and "on the road" with steve hartman. a man who's lived by the golden rule gets something priceless in return. >> you can't buy the love that people have poured out for dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the latest report on the economy today looks like welcome news. it shows that the economy was growing in the final three months of last year at an annual rate of 2.%. that's the best showing for any quarter in nearly two years. but it's not enough to make a big dent in unemployment, and it's not the best we've done since the great recession. the left side of this graph is 2007 and you see how far economic growth fell by 2008. the best showing that we've had was the beginning of 2010. after that growth tanked again. 2011 was all about a slow struggle to get back. where are the strengths and the weaknesses going forward? we asked anthony mason to show us. >> oh yeah, full reclining seats. >> reporter: much of the growth at the end of the year was due t

"on the road" with steve hartman. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: there f there's one number the presidential candidates are watching as closely as the polls it's the unemployment rate. today the labor department reported the rate fell two-tenths of a point last month to 8.5%. that's the lowest level since n three years. job creation picked up as well. the economy cranked out 200,000 new jobs in december bringing the total for the year to 1.64 million new jobs. we asked anthony mason to tell us where all those new jobs are. >> reporter: december's hiring surge was led by the transportation sector which added 50,000 jobs. most were messenger or currier positions and may only be seasonal. but the economy's overall grow growth-- 200,000 new jobs-- was the best since september. what do you make of this number? >> it's a pretty solid number. >> reporter: economist julia coronado liked the gain in manufacturing jobs-- 23,000 of them. >> those are good jobs, good high-

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"on the road" with steve hartman. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: good evening, mississippi's attorney general said today he will go to court to reverse the majority of pardons made by former governor haley barbour this week on barbour's last day in office. barbour pardoned more than 200 convicts, including four killers and ever since he did the question man what was he thinking? today barbour finally answered and anna werner was there. >> i am fully confident the pardons and other clemency i have that given were all valid. >> reporter: in his last days in office, former mississippi governor haley barbour granted pardons for 203 criminals, including four convicted murderers. one of them, anthony mccray, was originally sentenced to life in prison. >> i believe in second chances and i try hard to be forgiving. >> reporter: barbour's pardon of mccray said he proved to be a diligent and dedicated workman and granted him a full, complete a

steve hartman met him on the road. >> reporter: at 55 miles an hour, you can miss it. >> we'll see thegure out what we want to do 30 second later. even with a guide driving, the town blows by. >> the post office is over here. >> reporter: will we see it all? >> yup. >> reporter: if you come to a full and complete stop in paoli, colorado, population 50, and sit down with its mayor, virgil harmes, you'll find a real attraction here. we're here to talk about your political career. >> oh,. >> reporter: a politician who can't stand politics. what do you think when you watch politics on tv? >> i try to find another channel. >> reporter: okay. >> what do you do? >> reporter: i'm the channel you're changing from. ( laughter ) virgil may not be great for ratings, but i think he'd make a great president. a farmer by trade, i've always believed if someone wants to run the country, he should know how to run a tractor first. secondly, he's a simpleton when it comes to money. virgil believes if you borrow it, like paoli had to do for a new water system, you actually pay it back. >> paid it back thre

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and "on the road" with steve hartman.an who's lived by the golden rule gets something priceless in return. >> you can't buy the love that people have poured out for dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the latest report on the economy today looks like welcome news. it shows that the economy was growing in the final three months of last year at an annual rate of 2.%. that's the best showing for any quarter in nearly two years. but it's not enough to make a big dent in unemployment, and it's not the best we've done since the great recession.

steve hartman takes us to a sub terrainian open house and more. but first here are the headlines for this sunday morning the 29th of january, 2012. the florida republican primary is tuesday. and the latest poll now puts mitt romney well ahead of opponent newt gingrich. last night a former candidate herman cain through his support behind gingrich calling him a patriot, a man who isn't afraid of bold ideas. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum has canceled today's campaign events to be in philadelphia where his three-year-old daughter bella is now hospitalized. the child has a serious genetic condition. about 300 occupy oakland protestors were arrested last night after a day-long demonstration ended violently. police used tear gas to disperse a crowd trying to seize an empty convention center. u.n. inspectors this morning began touring iran's nuclear facilities. iran wants to prove its atomic goals are peaceful, a claim other nations including the united states have rejected. the pentagon even wants to start building conventional bomb becau

steve hartman on the road. >>> cbs news has lost a long time award winning correspondent. richard was killed today when his car collided with a propane tanker truck on new york's long island. he was with cbs for 25 years before retiring. before that, e was with abc. he corveed everything from the vietnam war not assassination of robert kennedy to the kidnapping and trial. his last appearance was in 2004 on sunday morning when he came out of retirement to celebrate the broadcast's 25th anniversary. richard was 74 years old. we'll be right back. >>> this friday the 13th, not unlucky at all. rather lucky. we had high temperatures averaging up to 10 degrees above normal. good evening. let's take a look from marin toward the golden gate bridge. in that city by the bay, the beautiful city of san francisco. 65 degrees today when the average high is 56. reached all the way up to 74 degrees in salinas and santa cruise. santa rosa is at 39 degrees. these temperatures have been averaging 30s and 40s. so will be another frosty overnight. waking up to frost on the lawn and one more day

steve hartman under the road in central kansas. >> aboveground, let's het and take a look at the conditions in oakland. tonight, we'll have the full forecast, the warmest day of the weekend. >>> we were just listening to the commercial talking about the center and the holiday ice. take a look at bright lights. because both the holiday ice rink and the center will go dark on sunday night. as a holiday season officially wraps up here in the bay area. all those 17,000 brilliant illuminated lights going dim sunday night and they will flip the switch again in mid november. let's take a look outside where current air temperatures are in the 40s and santa rosa dipping down to 39 degrees. going to be an awfully chilly night overnight, with temperatures dipping down near freezing. mid 30s trivalley as well as the santa clara valley. 35 in redwood city. looks like your weather headlines suggest a couple different changes. turning breezy to windy and sunday, an offshore flow with near or record warmth. here we go. let's take a look at wind speeds as we are projecting them for the weekend. saturday by

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steve hartman on the road in cupertino. >> cbs news has lost a long time award winning correspondent. richard was killed today when his car collided with a propane truck. he was with cbs news for 25 years. before that, he was with abc and he covered everything from the vietnam war to the assassination of robert f. kennedy. the kidnapping and trial. he was there. his last appearance on cbs was in 2004 on sunday morning. when he came out of retirement, they celebrated their 25th anniversary. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to eyewitness news on this friday the 13th, which actually panned out to be lucky here in the bay area weather wise. we had highs averaging 10 degrees above normal. take a look at this. it's gorgeous. looking out from marin towards the city. 65 degrees there today. average high is 56. current air temperature all the way down to 38 degrees now in santa rosa. one of the cool spots. overnight will dip down into the 20s. obviously we'll have frost developing in the overnight hours. one more day of unseasonally mild conditions. first rain still on track to arrive wed

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steve hartman introduces us to a teenager who thinks she just might have the cure for cancer. we remember the life and music of etta james and more but first here are the headlines for this sunday morning, the 22nd of january, 2012. newt gingrich has scored a come-from-behind win in the south carolina primary. he took 41% of the vote to mitt romney's 28%. exit polls show gingrich with strong backing from religious and conservative voters and from people worried about the economy. the next contest is in florida where early voting began yesterday for its january 31st primary. we'll have more on yesterday's south carolina primary in just a few minutes. joe paterno's health has taken a turn for the worse. the condition of the former penn state coach is now described as serious. we have the latest from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: 85-year-old joe paterno has been in the hospital since january 13th when his family said he was suffering minor setbacks from lung cancer treatments. yesterday a family spokesman said over the last few days paterno experienced further complic

the weird thing is, woody is still alive and well, and talking to our steve hartman. e explains on the road, tonight, on the cbs evening news. >>> disturbing disclosures. what lawmakers are doing to ensure the remains of veterans and their families are correctly marked in cemeteries. >>> it seems trivial to passengers. find out just why flight attendants might want you to turn off your computers and cell phones on planes. >>> sectarian flares in iraq. leaves behind a suicide bomb that killed dozens. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing! i was just in a trance watching it. i'm discovering new channels every day. [ male announcer ] a

steve hartman goes on the road for a big medical discovery from a pint sized girl tonight on the cbsvening news. >>> mitt romney under attack, we'll take you to south carolina as gop presidential candidates work to take away his votes. >>> confessed masked killer. what a norwegian judge says he needs before the case goes on trial. >>> why the ,,,, here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two year price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today. hurry -- this offer won't last long. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> it is 4:30, 37 degrees, we take a long look at the bay bridge out there. hello everyone, thanks for staying with eyewitness news. denise koch is off today, i'm vic carter. tina krauss reports on the project that has the dutchess of york in tr

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