lopes five co-workers will be awarded somewhere between 2 and $4 million apiece. betty, can you say hostile work environment? >>> you share with me, wouldn't you? >> of course, i would. i would be scared not to. >> that's true. keep that in mind. go play the lottery, would you? >> you know where i live. >> ashley morrison here in new york. thank you. >>> coming up on the morning news, a black tie affair at the white house. plus, sea change. how some u.s. coastlines are in danger of being washed away by high tide. this is the "cbs morning news." re in danger of being washed away by high tide. this is the "cbs morning news." as fibromyalgia, t thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days and accomplish more. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell y

america lopes is the guy that ran his office lottery pool. a jury ruled he cheated five co-workers out of $35.5 million. he claimed he bought the winning ticket for himself, not the pool that time. the jury ordered him to split the pool. lopes saying, they robbed me. >>> it's not megamillions on this story. but tonight, a lot of us have hopes of winning extra cash. march madness. about 40 million americans have filled out those office brackets. some numbers surprised us. workers spend on average another 13 1/2 minutes every time they check their brackets at work. the distraction will cost companies as much as $175 million in lost productive today and tomorrow alone. the odds of filling out a perfect bracket, 1 in 9.2 quintilion. >>> when we come back on the broadcast tonight, look at this. side-by-side. were we all duped by a doggy double? the famous face on the case double? the famous face on the case tonight. pressus on my feet showed me the and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whol

eliana lopes did not appear in court for the brief hearing but her attorney told us lopes is looking forward to moving on from the ordeal. >> she is absolutely relieved that this is over. absolutely hopeful that, you know, she is going to get to have a great life, that ross is going to get a great life. >> reporter: under the plea deal the district attorney agreed to drop the three other misdemeanors including a domestic violence charge and he avoids any jail time. he'll serve three years' probation, has to complete one year of anger management counseling, is 00 hours of community service, and pay a fine of about $600. if the mayor decides to charge him with misconduct nine of the 11 members of the board of supervisors would have to agree to remove him from office. we caught up with supervisor david campos and several others at city hall today but under advice from the city manager none of them would comment. and again, he is still the sheriff and the political fallout from all of this remains unclear. he is set to be sentenced on monday and until then the stay away order is still in

ahead of secretary chu's testimony about the program and lopes to the now bankrupt solyndra. we'll hear from frank rest coe. 7:00 a.m. every morning on c-span. >>> one year ago the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan melted down an after earthquake and tsunami hit japan. you can see the hearing live thursday here on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. >>> the center for responsive politics reports super pacs have raised $130 million this election cycle. a super pac supporting mitt romney has raised the most money followed by american crossroads. further down the list are those backing newt gingrich and president obama. the common cause today hosted a discussion on the role of super pacs in this year's election. >>> good morning. everyone ready? good morning, my name is bill deblasio, i'm the new york city advocate, and also a member of the new york city retirement system boards. $40 billion pension fund and i'm wearing a green tie. why? in honor of st. patrick's day and as a statement on the corrosive impact of money in our political system. and that is what is bringing us all here tod

shifting the blame for this whole level off issue unnamed by the way who probe is going to given him the lope somewhere it's probably going to get a cushy job be a cushy job somewhere either remold i alluded to fair everybody will follow and nothing will be sold japanese by the way. response to the crisis has been criticized from the beginning by some people when the government try to downplay dangers or radiation levels it's one thing to try to avoid panic but another thing to conceal information that's lifesaving so where do you think is the right balance here. is actually a look at this and there's something very interesting. after the earthquake fukushima prefecture self be detected in some areas around four shima to luria one thirty two. this was under x. day it was during the time line word tools e-mails or be sent from tokyo is a liter were deleted so this is a lose discrepancy here because they were actually detect their worst radiation in sam areas and at the same time date sure also we're throwing for a mission from the public so if everybody is in full you know it sounds it looks i

organizers are loping to reopen the howard theater cultural and education center complete with a recording i think i read smoky robinson, wanda sykes part of the big fundraiser gala. >>> it was show time with the boss at the apollo this weekend. >> for the first time ever, bruce springsteen performed at the historic theater in harlem. we have a report. report. >> reporter: bruce springsteen, the boss himself, performed at the legendary apollo theater in harlem to celebrate satellite radio's 10th anniversary. ersar celebrities filled the audience from tom hanks and his family to michael j. fox to michael douglas with his beautiful wife katherine zeta-jones. >> this is great. the theater is tiny. i told somebody the worst seat in the theater is the best seat you have a ever had at any show. >> reporter: that is why fans waited for hours to get their hands on coveted tickets and then just before the show started. >> thirteen hours, it will be a nice drive home. the wait was worth it. amazing. the time paid off. we've been here since, what, 3:00. the time paid off. it is great. >> reporter: a

rated high quality loans, essentially lending out mortgages for everybody with a policy, taking those lopesthem to unsuspecting unions and pensions and retirement funds as high quality securities. it was a giant fraud scheme. they were doing this all over the world. as part of these deals, they were required to buy back any defective or loans that were in default. that's what bank of america is facing now. they're supposed to be buying back these loans and are not doing it. there was this string of outraged customers demanding their money back. >> that opens up two things, one is who they rip off. as you explained, not explained nearly well enough in the rest of the media, it was the pensions. i've talked to the managing director of goldman sachs, she said that's the suckers at the tail. when you go to rob people, who do you go to rob? the average americans and their pensions. what did they do to the pensions. >> no, look, who bias these mortgage-backed securities. these big institution at investors. a very typical investor was a pension fund. the new york city retirement fund, los angeles

a jury decided yesterday that america lopes kept a $24 million jackpot for himself.rmer colleagues. they'll each get $2 million after taxes. and that's a long story short. >>> does sound like he tried to pull a fast one. because he was in the pool. cashed in the ticket and said no, that's the ticket i bought. not good. >> ain't going to work. >>> president obama is warning iran it must take nuclear negotiations seriously. charlie will ask the ambassadors to the u.s. what happened if iran does not back off. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by party city. nobody has more st. patrick's day for less. ♪ jump in on big savings... during the petsmart spring into savings sale. save up to 25% on hundreds of items, and save up to $3 on nutro® ultra™ and nutro® natural choice™ dog food. at petsmart®. you are a little biscuit. i'm carol. uh, we should skedaddle 'cause it's girls' night. so...oh, wow. [ male announcer ] movies right when you want them. watch unlimited tv episodes and movies instantly, all for only

delivered about 130,000 letters to congress asking to stop a hike in interest rates for the stafford lopeenter rates 3.4% to 6.8%. staffer loans are used by low and middle income graduates. >> authorities say thieves are now targets detergent. that bottles of tide are being taken and sold for lesson the black market. someplaces it's so bad retailers are locking it up. it's a move some say is bad for business. >> we understand retailers need to take measures to minimize retail theft, it's also a challenge though -- making sure consumers still have easy access to the products. >> authorities say they are likely going after tide because it's the most popular and recognizable defergent but they say not everybody is reporting a spike in the thefts. >> the roads are a mess. what you need to know if you are driving in the bay area. we will give you that. >> you may call it a foreign invasion and the mayor is all smiles, the four companies can cassetting up shop in san francisco. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, g

he ran loping to change the political climate in washington and it hasn'ted happened.compromise, bring team together and make tough decisions. i say that in the movie and hasn't had another side working with him. >> well, so clearly, mr. guggenheim, of course, he's nothing as -- nothing negative over the past two years or seen shortcomings of the president. mitt romney, i have to tell you, wrch the folks running four the republican presidential nomination took after the president on the campaign trail yesterday and said, well, you know, mr. president, why don't you talk to the people who are losing their jobs, the soldiers coming home right now who can't find a job. in fact, this has become quite a political topic on the campaign trail now. >> i'm sure the white house expected that. all right. mark preston. >> of course. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> the fight, faced by many american troops doesn't end on the battlefield. many returned home way bigger struggle. getting the mental health treatment knneed after war. next. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts spo

friends had to take him to court claiming that they bought the ticket in an office pool, but emerico lopes told them he had to have surgery on his feet and that he bought a different ticket. they did not agree. shane specializes in lottery disputes. let's just use the d.r. show pool here and be very practical. i've got 11 folks here, we've got a stack of tickets. obviously chances at any of these tickets pays our staff all this money, very low, and in the event they do get paid, the chances that one of them runs off with the money and we never see them again, probably 50-50. which you got to figure is pretty much true everywhere. so what sort of -- what do we need to know legally about how these office pools work in the event somebody actually wins? >> really, what you need to know is there is no written law out there about just general office pool. it's contractual in nature, and that's the difficult part about this, is there's no real written rules that anyone has, especially in your normal, everyday job or workplace, and there's no real game plan about what's supposed to happen and who

aamerico lopes cheated his co-workers out of the -- and he tried to collect the money for himself.never do that, would you? >> actually, no. if it's in the a pool, it's in a pool. period. >> we will hold you to this. >>> tonight's moment you miss. the red carpet rolled out at the white house. the woman in charge of keeping it ready had a cameo on british television.

he lopes to convince netanyahu that the sanctions can still work to prevent iran from developing a nuclearornadoes that tore across the midwest and the south. take a look. >> oh, no! >> stay in there! >> get back! >> just surreal to see. 39 deaths are now being blamed on those storms. and overnight, some insult added to injury, two to five inches of snow falling on the hard-hit areas of indiana and kentucky. >>> also, from indiana comes word that angel babcock, the toddler who was the sole survivor in the family of five had died after being taken off life support. >>> gas prices are up. one reason, the closing of the east coast refinery. but analysts say, another reason, wall street speculators continuing to drive up prices. >>> and the dramatic rescue here in oregon. a man rescuing his life to save a stranger drowning. kevin pratt saw the man struggling. flailing in the water. as you can see here, jumps in and grabs him. eventually dragging the man on shore. a man that pratt did not know. >>> and a 3-year-old girl in oregon is alive this morning despite swallowing 37 magnets. payton bushn

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>> in the loping run, this is a battle for the hearts and minds of those out there that might be susceptible perverted, violent, extremist philosophy. so you are exactly right, long term, we have to deal with the -- wing over the hearts and minds through community engagement. i was in the bush administration, we had a forum called the incident management team where we worked closely with the fbi and the local american-muslim community leaders. any time there was an insdep, we conseened a call and asked for the support from the leaders of the community to report any suspicious activity and we would inform them of what we knew and offer to investigate any kind of discriminatory action against them if there was blowback. so it's that trusted partnership between american-muslim community leaders and law enforcement that is critical. unfortunately, we are in a perfect storm, as you said, against us, whether it's the inadvertent video of the koran and the regrettable videos of the american marines urinating on the afghan dead and the conspiracy that this is more than a single act. this is, unfortu

lope let me jump in at this point with a thank you very much. giving us some of the details involved in a very lengthy report from a special prosecutor in the stevens case, with the headlines on finding major misconduct by the justice department. the prosecution team in the ted stevens case. again we encourage you to read more about it. john bresnahan broke the story on the phone. so thanks so much john bresnahan. caller: thanks for having me. host: mr. bresnahan mentioned things are coming out. a long time friend of the senator has introduced what she considers major bipartisan standards. we're going to return to our topic with you this morning which is about u.s. policy in afghanistan. a few more minutes left, but we're going to continue the conversation with our next guest of the morning as well. so let ees hear from la grange, georgia, charlie is a democrat. good morning charlie, you're on the air. caller: good morning. i'm reminded, he told us a long time ago when he came to look at america, america's greatness, and he concluded by saying a

similarly the fact that labor demand appears weak in most industries and lope cases is suggestive ofs like the energy boom in the upper midwest where there may be mismatch in the geographic location of workers might be the exception that prove the rule. an empir call relationship economists have long used is known as the bereridge curve. that compares unemployment, the number of employers looking for employers to job vacancies, the number of workers employers are seeking. the vertical axis is the vacancy rate and the horizontal axis is the unemployment rate. in good times when the unemployment rate is low, businesses are growing and workers are hard to find and so job vacancies tend to be high. similarly in bad times unemployment is high and few jobs are available and soap vacancies are low. thus the relationship between unemployment and vacancies is downward sloping. on the usual interpretation, a recession is a period in which the economy is moving done along the bevridge curve. in contrast, changes in the structural determinants of unemployment are shot to be reflected in the curv