. >> reporter: clarissa delong is undergoing a radical weight loss procedure. she's hoping to lose 140 pounds by convincing her body that she had gastric bypass surgery. but without ever going under the knife. >> you can feel that it's time to put that band on your belly. >> reporter: it's called gastric bypass hypnosis. the cost is around $1,200, while the real surgery costs up to $35,000. what was the sensation like? >> it was surreal, almost, you know? it was that hollowness and it was almost like dreaming. >> reporter: clarissa has battled with her weight her entire life. is that your favorite? >> yeah. >> reporter: the diets she's tried worked only temporarily. tell us what you particularly like to eat? >> cookies, pie, chocolate. and, i'm willing to give them up. >> reporter: she says the real surgery is too expensive and too drastic. but now, weighing 340 pounds, she knows she needs to lose weight somehow. what was the final moment when you realized that you have to lose weight? that it eventually will be a life or death issue for you? >> to have so many

clarissa, thank you very much. two american soldiers were killed today at a base in twuthern afghanistan, shot by two afghans. one of thesms a soldier that the americans were helping to train. at least four americans have been killed by their afghan colleagues in a wave of violence that began last week after islamic holy books were burned at a u.s. base. a business man finds a way to bring jobs back to america. the security breach that shut down a major airport. and a london store flush with royalty when the cbs evening news continues. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. he

clarissa ward reports on allegations of torture at the hands of the dictator. future hall of famer peyton manning is a man without a team. but corr but correspondent james brown says not for long. with a new ipad unveiled today, john b john blackstone on whether your p.c. is going to way of the typewriter. and do you believe in angels? harry reasoner met one and two decades later byron pitts found her still earning her wings. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the pentagon is drawing up plans for military action in syria, although the defense secretary said today that would be a last resort. for almost a year syria's dictator, bashar al-assad, has been killing his own people, tr trying to crush a popular uprising. more than 7,000 civilians have died. his army buried the city of homs in artillery fire. homs, a city of more than a million people and a center of the resistance, fell last thursday. today assad let a u.n. representative into homs to see the the devastation. there was almost nobody t

clarissa ward, cbs news, beirut. >> brown: video out today shows renewed calls for reform in bahrain. last february, a wave of demonstrationing erupted across the american allied kingdom, only to be quickly crushed. yesterday an estimated 100,000 bahrainis returned to the street, demanding democratic reform. it was the largest protest against the government in months. russians rallied against vladimir putin again today but in smaller numbers than before last sunday's election. about 10,000 people showed up in moscow. they charged the election that returned putin to the perez daens for an unprecedented third term was flawed. yesterday, five days after the election, president obama called him to congratulate him. still to come on tonight's cbs evening news, the invisible jobless. their plight brought to light. schr >> brown: apple is expanding its texas foot print. the company announced it's investing $304 million in a new campus in austin. the plan is to hire more than 3600 new employees for sales, customer service, and accounting, more than double apple's workforce in the state. as en

clarissa ward, cbs news, beirut. >>> the associated press reports iran may be trying to clean up evidence of tests on a device used to trigger a nuclear weapon. satellite images of iran's nuclear site appears to show trucks that could cart off contaminated soil. nuclear experts say the iranians may be trying to clean up radioactivity produced by that test. >>> in this country, women in virginia seeking abortions now must have ultrasounds. governor bob mcdonnell signed the bill into law yesterday. the bill originally mandated an invasive sonogram. that caused an uproar and it was dropped. women must be offered a chance to see the images but can't be forced to see them. >>> there's a new report on the growing cost of caring for the nearly five million americans living with alzheimer's disease in this country. the alzheimer's association says alzheimer's and dementia will cost the u.s. $200 billion this year, 140 billion will be covered by medicare and medicaid. the report also finds, one out of seven alzheimer's patients live alone. >>> coming up on the morning news on a thursday morning sh

clarissa ward tells us the syrian uprising began with a few teenag teenagers and she caught up with one of them in jordan. >> reporter: when 16-year-old mohammed and a group of young boys spray painted "down with the regime" on a school wall one year ago, they had no idea their actions would spark a revolution. "we saw it during the other arab revolutions" he said. "we just wrote the same. " two days after painting the gragraffiti, mohammed said he ad other boys "the youngest of whom wa was ten years old" were arrested by security forces. he says they were tortured. four hung me by the door from my hands for four hours. they stripped me naked and began to beat me." the boys were released two weeks later. but their detention and torture ignited large protests in their hometown of deraa-- a protest the regime tried to stop with brutal brutal tactics. mohammed and his family fled to jordan in fe jordan in fear for their lives. one year later, the regime continues its violent crackdown on the opposition. the number of people fleeing the country continues to rise. that is syria behind me. we

now, compare that description to the video that clarissa ward obtained today. >> reporter: this is the regime's military hospital in homs. this video was shot secretly by a member of the hospital staff. in this ward, men are blindfolded and shackled to their beds. the chains are extremely tight. this man's chest and hands show what appeared to be wounds from severe beating, instruments of torture lie on a nearby table. an electric cable and a rubber whip. the hospital staffer who risked his life to capture this footage said he's seen doctors assault opposition activists. "i've seen detainees be tortured by electrocution, whipping, being beaten with batons. by breaking their legs, they twist the feet until the leg breaks." this is not the first account of allegations of torture in syria's state-run hospitals. this week, the u.n. said it had received similar video. abu abdullah is a doctor from the city of homs. he recently came to lebanon after he was injured in a rocket attack while treating opposition forces in a makeshift clinic. he told us about one patient whom he tried to evacuate

>> clarissa ward has been following the story. she's in beirut, lebanon this morning. clarissa, any talk of military action suggested by senator mccain in. >> well, i think certainly rebels inside the country will absolutely embrace senator mccain's comments. every rebel fighter we met there said the same thing. we're desperate for weapons. we need communication systems. we need training. we cannot win this fight alone. i think there's likely to be a healthy degree of skepticism. people in syria do not think america has taken a proactive stance. it's unlikely they'll be convinced immediately that senator mccain's comments mean a change is afoot. >> how long can this stretch out if there's no military support for the rebels? >> well, already we're hearing reports from inside the country that they have run out of bullets. that the prices of weapons are simply skyrocketing out of control. that they are not receiving any supply line, any money from outside sources and lots of these individual rebel groups are suffering enormously. as we saw in the city of homs, it's clear

. >> clarissa ward has been covering the crisis. she's in beirut, lebanon. clarissa, has there been any reaction to inside syria to this talks of military action suggested by senator mccain? >> reporter: well, i think certainly rebels inside the country will absolutely embrace senator mccain's comments. every rebel fighter we met when we were there just a few weeks ago said the same thing. we are desperate for weapons. we need communication systems. we need training. we cannot win this fight alone. i also think there's likely to be a healthy degree of skepticism. people on the ground do not feel like america has taken a proactive stance on dealing with the situation. it's unlikely that they'll be convinced immediately that senator mccain's comments mean any real change to be afoot. >> how long could this stretch out if there is no military support for the rebels? >> reporter: well, already we're hearing reports from inside the country that they have run out of bullets, that the prices of weapons are simply sky ronrocke out of control. they are not receiving

so item d, student delegates report, justin: -- joyce and clarissa. >> so yesterday we had our general meeting and the s.a.c. voted to help the parent advisory council the outreach to the sfusv students. so we are creating a focus group to show how the restore active practices are going at all the different schools and all our butte summit is coming up next thursday which is march 22nd at fort mason. and 14 high schools are participating at this summit and about 14 to 201250u7b9s from each school will be there. there will be 10 workshops. first one is visiting the mission. the second one is planning for action in your school and neighborhood. the third one is cyber bullying, end bullying. the fourth one is culture clash family generational. the fifth one is restore active practices. the sixth one is done by the peefcack. the second one is how to get involved in politics. the second one is environmental leadership and the eighth one is on the dream act. and we'll have the keynote speaker, dr. eloise joseph from the all-stars program and we will have our own commissioner norman yee for o

clarissa ward reports on allegations of torture at the hands of the dictator.e hall of famer peyton manning is a man without a team. but corr but correspondent james brown says not for long. with a new ipad unveiled today, john b john blackstone on whether your p.c. is going to way of the typewriter. and do you believe in angels? harry reasoner met one and two decades later byron pitts found her still earning her wings. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the pentagon is drawing up plans for military action in syria, although the defense secretary said today that would be a last resort. for almost a year syria's dictator, bashar al-assad, has been killing his own peop

clarissa ward will report from the region when we see you at 7:00. >> her reports have been amazing.e'll definitely tune in. >>> virginia's controversial new ultrasound mandate for women wanting an abortion will take effect in july but the debate isn't over. >> delia goncalves is live with a story that continues to get national attention. >> reporter: absolutely. after a whole lot of backlash, the governor backtracked you can say and removed a portion of the bill that many called intrusive but still critics say this bill is, quote, an appalling and offensive government overreach designed to simply shame women out of having abortions. in fact, 30 protesters were arrested outside the capital as they marched in opposition to the bill. they say abortions should be between a woman and her doctor only. but governor bob mcdonnell feels doctors, some of them weren't doing their job. so he says the government will now mandate giving women the information they need before making the decision. an image of the abdominal ultrasound must be made available to the patient. the bill also allows docto

. >> (crying): clarissa, i've got some terrible news. please ring me back. >> bergman: stolen and turned into stories for the largest selling paper in the country, a murdoch tabloid called the news of the world. it had gone on for years. >> i first heard about the hacking of voicemail by journalists when somebody called me out of the blue and started telling me what had been going on at the news of the world. >> bergman: nick davies is the reporter who broke the phone hacking story for a rival newspaper-- tguardian. he is now writing a book on the revelations. >> it's not just a story about journalists behaving badly. it's a story that immediately, by fluke, takes you into not just the most powerful news organization in the country, but also the most powerful police service in the country and the most powerful political party. and in all of these you find them behaving wrongly, illegally, immorally. >> bergman: the man whose company is at the heart of all this is escorted into a parliamentary hearing to answer questions. he has no doubt

. >> clarissa ward in beirut, lebanon, thank you so very much. >>> now for the rest of the headlines we turn to morning news anchor, betty nguyen, good morning. >> good morning to you. a suspect is in lockup this morning charged with sending 100 threatening letters containing white powder to members of congress. they arrested christopher lee carlson friday. the powder was tested and found not to contain toxic substances. police say they have solid leads on a suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing in a courthouse in washington, about 90 miles southwest of seattle. it happened yesterday p. a judge shafrd knife wound and a sheriff's deputy was shot with her own gone when she confronted the attacker. both were treated and released. >>> toyota has a major recall, recalling 7,000 vehicles. it includes, tacoma trucks for possible steering wheel problems. also 2009 camry sedan, and venza suvs from 2009 to 2011. both of those models have problem was stop lamp switches. this recall led to millions of vehicles in 2009 and 2010. >>> dominique strauss-kahn triggered an angry prophet test wh