jim axelrod is on cape cod where they're trying to solve a mystery. why are the dolphins stranding themselves? 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

jim axelrod has our story. >> reporter: were you thinking to yourselves "hey, we're going to make history here"? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit and enjoy dessert. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we begin tonight off the coast of italy where crews are searching for survivors from that cruise ship that ran aground and foundered on friday night. 4,000 passengers and crew were on board. italy's coast guard says at least six people are dead and tonight the number of people missing has risen to 29. they include jerry and barbara heil of white bear lake, minnesota. a retired couple who raised four children and dreamed of this eight day mediterranean cruise. but the voyage of the "costa concordia" lasted only hours. nearly 1,000 feet long with 17 decks, she is now off the west coast of italy aground on the island of giglio. we sent allen pizzey there today. >> reporter: hope of finding any survivors-- including a missing american couple-- is fading fast. divers have been risking their lives to search flooded pass

jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: air force one was built in wichita. snow storm in seattle-- a rare storm blankets the northwest when the cbs news continues. >> pelley: people in the pacific northwest woke up today to a distinct change in the weather. heavy snow began falling overnight, and it's already broken records for this date. in olympia and at seattle's airport. ben tracy is in seattle to tell us what's behind the rare snowstorm. >> reporter: a city normally used to drowning in rain is now covered in snow. even four inches is enough to wreak havoc in a place with few plows and salt trucks. seattle's buss have found themselves in need of a lift, and its steeps hills are now only fit for snowboards and sleds. further south in olympia, more than a foot of snow has fallen, forcing morning commuters improvise. how is this walk to work compared to your normal walk to work? >> it's slower. ( laughs ) >> reporter: in an entire winter, celtics normally gets eight inches of snow. cca stevenson is keefe meteorologist at kiro, our cbs affiliate in celtics.

jim axelrod reports. >>> boeing produced planes in wichita since the 1920s. employing generations of workers, like ted bates, an engineer for 34 years. do you feel grateful for a career at boeing? >> yes. yes. >> but now employees like bates are shaking their heads at how boeing's treated their hometown. >> you lose respect for those people who can't keep a consistent story. it's not just about employees. it's about a community. >> in 2008, boeing asked kansas officials to help win a $3.5 billion contract for 18 air force tankers. wichita's mayor, carl brewer, says kansas had a long history of coming through for boeing. >> they've received $650 million in tax breaks over the last 30 years. >> that is an awful lot of money. we thought that that really meant something. >> brewer and the kansas congressional delegation lobbied the pentagon hard. in return, boeing promised the tanker work would be kept in wichita, saving 2100 jobs and creating 7500 more. >> and somebody looked you right in the eye and said, we're going to be in wichita? >> going to be in wichita

jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kos. >> indeed. >>> well, some big birthday celebrations today. first lady michelle obama turns 48. no word on what she'll do tonight. but last year president obama took her out to a nice dinner. and the champ hit a milestone. hue mamding joorks mohammed ali is now 70 years old. he's been fighting parkinson's since 1984. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> in northern japan, a freak [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. nyquil tylenol: we are?ylenol. you know we're kinda like twins. nyquil (stuffy): yeah, we both relieve coughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachie

. >> i'm jim axelrod. snowflakes right out time. >>> the gop presidential candidates ramping ahead of tuesday' first in the nation here. >> here on "the early show," we have big changes in store. on monday this show relaunches with brand-new name cbs "this morning," and a new team charlie rose and gayle king and erica hill. we hope you'll rejoin us for that. >>> the president said yesterday after killing osama bin laden and withdrawing u.s. troops from iraq, it's time to turn a page and shrink the military. >> it's a move some republicans are calling wrong-headed. senior white house correspondent bill plante is live in washington with the details. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nance yip. it is controversial and why the president went to the pentagon and he joined the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs to make the announcement. i wanted to emphasize the new defense strategy which is tailored to major cuts in spending is the product of consultation with the m

jim axelrod, cbs news, union, ohio. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. bob schieffer and i will be back at 9:00 eastern time with the president's state of the union address. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scoapt, see you again soon. 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 ] and here's a special bonus: sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios internet -- the speed, you can't compare. i'm able to take care of things much faster now. [ male announcer ] start saving now. move up to fios for our best price online -- $89

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jim axelrod, cbs news, woods hole, massachusetts. >> pelley: how do you put a price tag on the suffering of passengers who survived that italian cruise ship disaster? well, the ship's operator is offering them about. $14,000 each if they don't sue. costa cruises has also offered the passengers a full refund. at least 16 people were killed in the accident two weeks ago. tonight 16 others are still missing. what happens when you spend your life planting seeds of good will? you get an incredible harvest. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. i find the omega choices overwhelming. then i found new pronutrients omega-3. it's from centrum. it's a smaller minigel. with two of the best omegas to support my heart, brain and eyes. new pronutrients from centrum. how about the beat of a healthy heart? campbell's healthy request soup is delicious, and earned this heart, for being heart healthy. ♪ feel the beat? it's amazing what soup can do. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold sy

jim axelrod, cbs news, union, ohio. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. bob schieffer and i will be back at 9:00 eastern time with the president's state of the union address. with thanks to the jones day law firm for this view of the capitol and for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scoapt, see you again soon >>> this is 9news now. >>> just two hours from now kicks off an event for some politic success, washingtonens is as big as the super bowl. president obama delivers his state of the union address. it's his last chance to address millions of americans before the general election kicks off. bruce leshan is on capitol hill. what's he going to say? >> president is going to focus on economic fairness, inequality, and how to grow america's struggling middle class. that is likely as well the way that he is going to frame the general election. here is an expert. we can settle for a country where americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone get

. >> i'm jim axelrod. we're coming to you from manchester where the gop presidential candidates are ramping up ahead of the first in the nation primary. >> of course, here on "the early show" big changes in store. on monday this show relaunches with a brand-new name "cbs this morning" and a brand-new team. charlie rose, gayle king and erica hill. we hope you'll join for us that. >>> first, president obama's announcement to reshape the military. the president said yesterday after killing osama bin laden and withdrawing u.s. troops from iraq it's time to turn a page and shrink the military. >> a move some republicans are calling wrong headed. bill plante is live in washington with the details. bill, good morning. >> good morning, nancy, it is controversial. that's why the president went to the pentagon and joins the joint chief of staffs. the new defense strategy which is tailored to major cuts in spending is the product of consultation with the military. >> the question that this strategy answers is what ki

i'm nancy cordes. >> i'm jim axelrod. we are coming to you because we want to take a closer look at the grand state talking to people about their top concerns, like the economy, which in some places is worse than others, all this ahead of the next primary here in new hampshire. >> the new battle between president obama and senate republicans could be headed to court. the issue is mr. obama's appointment of the official to head the consumer protection bureau. >> we'll head down to washington to get more from senior white house correspondent bill plante. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jim. it was an unprecedented and provocative act. the president thumbed his nose at senate republicans and made a recess appointment of richard cordray as the head of the consumer protection agency, even though the cpa is not in session. it is a confrontational move and one that the white house is happy to make in an election year. >> i refuse to take no for an answer. >> reporter: the president made the announcement in a heavily dem

i'm nancy cordes. >> i'm jim axelrod. we are coming to you from new hampshire because we want to take a closer look at the granite state and talking to people here about their top concerns like the economy, which at some places worse than others. all of this is ahead of next tuesday's first in the nation primary in new hampshire. >>> first, a partisan battle between president obama and senate republicans may be headed to court. the issue is mr. obama's appointment to the head of the protection bureau. >> we head to washington to get more on this from senior white house correspondent bill plante. good morning, bill. >> good morning, jim. it was an unpress denied and deliberately provocative act. the president thumbed his nose at the senate republicans and made a recess appointment of richard cordray to head the knew consumer protection agency even though the senate is technically not in session. it's a confrontational move and one the white house is happy to take in an election year. >> i refuse to take no for an answer. >

i'm nancy cordes. >> i'm jim axelrod. a good day to be here in new hampshire. we do want to mention another big day ahead next monday. this broadcast will debut at cbs "this morning," with charlie rose and gayle king. >> every vote in iowa really did matter there. mitt romney pulling off an extremely slim victory over rick santorum. eight votes separating the two of them after deadlocked most of the night. >> correspondent bill whitaker was up late last night and up early this morning for us. good morning, bill. >> good morning, guys. >> reporter: iowa, as it often does, shuffled the deck last night. newt gingrich in the lead a month ago, came in fourth. for the top two, a photo fish. >> game on. >> reporter: a late surge by former pennsylvania jor risenatk santorum pushed him to near victory thanks to the passionate support of social conservatives. >> i've survived the challenges so far by the daily grace that comes from god. >> reporter: in a nail-biter, mitt romney sweeped to victory in the iowa caucuses. the former massachusetts governor, at first indiffere

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but jim axelrod reports on a trailblazing protest in the nation's heartland. >> reporter: if the sculptures are designed to design a certain pioneering experience, then look no further than this bronze soda fountain. were you thinking to yourself, hey, we're going to make history here? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit until we were served. >> reporter: 54 years ago carol hohne led a group of students into dockham's food store where they could get food to go and not eat at the counter. >> i simply went in and sat down. and the waitress behind the counter came up to me and she took my order actually. and she leaned forward and she said, you're not colored, are you, dear? and i said, yes, i am. >> reporter: were you feeling while this was going on that you were in the process of making history? >> i don't think at the moment you had time to capture that. looming not far away was little rock, the montgomery bus boyc t boycotts. >> reporter: you were more concerned about your safety. >> certainly. that was part of it. >> reporter: every day they took shifts at the counter, two or thr

i'm nancy cordes. >> i'm jim axelrod. we're joined by patrick griffin, senior fellow and political analyst and daunte scallis of the university of new hampshire. good morning to you both. thank you, both, for being here. what do we make of the news here that we may have the first casualty of the republican nominating process with michele bachmann? >> my sense is this is probably the second casualty. i think we saw first one initially in rick perry last night. my sense is governor perry will go back to texas, reassess things and be there just in time for hunting season. i don't think rick perry continues. as for michele bachmann, there was never much for her here in new hampshire. if she was going to hunt anywhere it was iowa. this is not surprising. >> what happened to her? she won the ames straw poll in august, which was a big victory for her. how did she go from those heights to 5% in the iowa caucuses last night? >> i think one thing was she wasn't able to capitalize on the opportunity she had with the iowa straw polls

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jim axelrod reports. they're still looking for the answers. >> reporter: the alarming numbers of beached dolphins along 25-mile stretch of cape cod continues to baffle scientists for a third straight week. on monday, three more dolphins were sighted approaching the shore. two swam away from harm but this one got too close to the beach. rescue funds for international animal welfare jumped in. the animal later died and along with three more carcasses do ee discovered over the weekend now stands at 102, about the number entire year. >> if i asked you right now why is this happening, what would your answer be? >> i don't know. >> we'll pull this up. >> marine biologist misty niemeyer has been examining the dolphins that did not survive looking for clues. >> one thing it tells us is if the all the animals look healthy, it's something more geographic or weather-related. not emerging disease or toxins or anything like that. >> reporter: two dozen were safely released back into the ocean with a tag. scientists li

jim axelrod has our story. >> reporter: were you thinking to yourselves "hey, we're going to make history here"? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit and enjoy dessert. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we begin tonight off the coast of italy where crews are searching fo s

jim axelrod is on cape cod where they're trying to solve a mystery. why are the dolphins stranding themselves? 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.

jim axelrod, massachusetts. >>> it's about 20 minutes after the hour. we have our first check of the weather. good morning, lonnie. no snow outside this time around. >> you know what? very little snow anywhere in the country right now. you talk about no snow in new york city. at this point last year in new york city, we were digging out from a snowstorm that brought two feet of snow. this is what i have for the weather headlines for today. like spring in the mid-atlantic states. hold on to your hat in montana and there is light snow in the ohio valley. this is that light snow that i'm talking about. a little weak cold front. watch this. i see cloud cover throughout the portions of the country. but look at that. all right. that is the only game in town. i'm not talking about a lot of snow. one to two inches. but it's on my headline board because that's about all there is. a little system comes on shore around the pacific northwest. all right, everybody. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look for the weather for your weekend. .

whether this could backfire on the establishment, i don't know because you also have people like jim demint who south carolinians will listen to saying this is a bad call. >> jonathan, the democrats have certainly, it seems like they're not exactly weeping for willard. look at this where david axelrod, president obama's senior strategist tells "the new york times" they will likely just open the floodgates. and an unnamed campaign strategist for the president tells talking point memo having the republicans eat their own actually makes the bain story more potent than we ever could have. >> well, sure. and the reason is because, could you imagine if you had these kinds of attacks coming from the president's re-election campaign or a pro-obama super pac. people could automatically discount it as, oh, it's just the democrats beating up on the republican. what you have now are republicans focusing in like a laser beam on a fellow republican and using arguments and lines that are just tailor made for a general election and tailor -- you just put them out there. you don't even have to -- the