>> axelrod: tonight, christie fires back. an angry response from the new jersey governor to charges he knew more about the bridge traffic scandal than he originally said. we'll have the latest from just under 24 hours to kicked off. terrell brown is tracking the plan to keep millions of people safe tomorrow. will amanda knox really be sent back to an italian prison? jeff pegues takes a look at the odds. >> i'm going to fight this until the very end. >> reporter: and star spangled soprano-- renee flemin rehearsing her legendary voice to tackle the super bowl rendition of the "national anthem." >> waking up in the middle of the night captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: glim good evening, i'm jim axelrod. everywhere he goes this weekend, new jersey's governor chris christie is being mobbed, though not in the way he was hoping he would be. as the host of super bowl xlvii tomorrow night in his home state. instead, christie is being badgered by reporters shouting questions about the latest develo

>> axelrod: tonight, christie fires back. an angry response from the new jersey governor to charges he knew more about the bridge traffic scandal than he originally said. we'll have the latest from elaine quijano and john dickerson. just under 24 hours to kicked off. terrell brown is tracking the plan to keep millions of people safe tomorrow. will amanda knox really be sent back to an italian prison? jeff pegues takes a look at the odds. >> i'm going to fight this until the very end. >> reporter: and star spangled soprano-- renee flemin rehearsing her legendary voice to tackle the super bowl rendition of the "national anthem." >> waking up in the middle of the erial information out there. we would like to see it and know what it is. we would like to get it, cooperatively if possible. >> reporter: a lawyer for the committee met yesterday with the u.s. attorney's office which is also looking into the lane closures. based on that meeting, the investigation will continue. >> axelrod: elaine, thank you. let's bring in cbs news pol

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." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. if you think this has been an especially miserable winter, you from absolutely right. and another winter storm is now bearing down on the northeast tonight. this is the 13th major storm system to hit some part of the country since december 1. by comparison, during the same period last year, we saw eight major storms. it looks like new england will be hit hardest by this storm, up to 18 inches expected? eastern massachusetts. let's go first to eric fisher of our boston station wbz-tv, who is right in the middle of it in plymouth, massachusetts. eric, it doesn't look very pleasant where are you. >> reporter: it depends on perspective. but if you're not a fan of blizzards you would not be happy tonight. gusty winds, big snowfall rates. let's track this storm on the heels of another storm a couple of days ago. this is fast moving so as we head through the night the rates jump 3-4 inches per hour but most of it will be moving out to sea by tomorrow morning. big storm totals -- 12-18 inches

>> axelrod: tonight, a verdict in the loud music case. a florida jury finds michael dunn guilty on lesser charges, but deadlocks on the key charge of first degree murder in the killing of jordan davis. manuel bojorqez has the latus%9 another winter storm socks the northeast. eric fisher and jeff pegues are tracking the snowfall and its impact during a busy holiday travel weekend. an olympic hockey rematch. the u.s. and russia square off 34 years after the miracle on ice, and mark phillips has the results of another thriller. and, positives and negatives. vinita nair shows us how super- storm sandy enhanced one photographer's work, by almost ruining it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening. i'm jim axelrod with a western edition of the broadcast. a florida jury has reached a verdict on four of five counts in the trial of michael dunn. he's the man accused of murder in the shooting of a 17-year-old in a convenience store parking lot after they argued over the music coming from a teenager's car. this case

so simon, david axelrod coming right out. you don't have to question what he's saying in that messaging. what do you make of it? >> he's right. there's an election before 2016 the democrats have to focus on. it's going to be a close election. the house is a small margin. the senate could go to one seat. the good news is democrats are raising a lot of money. they got good candidates. but we got a long way to go, and people have to stay focused. >> and larry, david axelrod actually saying in a tweet, seriously at risk. this is something we debate and banter about day after day. to have david axelrod say that, what message does that send? >> you know that little village in italy you just showed? that's harry reid's majority leader office and it's the 2014 election coming down on it. >> very quick, larry. >> by the way, i thought axelrod was talking about the big move for biden for president. it's jarring. it's like he's waving the white flag. >> axelrod obviously works for president obama. trying to save the legacy of president

cultural revolution landed in america 50 years ago, no one was closer to the beatles than the man jim axelrod meets tonight >> ♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. we passed the halfway mark in winter but the storms in much of the country just keep coming. have a look at the map. the latest storm that's been dumping as much as 10 inches of snow on the midwest will be heading into the northeast overnight, bringing all of the travel headaches that go with it. another, bigger storm may be just days behind it. this is a live picture of lee's summit, missouri, outside kansas city. the snow and the temperature there have been falling all day. more than six inches of snow so far. first, we'll go to dean reynolds in chicago. dean. >> reporter: scott, just two other winters have been this snowy in chicago in the last 129 years, and across the midwest, municipalities are finding it harder and harder to manage the mess. the snow was falling so fast in missouri that road crews could

>> exactly. >> axelrod: and going to the dogs, the mixed breed dogs. elaine quijano on the mutts who have finally gained a place at the westminster dog show. >> maybe their tails are a little off or maybe their eye color isn't right or whatever, but with agility, that doesn't matter. captioning sponsored by cbs

jim axelrod, cbs news, cleveland. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.t cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> i'm scott broom with maryland's state highway administration. coming up -- >> we were stuck in the same traffic as everybody else. >> reporter: -- their explanation for why such a small amount of snow created such huge headaches. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in manassas. all the major school systems in northern virginia were on time today. i'll have the story coming up. >> we're tracking another storm for monday, arctic air moving south, moisture moving east. we'll tell you what that means when they both meet for our morning commute on monday. >> good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. >>> not a lot of fun on the roads this morning, but another storm is already heading our way. let's get straight to our first alert meteorologist topper shutt. >> we're looking at another storm for monday. in fact, it's probably in time for the morning commute u

jim axelrod, cbs news, miami. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning s >>> almost three hours walking around. >> a seven-year-old found in the dark and the cold lost because he was dropped off at the wrong bus stop and no one would help him. >> a postal worker beaten and robbed in this neighborhood and it's not the first time in the area a letter carrier has been assaulted. the search the suspect. >> more snow is on the way and this moves in at a bat bad time. we'll talk about your morning commute. >> how far are teacher salaries in fairfax county lagging behind neighboring jurisdictions? i'm peggy fox. we'll take a look at the numbers coming up. >> good evening, i'm derek mcginty. >> the snow made for a pretty morning across most of the area, didn't it? there's more on the way. first alert meteorologist calling for another yellow alert. top. >> yeah, a little different with this storm. about the same amount of snow, but at a different time. it will impact the morning commute. snow back in missouri,

jim axelrod, cbs news, cleveland. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.t cbs news all around the world, good night. >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> here we go. the first of two storms drenching the bay area and tonight, we could even see thunderstorms. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. let's start live in the north bay. it is getting soaked right now. this is how the commute looks. pretty slow going. this is right along lucky drive in larkspur a notorious spot for flooding. >> a live look at the east bay for you. the rain starting to pick up in walnut creek after a brief break this afternoon. >> and we have reporters and cameras all over the bay area tonight. we start with paul deanno. paul? >> reporter: the radar really, really is getting active. we told you yesterday that the evening commute would be the worst of this. well, it's commuting by rail, it's commuting by road or sfo with a nearly three-hour departure delay right now because of the rainfall. so pick a road. first 80 from san francisco across the bay bri

and jim axelrod on how a 12- year-old first time author closed his first big time deal. >> i just kind of shouted out "mom, can you come here? i have a contract for you to look at." captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, this is our western edition. we learn tonight of a tremendous amount of drugs, mostly heroin that was found in the new york city apartment of philip seymour hoffman. today, the medical examiner did an autopsy on the body of the academy award winning actor who was found dead yesterday in that apartment. hoffman had long battled drug addiction and it appears he died of an overdose. don dahler has the latest on the investigation. se. don dahler has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police sources tell us they found hoffman unconscious on the bathroom floor of his apartment in new york's greenwich village with a needle in his arm and roughly 70 glassine pacts in the apartment. today, sources concerned say some of the pacts tested positive for heroin. several were labeled "ace of spades" or "ace of

jim axelrod, cbs news, miami. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight.cbs news all >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. has learned.. the google bae is about to say 'bye to its current home in the bay. >>> now at 6:00, after all the mystery all the secrecy, tonight kpix 5 has learned the google barge is about to say good-bye to its current home in the bay. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. tonight, the richmond city council will consider offering google an invitation to use its docks for finishing construction on the google barge. new at 6:00, kpix 5's allen martin joins us to explain why the clock is ticking on the high-tech marketing center. >> reporter: it is. google's intention all along has been to finish its floating sales and party barge and move it to various docks in the bay or along the west coast for that matter but before any of the showcasing can happen, google has to get a permit, start paying tens of thousands of dollars in fines in a couple of weeks or move possibly up recover. >> reporter: by this time next

and it provoked david axelrod to recently, very politely tweet, with the senate seriously at risk andng prodigiously, shouldn't dem funders be focused on 2014 and not 2016 races, question mark. that question mark is so excessively polite, there's david axelrod not wanting to offend his friends at priorities usa or any of the big obama donors who are cooperating with this strategy. so instead of tweeting dem funders should be focused on 2014 and not 2016 races with an exclamation point, david axelrod politely poses a question that he knows the answer to. it is a shockingly bad strategy. priorities usa is now working towards making hillary clinton's time in the white house a pointless presidency. if the republicans win back the senate, they will win back control of much of the white house in effect, even if hillary clinton is living in that white house. because a republican senate will simply not even consider confirming hillary clinton's first, second or third choices for anything. 41 out of 45 republicans in the senate voted against republican chuck hagel, who was once a senator, sitt

david axelrod, what are the democrats hoping for here? do nay like having a hethey lik republican governors association who cannot be seen in public in that function? >> there's a certain merriment about that, but the bigger issue is christie himself. i think a lot of democrats saw him as a viable and perhaps threatening candidate for president. one of the few on the republican side who seemed to have the ability to reach across the aisle and, you know, coming from a northern state, perhaps a little more moderate than some of the harder right conservatives. and now watching the spectacle, you know, it's obvious that that is all very much in doubt. he's trying to play through, hoping that all these investigations come up empty, but it's taking a very long time and it's crippling for him right now. >> steve kornacki, very ambitious politicians, or maybe any politician, do not give up their hopes. they do not resign from powerful positions. they don't do that kind of thing without being advised to do that. the politician himself or herself i

that was jim axelrod with renee fleming. >>> now, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning. we'll look at the huge win and see which commercials had the biggest impact with viewers. >>> plus, the ceo of tesla, elon musk, talks about the test model for his electric cars. >>> and emmy award-winning actress sarah jessica parker joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com griego. >>> live from the cbs studios this is kpix5 news. >> good morning everyone. it's monday, february 3rd. >> i'm frank. it is 4:30 and we're going to get you out the door. a little traffic and weather. >> yeah. >> you've grown. >> i know, i have. >> good to have you back. it's nice to have rain over the weekend. settling down now. clouds moving across the skies. the low settling into northern california. chance of more rain on the way. >> everything looking good on the roads. usual overnight road work. overall, things are nice and quiet. look at your morning commute coming up. epor

. >> joining me now is msnbc senior political analyst david axelrod who's a former senior adviser tosident obama. david, it seems like the republican governors association has a new chairman, whether they like it or not. bobby jindal's just grabbing the microphone. >> yeah. it seems that way. i was interested in what he had to say. he was offering all kinds of economic advice. you know, the mean wage in his state is 44th among all the states. they're second in poverty. he's 45th in people covered by health care. i'm not sure he's the guy we're going to be looking for for advice on how to get this economy moving. >> and the president has been telling the governors, administration's been telling republican governors you can do a lot to improve the situation for people in your state simply by accepting the medicaid provision in the affordable care act. let's listen to what chris wallace and scott walker said about that yesterday. >> you turned down $119 million in federal money to expand medicaid. >> mm-hmm. >> a lot of people would say, really? >> well, in our case i don't think the me

jim axelrod, cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," airlineolving a passenger's screening operation in a buddha by. peter greenberg has the story. >>> plus, new details from inside the white house on what went wrong with the obamacare rollout. we'll hear from "time" magazine contributor steven brill. >>> and we'll show you some of the latest gadgets on kickstarter that might be worth funding. >>> finally, the oregon zoo has some new residents. three orphans black bears are being cared for. the cubs are about the size of puppies. they were discovered in their den by a logging crew, and their mother was nowhere to be found. the oregon zoo and an animal sanctuary in texas has offered the bears a permanent home. they are adorable, at least at that size. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, february 27. i'm michelle griego. >> it's really early!

i mean, david axelrod, the democrats don't have a choice here. there's no running away from this.an't pretend they didn't. it's astonishing to me that they're actually in discussions at this point where they're just kind of finally resolving that oh, yes, we will run with this and we will say to people, you know, do you want to allow insurance companies to go back to treating you the way they have been? >> no, i couldn't agree with you more, lawrence. george mitchell once said the only people who believe republican talking points are democratic senators. we tend to play the game -- we tend to play the game sometimes on their side of the field. we ought to play the game on our side of the field. the fact of the matter is this law included a patient's bill of rights on steroids. we debated that all through the oh 90s. now we have it. the question for republicans is why are they so nostalgic for the days when people with pre-existing conditions could get thrown off their insurance? why are they so nostalgic for the days when you were seriously ill you could hit these caps and insuran

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," updates onr storm hitting the south and east coast. i'm anne-marie green, and this is the "cbs morning news." and east coast. i'm anne-marie green, and this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. >>> the campaign to recover >>> the campaign to recover artwork looted by the nazis dates back to 1943. it's the subject of a new movie. mark strassmann tells us the story of the real monuments men. >> time to put a team together and protect the buildings, brilks, and art before the nazis destroy everything. >> reporter: the movie "the monuments men" tell the story of the nazis' looting 5 million pieces of art and the effort to save them. the allies sent a group of curator, historians, and architects to rescue the stolen art. >> they found themselves unintentionally as treasure hunters trying to track down millions of cultural objects stolen by the nazis. >> reporter: robert edsel wrote the book that started the

captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> axelrod: tonight, one ofhe world's most-wanted criminals captured. the u.s. and mexico arrest a notorious drug lord whose reach extended from tijuana to chicago and beyond. carter evans and dean reynolds have the latest. the president of ukraine flees the capital, where thousands of protesters now control the streets. holly williams reports on today's fast-moving developments. michael sam meets with reporters at the n.f.l. scouting combine. terrell brown has his call for acceptance of gays in sports. >> i just wish you would see me as michael sam the football player and not michael sam the gay football player. >> axelrod: and the mystery of the disappearing moose. don dahler has been without with the researchers who want to know why. captioning sponsored by cbs th i

jim axelrod talked to the photographer who was there when the boys from liverpool stepped off the planerter: no one was any close when the beatles got off the plane than harry benson. there he is, a step behind ringo. a 34-year-old photographer for london's "daily express," just worried about keeping his job. when you look at those pictures, do you think, i nailed this. >> absolutely, absolutely. there they are. and the beatles are being funny and being young. >> reporter: the pictures weren't just good. they were iconic. in a paris hotel room just before the flight to america, benson shot the famous pillow fight, which was actually a pillow celebration. >> we got a message which said we're number one in america, "i want to hold your hand." and perhaps an hour later they come in with another. they're on "the ed sullivan show." >> ladies and gentlemen, the beatles. ♪ close your eyes and i'll kiss you tomorrow i'll miss you ♪ >> reporter: so you were standing where? >> right in the middle. >> reporter: two and a half months after jfk's assassination, america was just starting to smile aga

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here's david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama in "new york times."uote, this is a serious threat, talking ability the u.s. senate, and it would behoove democratic activists and donors who are whipped up about 2016 to shift their focus or they may be sitting here in november looking at a republican senate to go along with the house. let's bring in our panel about the environment right now, syndicated columnist george will, mara eliasson, and syndicating columnist charles krauthammer. you sense there is a shift, that democrats are concerned about losing the majority. >> they ought to be, and they are. the theme going into 2014 is going to be who better to clean up the dreadful mess than those of us who made it? i'm snot sunot sure that's a wi argument. it's going to be kaumpt kacompl because there's corruption in the mismanagement of exchanges, and if there's an analogy, if you go back to 1992, bill clinton runs for president saying i'll give you health care, no details. the details came out and two years later, they lost control of the house for the f

jim axelrod, ponta vedra, florida. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," wall street's latest tumble.sis from mellody hobson. plus, an investigation into a massive kickback scandal involving the army national guard. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, and i'm frank mallicoa >>> good morning everyone, it's tuesday, february 4th. i'm michelle griego. >> hi en, i'm frank mallicoat -- everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. let's get you out the door with traffic and weather. it was kind of cold this morning. >> chilly around the bay area. temperatures down in the 30s and 40s and some clouds though coming our way and you see just off the coastline they got a little storm out there. when do we expect that? that coming up. >>> the overnight roadwork once again at least for another half hour. westbound on the bray bridge. also tell you about the issues heading to the antioch bridge this morning. >>> thank you. and we got the traffic talked about out of the gate here. 4:30. intertate # 0 open again this morning, solano county after the officer-i

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jim axelrod that has story. and nothing makes you love life like knowing your days are numbered. steve hartman "on the road." >> if i have enough time, i'll change the world. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. new jersey governor chris christie just got thrown under the bus in that traffic jam scandal that has jeopardized his presidential ambitions. today, the former bridge authority official accused of helping to engineer the traffic jam said the governor knows more about it than he is telling. the huge traffic tieup in fort lee, new jersey, was created by closing lanes leading to a bridge that links new jersey to new york city. it was allegedly political revenge cooked up by christie's allies. the target? fort lee's democratic mayor who had declined to endorse republican christie for reelection. here's elaine quijano. >> reporter: governor chris christie has always denied that he knew about the lane closures leading to the george washington bridge that snarled traffic for four days

." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod.u think this has been an especially miserable winter, you from absolutely right. and another winter storm is now bearing down on the northeast tonight. this is the 13th major storm system to hit some part of the country since december 1. by comparison, during the same period last year, we saw eight major storms. it looks like new england will be hit hardest by this storm, up to 18 inches expected? eastern massachusetts. let's go first to eric fisher of our boston station wbz-tv, who is right in the middle of it in plymouth, massachusetts. eric, it doesn't look very pleasant where are you. >> reporter: it depends on perspective. but if you're not a fan of blizzards you would not be happy tonight. gusty winds, big snowfall rates.

blackouts and blowou terrell brown and jim axelrod on winter's brutal punch. a $5 million stradivarius is found after thieves leave a string of clues. dean reynolds has the detective story. >> reporter: do either of these suspects play the violin? >> no. >> reporter: (laughs) >> it's our hope one of them will have a lot of time to learn. >> reporter: and steve hartman "on the road". where do you get a smile like gabe's? from overcoming a future that wasn't nearly so bright. >> it's not where you start, it's how you finish. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our west earn edition. we're going to start with the good news in today's job report. the unemployment rate is down-- and for the right reason: more people are finding work. the bad news is job creation is slowing sharply raising concerns about the economic recovery. the economy added only 113,000 jobs last month, that was well below expectations. at the same time, though, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point to 6.6% and

axelrod we're going to have to invest.dsec and the entire democratic infrastructure is focused on in 2014. >> john, i want to put up on that point some of these states where we're seeing chances of a republican takeover increase. west virginia, up to 74%, south dakota 71%, iowa 55%. we are still, of course, a ways away. is that, do you think, reverberating in a congress here that feels on the republican side they actually don't have to do as much? they can hold those gains, they don't need, as we've been reporting today, to take significant action on immigration? your thoughts? >> well, my own personal thoughts is there's never a good time to do immigration reform, and my view is let's get it done because i think it's good policy. taking away the politics. that being said, you know, these are very difficult times for democrats in these states. i would put on there north carolina and colorado is tough, alaska's going to be tough. just a lot of places, even michigan is tough for the democrats. there's going to be a lot of pl

david axelrod is right. there are beneficiaries out there.this law. but if democrats are going to be trying to interpret for voters congressional budget office report on what the 2 million affected really mean, you're in a lot of trouble. this is the problem for white house and advocates of reform going back to 2010. people don't get it. they don't understand it. they are trying to understand both what they can do with regard to obamacare and what's happened to existing plan as companies start to adjust. maybe covering prescription drugs, there's a seismic shift in the health care insurance field as a result of obamacare that we really don't understand yet. >> can i get one more story in here before we go to break, that is allowed? or do you want to argue this more? >> no, no, even though we haven't -- no, we haven't debated obamacare enough over the past four years. lets go ahead and go to another story. >> a top u.s. diplomat has been caught on tape using some salty language over the political situation in ukraine. an english language newsp

. >>> also, the president political savant, david axelrod, asking democrats to not donate cash to theet to be announced hillary clinton campaign for president. we'll show you why in tonight's chalk talk. >>> to the top story, another dependent report finds the debilitating effects of obamacare extended. this time the negative impact on small businesses. the national small business association surveyed nearly 800 small business owners and found that 91% of them have seen their health care costs nearly double since the implementation of obamacare. all of this in addition to the duke university school of business study that found, quote, nearly half of u.s. companies are reluctant to hire full time employees because of the affordable care act. one in five firms indicates they're likely to hire fewer employees. >>> a report that backed up the congressional office claims that obamacare will result in reduction of nearly 2.5 million full-time workers, and that the law also gives americans a disincentive to work. the white house reaction to the cbo report was denial. house minority leader na

david axelrod and chuck todd, thank you so much. >> i'll be watching, chuck, thank you. >> love you,u, nicole. >> bye. bye, honey. >> boy, you came loaded today. >> there's a storm brewing. >> i can't take it anymore. >> there's a storm brewing. >> storm nicole. let's go now for the latest on the winter storm. forecasters say this could be catastrophic for portions of the south, atlanta, bracing for the worth as ice and freezing rain moves east. the national weather service is calling the storm, quote, mind boggling if not historical. many expect the storm to be more severe than the one that crippled the city two weeks ago. let's go to bill karins. >> good morning. things are going from bad to worse. the picture should be incredible by the end of the day. a lot of people waking up to tree limbs falling and power going out quickly from south carolina to georgia and jim cantore joins us. jim, you are set up in the perfect spot for this historic ice storm. >> yeah. the good news is it was well forecast and it came in overnight. so when people got up this morning, it's like i'm not going

that is secretary cohen and david axelrod, thank you to both of you. >> and this leads us to today's battle of the day. let me explain, every day we're going to take -- make sure we're not just asking the important people, the big people, people we put on air. we're also asking the important people sitting right at home. this is where we turn to you. our first battle, who has been stronger on ukraine, have hvlad putin or president obama? not right or wrong, who has been more assertive and shown more leadership. weigh in by rfd obama or rfd putin. we'll share your responses throughout the show. stay with us to see which side won at the end of the hour. >>> coming up, president obama meets with the governors. many of them have their sights on his job for 2016. how is that affecting the dynamic in that, i'm sure, tense room? we're taking you behind the scenes from someone who was actually there next. >>> also, a new report on the underground economy springing up around pot legalization. you won't believe where people are getting their weed from. later, our heroes and zeros of the day. w

>> axelrod: tonight, christie fires back. an angry response from the new jersey governor to charges he knew more about the bridge traffic scandal than he originally said. we'll have the latest from elaine quijano and john dickerson. just under 24 hours to kicked off. terrell brown is tracking the plan to keep millions of people safe tomorrow. will amanda knox really be sent back to an italian prison? jeff pegues takes a look at the odds. >> i'm going to fight this until the very end. >> reporter: and star spangled soprano-- renee flemin rehearsing her legendary voice to tackle the super bowl rendition of the "national anthem." >> waking up in the middle of the

. >> good night. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> axelrod: tonight, a verdict in the loud music case. a florida jury finds michael dunn guilty on lesser charges, but deadlocks on the key charge of first degree murder in the killing of jordan davis. manuel bojorqez has the latus%9 another winter storm socks the northeast. eric fisher and jeff pegues are tracking the snowfall and its impact during a busy holiday travel weekend. an olympic hockey rematch. the u.s. and russia square off 34 years after the miracle on ice, and mark phillips has the results of another thriller. and, positives and negatives. vinita nair shows us how super- storm sandy enhanced one photographer's work, by almost ruining it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

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david axelrod and also new to the roundtable as long as i've known her, former communications director president bush nicolle wallace. welcome to all of you. i want to start with t

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terrell brown and jim axelrod on winter's brutal punch. a $5 million stradivarius is found after thieves leave a string of clues. dean reynolds has the detective story. >> reporter: do either of these suspects play the violin? >> no. >> reporter: (laughs) >> it's our hope one of them will have a lot of time to learn. >> reporter: and steve hartman "on the road". where do you get a smile like gabe's? from overcoming a future that wasn't nearly so bright. >> it's not where you start, it's how you finish. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we'll start with the good news in today's jobs report. the unemployment rate is down-- and for the right reason: more people are finding work. the bad news is job creation is slowing sharply raising concerns about the economic recovery. the economy added only 113,000 jobs last month, that was well below expectations. at the same time, though, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point

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. >> axelrod: tonight, christie fires back.an angry response from the new jersey governor to charges he knew more about the bridge traffic scandal than he originally said. we'll have the latest from just under 24 hours to kicked off. terrell brown is tracking the plan to keep millions of people safe tomorrow. will amanda knox really be sent back to an italian prison? jeff pegues takes a look at the odds. >> i'm going to fight this until the very end. >> reporter: and star spangled soprano-- renee flemin rehearsing her legendary voice to tackle the super bowl rendition of the