a news anchor hits a new low on live tv. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, march 25th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, march 25th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm michelle gielan. the heated debate over the just passed health care reform law has boiled over. this morning the fbi is investigating acts of vandalism and threats against democrats who voted for the measure. meanwhile, in the senate, it was an overnight marathon of frustration as democrats voted down dozens of republican attempts to change a followup bill. tara mergener is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: well, for hours, one republican amendment after another was shot down. then the decision democrats were afraid of. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the health care fix-it bill will go back to the house despite furious efforts by democrats to keep that from happening. a spokesman for senate majority leader harry reid says two minor problems with the measure were discovered. but once they're removed, he believes it won't affect the overall bill and t

from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. call it mortgage rescue 2.0. president obama today rolled out a new plan to help americans avoid foreclosure. more than 11 million home over owners are at risk because their homes are what's called underwater, which means they owe more on their mortgage than the house is worth. chief white house correspondent chip reid tells us how the new plan works and who's eligible for help. >> everybody on this street's been affected. >> reporter: the white house hopes the new plan will help borrowers in places like port st. lucie, florida. real estate agent deirdre newton gave us a tour. half of all homeowners here are underwater. >> if we would have had the principle reductions in place there would be a family living here. >> reporter: beginning this fall, lenders will be required to consider reducing loan principle for troubled mortgages. lenders that do will get a financial incentive. homeowners who are underwater but not facin

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and a cbs news exclusive. david martin gives us a firsthand look as the military brings back an old tactic to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> rodriguez: good evening, katie is off tonight. since the passage of health care reform, more americans are telling us they approve it. we'll have the latest on our cbs news poll in a moment. first, some opponents of reform are making their feelings known a very ugly way, phoning anonymous threats to members of the house who voted for it and vandalizing their offices, like congresswoman gabrielle gifford's in tucson, arizona. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, law enforcement is taking these threats very seriously. >> reporter: that's right, maggie, the f.b.i. is even investigating and democratic leaders tell us at least ten of their members have received serious threats. >> you will rue the day y

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>>> this is the cbs morning news 16! >>> this is the cbs morning news for monday, march 22nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. as early as tomorrow, president obama will sign a historic health care reform bill that promises to affects the lives of nearly every american. passed by the house late last night, the long debated legislation extends health care to millions of uninsured americans and will be a key issue come this year's elections. tara mergener is in washington with a details. >> reporter: good morning. well, just two months ago, it's hard to believe this bill was widely considered dead. but last night, a stunning turnaround for health care reform. >> the bell is passed. >> reporter: the nation's health care system is about to get one of the biggest overhauls it has ever seen. after a marathon weekend session, house members voted late last night 219-212 to push through the senate bill extending coverage to 32 million americans. the measure which received no republican backing now goes to president obama to sign it n

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening newsh katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama and democratic leaders in the house are doing everything they can to line up votes for health care reform hoping to get it approved by the anekend.

this is the "cbs morning news" train. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, march 18th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. democratic congressional leaders hope to vote on the revised health care reform legislation by this weekend. details were supposed to be released wednesday, but that's been delayed. the measure is slowly gaining support, but it's still not clear if democrats have enough votes to pass the bill. whit johnson is in washington with the latest details. whit, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president obama's arm twisting appears to be paying off, but democrats are still scraping for those final health care votes. the next few days will be a battle. two of the biggest questions surrounding health care reform should be answered today. what's in it and how much it will cost. house democrats are expected to post a final draft of the measure after the congressional budget office releases its final price tag. >> the reason i'm confide

. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, march 2nd, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, march 2nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. glad you're with us. i'm michelle gielan. in earthquake ravaged chile this morning, lack of communication, clogged roadways and continued aftershocks are hindering relief efforts. aid is beginning to arrive. but there's also a growing immediate for security. the curfew in hard hit concepcion has been extended until noon came. lawlessness is increasing. looters moving from ransacking stores to robbing private homes. the death toll now taps at at least 723, but is expected to rise. hillary clinton is planning to visit today. mark strassmann reports from santiago. >> reporter: central chile's a landscape of ruin. communities battered beyond recognition and in many cases still cut off from relief. broken homes and lives lie scattered on the ground or adrift in the waves offshore. of the 2 million people forced out of their homes, many now sleep outdoors because they're too frightened to go back to rickety homes. many people seve

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mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> couric: and coming up next here on the "cbs evening news," we take you back to a city hit harder than most by the recession to see how the people are faring there a year and a half later. [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four months. roundup extended control - kills and prevents. want more acid-stopping power? prilosec otc has 24% more acid-stopping power than prevacid 24 hour. so... more power to you. prilosec otc. heartburn gone. power on. ♪ [ giggling, squealing ] ♪ [ dad ] hey! no! go away! go away! [ laughter ] ♪ >> couric: the unemployment rate is currently at 9.7% and tomorrow the president will sign what he hopes will just be the fi

>>> a new cbs news poll shows president obama gets a bump from health care reform. but the public still remains skeptical. we'll look at the numbers, as well as vice president biden's foul-mouthed faux pas. [ bleep ] >>> breaking news, 1 million baby slings are being pulled off the shelves after three children died in them in the past year alone. a judge rules that a mississippi high school violated a lesbian student's rights by canceling her prom. but the dance is still off. we'll tell you why and speak exclusively with the student. >>> and is sandra bullock speeding toward a divorce from jesse james? we've got new details early this wednesday morning, march 24th, we've got new details early this wednesday morning, march 24th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, i'm harry myth. >> and i'm maggie rodriguez. ahead this morning we're going to talk about the possible legacy of a california teenager who was recently murdered by a sex offender. now we all know that the law already requires sex offenders to be part of a national registry. but now the parents o

don teague, cbs news, dallas. >> i don't know. thing, it's one thing being an artist. >> right. >> and exploring. >> evolving. >> but there's another thing about foisting it upon everyone else. >> there are children. which i find interesting because she is a mother of three and there's a quote in the dallas morning news that says when it comes to think about how it would affect children, she said i tried to telepathically communicate my good intent to them. i hoped that they would not be traumatized. >> well, telepathic communication, i totally understand. >> not to mention how disrespectful this is. this is an american president. this is the site where he lost his life and to mimic the assassination of a u.s. president. i don't understand how this coincides with the lyrics of the song. because there's nothing controversial. it's a beautiful song. >> too bad the video ruins the song. we should mention she said after she goes down at the end of this here, from the fake gunshot, she says in the voice track, they play it safe, they'r

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he was a researcher for cbs news in new york. he was a news writer with the ap why do you do what you do? >> because i like it. i really do. >> you can really just run free. the base is in the united states. there are many places to go in the military. the bases in the united states. the war is overseas. it is just an exciting job. you're playing for all of the marbles. it is life and death. you can never feel blase about what you are dealing with. you are dealing with young men and women. they are putting it all on the line. >> your father was in the cia for 23 years. what impact did that have on you? >> i did not think much. -- not much. i did not know what he was doing. when i was making all of my early career decisions -- in fact, i was in high school at the time of the cuban missile crisis. he did not come home for several days. i knew i know about what was -- i knew enough about what was going on in the news. many years later, he told me that there was a coup in algeria at the same time. he was working on that. it was a tim

he was a researcher for cbs news in new york. he was a news writer with the ap broadcast wire. he was a fellow at the washington journalism center. he was an ap session -- a.p. special assignment team. -- he was an ap special assignment team. he worked for newsweek. he was a cbs pentagon correspondent. he received his b.a. in english from yale university. his books included wilderness of mirrors, best laid plans: the inside story of america's war against terrorism. our guest today is david martin. he is the national security correspondent for cbs news. he was a fellow at the washington journalism center. he was on the ap session assignment team. he worked for newsweek. david martin was a news writer with the ap broadcast wire. [program begins now. [program begins now] why do you do what you do? >> because i like it. i really do. >> you can really just run free. the base is in the united states. the war is overseas. it is just an exciting job. it is life and death. you can never feel blase about what you are dealing with. you are dealing with young men and women. >> your father

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a new cbs news poll shows less than half the people surveyed actually understand how the new law will change health care and health insurance. >> i think i'm still going to get the care i've always had but i'm afraid it might cost me more. >> has it been explained to you? >> no. i don't understand it completely. >> reporter: as early as tuesday the senate will take up the so-called fix-it bill that was also passed by the house late sunday. that bill offers tax credits to middle class families and bigger subsidies for the people eligible for federal help buying insurance. if senators approve it without any changes it will go to president obama for his signature. but republicans plan to offer a number of amendments, if they manage to change even a single word they could force the house to start over. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> after the president signs health care reform into law he will hit the road and hope to win support from a skeptical and as we heard sometimes confused public. >>> but won't get it from the virginia attorney general. he says virginia will sue the federal

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and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. so today is the day. the house will finally vote on health care reform and a year- long debate that's been rancorous and mean from the start turned even nastier yesterday. demonstrators protesting the bill poured into the halls of congress shouting kill the bill and made in the ussr. as tempers rose, they hurled racial he threats even at civil rights icon john lewis of georgia and sexual slurs at massachusetts democrat barney frank. other legislators said the protester spit on them. one lawmaker said it was like a page out of a time machine. one of the lawmakers who saw all this is the chief vote counter for the democrats jim clyburn who is at the capital this morning. still working the hallways for votes. he's with the democrats' chief political strategist congressman chris van hollen of maryland. congressman clyburn before we talk about this do you have the votes, what about these demonstrators yesterday? have you seen anything like this in recent times? >> no, not in recent times.

. >>> but first here's a preview of the cbs evening news. >>> coming up, how health care reform could change the way your insurance company treats you and why a 17-year-old is asking for an apology from vice president biden. those story and more tonight on the cbs news. >>> two weeks away from home sound like a vacation but it is no picnic for 600 condo residents in falls church. a small fire caused an electrical outage and it could take weeks before they get power back. this happened at the renaissance condos along george c. marshall drive. lindsey mastis has the story. >> reporter: it's lights out thanks to a small fire in the electrical room. >> we opened the door and looked down the hallway and there was smoke coming from the electrical room. >> reporter: they evacuated a few floors around 2:00 a.m. and some residents say the problems began hours beforehand. >> the appliances in the kitchen went out. so i went to check other rooms and the lights were working but they were really dim. >> reporter: fire officials say the sprinkler system put out most of the flames. crews are having

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elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> here's what i don't get.s industrial average. the car is in front before wouldn't the tires be all on fire and -- >> no. >> why? >> i don't know why. >> wouldn't there be enormous amount of friction? >> you would think. >>an enormous amount of frisks. >> unless the car was slightly elevated. because the truck sort of picked it up maybe. this is a theory. i don't know. we can watch the video again. >> do you think it's real in. >> yeah, i think it's real. you're such a skeptic. >> i am. >>> up next, he was perfect because he's a skeptic to read the top ten on letterman last night. it's budding romance right there. >> bromance. >> this is "the early show" on cbs. we'll be right back. so take every precaution. wash your hands frequently. maintain a well-balanced diet, get plenty of rest... and support your immune system... for a full 24 hours with patented ester-c. taken daily, ester-c gets into your system quickly... and stays all day to provide... up to 24 hours of immune support. now more than ever, trust you

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track the latest headlines at cbs money watch.com. in nework, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. what's in the water? the latest on the controversy between a baltimore county community and an oil giant. >>> promoting volunteerism. a new program that is between johns hopkins, hopes to improve education. i'm andrea fujii. that story is coming up on wjz eyewitness news. >>> and we're tracking a winter storm warning in the region. >>> for the top stories on wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. >>> welcome back, everybody. a few sprinkles out there right now. light drizzle, rain showers mixed with flurries at times. but this is the beginning of this storm. want to show you first warning doppler radar. it's making its way up from the south. it's really starting to fill in on the radar at this point. where you're seeing the darker colors, that's where it's coming down on the ground. seeing southern parts of maryland and salisbury, over to hoopersville and came cambridge, it

karen brown, cbs news new york. >> president obama is due back in washington sometime tomorrow. >>> former doctors say the 84-year-old had been undergoing, quote, "a battery of tests, and could be released in a day or two." the nature of her illness has not yet been disclosed. a family spokesperson says a former president george bush drove her to the hospital in houston on saturday after she hadn't been feeling well. >> she hadn't been feeling like herself the last few weeks. the doctor said it hadn't been getting better. no big as much as or pain or anything like. that but they just wanted to do testing to see if they could figure out exactly what was going on. >> mrs. bushel hospitalized for nine days after undergoing heart surgery in march of 2009. she was hospitalized in march 2008 for an ulcer. >>> civil rights icon door think wright remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition tonight. the 98-year-old height is being treated in the intensive care unit for an undisclosed illness. she was admitted last week after missing a birthday celebration in her honor at the national counc

the latest cbs news poll shows he'll face an uphill battle. overall, slightly, more disaprove of the law. president and his aids argue that once the voters learn more, they'll like what they see. in washington, joel brown, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. >>> and the governor will also create a coordinating council to lend the health care to maryland families efficiently. >> and still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon. a police beating on tape and how the victims are fighting back against chicago. >>> a safety recall on a baby carrier. >> and take another live look outside this noon. we'll be back with the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> two men pleaded not guilty to the murder of five teens. the teens murdered without a trace. after a dispute over missing drugs, the men forced the boys at gunpoint into an abandoned building and then set it on fire to kill them. their bail is $5 million each. >>> two men are claiming to be beaten by two plain clothed officers. the students say it started when they accidentally blocked th

karen brown, cbs news, los angeles. >> at 6:14 this monday morning here's what's into the news now. former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton will head to haiti. so far their fundraising efforts have raised $35 million. >>> three people are dead after a pair of st. paul planes collide over central florida. it happened saturday under clear skies. wreckage was strewn for half a mile. no word yet on a cause. >>> they are keeping a close eye on this volcano in iceland. an eruption there this weekend forced hundreds of people from their homes and officials are worried there could be another larger eruption coming. that was incredible, seeing it almost under the ice. >> iceland, an incredible country. i'd will have to visit it some day if i have a chance. >> our weather here today ... >> nice winter from iceland. >> yes. weather here today, just looking at a few spotty showers through the morning hours. it's been very good for the morning commute. we are going to have heavier storms holding off until later today. we'll show you this on the wide picture. first let's get you started

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joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> the effort by the virginia attorney general to stop the president's plan is turning in to a war of words in the commonwealth. republican ken cuccinelli says the democrats plan is unconstitutional and so he has filed a lawsuit to stop it. democrats call the lawsuit a waste but ken cuccinelli believes he's correct. >> there are plenty of important things we do in our office, but it's hard to argue there is anything more important than defending the constitution of the united states and the commonwealth of virginia. >> virginia will lose the lawsuit and with it hundreds of thousands of dollars in man hours the attorney general office will put in to the effort. >> reporter: virginia is more than one of a cousin suits filing suit to block health care reform. part of the health care reform is finding people who do not have health care, but not in virginia. governor mcdonnell signed a law saying virginians cannot be required to purchase coverage. it is part of the republican's effort to block the reform bill. as you know, virginia's attorney general is also

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tara merger, cbs news, washington. >>> maryland state senators have given approval to that state's 13 -- $13 billion budget for 2011. before voting they cut funding for chesapeake bay cleanup by 50% and cut funding for stem cell research and improved a plan to make counties sharing the cost of teacher pension in 2012. the budget goes to the house for consideration now. >>> a former dc teacher wants a court date to tell dc's school chancellor michelle rhee you are wrong. he is suing her for intentional infliction of emotional distress because after what she said after firing teachers and staff. >> reporter: 22 years in the air force, 13 in the classroom, ronnie jones is looking for work. >> i worry a lot about how i will be able to support my family. >> reporter: he finds some solis in his band vintage. you can see it on the web. >> reporter: what he can't forget is the explanation that michelle rhee gave fast company magazine last month for the firing of 260 teacher and staff. i got rid of children who had hit children, had sex with children and missed 78 days of school. >> it hurts d

tara mergener , cbs news, washington. >>> police are investigating a severed gas line leading in to the house of a virginia congressman's brother. it was targeted after tea party activists posted his address on- line. they thought it was the congressman's roam home. the website encouraged readers to drop by the house and express their thanks for his yes vote on reform. >>> bob mcdonnell challenged the health care reform law by signing legislation. it comes a day after ken cuccinelli filed a lawsuit seeking to declare the bill unconstitutional. the virginia health care freedom act rejects federal requirements that make it necessary for people to purchase health care insurance or face penalties. >>> an old face could be making a return to maryland politics. a new report says former maryland governor bob ehrlich decided to run again for office. he is expected to make a formal announcement next month. >>> a new report says nearly one in five dc residents is living near or below the poverty line. according to an article in the "washington post" that would roughly amount to 106,000 people. in

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join us for the latest news, weather and traffic and then the cbs "early show" will air 7:00 to 9:00 the insider from 9:00 to 10:00. >>> 9 news now learned that storm the dc council will deliver the most severe punishment to barry for his allege misuse of his council authority. sources close to the city's legislative body say the ward 8 councilman will be censured stripped of his committee assignments and more. and the vote could be unanimous. >> i take full responsibility this for this lack of good judgment. >> reporter: this week marion barry apologized for what he called bad judgment and putting his colleagues in an embarrassing and difficult position. the ward 8 representative had been accused violating conflict of interest laws by awarding contracts to his girlfriend and several political associates. >> mr. barry did not disclose his financial, personal and sexual relationship. >> reporter: attorney and appointed investigator robert bennett conducted the probe of barry at gray's request. bennett recommended the case be turned over to the u.s. attorneys office. sources say a majo

. >> cbs news national security correspondent david martin on covering the military in the u.s. and iraq in afghanistan, it 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a". >> tuesday, president obama signed the health care bill into law. democratic lawmakers gathered in the east room. the president and vice president spoke before an audience in the interior department. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states and vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, all. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, all. [chanting] >> thank you. mr. president, i think we have a happy room here. [laughter] it seems ridiculous to say, thank you all for being here. ladies and gentleman, to state the obvious, this is an historic day. [applause] and our visit, -- business, we use that phrase a lot, but i cannot think of the day that i have -- that is more properly stated. this is an historic day. history is not merely what is printed in textbooks. it does not begin or end with the stroke of a pen. entry is made. it is made when men and women decide -- hist

cbs news. >> last year, they paid out $134 million. >>> a handful. >>> 39-year-old clarence myers wasentenced to life in prison for setting an arson fire. his mother grace is charged with conspiring to have the girl's mother killed. she will be sentenced to 15 years in prison. for her role in that plot. >>> in custody matthew falen. gladden and baker are charged with possession of marijuana. failen is charged with intent to distribute marijuana and morphine. >>> in tonight's wjz pump watch report, filling up your tank continues to get more expensive. and as andrea fujii explains, it's only going to get worse. >> reporter: it's always painful for ron laney to fill up his school bus. >> this will probably be about $150. >> reporter: luckily, he didn't have to pay this bill. but increasing costs for everyone at the pump, even businesses, means cuts somewhere else. >> we're already cutting back. it's just something everybody has to do. >> reporter: extra $5, $10, $15 that i have to spend. >> average is $2.81 a gallon. baltimore is at $2.79. experts say it's all supply and demand. >> peopl

. >>> don't miss the cbs evening news with katie couric.e's one of the stories they're working on. >>> how a student video about getting good grades became a viral sensation. i'm tracy smith in milwaukee, wisconsin. and i'll that story coming up tonight on the cbs evening news with katie couric. >>> and still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. >> he is not breathing! >> ma'am, are you with him right now? >> yes. >> terrifying moments. a mother's frantic call to 911 to save actor corey haim. >>> a bus plowed into a train. we'll show you what happened next. >>> i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. more of the same coming our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. i discovered the problem growing grass seed, is me. i'm a grass seed failure. well, i forget to water it, and the seed dries out. and once it's dry, it's dead. and once it's dead, it's just... [ male announcer ] that's why there's scotts turf builder grass seed with water smart. s

the cbs affiliate in new york is worth a lot more than the number 25 broadcaster in new york, right? but interestingly, their spectrum is worth exactly the same, so we think if we strike an incentive, if the cbs affiliate wants to participate, great. they're probably less likely to want to do it, but the number 25 broadcaster in new york who, by the way, isn't probably doing local news, they're going to have a different incentive structure. so the key is how do we allow -- and it's not just about broadcasting, it's about all the spectrum. it's government spectrum, mobile satellite services, how do we allow the market to send signals about the relative worth of spectrum versus existing business models? >> host: we have heard all along how it's been improved over the many years -- >> guest: yes. >> host: and about coop's law about -- cooper's law about spectral efficiency. the government still has about 50%, is that a correct statement? >> guest: you know, not all megahertz are equal. one can argue about that. it requires sophisticated analysis. >> host: when it comes to the beach front

here to present the baran award is bill plante of cbs news.k you very much. hi, ladies and gentlemen. good evening. this award, which i'm so proud to be able to present a number of years in a row honors a woman who all of you would love if only she were still here. joan sure seemed started out as a researcher. she climbed to the post of executive producer of face the nation. she has the kind of standards that they say don't exist anymore. but the winners of this tonight have proved positive that such standards do still exist in our business. joan was stuffed and smart. she was someone who enjoyed the world, life and politics, particularly politics. she was the kind of person whom you would want to be sitting with at your table tonight. so it's my great honor now to announce this year's winners of the joan sure and stand around toward. national public radio's, theodore and andrea the drive. [applause] npr's multimedia six part entry about the extraordinary intersection of money in politics and congress of health care debate, impressed the judge