former vice president dick cheney said today on the cbs early show the u.s. should have avoided any potential intelligence loss by destroying the downed drone. >> for us to go in and take out the drone that crashed would have been, i think, a fairly simple operation and it would have denied them the value of the intelligence they can collect by having that aircraft. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they rejected a destroy mission as impractical. as for iran's, attempt, scott, to duplicate the drone, it could seek help from china, a country that has had some success with stealth clones. >> pelley: bob, is there any idea why the drone came down in iran. >> still a big mystery. it was programmed to return to return to its base in afghanistan but u.s. officials say something went wrong. iran claims it used some kind of electronic jammer to bring it down. the u.s. government flatly rejects that explanation but i have to tell you some independent analysts say it is a possibility. >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. it's no secret that the economy is picking up a littl

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captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs news morning news" for monday, december 26th, 2011. good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. >>> this morning, the white house is condemning attacks in nigeria and islamic sect is claiming responsibility. at least 39 people have died in bombings and attacks on a police headquarters. >> good morning. to experts, the sophistication to experts the of these christmas day bombings suggest that those responsible may have been trained outside of nigeria. charred and smoldering vehicles outside of a church in nigeria where a bomb exploded on christmas day. it starting worships who had just celebrated christmas mass. a radical muslim sect claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks on the country. terrorists bombed three churches and a government security building, but this attack near the nation's capital, was deadly. almost three dozen killed and almost 50 injured. >> you can see so many families gone. gone. >> reporter: nigeria authorities carried some of the dead away in body bags. officials in the cou

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 12th, 2011. good morning, everybody. good to be with you. appreciate you joining us. i'm terrell brown. >>> we begin with politics. during an exclusive interview on "60 minutes" last night, president obama explains why he thinks he should be reelected and why he doesn't think the american people will buy into the republican argument. the president spoke with correspondent steve kroft. >> reporter: why do you think you deserve to be reelected? what have you accomplished? >> not only saving this country from a great depression, not only saving the auto industry, but putting in place a system in which we're going to start lowering health care costs and you're never going to go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick, making sure that we have reformed the financial system so we never again have taxpayer funded bailouts and the system is more stable and secure, ending don't ask, don't tell, decimating al qaeda, including bin laden being taken off the field, and when it comes

captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 13th, 2011. >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with breaking news, the deadly crash of two army helicopters in washington state. the two helicopters, based at ft. lewis mccord near olympia went down during a training mission last night. >> we're sad to report tonight that four army aviators were killed in an innocent with two army helicopters. >> two other service members were injured. the helicopters crashed in a remote training area south of olympia. the cause of the crash is not known. the army is investigating. >>> now the latest on the penn state sex abuse scandal and former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. it's reported he continued coaching at a small pennsylvania college last year, even though he had failed a background check. three football players told cbs affiliate that sandusky coached the entire season, even while he was being investigated by a local high school. the college says there was a breakdown of communication, that the school's head coach did not follo

tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and this is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell at the cbs broadcast center 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 "there was just black i couldnt see 2 feet in front of me" . >>> tonight, the bay area homecoming for soldiers. >> it was just black. i couldn't see 2 feet in front of me. >>> a fiery bay area tonight. see how one man ran towards danger to try to save a life. >>> it's not even a done deal, but just the possibility of a bike lane on the bay bridge already has a hefty price tag. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next.

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 14th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> we begin in washington where congress remains in gridlock this morning. the latest flash point, an extension of the payroll tax cut which is now headed to the senate. now, the measure passed the house in a mostly party line vote last night. the president has promised a veto, but the bill seems sure to die in the democratic-led senate anyway. the 180 billion dollar measure would extend the social security tax cut and extend long-term employment benefits and prevent a cut in medicare payments to doctors. democrats want a more generous tax break and longer unemployment benefits but house speaker john boehner says the gop has done its part. >> we've passed a large bill that contains many of the priorities of our caucus and the white house. we have worked to find common ground. the white house says we can't wait on jobs and we agree and that is why we passed this common sense bill. >> another problem for the democrats is

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 2nd, 2011. good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. >>> we begin with the economy. when the labor department releases its jobs report for november in the morning, it's expected to show some modest growth. economists predict 125,000 jobs added last month compared to october's gain of just 80,000 but the unemployment rate is expected to stay locked at a high 9%. susan mcginnis is in washington with details. susan, good morning. >> hi. good morning, terrell. >> reporter: this report is coming on the heels of some very strong numbers out this week from manufacturing, retail, construction. and then a big rally in the stock market, so the question is will this labor report that is coming out today continue the improvement or will it disappoint? more than 10,000 union workers marched through the streets of manhattan thursday, demanding better wages and more jobs. >> we have people making all this money. we have millions out of work. it's not fair. >> reporter: protesters, includ

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. n >> mitchell: as the republican presidential hopefuls get set to nbate in iowa tonight, some new controversial comments on the middle east by the new front- runner are getting a lot of attention. newt gingrich called the salestinians an invented people. palestinian officials fired back saying "gingrich has lost touch osth reality." dean reynolds is in iowa with more. >> reporter: tonight's debate will be the first since newt gingrich began surging in the polls and the first since rival campaigns began raising concerns about his leadership and tmperament. >> the jewish people have the right... >> reporter: newt gingrich, a former history professor may have fueled those concerned with his comment on the middle east, specifically, the saga of the israelis and the palestinians. >> there was no palestine as a state. it was part of the ottoman papire. ond i think we've invented palestinian people who bre in fact arabs and historically part of the arab community, and they had a chance calo

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 5th, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm elaine quijano. it's nice to be with you. >>> we begin with politics. and the scramble for gop hopefuls including newt gingrich and mitt romney to win herman cain's support. cain suspended his campaign saturday after allegations of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair. he still denies he did anything wrong, telling cbs news he was not pressured into the decision. >> my wife didn't say do it or don't do it, she just said, i'll support you whichever way. i recognized the pain in her and the pain that it was causing her and my family the constantly spinning and spinning and spinning, when the allegations were false and untrue. that isn't something i wanted my family to continue to go through. >> there are reports a surging gingrich will receive cain's endorsement. randall pinkston is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: the spotlight is on newt gingrich six months after many counted him out and some polls showing him at the top and

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 22nd, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm drew levinson. welcome to winter. it's solstice, the shortest day of the year and first day of winter. parts of the state in colorado along with wyoming and new mexico could get up to a foot of snow and that is on top of the big storm earlier this week. some highways have already been shut down and airline passengers are trying to get out before they really get blasted. >> going to miss the big snowstorm? >> yeah, that will be true. it's a good thing. we like the idea of being on the ground somewhere else when the snow comes. >> airports around the country are bracing for the big holiday rush. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. aaa says more than 90 million americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the christmas/new year's holiday. a 1.4% increase over last year. and there is good news on the weather front. that storm in colorado should break up later today. and fears that a different system could hit the northe

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 1st, 2011. good morning, everybody. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. >>> we begin with the suddenly booming stock market. on wall street, they call this a santa claus rally and the reindeer were pulling extra hard on wednesday. the dow surged by 490 points, the seventh largest gain of all time. the last three days the dow up 7.25% and putting it firmly in the black for the year. the question is this rally for real? ashley morrison has that and more. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: that big rally continued this morning overseas. markets across asia soared following wall street's lead. hong kong's hang sang jumped more than 5% while tokyo's nek ki was up nikkei was up almost 2%. the european markets looked poised for another up day.up ni. the european markets looked poised for another up danikkei . the european markets looked poised for another up day. wednesday's rally was kicked off by a coordinated global effort to cut off panic. central banks of europe, england, japan

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 29th, 2011. good morning, everybody, i'm >>> a new cnn/"time" poll shows mitt romney in first place. ron paul in first and there is new trouble for michele bachmann. with an 11th hour defection by her iowa campaign manager. duarte geraldino is in washington with more. >> reporter: michele bachmann was certainly surprised by that defection but such dramatic shift have become common in the weeks leading up to the caucus. now everyone is waiting to see what bold move will happen next. michele bachmann's campaign is dealing with another blow. just hours after appearing with the minnesota congresswoman at an event wednesday, her iowa campaign manager state senator kent sorensen defected, joining ron paul's team. >> i believe two tier of candidates and i believe ron paul is in that tier and i'm here to help him. >> kent sorensen personally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the ron paul campaign. >> reporter: paul's team insist it did not pay sorensen slamming the state senat

. >>> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >>> goodvening and merrychristmas. >>> we begin this evening inafghanistan with some 91,000 u.s. troops that have observed the holiday as much as they could we are. at 7000 feet this out post is one of the most remote and breath taking in all of afghanistan. it's been the scene of heavy fight being over the last six months. today the soldiers took a little time out to enjoy christmas on top of the world. >> christmas morning and the menman their provincial their post as usual. far from home on the pakistan border the season has been slow to set in here. there were a few noticeable changes. >> he may look nice but he isnot. >> a helicopter flew in from anearby base bearing gifts from home. >> cheese sausage. >> oh that is nice. >> corporal jennings worked as apastry chef before enlisting. >> my role is to make these guyshappy. >> the food hit the spot.the first few moments they were able to relax. even the afghan guards were in the spirit. the meal was cut short. a neighboring checkpoint came u

join us for cbs 5 early edin ...beginning at 4:30. >>> on the cbs "morning news" here is a look at the weather. a wintry mix will impact the great lakes area. severe weather moves into the east coast. the southern plains will be dry with temperatures in the 50s to the 70s. northern plains see scattered snow showers. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. with just a week before the iowa caucuses, three republican candidates begin bus tours through the state today and several have launched new campaign ads. >>> and a big jump in online sales this holiday season. ibm found online shopping jumped 16.4% on christmas day over last year. the dollar amount of those purchases that were made using mobile devices leaped almost 173%. >>> a couple of grinches in minnesota stole some presents, and it's all caught on videotape. you can see the two burglars enter the apartment in st. paul. they took a laptop and other valuables from the family of a soldier serving in kuwait. police are still looking for the suspect

only cbs 5 cameras with there are capturing this arrival. now none of the students on board those buses, the 56 passenger buses would speak to cbs 5 nor would many of the parents waiting to pick them up. as you just mentioned, this is a story that generated serious questions, particularly from viewers like is this a case of selective police enforcement? >> the annual ski trip is as anticipated as senior prom. >> yes, i have a will the of friends on that trip. >> why is the anticipation so high? because it's their opportunity to get high. >> a lot of people bring illegal materials on there. >> oh yeah, definitely a lot of partying. >> you can't not notice it. >> not the drugs as some drinking. >> in fact, it's hard to ignore the mass collection of marijuana, and alcohol confiscated by police. collected from five buses filled with students from some of the bay area's most privileged high schools. police kept the drugs, but did not arrest or even site any of the teens involved. selective police enforcement, yes says a bay area principal. she wr

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a coordinated global effort to mad off a panic over european debt sent stock markets roaring around the world today. the dow closed with its biggest ga deralin nearly three years. it started when the federal reserve bank in washington and central banks in europe and japan all worked together to upe borrowing easier. the dow was up just over 490 points today. it's been quite a week already. in the last three days, the dow is up 7.25%. back in the black. on e r senior business errrespondent anthony mason is nd the floor of the new york stock exchange. anthony. >> reporter: the dow is over 12,000 again, scott, and all 30 stocks in the index were actually up today, and as you say, the dow is now back in the black for the year. the rally began at the opening bell and never lost momentum. all three major armies were up more than 3% on the day. >> the european move definitely was a spark that lit the fire. >> reporter: the fed's coordinated move today with the central banks of europe, engla

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. the hazing scandal at florida a&m university took an unexpected turn today as the authorities were investigating the death of one member of the marching band and the beating of another, they uncovered something else. b.j. bernstein has been following this story from the start and has the latest. >> scott, cbs news has learned that the fraud is financial, and it's associated with a &m officials. university did not comment tonight on the latest blow to the school with a proud history of achievement and honor. there are now three investigations of the university and hazing within the storied marching 100 band. this week, tallahassee police charged three students in connection with the battery and hazing of freshman clarinet player bria hunter. she claims her leg was broken in an initiation ceremony for a band click called the red dog order. hunter's lawyer is b.j. bernstein. >> this is nothing more than a gang, a gang of young people that has a form of initiation which essentially is a b

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 9th, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm randall pinkston. >>> early this morning, ballistic tests officially linked two fatal shootings on the virginia tech campus. yesterday's shooting was a haunting reminder of the blood bath five years that took the lives of 32 victims. a police officer army veteran deriek crouse was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. the campus was locked down and on high alert for more than four hours as s.w.a.t. team and heavily armed police searched for the shooter. the unidentified gunman fled after the shooting and apparently turned the weapon on himself. drew levinson is at the virginia campus in blacksburg with the latest. good morning, drew. >> good morning to you, randall. >> reporter: stunned would be a good way to describe the feeling here on the campus of virginia tech university. it's been five years since the mass killings here and now the students and faculty are dealing with another senseless tragedy. at virginia tech, students lit can

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. just when you thought washington was hopelessly deadlocked, a conservative republican and a liberal democrat have net the middle with a proposal to save medicare. 49 million americans are on the government health plan, but it can't survive in its current state. it's projected that medicare will be bankrupt in 12 years. today's proposal would be a major change and we asked congressional correspondent nabsy cordes to sort it out for us. nancy? >> reporter: scott it's something we haven't seen in quite some time: an influential republican and a democrat coming together on an issue divide the two sides like almost nothing else-- medicare. >> this is the path to prosperity. >> reporter: the plan republicans introduced eight months ago went over like a led balloon with democrats and many seniors. so today house budget chair paul ryan teamed up with a democrat, oregon senator ron wyden, to introduce a new cost-cutting plan for medicare. >> we want to show that a bipartisan solution is out t

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 30th, 2011. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm whit johnson. >>> we begin with the republicans last-minute jockeying for votes in iowa. as iowans prepare for tuesday's caucuses the latest poll shows mitt romney in a position to win a state he had all but written off. duarte geraldino is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: mitt romney and ron paul clearly in the lead right now in iowa and hoping that position doesn't backfire on them like it did for rick perry and newt gingrich. mitt romney's campaign bus pulled into a packed warehouse in iowa trying to rev your voters. he attacked president obama suggesting he was out of touch with struggling americans and even comparing him to infamous french queen maria antoinette. >> i watched the president. he says, well, it could have been worse. that goes down there with let them eat cake. >> reporter: romney and ron paul lead the polls in iowa. >> the idea that mitt romney can lose to barack obama is false.

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 21st, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm drew levinson. >>> in washington this morning, it's the same old story but the stakes are higher than ever. most american families will see higher taxes come the new year. president obama was quick to blame house republicans and demand action. but most lawmakers have already left town for the holiday. tara mergener is in washington. she's here with the latest. >> reporter: so far, there is no indication they are coming back either. neither side at this point seems willing to blink and congress is running out of options to keep this tax hike from kicking in. president obama is calling out house republicans. >> we have more important things to worry about than saving face. we have people who are counting on us to make their lives just a little bit easier. >> reporter: he wants them to reconsider a extension of payroll tax benefits. the gop rejected the senate measure tuesday following heated debate. >> is this new year's gift we are going to give

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what a cbs news-"sportsaners. illustrate" investigation found >> pelley: for young people in tough neighborhoods, college sports can be a ticket out, but some student athletes have a hard time leaving their trouble behind. cbs news chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian and "sports illustrated" magazine have been looking at the influence of violent gangs on college sports. >> reporter: in 2007, brandon johnson charged straight out of dominiquez high in compton, california, and into the starting lineup at the university of washington. today, the 22-year-old johnson sits in a southern california jail, facing murder charges in connection with the shooting of an 18-year-old suspected gang member this summer. johnson, who has denied all charges, is accused of being in the words of a prosecutor in the case, "directly affiliated with the infamous bloods gang." >> the kinds of crime that gang members are most likely to be involved in are the kinds of crimes that ought to concern athletic directors, police chiefs

join us for cbs 5 early edition ,,,, captioning funded by cbs >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a today's weather. only a few lingering showers over new england remain of the storm that hit the northeast yesterday. the eastern great lakes will get some lake-effect snow, chilly air from canada will spread across the northern plains. >>> here is another look at this morning's top stories. >>> new charges of sexual molestation has been brought against former penn state football coach jerry sandusky by two men. they are alleged victims numbers 9 and 10. sandusky is in jail, unable so far to make the $225,000. >>> the "the washington post" claims 274 war dead were dumped in a virginia land fill by the air force. >>> today an fda advisory panel will begin looking into possible blood clot risks posed by a new generation of birth control pills. there is some evidence that popular drugs such as yaz are not as safe as older contraceptives. the fda could recommend that package labels warn of the risk of blood clots from using the new pills. >>> the obama administration has blocked plans to a

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 23rd, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm drew levinson. >>> it appears the partisan battle over extending the payroll tax cut is over, at least for now. in the end, house republicans were taking just too much heat from their constituents and their own party. so they have agreed to go along with a short-term extension. both the house and senate are expected to vote today. terrell brown is in washington with the latest. good morning to you, terrell. >> reporter: drew, good morning. you said the key word and that is expected to approve this deal today. republicans still have the opportunity to reject this, although that isn't likely. had this not happened, millions of americans would have been hit in the pockets. millions of americans could be spared a new year tax cut if house republicans fall in line today. >> may not have been the politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. >> reporter: the gop caved under growing pres

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 16th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> it was the last debate before the january 3rd iowa caucuses and newt gingrich was the target. gingrich faced six rivals for the gop presidential nominations last night in sioux city. susan mcginnis is in washington with those details. how did all of this play out? >> reporter: they laid into newt gingrich again last night. not all of them but some of them did trying to stem his rise and each of them trying to stand out ontinue to stump it iowa today to round up last-minute votes from the state caucus next month. a new poll out just showing entering 2012, the president's chance of re-election at 50/50. it says most americans believe he does deserve to be voted out of office, even though they have concerns about the republican alternatives. >> that's interesting. susan, we understand that mitt romney is actually about to get a big endorsement. tell us about that. >> reporter: the government of south carolina, nikki ha

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. scott is off tonight, one week from tonight republicans in iowa will cast the first votes of campaign 2012 and reshape where this race goes next. today candidates begin their final push with bus tours. at least two candidates-- michele bachmann and rick santorum-- have pledged to visit all 99 counties in iowa. we have two reports tonight. jan crawford is following mitt romney but we begin with dean reynolds with the gingrich campaign. dean? >> reporter: jeff, the news for newt gingrich hasn't been good for more than a week and now with only seven days to go he's chose an traditional way to turn the tide. newt gingrich brought his campaign bus to iowa determined to regain the momentum polls say he apparently misplaced somewhere in this state. >> it's going to be a gate week. >> reporter: however stiff his upper lip, gingrich replaced a wave of political commercial attacking his records. >> frankly, they plain lie. i don't know any other word for it. >> reporter: there ha

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 19th, 2011. good morning, everyone, on this very busy monday. good to be with us. i'm terrell brown. >>> for 17 years, king jom ill ruled north korea with an iron fist. this morning, his reign is over. he has died at the age of 69. a weeping broadcaster for north korean state tv broke the news today saying their dear leader died of heart failure on sunday and asking the 24 million citizens to rally behind kim's song, heir apparent. big questions about regional stability and the future of north korea's nuclear program and the relationship with the u.s. we begin our coverage with tara mergener in washington this morning. >> reporter: the white house says it is watching developments in korea very closely at this point, and that is efforts to get north korea to abandon their nuclear ambitions may have to be delayed. north koreans openly went over the death of their long time leader kim jong-il. both men and women broke down after hearing he died of a heart attack while on a train on saturday. it's ur

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin in los angeles where for the past two nights a wave of arson has lit up the night sky. so far there have been three dozen separate blazes and now local investigators have called in the federal government to help. national correspondent lee cowan is in los angeles ands what the latest. >> reporter: it's become a terrifying predawn pattern-- for the past two nights, more than 30 vehicles in and around hollywood have been exploding in flames. >> i screamed for everyone to get out of their apartment. >> reporter: all the cars intentionally firebombed, say authorities, for reasons unknown. >> we want to get these s.o.b.s before they hurt somebody. >> reporter: the string of blazes have been set in densely populated neighborhoods in the wee hours of the morning when most residents were asleep. >> what are you thinking? one fire out of control could cost dozens of lives. >> reporter: crime scenes left not only a trail of scorched cars and small trucks. in many cases the apartments

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in just 12 days 160 million work could see a tax increase in their paychecks and nearly two million others are struggling to get by without a paycheck could lose their unemployment. the house today said the clock ticking toward that new year's day punch in the pocketbook when it turned down a bill that has been passed by the senate. that bill would have extended the 2% cut in the social security payroll tax and kept job benefits flowing. what happens now? congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill, nancy? >> reporter: scott, we are now official in a total stalemate and tonight most lawmakers are heading home for the holidays. >> reporter: the motion is adopted. >> reporter: house republicans doubled down on their risky strategy today voting to reject a two-month tax cut and to establish negotiations with a resistant senate. >> come back to washington! do your work! give the american people a year, not two months. >> reporter: democrats said house republicans were ens

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.f us at cbs news all around the world. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> sofia vergara steals the show. >> "entertainment tonight" at the golden globes nominations. >> modern family sexy star on george's four nomination and are they going to have to change the name of hollywood to georgetown? >> her slip-up. >> martin scorsese. >> and the latest star reactions. >>> justin bieber pulled over by police. the new shots. what really happened in beverly hills. >>> plus tom cruise around the world. from rio to new york city.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. no holiday tax increase. after a week-long standoff, the senate, house, and president came together on a two-month extension of the temporary cut in social security payroll taxes. a year ago, that tax rate was lowered from 6.2% to 4.2%. and for a lot of families, that comes to about $80 a month. house republicans wanted a longer extension and they threatened to let the tax cut expire if they didn't get their way. but today they backed down and the president was quick to grab his pen. sharyl attkisson has been covering from the capitol to the white house. >> i said it was critical for congress not to go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million working americans and i'm pleased to say that they've got it done. >> reporter: the president couldn't have asked for a better sendoff for his hawaii holiday. a week ago, nobody predicted democrats would win such a decisive p.r. victory as tax cutters looking out for middle-class workers while republicans stood in the way. house rep

5. , >>> good evening and welcome back to cbs 5. record breaking day in which we had eight record breaking high temperatures. including san francisco checking in at 73 degrees. established way back in 1958. live cbs 5 weather camera looking out towards the embarcadaro. current air temperatures in the 50s and 60s and wind gusts have increased. santa rosa up to 40-mile per hour wind gusts. 33 at sfo. 24 in heyward and because of these gusty winds, we have another wind advisory in effect for the north bay, east bay hills as well as santa cruz mountains. some wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour. okay, pick out your community or a neighborhood near you and watch the clouds tick on by. this gives you an idea of when the winds will begin to subside. very breezy at the delta tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. by mid afternoon, we are talking about winds up to 20 in fairfield. well the city begins to see decreasing winds and that will be the scenario as the day wears on and that will set the stage for a windless sunday. we experience dense f

captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, december 29th, 2011. good morning, everybody, i'm whit johnson. thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with a fight for votes in iowa. the caucuses is now just five days away. a new cnn/"time" poll shows mitt romney in the lead with 25% of support from likely republican voters. ron paul is behind with 22% and rick santorum has jumped into third as newt gingrich has dropped to fourth place. new trouble for michele bachmann. with an 11th hour defection by her iowa campaign manager. duarte geraldino is in washington with more. >> reporter: michele bachmann was certainly surprised by that defection, but such dramatic shifts have become common in the weeks leading up to the caucus. now everyone is waiting to see what bold move will happen next. michele bachmann's campaign is dealing with another blow. just hours after appearing with the minnesota congresswoman at an event wednesday, her iowa campaign manager, state senator kent sorensen, defected, joining ron paul's team. >> i believe two tier of candidates and i

elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >> it was an inspiration for a movie class.he real ruda landed in hot water with the feds. >> incredible video showing endangered tigers as they >>> you probably know him as rudy. yeah, that rudy. tonight, the former underdog of the notre dame football team that inspired a movie is facing federal charges. the securities and exchange commission charged daniel rudy with securities fraud. the feds say that he and 11 others made $11 million in illicit properties. rudy and ten others agreed to settle without admitting or denying the charges. we'll be right back. of them living in captivity than in the wild. >>> tigers have become so endangered that there are more of them living in captivity than in the wild. >> some of them live in a wildlife sanctuary and there, they are getting the chance to thrive. tonight,seth shares rare foot j footage of tigers. >> hidden in the jungles of thailand shows tigers as they are rarely seen. the footage was made available only to cbs news by the wildlife conservation society. the wcs. >> first time