michelle miller on the latest crisis for farmers-- sand. and... ♪ memories... >> pelley: anthony mason on marvin hamlisch and the musical memories he left us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. well, it was the picture that once you saw it you could not forget it. jared lee loughner, the 23-year-old college dropout who gravely wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords in an inexplicable shooting spree last year that left six dead and 13 wounded. today a federal judge in arizona ruledded that loughner was competent to understand the charges against him, allowed him to plead guilty and he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. bill whitaker's at the federal courthouse in tucson. bill? >> reporter: bob, judge larry burns, who has presided over this case since the beginning, said he saw a different jared loughner today. loughner, who shouted and ranted at a hearing last year today was quiet and subdued and spoke with a slurred but

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michelle miller now with that story. >> reporter: as donald bloss and his son, mark, walk through theirying cornfields in nebraska, they see signs of life, just rows away. if you look at your corn, and it's all lying dead, and then-- >> it's pretty dry. >> reporter: and you move into here and it's green and lush. >> it is not done yet, either. these seeds are still pretty damp. they've got a ways to go before they'll turn red and are ready to harvest. >> reporter: it is a grain called sorghum, primarily used as a livestock feed and an alternative to corn and ethanol. donald bloss has been growing it for 45 years. rain or shine, or drought. you'll get a crop. >> it's more dependable, yes. it's pretty forgiving. >> reporter: in normal weather conditions, corn can out-produce sorghum by nearly 50%, but sorghum only needs a third of the water it takes to grow corn. its roots run deeper and its leaves help it retain moisture longer. >> a lot of us in this area quit raising corn. i needed the income, and sorghum was pretty solid income base. >> reporter: because of the lingering drought, the

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michelle miller on the latest crisis for farmers-- sand. and... ♪ memories...on on marvin hamlisch and the musical memories he left us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. well, it was the picture that once you saw it you could not forget it. jared lee loughner, the 23-year- old college dropout who gravely wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords in an inexplicable shooting spree last year that left six dead and 13 wounded. today a federal judge in arizona ruled that loughner was competent to understand the charges against him, allowed him to plead guilty and he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. bill whitaker's at the federal courthouse in tucson. bill? >> reporter: bob, judge larry burns, who has presided over this case since the beginning, said he saw a different jared loughner today. loughner, who shouted and ranted at a hearing last year today was quiet and subdued and spoke with a slurred but understandable voice. for most of the two-hou

michelle miller has that story. >> rubbery here. >> as donald and his son mark walk through their dyings in pawnee city, nebraska. they see signs of life rows away. >> you look at your corn and it's all dry and dead. you move into here and it's green and bush. >> it's not done yet, either. these seeds are still pretty damp. they've got a ways to go before they turn red and harvest. >> this is a grain called sorghum. it's primarily used as livestock feed and as an alternative to corn in ethanol. donald has been growing it for 45 years. rain or shine or drought. you'll get a crop. >> it's more dependable, yes. it's pretty for giving. >> in normal weather conditions, corn can outproduce sorghum by 50%. but sorghum needs a third of the water it takes to grow corn. its roots run deeper and the leaves help it retain moisture longer. >> a lot of us in this area quit raising corn. i needed the income and sorghum was pretty solid income base. >> because of the lingering drought, the department of agriculture predicts farmers will produce a mal and a half more acres of sorghum. >> this professor

michelle miller on the latest crisis for farmers-- sand... ♪ memories... >> pelley: anthony mason on marvin hamlisch and the musical memories he left us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening. scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. well, it was the picture that once you saw it you could not forget it. jared lee loughner, the 23-year-old college dropout who gravely wounded

correspondent michelle miller takes them back to times square as the anniversary of vj day approaches. >> also before we go, we've got a shoutout to our man who usually brings the shoutouts. congratulations lonnie quinn and to his wife sharon on the birth of their beautiful new baby daughter lily. >> he's smiling. >> that is just adorable. >> 7 pound 12 ounces. >> 7 pounds 12 ounces. she was born last week and she has a new big brother nate. we're happy to welcome them. >> lonnie is aex u.s.ed. >> lonnie is tired. >> lonnie is aex u.s.ed. >> lonnie is tired. if he's there, have a great one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com so lonnie quinn e-mailed our executive producer this morning at 4:00 a.m. that would normally be the time we'd be getting up and getting together at "cbs this morning saturday." he e-mailed to tell him that no, i'm not coming in to the show today but yes, i am awake. because i'm with my baby lily. >> crying baby and i believe he added in that brief e-mail that he thinks maybe this is a younger man's game. >> way to go, lonnie. >> we're so happy for lonnie and s

correspondent michelle miller takes them back to times square as the anniversary of vj day approachesfore we go, we've got a shoutout to our man who usually brings the shoutouts. congratulations lonnie quinn and to his wife sharon on the birth of their beautiful new baby daughter lily. >> he's smiling. >> that is just adorable. >> 7 pound 12 ounces. >> 7 pounds 12 ounces. she was born last week and she has a new big brother nate. we're happy to welcome them. >> lonnie is aex yoo-hoo! mom? i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> i'm bill loveless, sunday on "platts energy week," a new report shows u.s. oil and gas reserves soaring. that's this sunday morning at 8:00 only on wusa9.

correspondent michelle miller takes them back to times square as the anniversary of vj day approacheswe go we've got a shoutout to our man who usually brings the shoutouts. congratulations lonnie quinn and to his wife sharon on the birth of their beautiful new baby daughter lily. >> he's smiling. >> that is just adorable. >> 7 pound 12 ounces. >> 7 pounds 12 ounces. she was born last week and she has a new big brother nate.

miller show." >> caller: hi, christy huckabee and [ inaudible ] are losers just like michele bachmann.thing going on. it's old fashioned. >> stephanie: yeah, the guy running against bob casey compared rape to his daughter getting pregnant out of wedlock for consensual sex. >> yes. >> stephanie: jim who said he says, she says [ inaudible ] economic incentives to avoid such charges the safe responses to insist on balance, even if the phenomenon is clearly unbalanced, they misinform and disarm a public trying to fix our public policies. who said that? >> bill o'reilly and you are pin head. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: no [ inaudible ]. who said obama's health care proposals were designed to avoid the pitfalls of past failures -- >> avoid what. >> pitfalls. >> that's not what you said -- [ laughter ]. >> talking about the bathroom at the madonna inn -- >> stephanie: no. they have been the centerpiece of past republican proposals these include changes, subsidies for low-income households, and an individual mandate. who said that? >> laura ingram. >> stephanie: no [ inaudible ] ornstein and thom

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