charlie. >> charlie: the specifics on the somalia raid. when does the president get involved in th kind of operation. and in which operations does he have to give the final go? >> with respect to this operation, the president had been monitoring the situation of jessica buchanan for an extend peod of time. shortly after she was captured on october 25th. he got regular updates from us on this, as he would in the case of any american who was kidnapped. we became increasingly oncerned about this over time. and by the middle of january, it was reported to him that all the forces that we had became concerned about her health. and he decided that we needed to take a very close look at planning for procuring her rescue. the military had been doing that planning but he wanted it brought forward to him to take a look at it. opportunity arose on monday, the day before the state of the union address. they refined, the miitary refined the plan. we did hae increasing concerns about misbuchanan' misbeu ms.

our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin with a look at the republican race awith the north carolina primary in a debate last night the other candidates took aim at romney and questioned his conservative credentials and business record. here's alook at some highlights from that debate. >> mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money and that's the fair thing. here's the real issue for us as republicans we cannot fire our nominee in september. we need to know now. >>i would ask governor romney do you believe people who are felons and serve their time and exhausted their parole and probation should they be given the right vote. >> people who have committed violent crimes shouldn't b be allowed to vote again. >> in massachusetts when you were governor they could vote while on probation and parole which is a more liberal position when i voted for the billing in the congress. >> senator santorum and i complained with the supe superp. it's an absurdity to take falsehoods off the air. >> pack ads

>>xd charlie: how about jhunts? >> well he saidxd this evening he's going toqagain it's to romt in the sense it will likelyÑi divide up the vote a little bit more. it's not asxd good for him beca3 huntsman is into more of his vote in south carolina thanxd perhapsfá some ofxdin certainca. it'sxd very diffult to see how he can do better in south carolina than he did here. this is the state he cammed out in, this is a state where the independents could vote. he couldt( be stronger here than any othexicchose it to make the. he probably will go forward but i thinkableo survive south caroa than the others. t( charlie: xd how powerful in the republican party nowlp is t electabilityÑ,#Ñiw far suprior to anyone else. this guy can build someething of scale. we can have a chance to win. >> i think i have this right, 55 or 56 rcent of voters said mi was most electable. you look to these exit polls, you can exxagerate. that's a slight danger sign. in the fall to winhey're going to have to do well with independent voters. s

. >> according to friends and family, anna and charlie had a volatile relationship. >> charlie had a history with my sister. it was a typical domestic abuse relationship where he's beating the crap out of her for four years. >> angel believed anna must have come to harm. she had left behind $1,200 in cash at her mother's house. and even more dear, her dog, odie. >> she would have never left her dog. she would have never left her money. she would have called. >> according to friends, anna was trying to break away from charlie at the time of her disappearance. she was finally getting her life together, they said. she had just started a new job as a customer service representative and was looking for a new apartment. >> from my estimation, she was really trying to break up with him, but he kept luring her back. >> anna met charlie at grant city cars in 1994, where she worked as a driver and he as a mechanic. he told anna he had a son but said he was estranged from his wife. he was different from her bohemian boyfriends. >> she saw stability in him because from the outside he was a regul

and, charlie. [applause] >> well, i guess in keeping with the confessionals on where were you on october 17, 1989, i have to confess, i was at home. i left work a little early that day. you can guess why. so my wife and i were there and

states. >> i really think the attraction was charlie lowe himself. he was such a charismatic person. he just fit into the white world. >> reporter: charlie lowe owned horses, he raced horses, he had his own polo team and was himself an excellent horseman. he knew all of san francisco's right people and they came in droves to his new nightclub. there were four chinese nightclubs in san francisco but forbidden city was the only one that was actually outside of china town. charlie lowe opened his nightclub on the second floor of this building in 1938. for the next 20 years, forbidden city was the most popular chinese nightclub in the entire country. >>> what made forbidden city so popular besides the charm of charlie lowe? there was a built in fascination with what was perceived to be the forbidden part of forbidden city. chinese show girls, chinese singers and dancers, the nightclub was in a way its own cultural revolution. the performers were breaking out of a stereo type that had designed the chinese since they came to this country. >> chinese are re

actually, i need some help with this, charlie. oh, great, and dad wonders why i can't get any work done. well, it's just i'm trying to figure out where, you know, whoever stole the pissarro would go next. with wheeler dead... i imagine the options are pretty limited. totally. but i do suspect that there are only a few places that this painting might end up, and that can be charted with a diffusion map using a network diffusion proba... whoa, whoa, whoa. just slow down. it's like a vehicle traveling along a network of roads. you know, cars can go anywhere, right? but a commercial truck is limited to how many routes it can travel, and if that truck is carrying hazardous material, well, then, the network becomes even more restricted. if it's carrying nuclear waste, the network becomes even more limited, and there are only a few destinations-- repositories-- where nuclear waste can go. it's the same with the pissarro. there are only a few places that it can travel. shoemaker might be right on target with the grandson. i have phone log

he didn't hurt charlie. he took it and realized that charlie really wasn't trying to hurt him. >> but charlie must have sensed his brother wasn't happy because he quickly opens his mouth and lets go. >> that really hurts. >> and that's when charlie starts laughing. >> all of a sudden the baby just goes -- like out of nowhere the kid is full on maniacal laugh about biting the kid's finger. >> he found it funny because either i was finding it funny or the whole experience made him laugh. >> howard, the first to witness what millions would come to see and love shows the video to his wife when she came home. >> i thought it was funny. we put it on our digital photo frame for a few weeks and we showed it to friends and family when they visited. >> but howard wants to show the video to a few friends in the states, including the boys' godfather. his friends suggest uploading it to the internet. at first the video only receives a few hundred hits, but within a few months it begins to double almost daily, and howard'

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neil cavuto. >> and charlie gasperino, they call me, charlie is busy. >> exactly, i did notice that, too, but go ahead. >> but, it's pretty clear, it's obviously clear and you know, these states are going to continue to do well just like the auto industry. >> they're not doing too well. >> they're doing well-- . south carolina has got 10% unemployment and one of the reasons they're going there, they can get cheaper labor. people more-- >> north dakota has what, 2% unemployment. >> this is north carolina. >> and i'm saying that right to work states are doing better than states that-- california-- >> first of all, north dakota is like what, how many people are there like five? >> actually people are flocking there because high unemployment-- i mean, low unemployment. >> i can't wait to go there. >> and you're taking on viewers-- >> let's not offend our viewers in north dakota. >> adam is going to agree with me in 30 seconds. >> but you will argue that did or did not influence their decision to go there. >> part of it, but also, let's face it, it's high unemployment. they can get people

thank you, charlie. royals contributor victoria arbiter is here to weigh in on pippa and the paparazzi. >> good morning. >> it started with pippa's butt which i never thought was so big. i never thought she had a ginormous butt they were talking about. i was reading she gets 400 shots a day. this is me going into the grocery store, this is me coming out. that gets a little annoying after a all i would think. >> so many pictures of pippa getting coffee. that's literally what it is. she gets coffee, she walks into work. she leaves work, goes home. >> she gets into her car, she starts her car, she drives away. >> it's baffling to me because she's not doing anything. she's not falling out of a nightclub. not dating a different boyfriend every five minutes. it's kind of changed how the paparazzi is working. she's not won a game show, no reality show. but i think it's her style and she's the next best thing to kate. >> do you think she wants to be a celebrity? >> no. i think in the beginning -- >> do you reall

>> charlie smith is a travel writer for "the daily telegraph" in london and a host of tourism videos. he has the perfect job for an adrenaline junky. >> i think a few people think i've got a death wish. i've been wing walking on a plane. flying around doing loop de loop. it's pretty terrifying. i've done the biggest bungee jump in the world, the skeleton bobsled which is on this tray where you go down this chute and you go about 60 miles an hour. it's pretty terrifying but it's all good fun. >> but charlie takes the terrifying moments in stride. >> i do this job because of the excitement, because it beats being behind the desk every day and to get the opportunity to travel and if it means i have to get a bit scared at the time, i don't mind that. it's a good trade. >> a good trade indeed. for a recent story he and his co-host are out taping tourism videos at a gulf course in south africa. >> to do some safari, play some golf. it was all meant to be quite relaxed. none of the adrenaline adventures. >> we're here at legends on the 18th green and we're going to be going up to the mountai

charlie? >> alan, is the most damming evidence against the captain that he left or what happened before this crash happened? >> reporter: well, before it looks like he ordered the ship to come in too close anywhich, but once the whole thing had happened and the ship had run aground, you can see it behind me here, he simply got off the ship. there were 4,000 souls aboard. the captain is supposed to make sure they were all safe. he was bobbing about a life boat and complaining he couldn't see anything in the dark. the port captain who was trying to coordinate the rescue over the radio kept telling him, get back on the ship, and he kept simply refuse to go do so. he doesn't really appear to have a leg to stand on with these audio tapes coming out now. >> alan, very quickly. we talked about if the fuel leaked. is it in danger of leaking at this moment? >> reporter: yes, it is, because the ship is damaged and if the sea gets rough, the tanks could rupture. they put barriers around to & a lot of con

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i see charlie, i think ow you. fans say nobody should b >>> good morning. the iran is in place for -- the rain is in place for most of the state. on doppler you can see it's spread over most of the area, over the last half-hour to hour. it's warm out there considering this is january. 44 degrees, going up to 53 for a high this afternoon with on and off rounds of rain and drizzle. then this storm leaves us tonight, in its wake much colder air comes in, gusty winds tomorrow, maybe snow showers thursday in >>> you are about to hear the world's hottest violin virt oh sow. his name is charlie siem and while you may not yet know his music, you've likely seen his face as a model in "vogue" and other magazines. he gave his first interview to lee cowan. lee is with us in studio 57. good morning. >> good morning. charlie siem is gets as much attention for his good looks as well as his playing. if you thing he's performing in stuffy concert hall ss, thank again. even lady gaga has found this virtuoso simply irresitable. if yo

i think he's taken on a lot of water as charlie said. can he finish fourth or fifth or sixth in iowa and survive? it will be hard for h. but i think you can't guy a guy out that's number one or two in the national pls. >> rose: john harris, what is it about electability? >> well, it's ephemeral and the only way you can demonstrate electability is to be elected. but i do think the term might be "plausibility." romney, for all his kind of blandness as a candidate is able to project plausibility, credibility. you can take a leap. it's not a huge mental leap but envision him as a president. all these others is i think they have a wider gap for various reasons. various defects that they have towards achieving that plausibility threshold. and i think that's what it comes down to. but we don't really know that romney's electable. he could have a real slide in these polls. if they're wrong. it's happened before. >> rose: was it probably a mistake for pawlenty to drop out? i think if you askepawlenty and gave him truth serum he would haveeen the

i'm charlie rose. a crippled italian cruise liner shifted again, putting search efforts on hold while the fallout continues from the audio tapes between the captain and the coast guard. >> i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, mayor cory booker will be with us. so will liam neeson and cuba gooding junior. we'll show you why pippa middleton is fighting back against the pap razz a. >>> i'm erica hill. haley barbour tells us why he pardoned several murderers. why the feds are now saying no more python. >>> first as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world is 90 seconds. >>> the captain of the crippled cruise liner is released but under house arrest. as dramatic audio surfaces. >> expected to given the all clear to start pumping fuel from the costa concordia. 23 people are sill missing. >>> with the effective rate i've been paying, it's closer to the 15% rate than anything. >> the front-runner's taxes become the talk of the campaign trail. >> this will be the mitt romne

i think charlie's pulling for george. we'll be right back. ♪ >> that is a quick-thinking violinist right there. he's interrupted by a cell phone during his concert in poland. you saw what he did. he played the ring tone right back. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. charlie, who says violinists are stuffy. i liked the quick thinking of the guy. >> and god bless youtube. >>> a piece of history has just been made public. it's the final batch of secret tapes from john f. kennedy. >> senior correspondent bill plant has the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. it's kind of eerie to hear president kennedy in his final days. they were the last he made in the oval office and on the phone. jfk may have been intended to use for a memoir, but they now give us a new window on the final three months of his presidency. nearly 50 years after jfk's death, the final release of his personal recordings, 45 hours of tape, chronicling the end of his life before the assassination. >> presi

and respected him i phone four or five times but charlie bass changed. bass isn't alone mitt romney has fully endorsed the paul ryan plan too and medicare meaning when the general election comes around he'll have to explain to the nation why he wants to take medicare away from future retirees will also have to explain his so-called record of job creation is the head of the private equity firm bain capital today the wall street journal did that form the paper looked into seventy seven businesses that bain invested in between one thousand nine hundred four in one thousand nine hundred nine while the firm was under romney's watch and what they found is this quote twenty two percent of the businesses either filed for bankruptcy reorganization or closed their doors by the end of the a year after bain first invested sometimes with a substantial job losses an additional eight percent range it is so much trouble that all of the money bain invested was lost that's twenty two percent that's one out of five businesses that failed under romney's watch with as the wa

i'm charlie rose. mitt romney releases his tax returns and goes on the attack in florida and president obama delivers his state of the union speech tonight fl we'll ask his topo lit call advisor what to expect. and gop riding star paul ryan gives us his take. >>> i'm gayle king. coach paterno's son and daughter tell us how they hope people will remember their dad and when i see you at 8:00 the oscar nominations are out. e.t.'s nancy odell is here. >> i'm erica hill. an ex-cia officer is charged with blowing the cover possibly for a book deal. newly released tapes showing president kennedy just before his death planning a week that was not to be. >> but first as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's oi eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i'm not going to sit back and get attacked day in and day out without returning fire. >> reporter: mitt romney fights back in florida debate. >> he was given a an opportunity to be the leader of our party and at the end of four years he had to retir

. >> good to see you, charlie. >> thank you. what can you add to what we have heard about this very successful raid rescue raid in somalia? >> nothing much other than to say it was in the works for some time. we followed as we always do the advice of the special operators, when they should move. this was incredibly daring as your man pointed out. these guys are mind blowingly effective at what they do. just before i left the white house last night to head up to the hill, it was going on in the situation room. we knew what was happening it's a happy day. everyone should know, aulg the pirates and terrorists should know, we will find you. we will find you and we will take care of america's interest. these guys are amazing. >> let me turn to the state of the union address and the upcoming campaign. many looked at the address and said it was an address to the state of the union but it also was the opening of the political campaign and that it was almost a campaign message of which the center element was fairness. >> well, that's bee

from washington, charlie cook of the cook political report. fr des moines, kay henderson of radio iowa, and john harris of politico. i am pleased to have all of them here as we are on the eve of this extraordinary start to the 2012 political season. i begin with kay. tell me what it is... what's the moment, kay, on the ground. how do you size up where we are at this moment? >> well, if i could take a snapshot, it might be a photo finish. it appears romney, paul and santorum are aiming for one of those here in iowa. you have romney out there sort of claiming the mantle of front-ruer. you have santorum claiming the huckabee mantle from 2008. and you have ron paul's supporters on the phonesrying to turn their people out. >> rose: and who do you think has the best possibility of turning out? >> well, it's hard to tell, it doesn't appear in santorum will be able to coalesce the entire huckabee coalition from last time around which leads y to believe that romney, who's been building a cam campaign here for six years might turn out to be the caucus v

yeah, charlie described told me about the case. these would be the photos of the tread marks on the young man's face? only have a partial. it's kind of hard to get a good match on the boot print. ah, well, enter fleinhardt. have you, by any chance, heard of a study from the university of sheffield, in england? now they're using mathematical techniques to extrapolate full boot and shoe prints from partial samples. (phone rings) larry, that'd be great, man. there'll always be an england. sinclair. okay, thanks. (sighs) they just found frank fisher. (door opens) hey, do you have a minute to, uh, take a look at something? secret spy stuff? i'm kidding. what is it? well, i'm trying to track down the grill on the car from the cold case hit-and-run 'cause the same grill was on the car that frank fisher was driving when it hit the coffee shop. and that's got to be more than a coincidence, right? well, yeah, i mean, you know, it's possible that fisher could have just found the grill at a junkyard, but, yeah, i'm hoping that there's more to