ben tracy reports this time it's not the students. it's the college. and the growing political force that could determine which way a swing state swings. do republican do republican candidates risk losing the latino vote over this immigration rhetoric that you hear? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from miami. >> pelley: good evening. mitt romney is now 2-for-4 in the race for the republican presidential nomination. cbs news is projecting that romney has defeated newt gingrich in today's primary here in florida, taking the biggest delegate prize to date. the win was expected but the surprise tonight is how wide it was. romney won conservatives, moderates, tea partyers, young voters, women and hispanics. have a look at the vote so far. this is the tabulated vote: 70% in, romney well ahead of gingrich, 47% to 32%. here's one reason romney won tonight. when we asked voters today their number-one concern, 62% told us the economy. and more than half of those voters went for romney. we have a team

>>> movie coming to the box office won't feature a list action stars, it'll be real navy seals, ben tracy tells us, it's thrilling but not everybody is pleased with the extra exposure. >> mask up >> reporter: it looks like just another full throttle action movie. but this film about a navy seal team rescuing a kidnapped cia officer is about as real as hollywood gets. although fiction, act based on real seal missions and tactics and includes real navy seals. >> every one of them when approached about being a part said no. that in my mind made them the right guys to be a part of it. >> reporter: in a surprising departure the defense department encouraged them to participate. normally they don't even admit to being part of one of the military's most highley specialized forces. >> the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound. >> reporter: when seal team 6 killed bin laden last may, the military wouldn't even acknowledge they existed. but the new film appears to be a recruiting video. >> this film does allow us to explain in a very visual way what being a seal means. i

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight.n cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the bay bridge reopening --- well ahead of schedule. not a moment too soon for drivers. the masive back up caused by people who could e used the bay bridge all alo. and a new business has peopn one neighborhood complainino the city. what they say is happening at massage parlor. and what we found when we wt inisde. cbs 5 eyewitness news is ne. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo.

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> after your local news on "cbs this morning," we have more on the. cheating scandal as we hear from the editor of u.s. news and world report. plus, football, the manning brothers, a look at their future in the nfl. >>> best selling author karl high sin on politics in florida. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching everyone. we do appreciate it. hope you have a great day. we do appreciate it. hope you have a great day. i'm betty nguyen. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

well, today ben tracy tells us one well-regarded school near los angeles admitted that a top officialheated to improve its status. >> reporter: sam mitchell is a senior at claremont mckenna college. he chose the school because of its growing reputation. >> it's a really cut-throat world for schools, especially sort of up-and-coming institutions like this one. they have to do anything they can to climb the ladder. >> reporter: his school was ranked number nine among the best liberal arts colleges in the latest "u.s. news and world report" rankings. for five years, a school official falsely inflated the incoming s.a.t. scores of incoming students by 30 point, a small change but enough to move up on the coveted rankings. >> they are probably the single most important attribute in the minds of families and applicants. >> reporter: barmak nassirian helps run an association for college admissions officers. he thinks rankings confuse students. >> they simply look at the number and assume-- incorrectly-- that number nine is better than number ten. and as long as families believe that, institu

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an updaterom michigan a week before the primary. we'll have a live interview with newt gingrich on the future of his campaign. >>> plus, we'll hear from pat buchanan about the latest controversy surrounding his new book. >>> grammy award-winning violinist joshua bell stops by. >>> and what advice would all pulitzer prize winner maya angelou give to herself? we're going to hear all about that a little later on "cbs this morning." that's going to do it for "kr b s morning news" on this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> it is hard to manage. >> skyrocketing prices at the pump. what's behind the the surge and how high prices could get. >>> stunning

ben tracy is covering. dr. jon lapook on a critical shortage of drugs to treat cancer. >> this is a real, real crisis. children will die. >> pelley: and jim axelrod on a way to get america back to work. it took her from a job on wall jersey turnpike. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it's a massacre in syria. entire neighborhoods and apartment blocks are being blasted by artillery fire. today, the united nations said that the dictatorship of bashar al-assad is engaged in an atrocity. this is the city of homs, a city of 1.7 million. a little more than philadelphia. it appears assad is moving to crush the freedom movement that began nearly a year ago. today, secretary of state hillary clinton raised an alarm about where all of this is headed. >> they are leading syria into the outcome that we all deplore. we do not want to see a civil war in syria. no one wants to see a civil war in syria. >> reporter: but it seems a civil war is what they have.

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ben tracy reports for wjz, not everyone is thrilled about the increased exposure that our special forcess getting. >> reporter: it looks like another full-throttle action movie. yet this film about a navy seal team rescuing a kidnapped cia officer is about as real as hollywood gets. although fictional, act of valor is based on real seal mission and tactics and includes actual navy seals. in a surprising departure, the defense department encouraged seals to participate. normally, navy seals don't even admit to being part of one of the military's most highly- specialized forces. >> the u.s. military launched a targeted operation in abbottabad. >> reporter: when navy seal team 6 killed osama bin laden last may, the military would not even acknowledge the team's existence. >> this film does allow us to explain, in a very visual way, what being a seal means. i think this is a very valuable first look at what we do and how we do it. >> all boots are on the ground. >> reporter: but some in the military community worry the government is giving up the seal's biggest weapon, the secrecy of its tac

ben tracy, cbs news. >> well does the thought of losing your cell phone make you nervous? if so, apparently you aren't alone. according to a research group, it's on the rice, it's the fear of being without your cell phone. researchers found 66% of people in the uk say they fear losing their phone, that's up 13% from four years ago. >> beef created in a lab could be on the dinner table of the future. sciencists say they are developing meatless meat that would fool event most dedicate meat lover. two explained their two different approaches, one wants to grow it from animal stem sells and another wants a meat alternative from plants. >> we have a class of product that is totally, totally rocks and cannot be told apart from the animal based product it replaces even by a very hard core meat lover. >> reporter: they both say growing in the traditional way is not efficient. they want to create another test tube beef. >>> if you are a good cook with a science degree and a taste for adventure nasa has a offer. they are looking for volunteers to help them develop menus for a trip t

as ben tracy tells us, it's thrilling, but not everyone is thrilled about the increased exposure of thecial forces. >> reporter: it looks like just another great action movie. yet this is about as real as it gets. it's based on the real seal missions and tactics, including actual navy seals. >> every one of them when approached about being a part of it said no. that in my mind made them the absolute right guys to be a part of the platoon that is featured in the film. >> reporter: in a surprising departure, they encouraged the seals to participate. normally navy seals don't admit to being a part of the highly specialized forces. >> the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. >> reporter: the military would not acknowledge the team's existent, but it appears to be a recruiting system. >> it does allow us to explain in a very visual way what being a seal means. i think it's a very valuable first look at what we do and how we do it. >> reporter: some in the military thinks that we're giving up the seal's biggest weapon, the secrets. >> i do

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> yes, locks are hurled through the windows in the livermore neighborhood. they use the unusual force. now, the large decorative river rocks have appeared to be hurled by a launching device, possibly the water balloon launchers that were used to be giant slingshots. there were nine attacks. one of them were smashed into the double-pane window. it punched a hole down the wall in the hallway. >> it could have hit her in the back of the head, it could have been real bad. real bad. >> a surveillance camera caught the suspect's car. it's a white station wagon or possibly an suvcrews are asking the public's help in identifying the driver. >>> if the thought of missing your cell phone makes you nervous, then you're not alone. nomo phobia is on the rise. that's the fear of being without your cell phone. 66% of people in the u.k. say they fear losing their phone, up 13% from four years ago. >> roberta? >> have you ever had that fear? >> i have a fear of losing my car keys. i lost them for three weeks and i was using the spare key and then i lost the spare key. well,

first, ben tracy in california, where unemployment still tops 11%. >> reporter: scott, more than two million people are still out of work here in california but the good news is businesses are hiring. and they're now expected to create half a million new jobs in just the next two years. at this clothing maker in downtown los angeles, johnny quintero is the newest hire. >> it feels great, yeah. i learn something new every day. >> reporter: he was brought on in january after being out of work for two years, forced to move back in with his parents. >> got laid off, and just couldn't really find anything after that. that's when i decided to move back to arizona. >> reporter: retail sales are up 5.5% over last year. that's ignited a hiring burst in southern california's apparel industry, the first in a decade, up 6%. that brought johnny quintero back to california. laurel berman hired him and four other workers in the past year. >> there are so many great, qualified people looking for work that i feel like we get the cream of the crop today. >> reporter: nearly nine million jobs were lost

ben tracy looks at a star's struggle in the spotlight. >> reporter: whitney houston's body was transported this morning from the los angeles coroner's office to the airport to be flown back to the east coast. toxicology tests are being done to determine what caused her death at the beverly hilton hotel saturday. ♪ after all my strength is gone... ♪ >> reporter: her passing silence add voice that sold nearly 100 million albums. but that success became a burden she struggled to bear. music producer quincy jones told us today he was angry about houston's admitted drug use and what it was doing to her career. >> i wrote whitney a letter about... oh, about seven years ago. i said this is not going to work. she was apologetic, you know, and tried to clean up a little bit. ♪ try to make me go to rehab... ♪ >> reporter: like amy winehouse and michael jackson, whitney houston's troubles were very public. she went to rehab three times. she said she had so much money she no longer cared about her career. quincy jones says you can't help a celebrity that doesn't want to help themselves. >> they don't

ben tracy is covering. dr.on lapook on a critical shortage of drugs to treat cancer. >> this is a real, real crisis. children will die. >> pelley: and jim axelrod on a way to get america back to work. it took her from a job on wall jersey turnpike. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it's a massacre in syria. entire neighborhoods and apartment blocks are being blasted by artillery fire. today, the united nations said

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for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >>> mark roseler is chairman and ceo of cmg worldwideto marilyn monroe. he joins us from las vegas. mark, hello to you. >> hello. nice to be with you. >> we're glad you're here. i want to start with the numbers. i'm fascinated by the range. i heard her estate is worth zero to $115 million. i've heard right now her record sales are $10 million. where do all the figures come from and how do we really know what is true at this point? >> well, it's very difficult to value her estate at this moment. i think listening to the last piece, what we do know is that she doesn't have the same type of arrangement on her music. she's only going to be receiving artist royalties for her performance because she didn't write and compose and publish the various songs that she sang. but that's just one aspect of what her earning potential is in the future. whitney houston is one of the most recognized faces in the world. certainly probably the most recognized face at the moment in the world. and i think what you're going to see for future generations, let's

for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> thank you, ben.e editor of the u.s. news and world report. one of the publications that claremont mckenna lied to. good morning, brian kelly. thanks for joining us today. >> good morning. >> how was it discovered and do you think it's isolated? >> the school discovered it. it was one person at the school. it's not the whole institution. they seem to have taken swift action. they've brought in a law firm and doing the right thing. we don't know all the details yet. we've asked for some more information and haven't gotten it yet. but we do think it's a -- it's not a unique situation. it's pretty rare. we've been doing this for 25 years. we've had thousands of schools that we have ranked over the time. you know, we've had three or four incidents like this. any time it happens, it's a concern. we're certainly very disturbed and looking at this closely >> perhaps you shouldn't have been taking these numbers on faith? >> well, you know, charlie, the numbers are -- it's not just us. niece are numbers they'r

for "cbs this morning," i'm ben tracy in los angeles. >>> cbs news legal analyst, jack ford is here. >> hi rg charlie. >> what are the financial implications for honda? >> they sound enormous. i say could be. not binding on any other court. this doesn't mean anybody who has a claim against honda knocks on the door and says i'm here, give me my $10,000. they can go into court. we've mentioned before that right now there's a pretty substantial class action lawsuit that's out there. it's close to getting settled. people can pull out that of if they want and say i'm going to take my shot in small claims court. that means that they have to go through the process. it's not automatic. honda, as we just heard, is certainly going to appeal. it's not certain that this ruling is going to stand. so could it involve a lot more money out of the pockets of honda and into the pockets of people? could. but i think we can't say that right now. >> we wait to see how many people look at this and say that's for me. >> and how many other judges might rule the same way. this decision, not binding. you coul

national correspondent ben tracy has more. >> reporter: as arson investigators continue to search through what's left of the powell home, the medical examiner now says 7-year-old charlie and 5-year-old brayden powell suffered chop injuries to their head and necks. the sheriff says their father, josh powell, then started the house on fire. >> they found two five gallon cans of gas, one of them was with the bodies. the other one we believe was spread throughout the house. there was excel ler ranlts throughout the house. >> reporter: police say before he carried out the murder/suicide he donated his kids toys to charity and left instructions about his personal effects in multiple e-mails. >> he sent e-mails out to family, a pastor, other people, making sure that everybody knew he was gone, that he was the one that did this. he had put a plan in motion and he carried it out. >> reporter: powell had been under police scrutiny following the suspicious disappearance of his wife, susan cox powell. six days ago he lost a battle against susan's parents for custody of his sons. >> senseless slaughte

for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> bobby brown has now left his music tour. asking for privacy >>> good morning, temperatures right now are in the low 20s, it is a calm morning, sunny but on the chilly side. it is going to be 43 degrees this afternoon. now i point that out for a reason. we are getting baf freezing by many degrees with a ton of sun we will heat the area up again, overnight down to 29, >>> whitney houston works with some of the greatest songwriters in the business. we'll ask one of them, diane warren, about the moment when she first got the news. you're watching "cbs this morning." eggland's best eggs. the best in nutrition... just got better. now with even more of the vitamins your body needs. like vitamin d. plus omega 3's. there's one important ingredient that hasn't changed: better taste. [ female announcer ] eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. the better egg. freshly prepared by real cooks with our own secret recipes. pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits just $15.99. taste why fresh is better. [ man ] 4...3...2..

for cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. >> thank you, ben.e editor of the u.s. news and world report. one of the publications that claremont mckenna lied to. good morning, brian. how was this discovered, and do you think it was an isolated incident? >> well, it was really one person. it wasn't the whole institution. they seem to have taken swift action. they brought in a law firm. they're doing the right thing. we don't know all the details yet. we've sasked them for more information. we don't think it's a unique situation. it's pretty rare. we've been doing this for 25 years. we've had thousands of schools we've ranked over the time. we've had three or four incidents like this. but any time it happens, it's a concern. we're certainly very disturbed and looking at this very closely. >> perhaps you shouldn't have been taking these numbers on faith. >> well, you know, charlie, the numbers are -- it's not just us. these are numbers they're reporting to the federal government. they're numbers they report to the bond ratings services. they've got

for cbs, i'm ben tracy, in los angeles. >> the limit for small claims damages in california is $10,000er states, it ranges from $2500 to $15,000. >>> some new information tonight about who and what may be on the chopping block, as american airlines considers cutting 13,000 jobs. most of the cuts will likely be mechanics, ground workers and baggage handlers. the company is proposing eliminating 8,000 of them and 2300 flight attendants' jobs, along with 400 pilots. if unions and american can't agree on this, a bankruptcy judge will have to. >>> time now for a quick look at the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. a list of financial contributors to the martin o'malley-led democratic governors association, includes several cars vying for business here in maryland. >>> orioles pitcher chris tillman talks about his off- season workouts with brady anderson. >>> and a look at black history month events in the baltimore area. for all of these stories, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> the tony award-winning mus

national correspondent ben tracy is with us. ben, good morning. >> good morning.. a little camera called the go pro has been wildly successful because it came along at a time when so many of us want to share everything we do and post-it online. ♪ ♪ >>> it is some of the most amazing video on the internet. skiers outrunning an avalanche in the french alps. a kayaker plunging down a waterfall. a surfer right in the middle of a monster barrel. the footage almost looks fake. but all of it was shot on this little hd camera called the go pro. it can be mounted on almost anything or anyone. >> awesome. >> it's the brainchild of 36-year-old nick woodman. california's surfer dude turned ceo. >> one day when he was out riding the waves, he realized he was missing something. >> what didn't you have sm. >> i didn't have a way to capture how much fun my friends and i were having. i didn't want to have to be a camera guy or a surfer. i wanted to be both at the same time. >> so nick decided to develop a wearable camera. he moved back in with his parents, used his mom's sewing ma

national correspondent ben tracy is in washington this morning. ben, good morning. >> reporter: it is a very sad morning here on the west coast and at this elementary school where these two young boys went. their father, josh powell, has been considered a so-called person of interest since 2009 when his wife disappeared. then this past week on wednesday a judge refused to give him custody of his boys, and that may be why police say he set his house on fire, killing himself and his children. this home video shot minutes after firefighters first arrived on the scene shows the home of josh powell engulfed in flames. >> just heard a huge explosion. it shook my house. and then i ran outside, and the whole house was on fire. almost immediately. >> reporter: inside, officials found the bodies of powell and his two young sons, 7-year-old charles and 5-year-old braden. >> there's some things we may never know because the person who murdered the two kids killed himself, and he may be the only one with answers. >> reporter: about 10 minutes before the fire st

ben tracy recently met him at one of his soldout shows. you get the best story. about before i did this. he is having a huge year. get this. jason aldean had the top selling country music album of the year and the fifth best selling album in all of music. he's taking a break from his soldout tour to perform at the grammys this weekend and we caught up with him in orlando and it's clear that his newfound fame has not gone to his head. >> right now, looking at all these seats and knowing that they're going to be filled up tonight is crazy. >> we caught up with jason aldean just hours before he took the stage in orlando. he still seems surprised by his surging popularity and that kind of show that he can now afford to put on. >> i wanted to make it more of an event, more than a normal concert or show. that's one thing i've tried to keep in mind. how do i keep people from wanting to go to the bathroom, you know what i mean? >> once with he was up in that spotlight, this crowd of 20,000 people was definitely moving. but not towards the exits. aldean's show is built ar

national correspondent ben tracy is in puyallup washington, this morning. >> good morning, erica. sad morning at the elementary school where these two children went. their father, josh powell, considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife ever since 2009. well, this past wednesday a judge refused to give him custody of his two boys and police say that may be why he set his house on fire killing himself and them. this home video shot minutes after firefighters first arrived on the scene shows the home of josh powell engulfed in flames. >> just heard a huge explosion. it shook my house and then i ran outside and the whole house was on fire almost immediately. >> inside, officials found the bodies of powell and his two young sons. seven-year-old charles and five-year-old braden. >> this wasn't an accident. this is josh powell who we believe killed his heads and himself. >> he set his attorney an e-mail before this that read i'm sorry, goodbye. minutes after his children were dropped off by a social worker for a supervised visit, the explosion occurred. >> this part

national correspondent ben tracy has more on their story of love, addiction and abuse. >> when whitneyrl who grew up singing in the gospel choir falling for the bad boy singer. >> yes, bobby is the man in my life. i'm very much in love and i'm very happy. >> after the two married in 1992 at houston's lavish new jersey estate, she told rolling stone magazine, when you love, you love. i mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have different images? i am nobody's angel. houston's career was on the rise. the year she married brown, she also starred in "the bodyguard" and recorded the blockbuster soundtrack. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> in 1993, she gave birth to their own child, bobbi kristina. by the late 1990s, they were constant tabloid fodder dubbed the new ike and tina turner. their relationship was riddled with drugs and alcohol. in 2000, airport security guards in hawaii found marijuana in their luggage. that same year, houston started canceling concerts at the last minute. in an interview in 2002, she admitted to struggling with alcohol and drugs. but defiantly denied us