help for the middle class through mortgage and student loan relief and jobs. tonight, my message to business leaders is simple, ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. the president urged more investments and incentives for manufacturing and the energy sectors, urging congress to support his agenda. i intend to fight obstruction with action and i will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place. [applause] facing a divided congress in an election year, one moment that did transcend politics, a standing on,ivation for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who resigned this week. the president gave congresswoman giffords a hug before entering the chamber to give his speech. in washington, nicole kilian, wbal, tv 11 news. our team coverage of president obama s state of the union address continues with 11 news deb
story of the reverend who has taken his anti-violence sermon to the rooftop. this is the cbs evening news. good evening, i m jeff glor, congresswoman gabrielle giffords says she is doing what is best for arizona. this afternoon in a surprise announcement giffords says she will resign from congress this week. the news coming a little more than a year after she was shot in the head and survived. bill whitaker has more on giffords s statement and her future plans. a lot has happened over the past year. we cannot change that. reporter: poised, showing remarkably little sign of the violent trauma she endured, representative gabrielle giffords of arizona took to youtube to announce that she will not finish her third term in congress. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. reporter: whether she would stay in congress was a question that loomed over the 41-year-old tucson native since she was critically inju
and sherry shepherd of the view is stopping by today. and penn state mourns the loss of former coach joe paterno. and two new studies on autism are raising the hopes and fears of parents with autistic kids. but first, as we do every morning here, we begin with a look at today s eye opener. it is your world in 90 seconds. i will step down this week. more than a year after the tragedy in tucson, gabby giffords to resign from congress. i don t remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. anytime when i say florida. the gop blazes into the sunshine state with newt gingrich surging after a stunning south carolina win. governor romney is a very good salesman, but he has a really weak product. he was a leader for four years and had to resign in disgrace. you re going to have to make a decision. i think newt gingrich has embarrassed the party. mitt romney s problem is somehow his romneyness. joe p
children. first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today s eye-opener, your world is 90 seconds. i will step down this week. more than a year after the tragedy in tucson, gabby giffords to resign from congress. i don t remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. when i say florida, you can applaud any time. the gop blazes into the sunshine state with newt gingrich surging after a stunning south carolina win. governor romney is a very good salesman, but he has a really weak product. he was a leader for four years and had to resign in disgrace. you have to make a decision. mitt romney possible lem is some how his romney-ness. paterno represented the best parts of this place, the soul of what it s about. penn state comes together to remember joe paterno and his legendary but scandal-scarred career. he wanted everyone to realize everyone has a purpose and a potential to be great.
several of the victims, several of the bodies have not yet been identified. and you have to understand that it is very difficult work when in some cases these people did not have any documents on them whatsoever. today on the island of gilio, family members of the missing american couple, jerry and barbara heil are here trying to seek some answers, trying to find out when/if their lived ones will be found. and another twist to all of this, jaime, is there are some people who may not have been registered on this cruise who could be missing. the numbers are very fluid in that regard. some people may have been aboard, not accounted for, but not registered and may have gone missing some other way. it gets more complicated. what about the captain? he has made some new remarks. it is pretty explosive. this is the same captain who told an italian reporter