the president plans to step up his travel schedule. the latest cbs news, new york times poll of registered voters find the president leads all potential opponents except mitt romney, whom he ties. republican candidates are set to debate tonight in south carolina and terrell brown is in washington with more on the president and the south carolina primary. good morning, terrell. >> reporter: betty good morning to you. one of the topics that will likely be seen tonight in the debate is mitt romney's wealth. on top of not immediately releasing the tax record, he also admitted that he has part of his millions invested in an off shore account. this couldn't come at a worse time and another candidate is gaining ground. mitt romney is fighting to hang on to his lead in south carolina. >> if i'm president, i will repeal obama care and get us back to free market principles. >> he tried to fire up voters at a rally last night before attacking newt gingrich. >> him taking credit for the jobs created during the reagan years is like al gore saying he invented the internet. >> rom nis lead is slipping to ten points down from 19 points two weeks ago. the two have a chance to go head to head at the debate the final one before saturday's primary. gingrich is warning voters to be on the lookout nor smear ads. >> i fully expect the romney campaign to be unendingly dirty and dishonest for the next four days because they're desperate. they thought they could buy this. >> president obama isn't waiting for roopd to pick their nominee. his team purchased advertising time in at least six states. the first tv commercial airs today. >> secretive oil billionaires attacking president obama with ads fact checkers say are not tethered to the fact. >> the 30-second spot fires back at charges the president took money from solyndra in exchange for a large federal loan. it emphasizes his creation of clean energy jobs. >> president obama kept his promise to toughen ethics rules and strengthen america's energy economy. >> the president will court voters in two states today. he'll visit florida and then to new york city. meanwhile, newt gingrich could have another problem to deal with today. an interview with his second wife airs tonight. it's part of gingrich's past that could turn off religious voters. a key electorate in costa concordia. >> thank you, terrell. the final certified results from the iowa caucuses are expected to be released today. immediately after the vote, iowa's republican party announced that mitt romney was the winner but just eight votes over rick santorum. but discrepancies were discovered and when all is said and done x santorum may end up the winner. we'll stay on top of that for you. herman cain plans to en make an endorsement today in the race. cain is speaking at the southern republican leadership conference in south carolina. cain told msnbc, his endorsement would be "unconventional." back to president obama's campaign ad. it defends his energy policy and addresses job creation. the ad follows yesterday's decision by the administration to reject for now a job producing oil pipeline. now, that decision is creating a stir on the campaign trail. bigad shaban has the report. >> the proposed 1700-mile pipeline would have stretched across six states, linking western canada to oil refineries on the texas coast. but president obama rejected it. saying he felt rushed to make a decision because of an arbitrary deadline set by congressional republicans to review the plan. environmentalists had already objected to it. >> it's not enough time. we don't even have an alternate route identified yet. how could anyone possibly review it. >> both parties agreed to a february 21st deadline as part of last month's deal to he can tend the payroll tax cut. fallout over the president's rejection is spilling on to the campaign trail. >> this is a stunningly stupid thing to do. we need the jobs. maybe when they're unemployed in november, they'll figure out -- >> reporter: oklahoma's governor says rejecting the plan by the company trans canada will cost the state roughly $1 billion in new investments and 1200 construction jobs. >> this canadian oil, there's a possibility we can lose it to china with that decision. >> reporter: nancy pelosi said the oil was never meant for the u.s. >> i don't agree to the stipulation that this is oil that's going to china now instead of the u.s. it was always going overseas. >> reporter: trans canada will reapply to build the pipeline. bigad shaban, cbs news. now to the cruise ship disaster off the italian coast. this morning divers have resumed the search of the capsized ship. the operation had been suspended after the ship moved wednesday. 11 people are known to have died when the costa concordia slammed into a reef and capsized. 21 are still missing. in new audio tapes, the captain of the ship said he never meant to abandon his passengers but was thrown in the water. rough seas stopped the search and postponed efforts to remove the ship's fuel. in minnesota last night, a vigil was held for a missing american couple. >> thy kingdom come. >> hundreds gathered to pray for jerry and barbara heil. their son is holding out hope. >> we still have hope. we have hope for anything that will come. whatever god's plan is, we're at peace with that. >> the costa concordia was carrying more than 4200 passengers and crew when it hit a reef last friday. coming up on the morning news, negative news for eastman kodak. plus being online outrage. hundreds around the country protest anti-piracy bills aimed at the internet. first, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> one state is now requiring people on unemployment to take any kind of work that's available. it's a controversial new policy. we'll tell you where it's happening and why tonight on the "cbs evening news." have asked y to teach you about treating frequent heartburn. 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>> 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 and it's going to be just like it's been for the past 84 years. >> all that lobbying paid off. boeing was awarded the $3.5 billion contract last february. no one here heard another word until november when boeing suddenly announced it was rethinking its plans. the company decided its production costs in wichita were too high. it was moving the tanker work out of kansas to other u.s. plants and was closing its wichita operation next year. do you feel duped? >> well, you can't help but feel that way because the fact -- by 2013 i'll have 2100 workers that are out there that are trying to figure out what's going to happen in the future. >> plus 7500 jobs that never came here. >> plus 7500 jobs that will not come here. >> brewer, would worked for boeing for 20 years, would love an explanation from his old company. trouble is, no one is returning his calls. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. the transportation security administration has apologized to two ailing elderly women who say they were strip-searched by tsa agents at new york's kennedy airport. but the women say that is not good enough. in a letter, a homeland security official admits tsa screeners violated some standard procedures, but it goes on to say there is "no evidence to support the claims that tsa employees conducted strip searches of any passengers." well, that angers 88-year-old ruth sherman and lenore zimmerman, who is 85. >> i think it's a lie that they say they didn't ask to remove any clothing. because they did. they strip searched me. >> and i'm disgusted. it's a lie. that's all i can tell you. not much else i can say. not much else i can say. it's an absolute lie. >> the tsa says screeners at jfk will get refresher training in how to handle passengers with medical conditions. conditions. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? 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