i am the director of organizing for the international longshore warehouse hunan region where ross union. i want to follow on the remarks made in support of certification and in support of the coup. one thing vathe eir does not deal with is social equity, and that is something we have to deal with, making sure these are jobs with good benefits and good working conditions, and i am sure that is an issue that is going to be played out as we go forward, but i am in support of the cup, and one benefit of these meetings is you get to meet people, and i had the occasion of meeting the event manager. we have agreed to get together over the next few weeks to discuss these issues of social equity, so i hope these will be positive and we can move ahead with a successful america's cup, so thank you for your time, and thank you for listening to these concerns. >> my name is john platt. thank you for the time and all the work that has gone into this. i work for a company called sports supply, and i am fortunate. i travel around all the marine businesses in the bay area, commercial and recreational ma

ross sat toe junior. >> reporter: san francisco's union square, a shopping destination for the latest styles.ometimes when people want to duck into the past, they head to the gold dust lounge. since the early '60s this eclectic bar has been where tourists and locals rub elbows. this man and his brother bought the bar in the '60s, the chandelier and painted ceiling were installed by the previous owner, bing crosby. >> used to be the highest drink in the city, $1.25. >> reporter: san francisco columnist herb cain used to hang out here, so did janice joplin. but the last chapter of this old time many bar may be written in the next couple months. the owner of the building served the bar an eviction notice to be out in march. >> can't fight the landlord. you have to do whatever they give to you. >> reporter: long-time fans say the closure would take some of the heart out of union square. >> you lose ambiance, it's like tearing down a victorian. once it's gone, there's nothing you can do to replace it. >> reporter: it's the kind of place, they say, where every corner has 1,000 stories. >> used to c

union address. john blackstone, cbs news, tucson. startling new abuse allegats tonight, against san francio sheriff ross mirkarimi. woman behind them, s not his wife. . >>> new abuse allegations against the san francisco sheriff. >> the claims coming just hours after his domestic trial date was set and on what the mayor plans to discuss with him. >> reporter: that's right. the name is christina maria flores and she dated him about four years ago and this weekend she walked into the police station and filed a police report alleging that about four years ago when they were dating and he was beginning to get involved with his present wife they argued and during that he allegedly pushed her against the wall and bruised her arm. this is adding

it was only labor unions were opposed to it. and here you have ross perot probably more right center than left center. deeply opposed to it for the reasons he said. i think the outsourcing of jobs more than anything else is what perot was focused on in the mid 1990's. >> carolyn barta, you told us about this story before but in 1995 ross perot started to organize the -- what became the reform party. can you tell us a little bit about that effort. and how the reform party took shape. >> well, the people who had worked on the perot campaign in 1992 wanted to remain involved. and for a while, even, were very active as, you know, shadowing their congressmen and sending letters and so forth. so the reform party was organized to try to create a vehicle that would be a stable political influence of third party. and then there was -- in the convention of 1996, perot and dick lamb who had been the governor of colorado indicated an interest in running on the reform party ticket. and perot re-emerged to lead the ticket. so that probably was the high point for th

january 14th, san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi and facing criminal charges in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident against his wife. and police arrest a union city high school teach are for having sex with a student. >> good morning. it's a spare the air day one more mild afternoon. freezing temperatures in the north bay valleys. >> good morning. ross mirkarimi is vowing to stay on his new job as he fights dismiss misdemeanor domestic violence charges filed against him. he could chase domestic silence, battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. yesterday he surrendered at the very jail he oversees. he was booked, of photographed and fingerprinted. he is now free on $35,000 bail. domestic violence groups are calling for his resignation. he and his wife call the charges unbelievable. >> sheriff mirkarimi walked out of his office looking tired. accompanied by his wife he state he had just received confirmation by the district attorney's office. >> three misdemeanor charges have been assigned to me. >> he quickly stated that he will be vindicated of all wrongdoing. >> we believe that these charges are very unfounded and we will fight

union squarew3 neiman marcus. san franci politician is in some hot water. just two days before officially take over as sheriff, rosss for domestic abuse. officers went to the home of he and his wife,e1 elliana lopez, last weeks, after a neighbor called to report an incident. mirkarimi's wife issued a jt the allegations against her h/5jp)e false and that she hase/q never beent abu#m ey so far no comment fromq  after serving seven years as a city supervisor. >>> a san jose family has a new place to call homeqw3 tonight thanks to the efforts of one of the city's finest. a few weeks ago right before christmas the o'neil%1e left everything when their homet( burned to the ground. one of the officers on the scene that Ñiday, christian camarillo decided he had to help. >> it really hit mee1 when i go home and i looked at our christmas tree up in our house with, you know, presents under it. and i just thought they're not going to havet( any of e1this. >> camarillo sprung into action raising more than $8,000. and that was enough money to get the family into a new rental. as a bonus they received furniturejf from a man who

you see as the main worries for the president's reelection ross respects, what did you here in his speech and messaging since the state of the union to get at the core concerns? >> i heard a power president. i think the president has often used the power of the executive internationally but not necessarily nationally. he's left too much to congress, he said no. i'm ordering my administration to do this, do this, do that, enough waiting. but you should join me. i heard a president with a clear economic plan and an understanding how that economy works for middle class americans. kitchen tables and work places across the country. i heard a president who said i will change washington, enough in sier trading, enough of the kind of things that are corrupting decisions. and i heard one of the most powerful endings of any speech, instead of saying lets unite with the tea party who said we wouldn't unite with you about the time of day, all we want to do is beat you, he said let's unite team america, watch each other's backs, move forward as our military has done, i thought an extra orderly powerful metaphor. >>> i would say that was more t

union city is joining us live, next. >>> and still to come, political insiders on san francisco sheriff ross america reign any's career as he fights domestic violence charges. >>> plus a major recycling center in the silicone valley. what may have rendered the center obsolete. naples florida.... another campaign event for mitt romney. florida voters head to the polls tuesda is you are taking a live look from florida. another campaign event from mitt romney. he is wrapping things up before tuesday's big vote. florida voters so far in the polls are choosing mitt romney. but of course, it will be interesting to see the official results tuesday. >> always a horse race there at the end. >>> okay. closer to home. the palo alto recycling center is closing this week. >> the center is going to close february 1. because it is located on the portion of the city's landfill that needs grading and capping. use of the recycling center where people bring their stuff has dropped significantly in recent years, because the city's curb side collection program has expanded. most of the items taken to the center are simply accepted in the

union argues peter all over brings us more on that. but we seeing from the russian space agency is a new chapter in the exploration of the moon now ross cosmos want to send first off two unmanned probes to the surface of our nearest celeste steel neighbor and take samples bring them back to earth so they can be studied and analyzed with the hope eventually that we can set up a permanent base on the moon now this all sounds very science fiction but it could very soon be science fact a moon base has been said that it could very well be a very good place to to launch spacecraft from could also be a very good place to build spacecraft to cause the the gravity of the moon much less than there is on earth would get see the effect that lessened gravity or zero gravity would have on a spacecraft much more than we can ever simulate on earth now this is something that's not only exciting. also exciting those that keep an eye on space exploration and show his genius was the first explorer of the planet structure in order to understand the moon's origins which will help us understand more about the earth origins we want to know how the earth came

ross mirkarimi's choice in defense attorney has raised some eyebrows. she's charged with domestic abuse. the law enforcement community and the police union -- but his new attorney is actually one of the police officer's top defense lawyers. she's defended many comes over the last couple of years. we're going to talk about that more in our next hour. >>> a police officer is dead on california central coast. shot and killed by fellow officers. santa maria officer was being investigated for sexual misconduct with a minor. he resisted arrest and fired his gun while other officers tried to arrest him. the officer's name is being withheld. >> hundreds came out in vallejo to honor the life of a fallen officer. people hit the road for a trek in memory of james kapo. he was shot and killed while chasing a robbery suspect. the walk was followed by dinner at the church. all the money raised will go to his family. >>> we all know silicone families have a reputation for attracting top talent, but some stand accused of preventing those employees from leaving. a class action suit is being considered against those companies and the issue is whether some

and the european union when alex cross lived overseas live here all over more for us loaded peter well as we can see sides have certainly been set high so what exactly is ross carson is proposing there well really what we're looking at is the first steps towards a new chapter in the exploration of the moon of course the closest thing to us in the cosmos we really should go back there and find out more about it now what with what ross cosmos of proposed is to send two unmanned first of two unmanned probes to the moon that will collect samples and return back to that could be analyzed but this is really the first stage in the big plan which we heard from the heads of roscoe's most during the the last week that they want to establish a permanent base on the moon now the benefits of doing searches that well they can allow cosmonauts astronauts to be able to climatized to space before perhaps journeying off to the far reaches of the galaxy to really reach out and and go further than we have before something that russia has been always a proponent in wanting to to achieve now. there are benefits there are. downsides of course to being able to wanting to set up a

ross mirkarimi. those allegations may include physical abuse during the course of their relationship and president barack obama begins to sell the message of his state of the unionss. the american economy is improving and they want to end courage them to create more jobs right here in the u.s. >>> a u.s. raid rescued two from pirates in somalia. he is calling the father of an american woman, giving him the good news his daughter had been rescued. they are now headed home to be reunited with their families. officials say they were held captive for three months after being kidnapped at gunpoint. he said tweet, we will not tolerate this and we have now learned the team that rescued them are the same team that killed osama bin laden. >>> they forced president hosni mubarak from power and the ousted president is now on trial accused of herding many after protesting. they are unhappy about the slow pace of reform. >>> actress demi moore was rushed to the hospital late last night. we are told she is seeking professional help for treating exhaustion. she decided to get professional help, as you know she recently announced a split from ashton kuchar and that's after room

union. and house republican leader eric cantor talks about the push for higher taxes on the wealthy. plus actress and singer emmy ross en is here in studio 57 today. see you at the top of the hour on "cbs this morning." >> thank you, gayle king. "cbs this morning" starts in 8 minutes. >>> it's 6:52. we continue to follow that deadly accident over the east bay. gianna will have an update and alternative routes if you are heading this way. >> and a judge fed up and frustrated with oakland's police. how big brother is moving closer to taking over the department. ,,,, >>> good morning. we are monitoring breaking news out of richmond. a fatal accident has shut down three lanes along the eastshore freeway. our reporter anne makovec just arrived on the scene and she is on the phone. hey, anne, what can you tell us. >> reporter: we're actually still stuck in traffic and we're in a lot of company because traffic right now on westbound 80 is moving very, very slowly. we're on the far left lane right now trying to move over. that's what everybody is trying to do. they are just basically going lane by lane opening the roadway up

and police arrest a union city high school teach are for having sex with a student. >> good morning. in the 60s, sunny sky. >> good morning. ross mirkarimi is vowing to stay on his new job as he fights misdemeanor domestic violence charges filed against him. he could face charges of domestic violence, battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. yesterday he surrendered at the very jail he oversees. he was booked, of photographed and fingerprinted. he is now free on $35,000 bail. domestic violence groups are calling for his resignation. he and his wife call the charges unbelievable. >> sheriff mirkarimi walked out of his office looking tired. accompanied by his wife he stated he had just received confirmation by the district attorney's office. >> three misdemeanor charges have been assigned to me. >> he quickly stated that he will be vindicated of all wrongdoing. >> we believe that these charges are very unfounded and we will fight these charges. and i'm confident that in the end that we will succeed. >> district attorney george gascon believes the charges are supported by photographic evidence, text messages and the n

union address tomorrow. arizona's governor will set a special election to fill the rest of giffords' term. >>> it is 6:38. san francisco sheriff rosskarimi has two more court dates this week in san francisco. and a hearing today, the date could be set for his trial on his charges of domestic violence. mirkarimi of course pleaded not guilty in an emotional arraignment last week. another hearing scheduled for thursday. that is when the judge is expected to reconsider the order that mirkarimi has to stay away from his wife and young son theo until that trial is over. >>> and that trial begins today. in the murder of a man and his two sons in san francisco. prosecutors say edwin ramos opened fire on tony balogna and his two sons while sitting in traffic in the excelsior district of the city. ramos believed to be a member of the ms13 gang, mistook one of his sons for a rival gang member. >>> and police in antioch believe that three to four young men are responsible for opening fire, this at a sweet 16 birthday party. it happened saturday night on willmont court. six people were hurt. including a 21-year-old woman who was shot in the abd

ross sorkin. our guest today is wisconsin senator johnson. in asia there was a sell-off there. >> european union, expected to sign off on a permanent rescue fund for the eurozone and agree on a balanced budget rule and national lesion. greece's prime minister seeking backing from party leaders from a unpopular reform package, a long awaited debt relief deal seems almost secured. international leaders want proof athens will take reforms before they handle funds from 130 billion euro bailout. and thomas & betts acquired for about $3.9 billion, that's a 24% premium over the stock's friday closing price and the highest price that the stock i think as you said, joe, has ever been. >> right. >> joe? >> gop front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich hoping for a decisive victory in tomorrow's florida primary. joining success kellyanne conway, senior adviser to the gingrich presidential campaign. you saw that we had her in a, paired in a smackdown for the ages with kevin madden, but kevin's not here. i think it's our fault or something with a car. >> i sent his car on a detour. >> you know what, knowin