crawford gets it back. barton for 2. back and forth there. >> clark: behanan could not get 2 hands on the pass. the one handed pass. >> verne: smith for 3. >> [buzzer]. >> [cheers and applause]. >> [crowd noise]. >> [cheers and applause]. >> [crowd noise]. >> verne: nice pass. gorgui dieng with the slam. [ male announcer ] who fills their holidays with sawdust? ♪ with quarter-inch holes and blueprints for the coming year? those of us with doers on our lists. and because it's always better to give than to guess, we can take these last few days of shopping and our holiday budgets a lot further. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. this 18-volt ryobi starter kit is just 89 bucks. ♪ 68-63. a timeout to end that empatic run by louisville. memphis had zero turnovers in the first. 11 minutes into the half they suffered back-to-back turnovers. >> clark: it cost them big. a 5 point run. >> [crowd noise] clark and the shot by dieng. >> reach around. chris smith got it. and now it's in the hands of russ sm

political correspondent jan crawford was in atlanta today for the cain announcement. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, russ. cain was once a front-runner for the nomination but then came allegations of sexual misconduct, an accusation of an extramarital affair. today he suspended his bid for the white house. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction. >> reporter: cain continued to deny the allegations that rocked his campaign. >> these false and unproved allegations continue to be spinned in the media and then the court of public opinion. >> reporter: after the announcement came, cain told cbs news he made the decision-- his own. >> my wife didn't say do it or don't do it. she just said i'll summit you whenever way. i recognize the pain in her and the pain it was causing her and nigh m.r.i. family the constant spinning, spinning, and spinning and the allegations were false and untrue to begin with. that wasn't something i wanted my family to continue to go through. >> reporter: is there anything you would have d

and that's where we find jan crawford tonight. jan? >> reporter: after spending the week campaigning across the country and reevaluating his bid for the white house, herman cain is back home in atlanta tonight, and it is decision time. he's going to be talking with his wife and family tonight. then he'll meet with top donors and some of his most loyal supporters tomorrow morning, then he's going to come here to officially open his georgia state headquarters. i'm told by some of his most loyal supporters that he will also be making an announcement. and he said today he'll be making an announcement about what the next steps will be in his campaign. those donors and top

as a result jim crawford said extra crews with equipment are on alert. >> this is a pretty significant forecast weather and. this is one of the stronger offshore events that we have had in quite a few years. i do not know if we are necessarily concerned about fire danger or power lines coming down >>pam: crawford said that his crews could be called on duty in southern california where the fire danger is even greater as a result of those santa ana winds. in the east bay, caltrans crews have made a major breakthrough in digging thing and the caldecott tunnel. the >>charles: after two years of digging, miners have finally succeeded. the tunnels are now connected at a point about to modern readers away from the western entrance. the breakthrough has thrilled engineers. they say it will make future work easier. >> now that we have completely broken through, as we continue with the rest of the excavation, it will be easy for us to excavate. >> when completed, the tunnel will relieve traffic congestion along highway 24 between iran and oakland. the $390 million tunnel is >>kimberlee: federal

crawford only found about it recently and volunteered to pay the fine.r $1. >> i am going to pay the mayor in cold, hard cash. >> we are so impressed with him coming forward that we have waived the penalties in interest. >> crawford says people have to take care of their own responsibilities and a debt is a debt and it is a debt now paid. >>> for fans of big budget hollywood action movies, this is the most wonderful time of the year. and one of the biggest franchises is back with tom cruise starring and performing some amazing stunts in "mission impossible ghost protocol." alexis christoforous has more. >> reporter: that's not spiderman. it's tom cruise scaling the world's tallest building in dubai. it's one of the many stunts the actor performs himself in the latest "mission impossible ghost protocol." >> it was moments pretty intense, pretty exhilarating. >> reporter: tom cruise is back for the fourth time as secret agent ethan hunt and at nearly 50, cruise says he is yet to see a stunt he won't try. >> you know, whenever i can, i just want to entertai

but we begin with jan crawford who is following mitt romney. jan? >> reporter: well, good evening, jeff. iowa wasn't so kind to mitt romney four years ago, but this time he's run a very different campaign and he's been encouraged by the reception he's getting from voters and how he's stacking up against the other candidates. >> i get the impression that you've by and large decided i'm a pretty good one as a result of that enthusiastic welcome. (applause) >> reporter: drawing huge crowds across the state, mitt romney is feeling the momentum. you've had these supporters, these overflowing crowds. does it have a different feel now than it did four years ago? >> there's a level of enthusiasm and excitement i think that's just energetic and very exciting. it's wonderful to be out here to see the kind of response we're getting here in iowa. >> reporter: in the 2008 race, romney made iowa a priority, but in the final days, his support faded and former arkansas governor mike huckabee swooped in for the win. this time, romney's run a leaner more focused camp

dean reynolds and jan crawford on the trail of a wide-open race. lee cowan reports home prices are falling again. and the slide is not about to stop. im axelrod on homeowners already underwater now falling victim to scams. and michelle miller on a small town transformed after sacrificing so much. >> they came together in a way i hadn't seen in a long time. 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 t ll cast the first votes of hapeaign 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 mmney 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

crawford will inbounds it. 55.3 to go. kuric. >> [cheers and applause]. >> [crowd noise]. >> verne: crawford with the answer. and a timeout called by memphis. josh pastner wired. >> [shouting]. get up! the retiring athletic director walking out of the building. joshua in a car where he was going to join john calpari at the university of kentucky. and johnson called him and said come back and talk to me. he did. he said i really don't want to stay in memphis as an assistant. he said i am offering you the head coach job. >> clark: at 31 years old. 5 points down. 42 seconds left. if you are memphis, you have 2 or 3 seconds to force a turnover. then you have to foul. you have to try to get cooperation from the foul line from louisville. memphis i am talking about. >> yes. >> clark: you get good pressure. try to force a turnover. you have to foul immediately. louisville on the other hand, they want to mike sure they execute. come strong to the ball. and don't turn it over. >> verne: siva. >> clark: you've got to foul. >> verne:

how do you deal with that when you have two chris crawfords? be sure to watch "hardball" with chris matthews only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> republican presidential hopeful, mitt romney received what could be an important boost of support from the nation's 41st president, george h.w. bush. he believed romney is the best chand for the white house calling him mature and reasonable, not a bomb thrower. bush told the paper he likes texas governor, rick perry, he's not surging forward. bush's comments were not a formal endorsement, they give an important boost to the romney campaign two weeks before the iowa caucuses. >>> to overseas where a crackdown by syria's government continues without let up. human rights activists say at least six people were killed in fresh attacks by government forces yesterday. amateur video shows black smoke and flames and one syrian city after alleged shelling by the president's forces. arab league delegates arrived in syria thursday ahead of monitors who want to assess whether the government is complying to p

with just three days to go, jan crawford is in iowa as voters close in on a republican presidential choice. women and war. a conversation with a passionate advocate who has made it her life's work empowering women in times of war. >> women's voices are crucial in creating lasting peace. >> mitchell: and charlie dag tahas the improbable story of the voices behind britain's top-selling holiday hit. 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.

but as jan crawford shows us, for many iowans who to vote for is more difficult than ever before. >> trust iowa. >> mitt romney rolled into a supermarket parking lot with new jersey governor, chris cristie and hundreds of cheering supporters. >> chris cristie, the great governor of new jersey. >> just 15 miles away, newt gingrich had a cfertion conversation with a mother's group and brought the former speaker to tears. >> my emphasis on brain science comes indirectly from dealing -- dealing with, you know, the real problems of real people in my family. so it's not a theory. it's in fact, my mother. >> at the candidates try different ways to connect with voters over the next four days, anything can happen. this election year is iowa undecided. a poll released this week said 43% of iowa voters haven't made a final decision. the field is tight with romney, ron paul, and the surging rick santorum at the top. gingrich and perry could still have an impact. stay at home mom says voters are looking for a perfect candidate in a crowded field. >> people i know are paying attention, most of the

jan crawford has more. >> reporter: arizona officials say they passed the law out of desperation.eral government wasn't doing enough about the problem of illegal immigration. among its key provisions, the law requires police to check a person's immigration status when he or she is arrested or stopped for another violation. it requires all immigrants to get or carry registration papers, makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to work or try to get a job. the obama add men administration sued arizona to block the law and a lower court agreed. the administration has sued alabama, utah and south carolina. three other states that have passed similar laws. it argued immigration is an issue for congress and that states have no business getting involved. but arizona governor jan brewer and officials in other states say the state law commitments efforts at the time federal level. and with the only way to solve a crisis the federal government has refused to fix. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >>> this morning on "the early show," former vice president dick cheney and his wife, lynn.

dean reynolds and jan crawford are in iowa. in north korea, extreme displays of emotion as the nation mourns the late dictator kim jong il. david martin on what new leadership could mean for the u.s. a threat from iran throws oil markets into chaos. jim axelrod reports. and seth doane on the men who opened our eyes to the unique beauty of snowflakes. >> every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, everyone. i'm jeff glor. scott is off tonight. six days now before iowa's republican caucuses. here are the headlines-- romney and paul move to the top, santorum surges, gingrich appears to be sliding badly. a cnn/"time"/orc poll of republican voters out tonight has mitt romney leading with 25%, ron paul right behind at 22, rick santorum now at 16%. newt gingrich at 14%, down from 33% a month ago. and rick perry in fifth at 11. we have two reports, dean reynolds is with the paul campaign. we begin with

jan crawford, des moines, iowa. >> asking you for more money. according to the l.a. times, his campaign to raise taxes next year has already collected $1.2 million. some of the biggest donors include a triable group as well as a hospital industry political action committee. the governor wants voters to approve an initiative that would raise taxes on the state's highest earners. >> the 16-year-old who suffered a concussion after getting hit in the head by a shark's fan during a game is still waiting for an apology. maggie was at the sharks game on wednesday when they played the vancouver canucks. survived a major brain surgery four years ago says some sharks fans were harassing her for cheering for the opposing team. she says the worst part is when the fans smacked her. >> everybody jumped up and then hands came down, hitting me on the back of my head. >> an acknowledgment. an oh, i'm sorry. anything would really be, you know, nice to hear. >> despite the injury, maggie says she appreciates the kindness the sharks medical staff showed her. as for the headache, being a

crawford starts it the other way. he goes high off the glass and in. crawford with 15 points in the opener. the wizards pushing it up court. wall driving past williams. he gets a tough shot the go and one. he had 13 points. was just 3 of 13 from the field. nick young in on the action. he came off the bench and getting the defender on his heels and pulls up a jumper. young led the team with 16. wiz up 8 at the break. but in the third quarter there was no answer for deron williams. that is three of his game-high 23 right there. that gives the nets their first lead of the game. nick young gets the rebound and goes the other way but blach goes the other way. the good news is he did return. 25 seconds to go, wiz down 3. the pass is tipped. kris humphries comes down with it and new jersey comes back to win. here's coach saunders after the game. >> usually when you get up big like that in our league the teams are going to make a run. and i thought we responded in a very selfish way. everyone trying to say i'm going to do it myself. we got up 20 playing team b

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 have also been accounts in the press questioning his conservative credentials. today it was reported that he once applaud add health care solution much like the one mitt romney champions add governor. the former speaker is fighting back by drawing contrast with his opponents, especially romney who he calls a very competent manager but a massachusetts moderate all the same. >> all i'd say, mid, is if you want to run a negative campaign and attack people

jan crawford has been looking into this today. cr? >> reporter: well, scott, the justices have stepped into one ef the most controversial issues esviding america and will decide whether states like arizona can aass tough laws designed to get illegal immigrants out of their sits. arizona officials say they passed the law out of gasperation. the federal government wasn't doing enough about the problem of illegal immigration. among its key provisions: the law requires police to check a person's immigration status when he or she is arrested or stopped for another violation. requires all immigrants to get or carry registration papers e f makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to work or try to get a job. the obama administration sued arizona to block the law and a awer court agreed. r courtinistration also has sued slabama, utah, and south carolina, three other states that have passed similar laws. it argues immigration is an it a issue for congress and that states have no business getting involved. ert arizona governor jan brewer and o

today, a seemingly 180 as crawford to boehner, let's compromise. to explain the compromise, what it means to you bottom line, dana bash is here. just this morning house republicans were saying that they weren't going to budge on this at all. what changed between that and this afternoon? >> reporter: well, even when they were saying that sanjay, we talked about that. the pressure was enormous. but first of all, right after that press conference, the senate republican leader issued a statement, breaking his silence and shoving the republicans into this position and saying, enough is enough. you've got to go ahead and pass this two-month extension. privately he was even more stesh stern, that he doesn't even want negotiations. the speaker called the president this morning asking for help from the white house to negotiate something kind of middle ground and the president refused. the white house to refuse anybody up here to the hill so the speaker had to negotiate with the senate majority leader and he tends to take -- and his people tend to take a har

havi >> glor: jan crawford on what made newt gingrich cry. mark strassmann reports in some smann multiple generations are looking for work. and steve hartman goes on the road for a lesson on a lost art. l captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. scott is off tonight. verizon wireless said today it had the wrong number. a $2 monthly fee is what it planned to charge many of its 91 million customers just to pay their own bills. compaharge is now gone. the company called it a convenience fee. national correspondent lee cowan reports? called it something else-- adudly. >> reporter: if verizon had hoped announcing a new $2 fee in th the middle of the holidays would go unnoticed, the response on the internet quickly proved them wrong. esthin minutes online petition drives blossomed and so did the youtube rants. >> i will be making your life mll! >> reporter: some customers came to voice their displeasure in person. like alex soto. >> if they tack anymore fees to my phone bill

tonight he's making his eighth campaign trip to iowa and jan crawford is in davenport. jan, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff, before heading here to iowa for that big campaign swing this week, romney paid a visit home and put all his cards on the table declaring he wants to win new hampshire. >> i want to send a message coming from new hampshire that it's time for a new president and that mitt romney's the foreign lead our party and to take back the white house. >> reporter: romney also took a shot at rival newt gingrich who failed to qualify for the ballot in his home state of virginia. >> i think he compared that to... what was it to pearl harbor? i think it's more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. so i mean, you know, you've got to get it organized. >> reporter: romney has an organization and now he's using it here in iowa, a state he's found less than hospitable in the past. romney spent a lot of money and time in iowa four years ago only to finish a disappointing second to former arkansas governor mike huckabee. >> this isn't an easy decision

crawford was thrown from the car. >>> lawmakers in maryland are cracking down on so-called flash mobs actually press conference is scheduled today to introduce the flash mob act. the total value of the property would determine whether it was a felony or misdemeanor. >>> d.c. police hope surveillance images will lead them to a robbery suspect. these were taken at unite bank on i treat on friday around 9:00 a.m. the suspect left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. if you have any information, please give police a call. >>> new this morning, president obama is meeting with the prime minister of iraq at the white house this morning. they are to chart the next steps for u.s. and arack as the last of american combat troops leave by the end of the month. the two are to discuss the next phase of the relationship between the united states and iraq. iraq. >>> meantime, politics and payroll taxes, the two big items on the sunday talk shows. melanie alnwick has the round- up. >> reporter: for republicans right now, it is all about iowa and the sunday talk shows were all about the

now today a seemingly 180, quote, crawford to boehner, let's compromise. joining us to explain the compromise, how it works, what it means to you, your bottom line, dana is joining us. just this morning house republicans were saying they weren't going to budge on this at all. what changed between that and this afternoon? >> reporter: even when they were saying that, sanjay, we talked about it last night, the pressure on them was enormous. this morning right after that press conference the senate republican leader basically issued a statement breaking his see sentences lens and really shoving the house republicans into this position saying enough is enough effectively. you've got to go ahead and pass this two-month extension. i'm told privately he was even more stern. he doesn't want negotiations. secondly, very interesting thing happened. the speaker called the president this morning asking for help from the white house to negotiate something kind of a middle ground. the president refused. the white house refused to send anybody up here to the hill so that

joining me today political correspondent jan crawford. politico's mike allen. who has just authored the first political book of the campaign, the right to fight back. congressional correspondent nancy cordes and on the other side chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell and our political director john dickerson. i've got to go to you first, jan. you were there yesterday when herman cain hung it up. i mean, did he really hang it up? he said he's suspending the campaign. >> it's over. i talked to cain and his wife gloria after the event yesterday. he said he had made the decision on his own before he got back to atlanta friday night, that he couldn't put his family through this, his wife through this anymore. gloria cain told me she would have supported him no matter what he decided. a part of her wanted him to stay in the race because she believes him. but the allegations of the harassment, the affair, it became too much. you know, bob, the establishment never took cain seriously. but he tapped into something real with republican primary voters who think

then, we'll get analysis from politico's mike allen, and our cbs news political team-- jan crawford, norah o'donnell, nancy cordes, and political director john dickerson. this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again and welcome to "face the nation." key players from both sides in the campaign with us this morning at the table. reince preibus, who is the republican national committee chairman, and then we will also be talking to robert gibbs, who is now a top consultant to the president's re-election campaign. mr. chairman, a brand new "des moines register" iowa poll is out. newt gingrich has now jumped into the lead with 25%. congressman ron paul is now running second. he has 18%. mitt romney follows with 16%, and congresswoman michele bachmann and former candidate herman cain got 8%, and the rest of the field is behind them. and that poll, mr. chairman, of course, was before herman cain announced yesterday that he was dropping out. i guess it showed what we all suspected

i want to recognize johnny crawford, who is a student from sonora. it is minder standing he will be joining you in quieting the tree. that is very special. we also have the somerville high school choir from california who will play some holiday music for us. i want to say this is a bit of california here and i hope everybody understands it. mr. speaker, i am and appropriators. the other day -- the staff director on our side told me he proposed to his wife at this tree at the tree lighting ceremony. it has special significance. thank you and welcome. [applause] ♪ joy to the world let every heart prepare him room and heaven and angels sing joy to the world let man his song employ repeat the sounding joy repeat, repeat the sounding joy he rules the world ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year it's the happ, happiest season of all stories be scary ghost and tales of the glories of christmases long, long ago ofs the most wonderful time the year there be much miseltoeing and hearts will be glowing ofs the most wonderful time the year ♪ [applause]

and a 180, crawford to boehner, let's compromise.joining us to explain the compromise, how it works, what it means for you, dana bash joins us now. she's been very busy over the last few days. house republicans saying they wrn going to budge on this at all. what changed between that and this afternoon? >> even when they were saying that, sanjay, we talked about last night, the pressure on them was enormous. first of all, this morning, right after that press conference, the senate republican leader basically issued a statement breaking his silence and really shoving the house republicans into this position, saying enough is enough effectively. you've got to go ahead and pass this two-month extension. privately, i'm told, he was more stern, that he doesn't want negotiations. the speaker called the president asking for help from the white house to negotiate something kind of a middle ground. the president refused. the white house refused to send anybody up here to the hill so the speaker had to negotiate with the senate majority leader

joining me is craig crawford. you can help me out on this as well.he first 11th hour decision that we've had to deal with this year. what gives? what's going on? >> that's all this congress could get done, brooke, is to keep the roof from caving in at the last minute they put up some scaffolding and put it up for a couple of months. it's been the least productive congress that i've ever seen. they've gotten less done than they used to do in the 1800s when they only met a few months a year and on this payroll tax cut, all it does, even if they reach a deal s. maintain the status quo. it doesn't improve the economy. it keeps things the same. it doesn't help people who are hurting get better. it just helps them keep from getting worse. and that's all they would be accomplishing even if they reached a deal and they still can't do that. >> you mentioned the scaffolding and i think a lot of americans and i tweet through this show, they were frustrated with some of what she was saying and on both sides. you look at the congressional approval rating. it's at

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much colder as you head into western maryland. 37 in oakland and 33 in crawford.a very chilly start today with clearing overnight that allows the temperatures to drop down and we've seen that clouds moved in from the south. this is associated with showers down in the southeast, even though we are under an area of high pressure. right now, we are seeing moisture coming off the atlantic, wrapping around high and producing showers in the southeast. some of this could migrate back into the mid-atlantic. we will focus on a new storm system coming out of the northern plains and this could bring a chance for more clouds and what whether as we go later in to the week. very chilly across the northern half of the nation. 40 degrees colder than that. but we will see a warm up the next couple of days as a new system had their way. some clouds are around baltimore through the afternoon and evening hours. late in that evening, a chance for showers along the eastern shore. it is something to keep in mind. we expect that to clear out as we go into the night. variable clouds and c

crowe -- crawford was thrown from his car. >>> a crackdown on so-called flash mobs in maryland. lawmakers will introduce a flash mob theft act of 2012 outside a germantown 7-eleven target bid a flash mob in august. the bill would make bhult inle acts of theft committed by multiple people in union son one crime. the total value of the property would determine whether it was a felony or misdemeanor. >>> still no sign of the wssc employee who disappeared on the tridelphia reservoir nine days ago. family and friend returned to the banks of the water again to pray that chuck duckett would some day come home to them. >> reporter: dozens ever people who know and love chuck duckett gathered at the banks of the tridelphia reservoir. it has been nine days since he vanished but they haven't given up hope that he will be found. >> i pray every night. i pray every night. >> reporter: duckett was at this site. his boat was found about 300 yards from where he launched it. crews who were back on the water searching again today also found a floatation device but no sign of duckett. the only sibl