. >>> patdown smackdown. the firebrand u.s. senator who refused a patdown at airport security, causing a ruckus, and saying it's time for everyone to take a stand. >>> medical breakthrough. surgery without a scalpel. what a woman with terrible tremors go from this to this in just ten seconds. >>> good evening. something terrifying took the south by surprise last night. no warning, 25 tornadoes striking in less than 24 hours. roaring through four states in the darkness. and this was the scene today in alabama, arkansas, mississippi and tennessee. where entire neighborhoods were wiped out as families slept. at least two are dead. 100 injured. and we know tornados peak in may or june, so no one could believe this is happening now in winter. abc's steve osunsami in alabama reports on the freakish, frightening new weather pattern. steve. >> reporter: good evening, diane. it feels like we've been here before -- and we have. the tornado that hit here last night destroyed some of the same homes that were hit the last go-around. familie

i usually take patdown but paul did not want the patdown.e wanted to go through the body scan again. we know they don't like it when you do that. so he wasn't allowed to get on his flight. he laughed it off later. this is a very serious issue for the senator. he's been fighting the tsa a long time. and senator paul comes out tonight. let me ask you, senator paul rand. what really happened today? >> well, you know, i did offer also to show him my leg. i showed him my leg. i pulled my sock down. they really weren't interested in at my leg. they wanted to do the patdown. i said i'm happy to walk back through the screener which i've done at other airports before. been reskreepd. and they weren't willing to do it. the one thing i learned out of all this, i had two tsa agents admit to me that the screener isn't always going off because it sees something. it also goes off because it is part of a random screening process. i think most passengers don't know this. we're made to believe it is okay to do the patdown because they're looking for something

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they said they needed to do a patdown.st week i had a similar problem and i just got to walk through the scanner again? do you think i can do that? they were resistant to that. i spoke to several mongers and nobody seemed to have any discretion or ability to make decisions. i was detained in a cubical and not allowed to leave a certain area for an extended period of time. during that period of time i did get my phone from my bag to call my office to say i was going miss a big speech here in washington and i was informed that because i touched my phone i was now subject to a full body search. megyn: which you also declined. >> i wasn't excited about the threat that i needed a full body search because i used my phone. i think all americans who travel, if the alarm goes off which apparently it's going off falsely in many occasions, let them walk back to the scanner. we had the tsa before a committee and insisted 6-year-old girls are not a threat to this country. if something shows up on the scan and it may be an error let the

. >> he was stopped for a personal patdown., asking to go through is a scanner a second time. the tsa refused. paul missed his flight. >> it was an ordeal. i think it is for a lot of travelers. it's an indignity. it's not making us safer. >> the tsa says senator paul was treated the same as anybody else. once the machine alerts something suspicious, everyone muz allow a targeted patdown or leave. >>> gay marriage is on its way to becoming legal in washington state. a key lawmark said she would vote in favor of it, giving it the vote it needs to pass. washington would be the seventh state to allow gays and lesbians to marry. >>> secret recordings from inside the oval office are being made public today. made by president john f. sendy days before his assassination. it shows the more personal side of the president, as he introduces caroline and john to a soviet official. >>> and evening stroll under the into a nightmare for a massachusetts family when they fell through thin sis on a pond. a 911 call brought firefighters right away

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the tsa for going too far with some of the patdowns.not about to subject himself to one going through today. he was able to take a later flight and able to go through security without a problem. his office and his father, the presidential candidate have used the word detained. that struck a nerve with the tsa saying he was not held in custody. he was barred from getting on the original flight. the tsa said when an irregularity is found during the tsa screening process, it must be resolved prior to allowing a passenger to proceed to the secure area of the airport. passengers who refuse to complete the screening process cannot be granted access to the secure area in order to assure the safety of others traveling. he did not go through the patdown. that's why he was escorted away by local police. he said it was an indignity he had to go through and fight for less of what he considers to be too obtrusive screening. it's an eye of the beholder moment. the tsa saying it acted properly, followed procedures that should apply to all people, even

the senator refused a patdown search. that set off a 90 minute i don't know if standoff is the word, but encounter with with the tsa. >> these are the indignities. and it's not just me. americans are going through the airport every day being subjected to these indignities. nobody's thinking about who could attack this or who would attack us. it's just this mindlessness. >>> it tsa says senator paul was allowed to board another flight after a different screening. >>> in one of her final acts as a congress mom, gabby giffords finished the meeting she started a year ago. she sat down with survivors of the massacre that left six dead and 13 others injured. she's expected to attend the state of the union address tonight before leaving washington all together to focus entirely on her recovery. >>> illinois senator mark kirk is in intensive care today after undergoing emergency brain surgery following a stroke over the weekend. doctors say the first term republican appears to recognize his family and that he can respond to verba

watch. >> i said i am happy to show you my leg, but they wanted to do a patdown.aid well i'm happy to go through the rescene, and walk through the screener again, and they wouldn't let me. so, then i was detained in an area and told if i used my phone i got the full body patdown. >>shepard: that is what they told him but they dispute the word "detained," because that is a word they don't like but if they hold you, are you detained? his father, ron paul, release add statement saying this "the police state in this country is growing out-of-control, and one of the ultimate embodiments is the t.s.a. that grabs our children and seniors and loved ones with disabilities and they do this while doing nothing to keep us safe." the kentucky senator says he had to get a later plight and got through security that time without any problems from the transportation security administration. it released a statement that reads in part, "passenger whose refuse to complete the screening process cannot be granted access to secure area in order to ensure the safety of others traveling."

so then i was detained in an area and told if i used my phone, i got the full-body patdown. >> reporter: the tsa insists that paul wasn't detained at any point, he quickly booked another flight and made it through the screening process. >> gop candidates on the attack in florida. tonight, mitt romney and newt gingrich are exchanging political punches on the campaign trail. as randall pinkston reports for wjz, the fighting comes hours before their next debate. >> reporter: mitt romney is stepping up to the mike, with a new line of attack against nute newt gingrich. >> i think as you look look at the speaker's record over time, it's been highly erratic. >> reporter: romney is taking aim at him on the campaign trail and over the air waves. >> gingrich resigned. >> the florida tv spot is the first negative ad to come directly from the romney campaign, instead of a super back supporting him. >> gingrich is raising money to strike back and fast. florida's primary is less than a week away and is shaping up to be the most expensive so far. >> reporter: right now, romney has the biggest war ches

one of the 3% of american flyers stopped for a personal patdown. the scanner at nashville's airport targeted his leg as suspicious. he missed his flight when he wouldn't let the tsa officials pat him down. >> i offered my leg. i said, can i go back through the scanner. they said, no. >> reporter: the senator's staff tweeted he's being detained by tsa. >> i was told not the leave the cubicle. when i did step out, i was put back in. >> reporter: senator paul's father, ron, who wants the tsa shutdown, called the incident evidence that the police state in this country is growing out of control. the tsa says senator paul was treated as everyone else is. once anyone starts the process, and the machine alerts screeners they must submit to targeted patdowns or leave. the tsa touch is safer than a second >> ordinarilordinarily, a patdor knee is not a sensitive thing. >> reporter: senator paul is not backing down. this morning, he wrote in a letter to "the washington times" that he will introduce legislation to allow passengers to be rescreened rather than p

congress on your corner event to complete the one she was holding when she b0o paul refuse add tsa patdownr a scanner alarm went off. >> i suspect i was part of a random atdown because the machine -- they finally did make me go through the machine. i went back through, and there wasn't anything that the machine found. >> senator paul said his leg set off the alarm. his father ron paul is running for the presidential nomination on a platform that includes eliminating the tsa, because in his words it does "nothing to keep us safe." >>> two more bodies were from a cruise ship. om a cruise 17 more are missing. agency says the wreck is stable and no longer in danger of sliding into deeper water. >>> violent storms are being blamed for two deaths in alabama. the national weather service has not confirmed they were tornadoes, but stories from survivors leave little doubt. >> they had us settled in the basement, an all of a sudden the front door came flying by us. we've lost our house, but at least we have -- i'm so, we've got our family, and that's all that matters right now. >> the storms are pa

that's his word for refusing a full body patdown at the airport in nashville. they told me i wasn't detained and when i tried to leave i was ushered back into the cubical so i kind of felt i was being detained. and his father's presidential campaign calling for elimination of the tsa, saying it gropes and grabs people while doing nothing to keep them safe. the tsa released the statement that reads in part. refused to comply to the security procedures are denied access to the security gate area and more reaction from senator rand paul tonight on freedom watch as it airs immediately following this program. not on this channel, but on the fox business network, just up the dial. and flags are at half state across the state of pennsylvania after the death of the legendary penn state football coach joe paterno, of course his legacy in some minds may be tarnished after a child sex scandal engulfed that school. a live reaction to joe pa's death and a look at the his long career next. plus, is a man who shot and nearly killed then president reagan, still a danger to soc

he asked to go through the body screening instead of a patdown but officials refused. the tsa said paul was not detained and apparently he left the check point willingly. >>> well, in about half an hour, governor martin o'malley is expected to release his full agenda. abc2 news don harrison has more. >> reporter: the governor reveal as preview of his agenda. one of the bills that did not pass last year is marriage for same sex couples. o'malley said his stance is simple. >> that churches, synagogues will be free to define it as they wish. >> reporter: the governor wants to see more off shore wind energy from maryland. >> there's no way we can reach our renewable energy portfolio, unless we have this big chunk from the energy resource available to m. and her gee hog gray if i, which is atlanta offshore. >> reporter: many involving job creation are related to tax increases and a possible gas tax increase to create infrastructure jobs. >> it should be one of the more interesting ones that we have, given the issues better at hand. >>> it's unfortunate in an economy where p

when the senator refused a full body patdown, he was escorted away from the screening area. a fight and went through the security area without incident. >>> the major shake-up with the blackberry maker research in motion. the ceos are stepping down after 20 years. it comes in response to invest ores' demands for change. they will roll out a new operating system later this year. >>> coming up, a local fisher reels in the big one and it could be a record breaker. that is ahead in about 15 minutes. we'll show you. >> can't wait to see that. look at this. it is a big hit and now the nhl is hitting back but are they coming down too hard on alexander ovechkin. that was nasty. we are checking in with the sports junkies next plus weather and traffic. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more i

when he refused to have the patdown he recollects was told to go to the concourse and booked a flight and passed security the second time. he spoke to reporters when he landed in the nation's capitol. >> some kind of scanner went off. i offered to show them my leg. i did, repeatedly, they didn't care about my leg too much. i showed them my knee, i have nothing to hide. it may thought be pretty but there is nothing there. glsh rands paul is the son of ron paul. >>> crooks robed this business twice in one day. cameras rolls as thieves made off with cameras. the cameras catch the guys in action. the one guy comes back with a partner. the owner says the suspects got their hands on pricey items. few i pods, iphones, one laptop, et cetera. few electronics in the back. >> police arrested two teens in a chase that soon followed. >>> aftermath of a rockside. bowledders came down from ad0partial evacuation of an apartment building. n of an someone in iowa claiming to have the winning lottery ticket hours before it expired. now lottery officials are demanding the owner reveal himself and critica

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so the tsa said we want to give you a full body patdown. he said no.erhaps i'll go through the scanner again. they said no. he said maybe you can look at my leg. he pulled up his pant leg because he thought that was where the potential problem was and they said no. the bottom line is he missed his flight and wasn't allowed through because he refused the full body patdown. while he was there, he also said he was talking to tsa agents who he says told him sometimes the scanner goes off randomly with alarms going off. you mentioned, john this is all in the context of senator paul being a long-time critic of the tsa saying the procedures are simply too broad and it hurts people's civil liberties. >> let adults go back through the scanner if they choose to do that versus an invasive body search or give someone discretion. in the nashville airport today, no one had the discretion to say, oh, hello there. i've seen you four times. i see you come through here every week. i'm not asking for special privileges because of the office i hold. i would expect the sam

when he refused to get the full body patdown, he was told to go back to the concourse, that's where he booked another flight. passed on security the second time. rand paul spoke to reporters after landing in dc. >> some kind of scanner went off, i showed them my leg. they didn't care about any knee too much. i showed them my knee. i've got nothing to hide. >> the senator doesn't feel -- he says tsa strips americans of civil liberties. >>> every year more than 50 million americans get sick from their own food, mostly cooked in their kitchen. what mistakes are we making that makes us sick. you got the sink, scrub sponges, crevasses on the cutting board and dirty dish rag. food can contaminate your stuff, your stuff can contaminate your food. grocery bags, when it's one of those it's on your counter, also keep your fridge at a cool temperature to make sure bacteria stays away. if you touch the garbage can, wash your hands. >>> one story has gone viral. a group wants to help victims of bullying. one child was diagnosed with autism and he is being bullied. hogs and heroes wants to help. a g

>> reporter: a lot of different security, things from wands instead of patdowns to checks for counterfeit tickets. there will be more security from cops to counterfeit experts. they have already confiscated some fake tickets and they expect tomorrow to take more. >>> reporter: 20 hours to kickoff and the paint is still wet in candlestick park. >> it's big. this is incredibly big. >> reporter: by tomorrow, 70,000 fans will flood these stands for a game reminiscent of the mid-'90s super bowl. >> oh, man it's going to be low scoring game. 9ers defense is going to shut brees out. >> reporter: candlestick security is cracking down in preparation. >> there will be a lot of things you will see, some things you won't see. and it's on purpose. >> reporter: our cameras caught details sweeping trunks and searching cars with mirrors. there will be more law enforcement at this game all to protect against clashes like this one, fights broke out and shots were fired when the 9ers and raiders went head to head last summer. this time, cbs 5 has learned that undercover officers have already discovered fake

we need to do a patdown. >> and that's when it hit the fan, so to speak.s judicial analyst and host of "freedom watch" judge napolitano is here. he gets detained, right? >> he was detained for 90 minutes and told us yesterday during the course of he tried to leave once. he called his office to say there are 200,000 people waiting for me to give a speech, a right to life speech in front of the supreme court and i'm not going to make the speech. he said we're going to take your phone from you if you use the phone again. there's a number of issues. he doesn't have the right to take the phone. he has the right to choose which piece of equipment he goes through. no, we're going to pat you down. three, he didn't raise this -- as a united states senator, he cannot be arrested or detained for any reason on his way to washington. why? because the constitution says that. he didn't raise the issue because he didn't want to seek any special privilege for himself even though constitutionally he's entitled for it. >> here's what the tsa say. they say when an irregularit

eighth either the screeners aren't working very well or i was subjected to a random patdown, which isn'telping any of our safety. >> i want to do one final question, sir. i spoke with newt gingrich the day after the primary, and i asked about your dad. >> it's a fact that ron paul is going to get a significant vote. it's fact of life that you want to find something that would give him a strong reason not to consider a third party. and so you've got to say okay, you should what circumstance he has a legitimate role. . he's earned that role by running a very formidable campaign. and i want to find something that we're adequately compatible on that you could actually find something to do. >> is there something? >> i think one thing that ron paul brought to the republican party. when you poll him against barack obama, he's polling seven points ahead of is president obama with young people. i think newt is right, they need to embrace ron paul and say we want all these new, young people to be active. but in some ways they have to embrace some of the ron paul's message. it's not about ron paul

one of the 3% of american flyers stopped for a personal patdown. the scanner at nashville's airport targeted his leg as suspicious. and he missed his flight after refusing to allow any tsa agent to pat him down. instead, asking to go through the scanner a second time. >> i offered to show them my leg. in fact, i did show them my leg repeatedly. i said, can i go back through the scanner? they said, no. >> reporter: the senator's staff tweeted, "he's currently being detained by tsa." >> i was told not the leave the cubicle. and i -- when i did step outside the cubicle, i was sort of surrounded and put back in the cubicle. >> reporter: senator paul's father ron the texas libertarian running for president wants the ta shut down called the incident evidence that the police state in this country is growing out of control. the tsa tells abc news senator paul was treated as everyone else is. once anyone starts the screening process and the machine alerts screeners to something suspicious, they must submit to targeted pat-downs or leave. security experts sa

they instead said he needed to have a targeted full-body patdown.and has been a vocal critic and has challenged the tsa administrator about those steps going too far, in his view. and so he refused to do that and was apparently not permitted on his flight, was taken away by local police, so that may be part of the distinction, and not able to board his flight. i'm told he's still at the airport now and not in anyone's custody. thomas? >> we'll see if he gets a redo, kelly o'donnell, kelly, thank you. >>> we can go in two directions, one is towards less opportunity and less fairness, or we can fight for where i think we need to go. building an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few. on tuesday night, i'm going to talk about how we'll get there. >> traditionally, presidents outline an agenda for the year ahead in their state of the union address, in a campaign year, it becomes the ultimate argument for keeping their job and president obama is expected to make the economy a central theme of his pitch. republicans in congress putting ou

the right to be able to walk down the street without being subject to a virtual patdown by the police whether you're doing nothing wrong. >> i don't believe in that. >> definitely a privacy issue. but again, it's for our safety. so it's one of those things, a double-edged sword. >> before they used the scanner, the nypd would like to make it more portable with a detection range that could take months or years. >>> one of the most common child developmental problems and the way it's diagnosed. a panel is reassessing the definition of autism. it would narrow it. it could reduce the dramatically increasing number of children being diagnosed with autism the changes could mean children with problems could be denied health, education and social services. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. plenty of chaos out there. the harrisburg expressway, really struggling in that northbound direction. we're up to 20 minutes there from shawan to belfast. as far as the beltway itself goes, 20 minutes from the jones falls expressway around the perring parkway. and the west side inner loop continues to build. heavy

the right to walk down the street without being subjected to a virtual patdown by the police departmentu're doing nothing wrong. >> the department of defense is also researching the tera hertz technology to detect suicide bombers, wearing explosives. >>> a large wildfire continues to burn near reno, nevada. it increases the possibility of flooding with the start of what could be heavy rain soon. about 2,000 residents are still under evacuation orders. the fire is about 50% contained. the cause is not known. but so far, no one has been hurt. >>> music fans around the world are remembering ettajames. the jazz legend died this morning at a california hospital. the cause of death is complications from leukemia. her hits include "at last." and "tell mama." she was 73 years old. >> what a loss. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> as south carolina prepares to vote, romney stumbles and gingrich finds his voice. we'll have bob schieffer and our campaign 2012 team on the story. tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> thanks, scott. here's a look at

appears to be some kind of standoff where he's not able to board his flight, will not submit to the patdownit is too invasive, even though that is a standard procedure that many people who fly go through. so right now, he is, at this point, not able to board his flight to come back to d.c. it's one of those unusual moments where the clash of civil liberties and disagreements of how that should be done affected a united states senator. he claims he had no reason to set off the machine and it was a mistake. that will all have to be sorted out, but because he's been a public critic, that will bring additional attention to this. it's what many flyers go through, but if you've been vocal about it, you get more attention. >> you fly a lot, as i do, yes, they have procedures. i feel for the tsa agents, because they put up with a lot very often. on the other hand, just this weekend i found somebody who set off the machine come back and then go back through. it does seem a little odd they wouldn't let him go through the scanner again. not sure what's going on there. >> we've reached out to the tsa a

. >> reporter: metal detection wants instead of patdowns. but dana they say the bottom line here is is fun not fights. >> absolutely. hopefully it will be fun. >>> coming up after eyewitness news at 6:00 we have a special "49er preview." dennis o'donnell, kim coyle, and a cast of thousands will get you ready for the big game. that's on cbs 5 at 7 p.m. >>> personal banking information for possibly tens of thousands of city college san francisco students and the faculty has been stolen. the "chronicle" reports that it happened through computer viruses with origins in russia, china and 8 other countries. apparently it's been going on since 1999. the viruses were detected thanksgiving weekend when security monitoring systems noticed an unusual pattern of computer traffic. so far, there are no reports of any identity thefts. >> thieves who may have been dressed as utility workers have left a number of south bay neighborhoods in the dark hitting at least half a dozen time since november. the repairs are costing thousands. elizabeth cook shows us w

he refused a patdown in nashville after he set off a scanner alarm. he was ejected from the screening area. those are his words. >> the tsa -- >> detained also he said. >> you should have seen the blackberries, they were on fire yesterday as this was happening. tsa says no, no. he left the checkpoint willingly. he was eventually booked on another flight to washington because he had to miss his flight. you know what, it brings up the ago argument that we go through. is our privacy invaded going through airport security or do you appreciate the fact that they are careful and they are not going to get another 9/11 happen on their watch? >> he's been arguing the issue with the tsa specifically. for two hours, he refused the patdown because he wanted them to go back through the scanner again. at the end he won. he went through the scanner again. >> loi still appreciate what th tsa does. i hear them get yelled at. i have not appreciated some them f of them. i feel safer going through security than i did on september 10, 2001. >> he said they randomly go off

from there the tsa says paul was escorted out of the screening area because he refused to undergo a patdown. this caused him to miss his flight. he was able to get rebooked. a little later officials say the security scanner identified an issue with the senator's knee. senator rand paul is the son of presidential candidate ron paul. >>> coming up later in this half hour why some local leaders are not supporting the effort under way to rededicate the d.c. war memorial. >> and dozens of road closures today as thousands of people descend on downtown d.c. for the annual march for life. >>> i'm darcy spencer in southwest washington. federal offices opened two hours late today because roadways were expected to be slippery. we're going to have reaction coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >>> coming up in sports the ravens are devastated. tom brady is still not satisfied. and on the ice, alex ovechkin getting physical. but what will it cost the caps captain as news 4 at 6:0 i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i said it-- spelunk