bob orr has our report. >> reporter: russian police say they shot and killed a wanted islamic leader in the northern caucasus region tuesday. the area is a hotbed for radicals planning possible attentions against the sochi winter olympics just over two weeks from now. cbs has learned that one of the so-called black widows who may have been trained in suicide bombings was also killed by russian authority bus they're looking for ruzana ibragimova. her husband was killed in the past. she and one other may have already been dispatched to attack the olympics. juan zarate served on george w. bush's national security team and worked on security plans for several olympics. >> certain females don't attract as much security attention as certain male suicide bombers or fighters, but i think now with ramped up security around sochi, females are going to get just as much scrutiny as males. >> reporter: u.s. military sources say two navy ships will patrol the nearby black sea in case americans have to be evacuated from the games. u.s. authorities are also concerned about the distances between the

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table, it is possible his attorneys could seek some kind of deal for a life sentence. >> pelley: bob orr in our washington newsroom. bob, thanks very much. good news on the economy today. the economy grew 3.2% in the last three months of last year, not gangbusters, but economists consider it healthy. wall street liked it. the dow was up 109 and change to close at 15,848. anthony mason has some insight on the economy. one of the leading liberals on capitol hill announced he is retiring after 20 terms in the house. democrat henry waxman of california, was part of the post-watergate class of 1974. congressional correspondent nancy cordes spoke to waxman today. >> i would ask-- >> i will have you physically removed from this meeting if you don't stop. >> reporter: on capitol hill, where conflict is a way of life, henry waxman's passion was backed up by productivity. >> it's a landmark piece of legislation. >> reporter: the 74-year-old democrat from los angeles led the fight to invest in aids research, to cut air pollution, and reduce pest sized in produce. his legislation helped pave the way

charged is thomas di fiore currently to be part of the bonanno crime family not in prison. >> pelley: bob orr in our washington newsroom. bob, thank you very much. today the pentagon said the u.s. and russia are discussing security at the sochi olympics. the games will be held near a region where islamic terrorists have fought for independence from russia. dean reynolds reports that some americans have already decided that sochi is not for them-- including a family with an emotional tie to the winter games. games. >> reporter: how many kids do you have? >> five. >> reporter: in wisconsin, bob suter was looking forward to seeing his son play for the u.s. olympic hockey team but concerns about security in sochi are keeping him home. >> everything is security, security, and, you know, it's just too bad that it takes away from the athletics and the sports and stuff. >> reporter: his son ryan suter is a star defenseman for the minnesota wild in the national hockey league and will play for team u.s.a. but ryan made it clear that he preferred his wife, his two children, and his parents stay away. >>

for the first time, the wife of an american held in iran tells bob orr what he was doing there. >> he was working as a consultant for the c.i.a. >> reporter: and ben tracy in california looks at what the historic dro iughts doing to our food supply. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it is dangerous out there. in much of the east tonight, the police are asking folks to stay off the roads. this is new york city live and marshfield, massachusetts, near the coast tonight get their second major storm of the new year. thousands of flights have been canceled. in washington, d.c., many government offices were closed, though the supreme court stayed in session. maybe those robes are warmer than they look. as much as a foot of snow is expected overnight from the mid-atlantic states to new england. we have a team of correspondents on the storm. first, vanita nair in central new jersey. vanita? >> reporter: getting anywhere across the northeast right now is not easy. scott, it took us about two and a half hours to go just 20 mil

there are casualties, and bob orr has the latest. and after the assassination, jackie kennedy received 800,000 letters. today, anthony mason sees them for the first time. >> it is my greatest wish that all of these letters be acknowledged. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. >> pelley: good evening, this is our western edition andçóñh francisco.ÑiñrñrÑiÑiñrçó tonight, we have video never shown publicly before from the chaotic scene of that asiana airlines crash landing in san francisco last summer. the video's important because it may answer a key question: how was a teen-aged girl who survived the impact later killed by a fire truck? some of the video comes from that truck. 16-year-old ye meng yuan was one of three people from the plane to die; 304 others survived. her parents are suing the city of san francisco, claiming the rescuers were reckless and poorly trained. anna werner has the story and the video. >> reporter: this video is from a camera mounted on a firef

bob orr asks the men in charge how they'll protect america's biggest game. >> reporter: what's the latest intelligence tell you about potential threats? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the gridlock is breaking tonight after something that is not supposed to happen did. in an area called the sun belt in a city known as hotlanta, ice caused a meltdown. the winter storm that brought snow and ice to the south yesterday stranded thousands bumper to bump hour after hour an roadslippery cars and tr get traction. some people spent the night in supermarkets and kids slept overnight on the floors of their schools. more than 1,200 traffic accidents were reported in georgia alone. mark strassmann is in atlanta for us tonight. mark? >> reporter: scott, i'm standing along i 285 south of atlanta. this traffic has just started inching forward but mostly it's been at a stand still. remember, some of these drivers are still trying to finish last night's commute. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: state road 400 north of atlanta looked and soun

she sat down with our bob orr. good morning. >> good morning. evinson confirmed her husband bob was working in part at least for the cia. she hopes that information will help the iran and u.s. speak more freely and find a way to win his release. >> he was working as a onsultant for the cia. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> reporter: the confirmation comes as christine levinson is planning a second trip to iran. she will try to make her case with a personal plea to iran's president at a time when relations between the u.s. and iran have improved. >> if president rouhani could find bob and send him home to his family he could make a wonderful humanitarian gesture. >> reporter: but the u.s. government still has not admitted that levinson ever worked directly for u.t. intelligence. the family's attorney david mcgee says it's time to come clean and make a deal. >> if the u.s. would come full face and say yes, he worked for the cia, that might be enough of a show of good faith that the irani

bob orr on the arrest in one of thst robberies in u.s. history.night, for the first time, a state senator viciously attacked by his own son explains how the mental health care system fails. >> it's clear the system failed. it's clear that it failed gus, it killed gus. >> pelley: and elaine quijano with two jersey girls who will beti roong for seattle in the >>per bowl.

bob orr reports. and 100 million people heading to grandma's house. seth doane discovers you've never seen holiday traffic until you've seen chinese new year. >>

they are searching for one woman suspected inbound in the sochi area planning the attack, and bob orrlack widows. >> russian intelligence have some information that one of the so-called black widows may have penetrated the ring of steel and gotten inside the zone. they are not sharing all their information, but they are taking it seriously and putting posters up around sochi, and visiting hotels and restaurants, canvassing and asking people have you seen this woman. she is very dangerous, because her husband was an islamic militant killed about a year ago and she vowed revenge and she carried out the group that carried out recent attacks. >> sources you talked to increasing the alarm about the security. >> a couple weeks ago when we started to ask questions, it's, well, you always have to be prepared and you have generic threats in the pipeline, and as i talk to them now i think there is a real fear, which this group that demonstrated deadly ability that put out a new terrorists threat as recently as sunday and has the ability to strike, somewhere close if not at the games themselves,

bob orr on the concerns that female terrorists may attack.lus fist on "cbs this morning," bill gates is in studio 57 today and his plan to end poverty in two decades. eradicate polio in four years and help billions live longer. >>> and shape wear is the new corset for many women. dr. phillips is here with the long-term health dangers from the clothing that gives you a slimmer figure. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00 and frank, this was the question for you because i know michelle's answer already. >> okay. >> would you rather have a flat tummy or would you want good circulation? >> you know? i'm going to go with good circulation. >> gayle you know my answer. [ laughter ] >> i know it. michelle we can tell him he's wrong. >> you know, i hear that a lot. so that's okay. >> all right. thanks. we'll see you at 7:00. >> as long as you know. see you guys. >> there we go. have a good show. >>> its is 6:52 and a man hunt underway for a terrorist in russia. coming up the woman suspected of plotting an attack on the upcoming winte

for the first time, the wife of an american held in iran tells bob orr what he was doing there. >> he was working as a consultant for the c.i.a. >> reporter: and ben tracy in california looks at what the historic dro iughts doing to our food supply. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the

bob orr is following developments for us. bob? >> reporter: scott, senior u.s. officials now say intelligence is monitoring what it calls an uptick in threats against the upcoming olympics. sources say these threats are not specific but islamic radicals are vowing to avenge the killing of innocent muslims. and russian forces are continuing to search for potential suicide bombers. we're told dozens of f.b.i. agents will be in russia along with diplomatic security agents who will be escorting u.s. athletes to and from all events. now, while that's a common practice, officials are a little bit worried with the sochi venues being so widely scattered that americans will be exposed longer to potentially vulnerable travel. the pentagon also has plans to help evacuate americans in the event of some kind of major incident. we've learned that two ships "the mount whitney" and also a cruiser will be patrolling black sea equipped with helicopters and medical facilities. also, the u.s. olympic committee now and the state department are urging americans not to wear clothing w

for the first time, the wife of an american held in iran tells bob orr what he was doing there. >> he was working as a consultant for the c.i.a. >> reporter: and ben tracy in california looks at what the historic drought is doing to our food supply. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley

today we learned more about the student who opened fire and bob orr has that. >> reporter: police believe the shooting at roswell's berrendo middle school was planned and carried out by a 12-year-old student who used a shotgun taken from his parents' home. new mexico's state police chief pete kassettas said the suspect cut off the weapon and hid it inside a duffel bag. >> it's a 20 gauge pump shotgun. the handle or stock was sawed off, making it more of a pistol grip type weapon. it had three rounds of ammunition in that weapon. >> reporter: police say the suspect, a seventh grader, fired all three rounds-- one into the floor of the school's gymnasium, one into the ceiling and the other into a crowd of students, wounding a boy and a girl. 911 dispatchers were alerted by frightened students. >> reporter: now, police have not offered a motive, but they say the suspect may have verbally warned some of the students just before the shootings and, scott, it's expected prosecutors will charge the boy as a juvenile. >> pelley: bob, thank you. on friday president barack obama will spell out how he

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bob orr tells us the shooter was a calm, stone-faced seventh grader. >> students were gathering in theymnasium preparing to start klasses when a 12-year-old 7th grader calmly walked in. new mexico police chief said at first no one saw a weapon. >> we believed that it was in a bag. we believe it was concealed. it wasn't known until right before he started shooting that the weapon was in there. >> sources say the alleged gunman used a shotgun and the shooting lasted about ten seconds. two students were hit. a boy was shot in the face, and a girl in the arm. the boy is in critical condition. the girl is listed as serious. >> please, keep these two children in your prayers. we have a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old who were shot while simply sitting in their gym waiting to go to klass. >> witnesses say after shooting the two students, the gunman was confronted by a school staff member and a state police lieutenant who had rushed to help after dropping off his own child at the school. the shooter put down the weapon and surrendered. >> well, this sure isn't what you want to see at school. a n

bob orr reports. and 100 million people heading to grandma's house.h doane discovers you've never seen holiday traffic until you've seen chinese new year. >> reporter: they call this the largest annual migration on earth, and here it certainly feels that way. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

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bob orr has the latest on the investigation. >>> plus, we'll ride along with coast guard ice breakers> and movie producer harvey weinstein joins us in the studio with a look ahead to the academy awards. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, january 15. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:30 on this "hump day." and we kick it off with meteorologist lawrence karnow. >> can't find any rain but we have plenty of sunshine and some record-breaking temperatures again. that high fire danger. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you, lawrence. outside we go, a traffic alert in effect, sounds like for not much longer. a car took out a light pole eastbound 80 by the powell street exit. they hope to open lanes in the next 10 minutes. in the meantime, one lane is blocked so seeing a little slowing. >> thank you. >>> it is 4:30. we have

bob orr on the arrest in one of the biggest robberies in u.s. history.ight, for the first time, a state senator viciously attacked by his own son explains how the mental health care system fails. >> it's clear the system failed. it's clear that it failed gus, it killed gus. >> pelley: and elaine quijano with two jersey girls who will be rooting for seattle in the super bowl. for a very special reason. >> just try your best. i have faith in you. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

there are casualties, and bob orr has the latest.fter the assassination, jackie kennedy received 800,000 letters. today, anthony mason sees them for the first time. >> it is my greatest wish that all of these letters be acknowledged. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening.

bob orr is in washington. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie.t there may have been a warning before that shooting. police now say they were told the alleged 12-year-old gunman may have cautioned some of his friends not to go to school. residents of roswell held a vigil tuesday night for the two victims -- 13-year-old kendall sanders was shot in her right shoulder and is in stable condition at a lubbock, texas, hospital. the other child, an 11-year-old boy, was critically wounded. he'd been shot in the face and neck. >> i ask all new mexicans to please join us in praying for the families, praying for the kids, making sure that they reach out and talk to people. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say the alleged gunman a 12-year-old 7th grader walked into the school's gymnasium around 7:30 in the morning and opened fire, used a sawed-off shotgun that'd been concealed in the instrument case. >> we were sitting at the top of the stairs and he was right there, and i saw him trying to get on the bleachers, and then i saw, like, blood splatter and th

. >> homeland security bob orr has covered the story since it broke. what are they telling us in terms of your sources and clapper testifying there about the damage done specifically, and how they are forced to adjust to that damage. >> this is devastating. they say this case goes far beyond any of the famous spy cases we know, aldridge james, robert hansen. what snowden has done with the leaks through the press is he's put the intel playbook out there for everyone to see. so when your adversaries and your opponents and the terror groups, well, how does the u.s. do this, what are the tripwires, when they have all of that information, what do they do? they adjust. that forces us to adjust. so we'll eventually get all of this back with new capability. but right now, this is a security lag and that's dangerous. >> what do you think the point was of our nation's intelligence chief, general clapper, calling on snowden to return these documents and accusing, also and saying his accomplices, which was really a vague reference to the press. >> right, it wasn't