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
this the cbs morning news for monday, january 23rd, 2012. good morning everyone. i m terrell brown. the suddenly up for grabs race pnomination is centered in tial florida this morning on the heels of newt gingrich s upset, the candidates hold the first of two florida debates tonight. cbs news estimates mitt romney holds a slight lead in delegate count. more than 1100 are needed to claim the gop nomination. florida will be a prize. there are 50 delegates up for grab in the sunshine state. it s a winner take all contest. tara mergener is in washington with more. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, terrell. gingrich s comeback has raised the stake. the race is wide open and the battle in florida will likely be grueling. mitt romney is in florida and wasting no time attacking newt gingrich. it was proven that he was a failed leader. romney lost big to gingrich in saturday s south carolina primary. now he s reminding voters about the ethics charges gingrich face
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. ov pelley: good evening. ns begin tonight in an mesh town where the military has set out to move mountains, mountains of snow. cordova, alaska, population 2,200, is buried under more than 15 feet of snow that has fallen iter the last few weeks. now it has started raining, making the snow even heavier, and on top of that, the town is running out of shovels. we sent ben tracy up there. reporter: the national guard is still digging out cordova, working 24 hours a day to unbury homes and businesses, and now with temperatures in the mid- 30s, much of that snow is mirning to slush. the snow is now becoming slop. well, yeah, that s today. it might it will probably freeze tonight and then you ve got a hell of a mess. reporter: a steady rain has frde the snow even heavier and harder to move. glenn anderson is the deputy harbormaster. he s trying to keep boats from sinking. ke each shovel lode, i don t
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. it is a new reality for republicans after the closest iowa caucus in history, and who would have guessed? in december, rick santorum was polling at 4%, but last night he virtually tied mitt romney for the win, losing by eight votes out of more than 122,000 cast. it was a record turnout. michele bachmann, who won the iowa straw poll this summer, dropped out today after finishing sixth. the ink was barely dry on the ballots when the candidates moved onto new hampshire, where the primary is next tuesday. a suffolk university poll out today gives romney a commanding lead in new hampshire, 43% to ron paul s 14%. newt gingrich is third, rick santorum fifth. our campaign 2012 team is in new hampshire tonight, and we ll start with jan crawford on the romney campaign. jan? reporter: well, scott, romney went into conservative iowa, and his victory there is a remarkable turn of events for a candidate who had all
just a few months ago. my goodness what a squeaker, but it sure is nice to have a win, i ll tell you. reporter: romney won iowa a good strategy. thank you, iowa. reporter: for months he had downplayed expectations, but after seeing competitors like newt gingrich fade and hold, including his own, indicating he could finish strong, last week romney went all in. he toured the state with his wife ann, while he and other candidates and their super pacs blanketed the air waves with tough ads aimed mainly at gingrich. newt has a ton of baggage. reporter: romney won on the issues voters say they care about most. aemergency those who said beating obama was most important, 48% voted for romney. far above the other candidates. he also won voters who picked the economy as their top concern. he flew to new hampshire today to keep his momentum going, and to pick up the endorsement of senator john mccain, his 2008 opponent n. that race mccain complained about romney s negative a