bill whitaker and mark phillips on a day of history. she started at general motors at the age of 18. today, mary barra was promoted to c.e.o. anthony mason reports. police make big gains in a city plagued by murder. dean reynolds on how they did it. and a family of six has been rescued after being stranded two days in subzero weather. john blackstone has the breaking news. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. good evening. it was a remarkable moment in history today, the first black president of south africa eulogized by the first black president of the united states. president obama spoke in soweto. the love was written all over the faces for the tens of thousands who attended. mr. obama urged young people in south africa and around the world to remember mandela and make his work their own. here's hill with whitaker. >> reporter: hours before the memorial service people started pouring into the huge soccer stadium. not even pouring rain could dampen their spirit. outside, a parade of dignitaries

. >> and on the day of the final homecoming for nelson mandela, mark phillips will share the stor tremendous this is the third maw and ice storm this month. more than 10,00 10,000 flights e been canceled this week, 1,000 today alone and as terrell brown reports, the timing of this storm couldn't be any worse for retailers among a short shopping season that has been underwhelming. >> reporter: in the middle of a dusty snowstorm on a 19-degree day in mohegan lake new york, nicki couldn't resist going to shop. >> we are in a snowstorm. >> yes. >> and you are shopping. >> yes. >> why? >> because it is still christmas, and things still need to get done and there are gifts to buy. >> reporter: a snow day for retailers during the holiday shopping season could be the difference between a profit or loss. so many so many stores stayed open and were counting on shoppers like audra aggin. >> the stores are throwing some good sales, to, so you have to get out when they have the sales. >> reporter: in upstate new york, clearing the snow has been a week long marathon. just ask ron bacon. >> i get out with

. >> we want to go to mark phillips who is about five miles away from this stadium where there is a huge overflow crowd of people that want to take part in this day. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. well, i'm in another stadium about five miles from the main one where the service is will be held. the whole intent here through this whole week of commemoration is one of making the celebration of nelson mandela's life accessible to people. it is a difficult place to get around the township surroundings of johannesburg. communications are not terribly well established. in order to accommodate people, this is a stadium called orlando, one of the big soccer teams plays here. people have come through this rain. what they say is, they could have stayed at home and watched it on tv or gone to their local cafe. they wanted to come out to be together. this is very much a week where the connection between nelson mandela, even though he has been out of public life for so long, even though he has been so frail and in decline for at least a year now. he still maintained direct conn

reports from deborah patta, mark phillips, and michelle miller. anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc in the middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor everyday and at the end of that walk there was no freedom, there was this. >> reporter: with bob simon on the moment he was free. >> after 27 years, his head was high and his fist was clenched. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the south african government announced today that the state funeral for former president nelson mandela will be a week from sunday-- the culmination of days of memorial services. president obama will lead the u.s. delegation and he's invited the former american presidents to join him. mourners continued to gather today at mandela's home in johannrg died last night and

mark phillips has a new take on chick lit to share with us-- straight from the henhouse. >> reporter:ry like all the others written by catherine elliot, blue cover all chicken farmer and romance novelist. her so called chick lit stories of improbable love affairs that somehow work out in the end are best-sellers. but catherine's latest work has found a new audience-- this is chick lit for chickens. >> "they gazed at one other, his black eyes met hers and lit up with pleasure." >> reporter: falling for clooney, it's called. clooney the rooster. think of it as 50 shades of eggshell. >> she took a step towards him, he crowed with delight! >> reporter: whoa! it's all ruffled a few feathers in the henhouses of john paul mikulski's happy egg company which commissioned the story to be read to its chickens, it says for scientific reasons. >> there's research based around that which says that birds which interact with humans, the humans -- the sound of the human voice actually are much calmer and because of that produce much better. >> reporter: they can't point to numbers proving there are mo

mark phillips looks at the release. >> reporter: a lot of people think they don't make music like theythree, four, five. >> reporter: maybe that's why some old recordings are so valuable. ♪ well, she was just 17 you know what i mean ♪ >> reporter: the beatles weren't much more than 17 themselves when this album came out in 1963. it went straight to number one and stayed there for 30 weeks and it may still be a money spinner. it's been a long and winding road since the beatles released their first album in the uk, "please, please me," and it's come along way from "all you need is love." now all you need is a good copyright lawyer. only then h can he tell you, we can work it out. work it out by releasing now all the previously unreleased takes and bootlegged recordings from that original era in a new album. in this way the beatles company uses a new european copyright law to protect itself ownership and its earning power from the songs for another 20 years. track 15 explains what it's all about. ♪ money that's what i want ♪ >> reporter: the beatles are trying to get the money now that th

mark phillips, cbs news, alexandra. >> pelley: today the u.s.blue angels soared over new york city, past the building known as one world trade center and other landmarks. the angels had been grounded because of forced budget cuts. this was their way of announcing that they're back. in a moment, newtown families talk about their lives and their mission one year after the shooting. so here's to the bride and... [ coughs ] [ so here's to the bride and... [ coughs ] ounc robitussin dm max now cos in a new liquid-filled capsule. nothing provides more powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cash card from capital one, i get 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally someone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? i need your times

mark phillips finds rare recordings are giving the beatles a new turn at stardom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. there is trouble tonight ablq$ the international space station. late today nasa said it will take a series of space walks to fix it. as we reported last week, half of the cooling system shut down when a valve malfunctioned. there is a crew of six on board. the two americans will make the first space walk on saturday. nasa tells us the astronauts are safe. jeff glor is with us with more about the problem and what it will take to repair it. jeff? >> reporter: the stakes are high scott. there's only two cooling loops on the space station, one is down. if that one can't be fixed and there's only one left, there is no backup. this is what it looked like that last time the cooling unit had to be fixed on the international space station. in 2010, astronaut doug wheelock anchored to the end of a robot arm, successfully pulled the pump out. it's the replacement un

reports from mark phillips and bill whitaker. and dr. jon lapook on a new weapon against cancer. >> they talk about cancer being a battle, that you're fighting cancer and that's exactly what it feels like. feels like. captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the government is out of the car business. late today we learned that the treasury sold off the last of its general motors shares at a loss to taxpayers of more than $10 billion. it was four years ago at the height of the great recession that president obama decided to bail out the bankrupt automaker, ordering general motors to overall its corporations and saving hundreds of thousands of jobs. now g.m. is not only making cars, but profits. here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: the auto industry was headed for a disastrous crash in 2009 when the government made the controversial decision to take over general motors. >> one of the first decisions that i made as pres

. >> we want to go to mark phillips who is about five miles away from this stadium where there is a huge overflow crowd of people that want to take part in this day. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah. well, i'm in another stadium about five miles from the main one where the service is will be held. the whole intent here through this whole week of commemoration is one of making the celebration of nelson mandela's life accessible to people. it is a difficult place to get around the township surroundings of johannesburg. communications are not terribly well established. in order to accommodate people, this is a stadium called orlando, one of the big soccer teams plays here. people have come through this rain. what they say is, they could have stayed at home and watched it on tv or gone to their local cafe. they wanted to come out to be together. this is very much a week where the connection between nelson mandela, even though he has been out of public life for so long, even though he has been so frail and in decline for at least a year now. he still maintained direct conn

. >> mark phillips thank you. the fallout is growing from the christmas delivery failure by u.p.s. and fedex. some are still waiting for packages. >> u.p.s. and many are promising refunds. at least one senator is weighing in. the corporate home of u.p.s. good morning to you. >> good morning. neither fedex or u.p.s. said how many packages are delayed. they brought in extra people and rented trucks to deliver a late christmas to a lot of angry customers. u.p.s. now promises to refund shipping costs to many customer who is did not get their packages on time. they are not the only ones trying to get back in good graces with unhappy shoppers. wal-mart, amazon and kohl's are offering refunds to gift cards for future purchases. this is not enough for jeff. he had an iphone case for a gift for his grandmother and she left town before it was delivered. >> i don't know what to say about how frustrating it is. it's not the gift but that awe moment. you can't recapture that. the wow factor is gone. >> u.p.s. and major retailers blame it on being caught off guard by a mix of bad weather, last m

reports from deborah patta, mark phillips, and michelle miller. anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc in the middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor

for sunday morning, i am mark phillips. >> osgood: president and mrs.bama will be travelling to south africa to attend memorial services for nelson mandela and be accompanied by three former presidents, george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. bitter cold temperatures, snow and freezing rain continue to grip much of the country. powerful storms stretching from texas to ohio is causing power outages, treacherous driving conditions and is blamed for several deaths. it is forecast to think mid atlantic states later today. merrill newman arrived at san francisco airport yesterday after being held in north korea for several weeks. the 85-year-old korean war vet was touring the country when he was detained by north korean authorities. he says he is delighted to be home. ♪ >> jennifer of massachusetts nearly pulled off one of the world's biggest upset in bay route, lebanon placing third in the arabs got talent competition. not bad for a 23-year-old american who barely speaks any arabic. syrian das troupe cima took first prize. >> today's weather in a wor

bill whitaker and mark phillips on a day of history. she started at general motors at the age of 18. today, mary barra was promoted to c.e.o. anthony mason reports. police make big gains in a city plagued by murder. dean reynolds on how they did it. and a family of six has been rescued after being stranded two days in subzero weather. john blackstone has the breaking news.

. >> and on the day of the final homecoming for nelson mandela, mark phillips will share the stor

mark phillips is at orlando stadium. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning.day. there was the official ceremony, of course, which president obama spoke and other world leaders and now the president of south africa. there were other unofficial ceremonies and the people were determined to be part of a little rain or a lot of rain. it's not going to keep it away. they formed at venues like this one. parade around the country set up as people gather. it's part of the acceptability of this man and the ceremony that was put together. nelson mandela was famous for leading the liberation struggle here, but also, perhaps even more for bringing the country together after the end of the apartheid. the country was very, very determined to come together to see him off. gayle, charlie, norah. >> thank you. a major snowstorm is hitting the region this morning. up to six inches of snow could fall. winter storm warnings and advisories posted for new york, boston, philadelphia and washington. nancy cordes is in washington where the town is shutting down. good morning. >> repor

reports from mark phillips and bill whitaker. and dr. jon lapook on a new weapon against cancer. >> they talk about cancer being a battle, that you're fighting cancer and that's exactly what it feels like. feels like. captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

reports from debora patta, mark phillips, and michelle miller. anthony mason on the best jobs report since the great recession. but what kind of jobs is the economy creating? an ice storm causes havoc t middle of the country. manuel bojorquez is there. and allen pizzey on the years that made the man. >> for 18 of the 27 years he spent in prison, nelson mandela walked down this corridor everyday and at the end of that walk there was no freedom, there was this. >> reporter: with bob simon on the moment he was free. >> after 27 years, his head was high and his fist was clenched.

mark phillips finds rare recordings are giving the beatles a new turn at stardom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

mark phillips has the latest from london. >>> good morning. away there's a unique christmas ritual that offers a little relief for a while. the spanish santa doesn't care if you're naughty or nice, only if you ear lucky. they call it el gordo, the fat one. and the main prize in spain's christmas lottery at over half a million dollars is a good lump of money. the fervor over ticket buying has become a national institution. but for 200 years the spanish christmas lottery has had a special tradition. in addition to offering big prizes, it offers a lot of smaller ones with more than $3 billion in total up for grabs. people form syndicates to buy tickets in the hope of spreading the windfall even further and escaping the destitution that with an unemployment rate stuck above 25% so many in spain endure. so no simple machine spitting out balls reveals the winning numbers here. instead, it's a choir of child angels. and as luck would have it -- many of this year's winners came from some of the hardest hit areas of the country, a town where the main a

mark phillips is in london with new information on the shooting.try teacher. he was apparently out jogging when he was shot reports say, by a group of men. ronald smith was working at the international school in benghazi. in what appears to be his twitter account he described how his wife left to go home and talked about leaving himself at the end of next week. also realized he'll be flying home on friday the 13th of december. it was nice knowing you all. the internet is full of heartfelt condolence messages from his students. he appeared to have a young son as well. why he was shot? he was an american in a place where that can be dangerous. the u.s. ambassador and three others were killed in the at dak on the u.s. consulate last year. some of ronald smith's internet posts may also indicate he may have taken the threat from militant islamists group in the area not serious enough. if i'm captured he says who will pay the ransom. he wasn't kidnapped. he was shot. >>> much of the united states is trapped in the fiercest cold snap in 15 years. temperat

mark phillips shows why the current holder does not have much choice. >> reporter: it was 50 years agoase me" was released in brit. ♪ he was just 17 you know what i mean ♪ >> reporter: the beatles weren't much more than 17 themselves when they changed the pop music forever. ♪ how could i dance with another whoo ♪ >> reporter: 50 years later, the lucrative rights with some of this dance may be with another. the copy rights is about to run out on some of this music. 59 recordings are being released today to protect the beatles' ownership for another 20 years says music critic chris roberts. you have to publish before the 50 year before it turns into a pumpkin at the 50-year mark? >> that's right, it's a public domain thing. anyone can publish them for $1.99. the music industry is to make sure that doesn't happen to the crown jewels as precious as it gets to the music business. >> reporter: the point of releasing the previously unreleased beatles records is not so much to sell more beatles music. it's it keep other people from selling beatles music. and to do so to beat european copyright

david: bob phillips, mark luschini, lincoln ellis we'll come back to you in a little bit when s&p futures close. >> thank you. >> thank you. liz: thank you, gentlemen. the u.s. economy seems to be gaining footing. the markets are busting through record high after record high. it is all good news..3 like all investors we have to peak around the corner. is danger lurking ahead? what would it look like? david: we'll talk to one of the top economic minds in the country. glenn hubbard dean of columbia business school. big changes ahead or fed. tapering new chairman, new voting members among whom include dallas fed president richard fisher. he will join us exclusively. this is the first interview since the fed decision to taper next week. that is coming next. liz: tell us what you think. fed chairman ben bernanke said fed bond purchases created jobs. talking about qe. do you agree. log on to facebook.com/afterthebell. we'll read some answers and get richard fish arrest response. don't go away. ♪ [ m male announcer ] once, there was a man who found a magic seashell. it told him what was happenin

mark segraves, news 4. >>> a warning tonight from federal regulators about problems with the life saving device. certain cardiac defibrylators may not deliver the shock they're supposed to buzz of an electrical problem. phillips recalled the heart start frx and hs1 devices late last year. if you own one, contact phillips for a replacement. >>> newly released surveillance videos show ho part of a fight that ended with a deadly stabbing between two marines. you can see 21-year-old michael appearing to grip something in his hands. prosecutors say they got into an argument outside of a restaurant when one of them said something derogatory. they say it ended with him stabbing another marine. a jury convicted him of manslaughter this week. >>> tonight wear hearing from the family that filed the first wrongful death lawsuit in the navy yard shooting. the family of mary francis knight filed the suit in tampa. that lawsuit seeks $37 million in damages. the department of veterans affairs, the navy and two defense contractors are all named as defendants and all are accused of negligence. >> the navy didn't do what they were supposed to do. the contractor didn't follow the rules in existence. the subcontractors didn't fo