we'll talk live with cbs's bob shaefer. >>> new information tonight on the u.s. marines accused of urinating on the corpses of taliban fighters. learned three of the four marines shown in that video have hired legal defense. military investigators have interviewed two of them and they were reluctant to talk. the pentagon says everyone who is in this video who helped make the video, and even who watched it after the battalion returned from afghanistan could face punishment. >> these guys know it's not acceptable. they know it's a stupid thing. it's the kind of thing you would expect to do when they are out drunk. >> this is shocking video. it is ground for un-americanism within taliban or in other places. >> the u.s. military has condemned the video, but has not filed any charges. the marine corps appointed a three star general to decide which disciplinary action is warranted. bob shaefer joins us live. bob, this incident is tarnishing the image of forces. this morning lara logan called this a gift for the taliban. >> i think that's exactly right. because what thi

we're going to talk live with face the nation's bob shaefer when we come back. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission. serve the world's best tasting chicken. so our whole chicken is delivered fresh and prepared fresh by real cooks with our own secret recipes. taste why fresh is better. 2...1... mission accomplished. >>> florida voters are going to the polls to choose the republican candidate they want to challenge president obama in november. polls predict mitt romney will finish on top. newt predicts the fight will go on for another six months. with unemployment at nearly 10% and high foreclosure rates, a record number of florida republicans are expected to vote in the biggest primary contest so far. 50 delegates are at stake tonight. winner takes all. >>> and joining us live from warm and sunny miami is face the nation host, bob shaefer. and bob, i guess unless everybody is wrong, this is mitt romney's night. >> reporter: it sure looks that way. apparently they did a survey of the people who voted early and he got a big part of that vote. at

. >> in an interview for sunday's face the nation, defense secretary told cbs's bob shaefer the missionuld send a message to iran. >> it makes it clear to them that despite how much they often try to provoke us, that the united states is going to respond as we should in a very humanitarian way. >> the rescue operation caps a week of growing tensions between tehran and the u.s. after president obama signed tough new sanctions into law. the measures are designed to punish iran for moving forward with its nuclear program, making it harder for iran to sell its oil. tara for cbs news, the white house. >>> it appears yore appears joran van der sloot. a five-day delay to decide how to plead. he is ready to confess to the woman's 2010 death, but he does not accept the aggravated murder charges. he is also the prime suspect of the death of natalie holloway. he was never charged. >>> here's something you may want to forget after you hear it. age related memory loss can start much sooner than previously thought. for years, experts thought changes in memory began closer to the age of 60. now britis

bob shaefer looking ahead to the florida primary. that's followed by this week in defense news.s a result, the mclaughlin group will not air sunday morning, but you can still see it saturday night at 7:30. that's all on wusa9. >>> tonight, more than a dozen local men are getting a second chance at being a dad. 9news now photo journalist takes us to today's emotional graduation ceremony. >> please come to order. >> i grew up in a school building. all that type of stuff. >> you guys made a decision to be strong enough, man enough, and hero enough to say you know what? i'm going to come up in the system with whatever is on my background. whatever you said i did. whatever you convicted me of, and i'm going to work with you. >> i am -- >> we want our dads to work. >> program that is designed to get gentleman coming home from a period of incarceration. >> i just graduated from -- >> we want them to be connected to their kids. because they work, they pay child support. >> a program that helps people who have -- >> willie washington is a special case in many respects. >> a violent recor

and newt gingrich will be bob shaefer's guest. it begins at 8:30 right here on cbs 5. >>> joe paterno is in serious condition. the 85-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer in november just days after being fired as head coach. paterno was hospitalized a week ago, suffering complications from cancer treatment. his family denies he's dying, saying on twitter he is continuing to fight for his life. today, hundreds of penn state students are paying tribute to paterno on campus. >>> a 12th body has been pulled from the wreckage of that italian cruise ship. the search has been suspended because the ship has shifted. new evidence was recovered. >> the victim was wearing a life jacket when her body was found by police divers. the divers were able to reach the dangerously cluttered area of the ship after holes were blown in the hull to allow access. the search has been concentrating on the fifth level, which is totally submerged. passengers would have congregated to the assigned lifeboats. divers found a hard drive from tv cameras on the

bob shaefer, thanks for joining us. >> final polls in new hampshire close at 8:00 tonight. we'll have the results throughout the night on wusa9.com and complete coverage on 9news now at 11:00. lesli. >> a former ups worker accused of being the so-called mother daughter killer was sentenced today to 100 years behind bars. >> that sentence was just handed down and scott broom joins us live. he has more on the jason scott case. scott. >> you're about to hear from one of the victims that a prosecutor just spoke to us. 100 years from what the judge called a tsunami of crime. this is the first chapter in the courthouse drama, because prosecutors are lined up next to prosecute him for the mother, daughter murders that paralyzed him. prosecutors said 20-year-old jason scott was single handedly responsible for 88% of the reported crime in one largo neighborhood alone. between 2007 and 2009. his nearly 60 violent home invasions, burglaries, carjackings, and a sex assault spread all the way to mitchellville and beyond before he was caught in a federal stolen gun sting in 2009. >> he w

. >> joining us now live from des moines, iowa, is cbs chief washington correspondent, bob shaefer who covered many of these iowa caucuses. and bob, nearly every republican candidate has been at the top of the polls at some point. what makes this year so different and why do you think just two hours ago there's still so many people unsure of who they will support tonight? >> well, because there's no really overwelming favorite, mitt romney has been at 20 to 25 percent through all of this. that means there's a large number of people that are not always excited about them. the candidates has gone up to the top and then gone right back down. newt gingrich was the most recent leader out here. but then the romney campaign, which has more money than anybody else, just loaded up the air waves with negative ads about him and he went down as fast as he had gone up. it really got testy out here this morning. you know, we had newt gingrich on the morning show this morning and he just said flat out that he thought mitt romney was a liar. you just don't hear that much, you know, that kind of an acc