winter weather advisory until 9:00 a.m. sounds great for us. have a great night. couric: tonight, there the driver s seat at toyota to the hot seat on capitol hill. the company president apologizes and vows to win back america s trust. my name is on every car. couric: i m katie couric. also tonight, is there a double standard in japan? the same government agent they s supposed to regular toyota promotes it as well. a killer whale attacks and kills a trainer at sea world in florida as the audience watches in horror. and it s kind of a magic bag. it may not look big enough, but one can deliver food to 50 hungry kids. from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. couric: good evening, everyone. it is unprecedented. the head of a major international corporation testifying under oath before the united states congress. today the president of toyota made his long-awaited appearance on capitol hill and began by say in english
live from studio e, welcome aboard, folks. it is kind of a rainy, snowy tuesday here in new york city. ali is in for gretch and we start with some big news this morning. there sure is. it s a fox news alert because former vice president dick cheney spending the night in a washington hospital after experiencing chest pains. joining us from outside george washington university hospital is kelly wright. kelly, tell us what you know. i ll tell you what i know so far, allison. good morning, first of all. what we understand and what we ve been told so far is former vice president cheney is inside the hospital resting comfortably, as they say. they will evaluate him later today. but he arrived here on monday and was admitted to the hospital after experiencing chest pains. now, the former vice president you may recall was seen as recently as a couple of days ago at cpac, the conservative political action conference. he was a surprise guest for the event introduced by his daught
reaching out. president barack obama is in florida talking jobs. tonight, his message and plan to visit baltimore tomorrow. hi, everybody. i m kai jackson. i m mary bubala. here is what people are talking about. the president and vice president visited florida to show they are serious about tackling the growing number of unemployed americans. jill brown reports that the president joel brown reports that the president wants to talk about a jobs bill. reporter: president barack obama went from the state of the union to the campaign style event in florida. hello, tampa. reporter: his message was the same in both places. we will not rest until we build an economy where hard work is rewarded and wages are growing again and the middle class can get its legs underneath it again. reporter: in the bid to get more jobs, he announced $8 billion in stimulus money for a high-speed rail system. the president is hoping to convince people he is on the right track. but republi
presidential, senate, all together $3 billion spent. they can peal off one month s worth of spending and everything else. they are going to say, mr. grayson, i can spend it for you or against you, which do you prefer? and so how big of an issue do you think this should be for the president? as if he doesn t have enough on his plate right now, this throws, you know, another piece of raw meat that s got to get cooked up. where would you prioritize this, congressman? if we don t do anything about, this you can kiss your country good-bye because next time you have an election, they are going to put all of their people in and by then it will be too late. we are going to see the gentlemen from saudi arabia. because they even allow foreign corporations to spend anything that they want. the senator from microsoft, maybe we will soon be wearing their corporate logos and other lapels. this is a threat lining no other threat that we ve seen lately and at least 85,000 people reco
write on a flag. to be accused of things was offensive to myself. i feel i m an american and it s strong for me to stand up and i believe in the first amendment. for the people who went a little crazy over this, obviously you need to get your head right, because it wasn t about the flag. it wasn t about anything but my own experience through this situation. tell us about what experience are you referencing? what personal experience are you referencing when you say that? well, i guess my experience would be, you know, i m somebody who is a perfect example of somebody who s been spit and grinded out in the gears of this system. this system is not functioning in a way that can deal with the major portion of the population. if you don t have health care, you know, health insurance, you re basically done. my analogy is, basically, not even analogy, take you to the county hospital, los angeles, at 2:00 a.m. and you re going to see things that you re not happy about. it s easy f