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bebe king duet. the president welcomed mick jagger, booker t. jones. held in celebration of black history month. it will be broadcast on pbs. the first time he was a little apprehensi apprehensive. this time he owned it. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" >>> republican candidates gear up for tonight's debate as new polls show a tight race between front-runners mitt romney and rick santorum in the next primary states of michigan and arizona. meanwhile, mitt romney joins the chorus of republican voices accusing president obama of wagging war on religion. the question is which candidates will stoop to the lowest common denominator to win primary votes. >>> and more good news for the economy. yesterday the dow surged briefly past the symbolic 13,000 mark, the highest since 2008, when unemployment was at a meager 5.4% and lehman brothers was still a respectable organization. the question is, if wall street is making a comeback, why does it

bebe king brought the house down. an energetic mick jagger also performed for the crowd. in performance at the white house premiers next monday on pbs. it will also be broadcast to u.s. troops abroad at a later date. fresh off her six grammy sweep, adele won big at the brit awards in london. >> the winner is adele. >> reporter: adele won best british female solo artist and album of the year at britain's top music honors. she also performed her hit song "rolling in the deep." >> i'm so, so proud to be british. >> reporter: reanna accepted the -- rihanna accepted an award and adam lambert is headed across the pond himself. he's joining the rock band queen for one concert this summer. that's the same venue where freddi mercury sang his last concert with queen back in 1986. matthew perry is joining the cast of "the good wife." the former friends and "west wing" star will have an occurring roll as -- role as an attorney. i'm edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now, 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. do we h

my argument is that mays is the driving force bebe hind king being a socially committed activist preacher. that was mays's whole vision of not just creating king. he wanted to do it at howard university divinity school. he wanted to do that again by the creation of here in this town, the interdenominational theological seminary. black preachers were at the root the closest to ordinary black people. they move the masses toward constant oppression in the south. my argument is this is why i spent time writing a book about mays. even martin is quoting mays, not given him credit but quoting them. mays introduces him to world church leaders. opens the way for the meeting with christians and jews. the national conference of christians and jews. the national council of churches. all of these are mays's inroads. thurman acts as a pastor. because if you're living under these harsh conditions as dr. king did, we just read, you know, david garro's biography and it's tiresome because he's never home. thurman is writing letters, corresponding with him and being the pastor while he's in boston. we don't

bebe king. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ same old place. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ same old place.et home chicago ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> the president can sing. welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with breaking news in afghanistan where antiamerican protests are spreading after the burning of muslim holy books by u.s. troops. >> the u.s. embassy in the capitol of kabul is under lockdown. at least seven people have been killed in the protests. charlie dag gat is with us. good morning? >> reporter: good morning to you. the u.s. embassy is shut down suspending the travel of international staff and ordering local workers to return to their homes. far from containing the crisis, it appears to be spreading, including a demonstration with hundreds of protesters in the eastern city of jalalabad. >> reporter: protesters set fire to a compound that houses foreign contract workers in the capitol. one of several scenes where anger has erupted into violence again today. witnesses say police fired live rounds to crowds of demonstrators when they charged police lines. afghan officials

singing "sweet home chicago" with buddy guy, bebe king. ♪ baby, don't you wanna go ♪ come on, baby don't, sweet home chicago ♪ >> it seemed like he got more confident as he went on. that's a little scary. >> you know what, i think once you commit, you have to fully commit and just sing it, right? >> that is mick jagger, right? >> i think it must be. it looks like him. >> wow. that's a tough crowd. we are earlier pictures of president bush drumming. i love to watch that stuff. christine, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> let's re-introduce our panelists with you. fred o'donnell is joining us. he is a debate avante. i want to talk about the debate as we head into tonight. it will be a big day. if a ride shade is with us. nice to have you all. let's get to it. tonight in mesa, arizona, it is a high stakes debate. for everybody. it's a high stakes debate for mitt romney, high stakes debate for rick santorum. now he's the front-runner. newt gingrich, he's been off the map for a little while. high stakes debate for him. ron paul hasn't had a victory yet so it's a high stakes debate for him. it