this is the cbs evening news. good evening. i m elaine quijano. the violence in syria ratcheted up another notch today, and for the first time air, high-ranking military officer was among the fatalities. charlie d agata in london has more on today s deadly round of attack and counter-attack. reporter: a resident in the besieged city of homs told cbs news tonight syrian forces are intensifying their relentless bombardment. yes, it s getting worse day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. the situation is really disrting and now we are in dangerous place. i m just waiting to die, simple as that. reporter: kamal blames president bashar al-assad for ordering the offensive that s flattened homs and killed hundreds of people in the city in the past week alone. my biggest concern is i m going to lose my two little kids. assad, he s a murderer and he s committing genocide against his own people. the u.s. state department releasedly the satellite that appeared to show
government soldiers continue their assault on civilians. the concern is simply that the violence is spiralling. all of the people are together as one. the u.n. says it has another peace plan ready to go. honest abe. as his birthday approaches, a unique view at the myths, history, and legends of america s 16th president. this is an area of the tomb that the public never sees. a coronation on stage. but behind the scenes, on music s biggest night, intrigue. there s a fire starting in my heart all that, and all that matters, on cbs this morning saturday february 11, 2012. and we have a lot to get to on the show this morning. also, a quick peek of the first pictures of blue ivy. more photos released by the proud parents in just a moment. plus, what does it take to be happy? money, where you live? maybe it s genetics? a new documentary called happy may hold the answer. you hold the answer on that one, seth. are you a happy perch person. you choose to be
leads newt gingrich there by 20 points. and he s not paying much attention to his republican opponents. this president has not helped the process. he s hurt it. reversing course. after a flood of criticism on social media, the world s largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue to fund planned parenthood. the people who win are the women and the women s health. and red-hot rivalry. super bowl xlvi matches the new york giants against the new england patriots. but to these cities, this game is about much more than sports. new york might be the greatest city overall for everything, we re the greatest sports town. all that oh! we live in the age of youtube and the 24-hour news cycle. and all that matters on cbs this morning saturday, february 4th, 2012. a skilled table tennis player, wasn t he? that kid s got game. good morning. good morning, jeff. good morning, everyone. also this morning we re going to talk about the case of josh hami
wyoming and kansas. romney is rolling. he s expecting a huge win in nevada today. in the latest poll romney leads newt gingrich there by 20 points. and he s not paying much attention to his republican opponents. this president has not helped the process. he s hurt it. reversing course. after a flood of criticism on social media, the world s largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue to fund planned parenthood. the people who win are the women and the women s health. and red-hot rivalry. super bowl xlvi matches the new york giants against the new england patriots. but to these cities, this game is about much more than sports. new york might be the greatest city overall for everything, we re the greatest sports town. all that oh! we live in the age of youtube and the 24-hour news cycle. and all that matters on cbs this morning saturday, february 4th, 2012. a skilled table tennis player, wasn t he? that kid s got game. good morning.
see what it s like as they try to go through some of the tents and we have another reporter on the other side of the park and he had a chance to get a really up close look at when they took down the big tarp from over the statue and brought it into the street and kay street and they started to fold it up and the word is that may end up in the smithsonian. exactly. in the beginning, this is a live shot. we thank henderson legal services for the shot there. in the early hours they weren t sure what was going on. we were tweeting of being weary of the police coming and then they showed up in riot gear to protect themselves as well as protesters there were some apprehension about what was going to happen but the captain addressed the occupiers saying what was going to happen and passing out flyers that had been handed out the monday before the beginning of the week and it happened just the way they said with no violence. as we saw some of our cameras capture imagines this mor