♪ wgn news @ 9 david axelrod political insider key strategist for obama white house david axelrod decidingo do next after president's re-election campaign is over that part of the story >> david axelrod says first and foremost committed to making sure president is be collected after november 4th all to chicago to begin a new chapter of distinguished career his goal to recruit a new generation of public service. >> at some point time to move on. this is that time for me >> after november's election david axelrod top strategist for president obama reelection campaign returning university of chicago director of new institute of politics he says it will be like rotc program for politics and a service hopes to inspire students to become active in public service especially and internships even though david axelrod closely associated with top democrats institute bipartisan >> everyone i spoke to on both sides journalism expressing interest not because of me because important thing to do and a bit of chicago >> david axelrod first moderated featured mayor rahm emmanuel >> so proud able to get this

david axelrod. mitt romney last night walking that tight rope on the economy, welcoming the good news, saying that president obama doesn't deserve any credit for it. that's going to be the key debate for this campaign. >> he ought to ask the autoworkers who are working today because the president intervened when mitt romney said we should have left detroit go bankrupt. he said the president's policies have made the recession worse. >> that's his argument? >> the facts, he has lot of arguments, none of them are supported by facts. if you look at the history of this, president came to office, quarter before he got to office, the country, the economy shrunk by 9%. the first month he was there, the country lost 750,000 jobs. we have had 22 months of private sector job growth now. it's been a climb up. and there are a series of manufacturing up for the first time in decades. we have plenty of work to do. we had big problems that took a long time in the making and they'll take a long time to solve. to say

up next, the senior strategist on the obama re-election team, david axelrod. what ?ke it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> joining me here in washington, david axelrod, senior strategist for the obama re-election campaign. tempted to ask you if they dragged you back to washington from chicago. >> washington is a great place to visit. chicago is a wonderful place to live. >> let me bring you a very washington thing, and that is poll numbers. the latest cnn/orc poll, the question was who can best get the economy moving? who can get the economy moving? under obama, 40%. romney, 53%. you obviously think there's a disconnect here. where is it? >> i think that's what campaigns are for. we're going to have a big debate about our visions for the future. governor romney t

jim axelrod is on cape cod where they're trying to solve a mystery. why are the dolphins stranding themselves? and "on the road" with steve hartman. a man who's lived by the golden rule gets something priceless in return. >> you can't buy the love that people have poured out for dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the latest report on the economy today looks like welcome news. it shows that the economy was growing in the final three months of last year at an annual rate of 2.%. that's the best showing for any quarter in nearly two years. but it's not enough to make a big dent in unemployment, and it's not the best we've done since the great recession. the left side of this graph is 2007 and you see how far economic growth fell by 2008. the best showing that we've had was the beginning of 2010. after that growth tanked again. 2011 was all about a slow struggle to get back. where are the strengths and the weaknesses going forward? we asked anthony mason to show us. >> oh yeah, full

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 eight day mediterranean cruise. but the voyage of the "costa concordia" lasted only hours. nearly 1,000 feet long with 17 decks, she is now off the west coast of italy aground on the island of giglio. we sent allen pizzey there today. >> reporter: hope of finding any survivors-- including a missing american couple-- is fading fast. divers have been risking their lives to search flooded pass

rick perry on his outsider approach, sizing up the competition with obama campaign strategist david axelrod. >> we're going to have a big debate about our visions for the future. >> romney supporter senator john mccain on the perils and promise of south carolina. >>> plus, south carolina's powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lion's share? with rev right hand brad adkins and bob jones iii. >> everything is up for grabs in my estimation. >> i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow to texas governor rick perry, a born-again christian whose political grounding is fiscal and social conservatism. tony perkins, head of the family research council and a major player at the meeting, says perry checks all the boxes except one, but he doesn't think he can win. >> what they wanted to do was make sure that the candidate that had the best chance of going forward of securing the nomination and winning the general election w

shots that republicans dished out against president obama in their debates campaign adviser david axelrodd the president's national security credentials today. >> i think when you look at the record bringing osama bin laden to justice destroying the leadership of al-qaeda, i think americans know that this president has made some very tough calls bob gates said it was the most courageous decision he has seen the president make in his 30 years. >> and axelrod says he is not sure mitt romney would have made that decision. >> former pakistani president is vowing to return to his country before the end of the month he is currently living in exile and he told flag-waving supporters that he is not afraid of anything he will compete in next year's general election. pakistan the authorities say if and when he does return he will be arrested in connection with the 2007 of former prime minister. >> your live illinois lottery drawing next. could this be the week we finally get measurable snow? >> tonight on instant replay, chapter to the black hawks and the red wings during fierce battle at the uc to

jim axelrod reports. >>> boeing produced planes in wichita since the 1920s.loying generations of workers, like ted bates, an engineer for 34 years. do you feel grateful for a career at boeing? >> yes. yes. >> but now employees like bates are shaking their heads at how boeing's treated their hometown. >> you lose respect for those people who can't keep a consistent story. it's not just about employees. it's about a community. >> in 2008, boeing asked kansas officials to help win a $3.5 billion contract for 18 air force tankers. wichita's mayor, carl brewer, says kansas had a long history of coming through for boeing. >> they've received $650 million in tax breaks over the last 30 years. >> that is an awful lot of money. we thought that that really meant something. >> brewer and the kansas congressional delegation lobbied the pentagon hard. in return, boeing promised the tanker work would be kept in wichita, saving 2100 jobs and creating 7500 more. >> and somebody looked you right in the eye and said, we're going to be in wichita? >> going to be in wichita and

jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: air force one was built in wichita.now storm in seattle-- a rare storm blankets the northwest when the cbs news continues. >> pelley: people in the pacific northwest woke up today to a distinct change in the weather. heavy snow began falling overnight, and it's already broken records for this date. in olympia and at seattle's airport. ben tracy is in seattle to tell us what's behind the rare snowstorm. >> reporter: a city normally used to drowning in rain is now covered in snow. even four inches is enough to wreak havoc in a place with few plows and salt trucks. seattle's buss have found themselves in need of a lift, and its steeps hills are now only fit for snowboards and sleds. further south in olympia, more than a foot of snow has fallen, forcing morning commuters improvise. how is this walk to work compared to your normal walk to work? >> it's slower. ( laughs ) >> reporter: in an entire winter, celtics normally gets eight inches of snow. cca stevenson is keefe meteorologist at kiro, our cbs affiliate in celtics. re

. >> we ask david axelrod. finally our political roundtable breaks down the fight for florida and talks about where the race goes from here. host of msnbc's "morning joe," joe scarborough will be here, and presidential historian, doris kearns goodwin will be here, as well as our nbc chief political director, chuck todd. >>> good morning, the final 48 hours before republican voters go to the polls in florida, and this is how the race now stands in the sunshine state. mitt romney going away, a 15-point lead over gingrich. it's our new nbc news/maris poll. we will go through the final arguments with john mccain. first, let's go in with chuck todd. chuck? >> well, good morning, david. we asked folks what is the most important quality in making your decision? electability, can beat obama 41%, and mitt romney has a larger lead over newt gingrich. but romney leads in all of the categories, and in fact experience to govern can beat obama more than a majority, and that's where mitt romney does best. this issue of electa

jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kos. >> indeed. >>> well, some big birthday celebrations today. lady michelle obama turns 48. no word on what she'll do tonight. but last year president obama took her out to a nice dinner. and the champ hit a milestone. hue mamding joorks mohammed ali is now 70 years old. he's been fighting parkinson's since 1984. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> in northern japan, a freak [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. nyquil tylenol: we are?ylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. ann

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axelrod on later on, and i think he will be appreciative of that. the point is he has the experience and knowledge and the background, and i have gotten to know mitt and gotten to know his wife and my wife, cindy, has, and i think he is displaying now the kind of delivery and persuasive argument that is going to carry him through. >> you did in 2008 attack him as a flip-flopper, and for his conduct enroning bain capital? >> newt can raise whatever issue he wants, and i remember the fights between ronald reagan and bush who later chose him as vice president, and mitt romney was on a very short list of my considerations to be a running mate. when these things are over you have to get together and be sure of what the objective is, and that's victory in the general election. i think we can do that, fred. >> well, we better. but i thought we were past the ronald reagan stuff. ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our co

. >> i'm jim axelrod. snowflakes right out time. >>> the gop presidential candidates ramping ahead of tuesday' first in the nation here. >> here on "the early show," we have big changes in store. on monday this show relaunches with brand-new name cbs "this morning," and a new team charlie rose and gayle king and erica hill. we hope you'll rejoin us for that. >>> the president said yesterday after killing osama bin laden and withdrawing u.s. troops from iraq, it's time to turn a page and shrink the military. >> it's a move some republicans are calling wrong-headed. senior white house correspondent bill plante is live in washington with the details. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nance yip. it is controversial and why the president went to the pentagon and he joined the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs to make the announcement. i wanted to emphasize the new defense strategy which is tailored to major cuts in spending is the product of consultation with the m

>>guest: well, first of all, anyone would believes that the billion that obama and axelrod will spendng to be used without taking these, somehow, questioning governor romney's position this is not realistic. if we have a potential nominee who cannot take the heat in february, you sure don't want to discover that in september. so, i think governor romney owes all of us a press conference where he explains what happened to the companies that went bankrupt and why did his company make so much money out of companies that going bankrupt. it is one thing to say, if a company has failed despite best efforts and you put money into it and you take a loss with the workers, that is free enterprise, no one is guarantee to succeed. but if the rich guys taking all the money, and the working guys being left on unemployment check, that is not sound healthy capitalism, that is the kind of thing that, frankly, makes people very suspicious of wall street. >>shepard: a week ago you said after iowa is when you decided going positive wasn't going to work, so some numbers from real clear politics averages o

jim axelrod, cbs news, union, ohio. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.ob schieffer and i will be back at 9:00 eastern time with the president's state of the union address. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scoapt, see you again soon. 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 speed, you can't compare. i'm able to take care of things much faster now. [ male announcer ] start saving now. move up to fios for our best price online -- $89.9

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jim axelrod, cbs news, union, ohio. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.ob schieffer and i will be back at 9:00 eastern time with the president's state of the union address. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scoapt, see you again soon >>> this is 9news now. >>> just two hours from now kicks off an event for some politic success, washingtonens is as big as the super bowl. president obama delivers his state of the union address. it's his last chance to address millions of americans before the general election kicks off. bruce leshan is on capitol hill. what's he going to say? >> president is going to focus on economic fairness, inequality, and how to grow america's struggling middle class. that is likely as well the way that he is going to frame the general election. here is an expert. we can settle for a country where americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone get

david axelrod has been wishing for this that there's just an historic lack of drama here. >> michael reagan, final word with you. >> piers, if i could jump in, really, you can find negatives about every one of the candidates that are out there. it doesn't matter. ronald reagan knew that. ronald reagan said support the nominee of the party. had we supported the nominee of the party in 2008, john mccain would have been the president of the united states of america. he wasn't because we didn't. we need to be supportive of whoever that nominee is this time. do they all have problems? yes, everybody has problems. the only perfect person i know died on the cross 2,000 years ago. we need to get over it and understand that everybody's got problems. let's pick the best guy. let's get behind that person and win in november instead of this in fighting that's going on within this party, who's the best, who's the worst, what problems they have. 17 years ago, they would have given a bar mitzvah to newt gingrich for what he did for the republican party. now they would burn the chair he's in. >> on

. >> i'm jim axelrod. we're coming to you from manchester where the gop presidential candidates are ramping up ahead of the first in the nation primary. >> of course, here on "the early show" big changes in store. on monday this show relaunches with a brand-new name "cbs this morning" and a brand-new team. charlie rose, gayle king and erica hill. we hope you'll join for us that. >>> first, president obama's announcement to reshape the military. the president said yesterday after killing osama bin laden and withdrawing u.s. troops from iraq it's time to turn a page and shrink the military. >> a move some republicans are calling wrong headed. bill plante is live in washington with the details. bill, good morning. >> good morning, nancy, it is controversial. that's why the president went to the pentagon and joins the joint chief of staffs. the new defense strategy which is tailored to major cuts in spending is the product of consultation with the military. >> the question that this strategy answers is what ki

a senior advisor to mitt romney, it sort of ended with axelrod finally said dude, he actually calledim dude on twitter. none of my business shouldn't you be in debate prep instead of explaining yourself to me? i guess we will find out in 90 minutes whether team romney was spending too much time fighting axelrod on twitter instead of getting ready. >> shepard: the first dude. ed henry on the white house lawn. each has a one in shot five of winning the g.o.p. demonstration. you can watch the newly narrowed field go at it in less than 90 minutes from now in first debate since new hampshire right here on fox news channel. moderating will be "special report" anchor bret baier live outside the convention center down south in myrtle beach. hey, bret, what should people be watching for tonight? >> hey, shep, should be an exciting night. obviously the different configuration without jon huntsman on the stage. we will also be asking a couple of topics that have not been asked before in any debate. i know that's hard to believe because there have been 15 debates up until this one. there will be

with aims to train students to take part in public service and civic life david axelrod will take over as director early next year following his official announcement this afternoon there will be a panel discussion about the 2012 presidential race moderated by abc's george stephanopoulos and participating will be mayor rahm emanuel ... >>police believe 22 year-old darrion grossley is responsible for a string of armed robberies happening near madison and pulaski last year they say that he threaten someone with a hand gun and threatened to victims after robbing them he is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery ... >>the beating of a high-school senior maybe in retaliation for cyber bullying ... robert palomino is charged and a bond hearing was set with $100,000 ... the boy's father says that it all began with a bullying incident ... >>it was a teenage dispute that escalated to a physical altercation in october and a subsequent revenge altercation this past week >>i think this reflects on all of us as a society and not just on what happens between teenagers in c

i'm nancy cordes. >> i'm jim axelrod.se we want to take a closer look at the grand state talking to people about their top concerns, like the economy, which in some places is worse than others, all this ahead of the next primary here in new hampshire. >> the new battle between president obama and senate republicans could be headed to court. the issue is mr. obama's appointment of the official to head the consumer protection bureau. >> we'll head down to washington to get more from senior white house correspondent bill plante. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jim. it was an unprecedented and provocative act. the president thumbed his nose at senate republicans and made a recess appointment of richard cordray as the head of the consumer protection agency, even though the cpa is not in session. it is a confrontational move and one that the white house is happy to make in an election year. >> i refuse to take no for an answer. >> reporter: the president made the announcement in a heavily democratic part of ohio with c