. can a gay couple that adopts children i

>> my view, and i will ask michele to comment on this also, but my view is when members of congress,you come as citizens to see the magnitude of the task we have had to undertake to meet the $487 billion target you will understand why we give the harsh warnings we do about sequestration. we are going very far with $489 billion. as the secretary said, we're looking at things we have not had to look at in this department for a decade. he has made as put everything on the table and undergo a very thorough process. we have undergone the strategy exercise first so we would not make the budget changes without having a strategy behind them, strategic insight behind them. i think when you see what $489 billion is, people will easily understand why is a question -- see why sequestration would be so disastrous. >> when we roll out the budget details, you will understand the hard part, because there are a lot of hard parts, both in terms of hard parts, and also people stepping up to the plate and making tough political decisions to do the right thing for the nation's defense. every strategy doe

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michele obama. we have a preview of that right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. coming up only on cbs this morning, we'll take you inside the white house where i asked first lady michele obama about reports of friction with presidential advisors. we talked to her about a lot of things. the children, the campaign, the. there's a lot more to this interview. we'll see what 7 -- we'll see you at 7:00 on cbs this morning. i was going to stop by for lunch but i heard you and mike are very busy. >> we would love to have lunch with you. kevin king sends his love. >> reporter: yes. i used to work at that station when i was a puppy, a student at university of maryland. kevin king was the cameraman. i remember him very well. >> we'd love to have lunch with you any time. >> reporter: hello to kevin. thanks. >>> the voting is over and no surprise mitt romney was the winner of the new hampshire primary. he got 39% of the vote in the granite state. ron paul coming in second with nearly 23%. john huntsman who spent a lot of time in the state came in third with about 17%. newt gingrich and rick santorum nearly tied for fourth. what happens next? can mitt romney sew

michelle obama on "cbs this morning." gayle king joins us from new york. good morning. let me ask you, were you friends with the first lady or was that your first time you had met her? >> no, i have interviewed her a couple of times certainly during last campaign. and then for o magazine back in the day and then before the democratic nomination so i think it's fair to say that i have known her before. so this was not our first rodeo together. but it was different. it was very different this time, frank, i have to say. coming up on "cbs this morning" we'll take you inside the white house where i asked first lady michelle obama about reports of friction with presidential advisors among other things talking about the daughters, of the girls, the campaign. she is looking forward to it. we talked about the president. also, we'll talk to mitt romney and ron paul after their one two finish in new hampshire. and rooney mara star of the girl with the dragon tattoo will be right here in studio 57. we'll see you at 7:00 in a couple of minutes on "cbs this morning." >> are you having fun, gay

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this is different when you have michele bachmann asking for press time at the top of the hour. >> well, it's the conversations that are being held behind the cameras that are important right now because of the anti-romney crowd is starting to galvanize. they're getting together, old conservative corner getting together saying 75% of conservatives did not want mitt romney in iowa. and now is a chance for all of them to get together and mount the charge to get a good conservative candidate. right now, you know, the way the stars are lining up, rick santorum is at the right place at the right time. it would seem to me there's some conversations going on between the perry camp, the bachmann camp and heavyweight conservatives saying let's get together, newt gingrich alluded to this this morning, to make mitt romney's life pretty rough. and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opport

i don't think asking him about whether he connects with voters is ill legitimate. michelle bachman got asked if she was a flake from chris wallace. he apologized, but, you know, it was seen as an inbounds question at the time. i think mitt romney has gotten asked questions about flip-flops and activity as well. i think this is somewhat schtick-ish. i think he has a problem with the mainstream media, but he will have to find something else to hang it on because the media is taking him seriously. >> well, i say this again. when you are in a scrum and trying to ask ron paul questions, he does not answer them. i tried to ask him questions many times, and he gave the response that he didn't like to walk and talk at the same time. i said, well, we can sit here and you can answer a question, and he at one point said that his voice wasn't working. sde play this weird game with the press. i think there is a realization, a, that he has a disdain for this process, but also in some ways he is not really the best messenger for his own message. it seems like in some ways they pass off pa