axelrod. let me start with this. as the price of gas has gone up, the president's approval ratings have gone down. but when the republicans started pummeling the president about this, he sort of poked fun at them. here's what he said last week. >> they tell the same story. they head down to the gas station. they make sure a few cameras are following them. and then, they start acting like "we have a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever, if you just elect us." every time. been the same script for 30 years. it's like a bad rerun. ( laughter ) >> schieffer: but here's the irony, mr. axelrod. it is like a rerun because this is what candidate obama said about george bush four years ago. >> all the while, while here in ohio, you're paying nearly $3.70 a gallon for gas, two-and-a-half times what it cost when george bush took office. >> schieffer: what about that? what is the strategy? is the price coming down? do you have a plan to do that? i mean, in the short run? >> well, first of all,

. >> this is where.... >> pelley: we met axelrod at the headquarters that covers 50,000 square feet. 300 staff are devoted to advertising, social media, and building support for mr. obama in communities nationwide. >> i'm wondering whether you're still a supporter? >> reporter: the assumption here is that the election will be close. as you approach the beginning of the campaign, what are the president's weaknesses? >> it is no secret that we've come through a very difficult period for our country, a recession that began in 2008 and when we came to office was the worst that we've seen since the great depression. this is a difficult environment, no one would deny that. >> pelley: we wondered what the

sorry for david axelrod. >> but axelrod called the republicans $2.50 gallon gasoline snake oil.ake oil everywhere. do they buy what they say? >> now it's four dollars. it was $1.70. >> it was $1.70 and that was all his fault. that's exactly right, right? >> that was bush's fault. >> let's talk about it when we get back with that young minnesota. >> and more of the great american panel. >> who am i throwing to? >> right there. "plus at scottrade, there are thousands of commission-free investments." "and if i need help, i can find it online, by phone or at one of over five-hundred scottrade locations." "it's why more investors with i.r.a.s are saying.." "i'm with scottrade." ♪ [music] is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the lexus enform app suite -- available now on the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer. [ male announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curveballs. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to get things done. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra.

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i talked to david axelrod about the state of the race. and president obama's great fort nun having mitt and company as his opponents and only opponents. and rush limbaugh keeps losing advertisers, but wait until you hear which big name progress sieve defending him. >>> finally, let me finish with the lack of great innocence the republican presidential campaign. as if you needed to hear about it from me. we begin with mitt romney weak in victory. chuck todd and major garrett is with the national journal. gentlemen, thank you so much. let's take a look at the wicked national press reviews romney has been getting. his six-state win didn't stop the chorus of critics in the conservative press. rich lowry writing for fox news said, for all his technical proficiency and institutional advantages, romney so far is the candidate of eh. conservative blogger eric eriksson was no less harsh writing on red state, were i mitt romney, i'd be wondering how i spent 5.5 times as much money as rick santorum and barely won ohio. i'd be wondering who on my cam

correspondents axelrod and petersen with two snapshotes from the the nation's changing labor force. a japanese doctor with american help confronts massive challenges. bill whitaker visits this hospital one year after the tsunami. and rolling rock. ben tracy has been tracking the travels of llz's latest arts sensation. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> brown: good evening. i'm terrell brown. in the latest round of campaign 2012, rick santorum won today's caucuses in kansas, where 40 delegates were at stake, mitt romney still energize wide lead on delegates over all. ball amia and mississippi hold primaries tuesday. the economy remains voters' number one issue. nancy cordes is in robertsdale, alabama, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, terrell. the republican candidates have been hammering the president on the economy from the beginning, but recent and encouraging jobs figures have forced them to recalbright their message and their central rationale for change. until recently, the phrase "where are the jobs?" was a constant refrain on the ca

he is duking it out via twitter with david axelrod.>> the senator fired back from the campaign trail. he said, hopefully people vote for the man over the money. >> senator santorum is joining us. good evening. >> good evening. we just had a rally of a few thousand people. at the heart of dixon, it's been a great day. moline and rockford, we've had a great day in illinois. >> illinois is a great state. tell us about the battle you are having with david axelrod on twitter. >> well, you know, we've seen in these past elections that money just doesn't buy elections. if it did, mitt romney would have void -- sewed up the nomination a long time ago. we have the energy and enthusiasm on our side. david axelrod is entitled to his opinion but ten times he's been wrong. we won >> if we are efficient enough to have a huge upset here in illinois. i know it would be an upset. they said we couldn't do it there and we did. week in mississippi, that we couldn't do it there, and we did. >> there's a video posted today, a governor mitt romney video from

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we have the man behind the president, david axelrod and the president dips his toe into a new controversy. centers around swimming pools. and under surveillance, yeah, it's you. how your neighbors may be sending photos of you to the police. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. yrlt i'm erin burnett. tonight, who let the attack dogs out? >> mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. it's kind of amazing. gingrich and romney and santorum, they don't let the facts get in their way. >> that was the first time he mentioned them by name and as you can see, he did so with joy. vice president came out swinging in a trip to the all important swing state of ohio speaking to his party's base, the united autoworkers union. the industry's bailout is clearly a point of pride for the administration. it is a talking point you will hear a lot on the campaign trail for the rest of the year. just take a look at this clip from a 17-minute video the re-election cam

president obama his top adviser david axelrod is campaigning in chicago bob jordan sat down with himtalk elections >>even though lots of the information has been negative democrats are beginning to feel left out of the presidential selection process ... david axelrod held some events today to let people know that the democrats are still in the game ... >>there's a lot of volunteers and lots of enthusiasm >>strategist david axelrod is reaching out to let people know that the democrats are planning for the reelection of president obama >>mitt romney has a very dispirited party the turnout is low in these primaries ... >>we are prepared for a contest no matter who wins the republican nomination ... we will have a battle ahead and we are serious about it ... >>the weak economy argument shouldn't make sense to the public because the republicans were systematically blocking all economic efforts that the president tried to work with congress on >>the republicans made a strategic decision not to work with the president the american people know this and they want progress ... we're making pro

>> i thought axelrod was rather dense, those are tough questions on a couple of them. the senate hasn't submit aid budget in three years he stumbled around on that. and there was a question of key stone where again there is no answer. he tried to blame it on republicans as pointed out. and clearly obama decided long before republicans put in an issue decided to kill it. i think on romney their answer is rather straight. they know he's going to be the nominee. they're ready for them. they understand it's going to be a divide. they're ready for a big night. and i mean a agree with charles on this senate not passing a budget. i don't -- i think he because waz backed into a corner, it's interesting to scare him -- just to hear him answer the question i mean there is no challenge going forward and you know that they fear they're not going to be able to raise enough money and can't turn away contributions from people saying terrible things and they fear their super pac won't be anything like those supporting republicans that is an issue giving money back for no reason. >> st

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. >> pelley: jim axelrod takes us to an american factory that's taking jobs away from china. and bill whitaker with a rock on a roll. a roll. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it is the last thing people in the midwest want to hear, but another powerful storm is on the way. and it could bring more tornadoes to the region tomorrow. the greatest risk is in ohio and indiana, and down in kentucky and tennessee. twisters ripped through missouri, tennessee, illinois, and kansas yesterday, killing 13 people and leaving the picturese that summed it all up for us today, picturees of relief that a grbs of spared in harrisburg, illinois. realization that most everything you've worked for is gone. and reflection on how much life can change in an instant. dean reynolds is in bridgeway, illinois, tonight. dean. >> reporter: scott, it's taken us a couple of days of driving around and surveying the damage to get a real sense of the power of this tornado and how it chewed up just about everything it touched. bit by bit, piec

and from jim axelrod, their advice to college grads who can't find a job? grow one. they did. >> inspire our whole generation to take a difference course. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. no country has ever been isolated in the way that iran is about to be. we learned today that iran will be electronically severed from world commerce. it's possible because the world's financial transactions go through a central computer hub in belgium, a hub that's called swift. disconnecting iran from swift is the most severe step yet to try to cripple iran's economy and force the country to end its nuclear program. and if that doesn't work, israel can continues planning for the military option. we have two reports tonight. first, anthony mason on this latest economic sanction. >> reporter: how effective a sanction do you think this will be? >> well, this is the last big one. >> reporter: leonard shrank ran swift for 15 years. established in 1973, the brussels-based swift is the people cord of the global financia

jim axelrod with a photographer determined to make sure that we do. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. staff sergeant robert bales talked for the first time today to the lawyer who will defend him of the massacre of civilians in afghanistan. his attorney tells us tonight bales has no memory of what happened a week ago when 16 afghans-- including nine children-- were shot dead in their homes. bales' wife expressed her sorrow in a statement today. karilyn bales called the killings "a terrible and heart breaking tragedy." she said "what has been reported is completely out of character of the man i know and admire." her statement ends with this. "the victims and their families are all in my prayers, as is my husband who i love very much. we'll have our interview with sergeant bales' attorney in just a moment but first, bill whitaker in washington state has been learning a lot about the troubles in bales' life. >> reporter: movers pulled up to the suburban tacoma house where staff sergeant

jim axelrod reports whitey bulger's girlfriend has explained how the former mob boss evaded capture. and mark strassmann on answering a call to arms with open arms. >> never again will we let our troops come back and not feel appreciated. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're starting with weather and climate tonight because 300 temperature records have been matched or broken so far this week. take a look at the temperature map today. with all that orange in the east and midwest, all those 70s, this looks like a map that you might see in early summer. this is the warmest march 14 on record in milwaukee, 77 degrees; st. louis, 83 degrees; and chicago, 81. dean reynolds is in chicago and we asked him about the winter that wasn't. >> reporter: the sunny skies and balmy temperatures are bringing a smile to the face of thomas g. byrne, chicago's commissioner of streets and sanitation. is this a blessing? >> i think it's a blessing. it's not only a blessing for the city but these people that are living in the neighborho

>> i thought axelrod was rather dense, those are tough questions on a couple of them.mit aid budget in three years he stumbled around on that. and there was a question of key stone where again there is no answer. he tried to blame it on republicans as pointed out. and clearly obama decided long before republicans put in an issue decided to kill it. i think on romney their answer is rather straight. they know he's going to be the nominee. they're ready for them. they understand it's going to be a divide. they're ready for a big night. and i mean a agree with charles on this senate not passing a budget. i don't -- i think he because waz backed into a corner, it's interesting to scare him -- just to hear him answer the question i mean there is no challenge going forward and you know that they fear they're not going to be able to raise enough money and can't turn away contributions from people saying terrible things and they fear their super pac won't be anything like those supporting republicans that is an issue giving money back for no reason. >> steve? >> well i was tra

newt gingrich and obama's top re-election strategist david axelrod. >>> plus -- >> she must be paid to sex. >> rush rants zp. >> it's time to change. >> a centrist retires. and sabres rattle on iran. >>> our powerhouse roundtable, george will, matthew dowd, peggy noonan, howard dean and jeffery goldberg. >>> good morning. could we finally be seeing a winning streak? coming off those two crucial wins in washington romney won again. ron paul edged out rick santorum for second place. but the biggest prize comes in two days, voters go to the polls in ten states for the super tuesday showdown. 437 delegates at stake. can mitt romney win enough to finally pull away? our headliner hopes to be the one, former house speaker newt gingrich joins us. >> good morning. >> glad to have you back. five wins in a row now for romney. in the eight last contests you have nevdone no better than thi. even if you home state of georgia, how can you put together a viable path at the nomination? >> twice in this process i have been the front-runner in national polling. i think we have a chance to get back by hav

>> i thought axelrod was rather dense, those are tough questions on a couple of them.ate hasn't submit aid budget in three years he stumbled around on that. and there was a question of key stone where again there is no answer. he tried to blame it on republicans as pointed out. and clearly obama decided long before republicans put in an issue decided to kill it. i think on romney their answer is rather straight. they know he's going to be the nominee. they're ready for them. they understand it's going to be a divide. they're ready for a big night. and i mean a agree with charles on this senate not passing a budget. i don't -- i think he because waz backed into a corner, it's interesting to scare him -- just to hear him answer the question i mean there is no challenge going forward and you know that they fear they're not going to be able to raise enough money and can't turn away contributions from people saying terrible things and they fear their super pac won't be anything like those supporting republicans that is an issue giving money back for no reason. >> steve? >>

axelrod. >> do a pregnant pause. when you don't know the answer do a pregnant pause and meet someone in the eye and think about it. >> bill: and then say i don't know how to answer the question. >> he had ten seconds to come up with an answer. >> bill: there is no answer. that question was so well crafted he couldn't answer it. >> he says you understand. >> bill: what you understand is 1,050 days and they can't pass a budget. >> he was looking for approval there as well. >> mitt romney went and jay leno last night. interesting body language there. go. >> a list of candidates and one word on each person. >> a couple of words maybe? >> chris christie. >> indominable. >> all right. okay. >> a man of strong will. >> strong will. >> great strength. indominable. 23 f. you attack h him you will get more than you bargained for. he comes back strong. >> i will try for smaller words. >> all right. romney to me looked under control in a situation that i don't think he was expecting. >> here is what leaked out. the little twitch

as jim axelrod report, some are taking matters into their own hands and creating their own jobs. >> two, when alejandro and nick aurora were about to graduate from the university and look for work, urban mushroom farmer was not a job they heard of. today they're the mushroom kings of california. >> it get me up every single morning, keeps me here, excited entertained, and pumped to make this a reality. it started as an experiment in a frat house kitchen. a business was born. >> we thought it was really cool that you could potentially take waste, turn it upside down and grow food on it knowing nothing about mushrooms or agriculture or farming whatsoever. >> today, their company, back to the roots, employs 28 people who collect 40,000 pounds of used coffee grounds a week, dry it on an industrial scale and manufacture grow kits that are stocked in more than a thousand stores, including home depot and whole foods. >> our main raw material is not only free but we're making a profit on it. this year, we're projected to do $5 million in sales. >> they've built an amazing business out of coffee

axelrod. >> do a pregnant pause. when you don't know the answer do a pregnant pause and meet someone in the eye and think about it. >> bill: and then say i don't know how to answer the question. >> he had ten seconds to come up with an answer. >> bill: there is no answer. that question was so well crafted he couldn't answer it. >> he says you understand. >> bill: what you understand is 1,050 days and they can't pass a budget. >> he was looking for approval there as well. >> mitt romney went and jay leno last night. interesting body language there. go. >> a list of candidates and one word on each person. >> a couple of words maybe? >> chris christie. >> indominable. >> all right. okay. >> a man of strong will. >> strong will. >> great strength. indominable. 23 f. you attack h him you will get more than you bargained for. he comes back strong. >> i will try for smaller words. >> all right. romney to me looked under control in a situation that i don't think he was expecting. >> here is what leaked out. the little twitch

jim axelrod, cbs news, north canton, ohio. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"ook at whether social issues dominating the presidential campaign may be hurting the candidates with female voters. we'll speak with carly fiorina. >> inside the security breach at philadelphia international airport. we'll hear from john miller. and actor, musician, steven van zandt stops by to tell us about his new tv series. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thank for watching everyone. i'm betty nguyen. thank for watching everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> the past comes back to haunt sheriff ross mirkarimi. his ex-girlfriend is set to meet with the judge in his