with sarah palin and the 2008 campaign. i'm erica hill. george clooney, brad pitt, and many more on stage together for one night only. plus, prince harry's royal visit in the bahamas. but first, a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> just trying to salvage what's left. start all over, and we will. >> residents work to rebuild after epic disaster. >> i worked all my life to have what we have, and it's all gone in 15 seconds. a toddler found in a field is the latest victim of the tornado tragedy. >> 15-month-old angel babcock died after she was taken off life support. when the chips are down, i have israel's back. >> president obama and israeli's prime minister to meet amid growing concerns about a nuclear iran. >> when it comes to a nuclear armed iran, containment is simply not an option. >> i take no options off the table, and i mean what i say. breaking news this morning. a 4.0 magnitude san francisco earthquake. no early reports of injuries or major property damage. mitt romney has picked up some momentum heading into super tuesday. >> last night we won our fifth state in a row. just another case of voters taking a look at mitt romney and saying, uh, i guess. rush limbaugh issued an apology. >> i don't know any woman in america that thinks that being called a slut is funny. protesters take to the streets after vladimir putin was elected as president for a third time. 123450. >> a former new orleans saints assistant coach who admits he ran a bounty program. and a good samaritan saves the life of a complete stranger. >> all that -- prince harry in the bahamas continuing his caribbean tour to mark the queen's diamond jubilee. and all that matters. >> tiger woods shot a 62 for the best final round of his career. >> tiger woods seemed to be saying to rory mcilroy, don't put me in the rocking chair yet, kid. >> if i was pregnant and i had a boy, the name would be frankie angelo scar face italian name italian name angelo canolli po lizzy. >> and if it's a girl? >> god help us all. >> yeah. welcome to "cbs this morning." there is snow in the ground in kentucky and indiana. it is making life worse for the tens of thousands of people who survived kentucky's worse tornados in 26 years. >> the death toll now stands at 39 from those storms on friday and saturday. 21 people were killed in kentucky. 13 more in indiana, including a little girl who was found alive after a tornado killed her family. rescue workers continue to search for more possible victims. the national weather service says it issued nearly 300 tornado warnings on friday and saturday. a local resident took this video of one tornado that destroyed much of the town of west liberty, kentucky. that is where anna warner is this morning. good morning. >> reporter: a week ago, a snowfall like this one might have been a pretty sight for residents here. perhaps a minor inconvenience. but now it could prove to be down right dangerous as it covers obstructions, twisted metal, debris, and stray nails. and it comes at a bad time, just as the town is putting itself back together again. >> we're going back to work. so work together in this. we want you all to spread that word. >> reporter: in west liberty, officials promised the town will get back on its feet. crews are cleaning up, and some banks are reopening. and a few residents have made it into town to survey the damage to their homes. >> i mean, i seen the tree go down. i seen it from from there to here and the tree go down. >> reporter: the story is echoed all across the american south, where tornadoes claimed lives in five states. in alabama sunday, governor robert bentley toured another tornado stricken town, eagle creek, where one man died in friday. in dallas, a baptist men's organization loaded up supplies to distribute to hard-hit regions in the south. when two violent twisters struck henryville, indiana, on friday, entire neighborhoods were wiped out. now volunteers have arrived by the hundreds. and crews are working to restore power. on sunday, members of a local catholic church gathered under their patched-up roof to support each other. but another life was lost sunday, when a toddler who had been found alive in an indiana field died of her injuries. angel babcock fell victim to the tornado that also killed her father, mother, and two siblings. even for survivors, the psychological impact of seeing a tornado close up may take a long time to fade. back in west liberty, theresa eldridge can't forget hiding in a bathroom with her two young children. >> i don't know. it felt like the house was going to come down or the roof was going to come off. and i just thought we were all going to die. >> reporter: town leaders do expect help to be arriving here with volunteers streaming in. but they too will have to watch out for any obstructions covered by the snow. in the meantime, the american red cross says they have a couple of distinct needs. they need nursery water to make formula for babies and they need food. they are feeding rescuers and residents alike. >> anna, thank you. at the white house this morning, president obama meets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. their discussion at a time when israel refuses to rule out an attack on iran's nuclear facilities could help determine if there will be a new middle east war in this coming months. >> on sunday, the president focused on that in a speech to an important pro israel group. chief white house correspondent nora o'donnell has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. and good morning to our viewers in the west. president obama is fiercely defending his administration's commitment to israel, making clear the u.s. shares israel's desire to prevent a nuclear armed iran. but the president also seems intent on pointing out that he wants more time for diplomacy, saying he has a, quote, deeply held preference for peace over war. >> i have israel's back. >> reporter: in a speech to the powerful pro israel lobbying group apack, the president promised to act militarily if necessary to defend israel. >> iran's leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the united states. i have said that when it comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon i will take no options off the table. and i mean what i say. >> reporter: but he also made clear he prefers diplomacy and that tough economic sanctions are working. >> already there is too much loose talk of war. over the last few weeks, such talk has only benefited the iranian government by driving up the price of oil, which they depend on to fund their nuclear program. >> reporter: it's the same message the president will deliver today to prime minister netanyahu, who made clear israel does not need u.s. permission to attack iran. >> perhaps most important of all, i appreciated the fact that he said that israel must be able to defend itself by itself against any threat. >> reporter: the israeli prime minister said last week he would not set down red lines for israeli or u.s. action, but he has said publicly he would go further than the u.s. and demand iran end all of its uranium enrichment. >> the demands on iran should be clear. dismantle the underground nuclear facilities, stop enrichment inside iran, and get all of the enriched material out of iran. >> reporter: and that is the very crux of this discussion between the israeli prime minister and president obama. mr. netanyahu wants to make sure that iran never even gets close to developing the capability to have a nuclear weapon. and the personal dynamics of this meeting will also be pretty interesting. is their ninth meeting together, but their last get-together in the oval office was pretty tense. and when president obama was recently asked to describe their relationship he called it functional. charlie and erica? >> nora, thanks. with us now from capitol hill, arizona senator john mccain. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> should the president's speech reassure the israelis? >> his speeches are excellent. policies are not so good. from the beginning, when the president insisted on a settlement freeze as a prec precondition for talks between the israelis and the palestinians, the talks have been worse than they have ever been. charlie, suppose there was a country in our hemisphere that was dedicated to, quote, wiping us off the map, they were developing a nuclear weapon, and at some point we didn't have the capability to remove that threat but we had to rely on another ally to do that for us. that's basically the situation that the israelis may find themselves in. and i would also add that, you know, we were surprised when pakistan acquired nuclear weapons. we were surprised when north korea acquired nuclear weapons. so what the president is asking the prime minister of israel to do is to rely on his judgment as to when force may be necessary. and by the way, the sanctions which the president praised, which i praise as well, in view of all of us, have not deterred the iranians from the path that they are on. and that is acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> do you think the israelis should take action now, senator? >> i think that's a judgment to be made by the israelis. but the israelis see even though the sanctions have been harmful to the iranian economy, the israelis see the iranians on a steady path to developing a nuclear weapon, and they have pledged to, quote, wipe israel off the map. they have committed acts of terror throughout the world, including here, attempting in washington, d.c., to assassinate the saudi ambassador. so we should have no doubt about the nature of the regime in iran. >> the president seemed to go some distance in the speech to say, quote, why is it that despite me never failing to support israel on every single problem over the last three years there is still questions about that? he even went to say, we have israel's back. is there some distinction that you know that separates where the president is and where the prime minister is today at this moment? >> well, the evidence is that just a week or two ago, both the president's national security adviser and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff travelled to israel, trying to get israel to pledge not to attack iran. and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stated that iran was, quote, a nuclear -- a rational nation. that's an interesting view of a rational nation. and also said that the iranians had not decided whether to assemble -- whether to have a nuclear weapon or not. and while they are assembling all the components and sticking them into -- underneath a mountain so they wouldn't be destroyed. so it's very little doubt in my mind anyway about what iran's intentions are. >> the reference i made of the quote was in the atlantic magazine, not in his speech. may i turn to politics for a second? super tuesday is coming up. >> sure. >> if romney wins in ohio and wins in tennessee, does that pretty much make it over as far as you see? >> i think it does. but with the super pacs and the candidates' ability to continue to be funding -- by the way, it's the most outrageous supreme court decision in my view. it's just disgraceful. but i think they will still be able to continue. but i hope that at that point most of us would declare or believe that it's over and start focusing on the real adversary, and that of course is winning the november election. >> one question about rush limbaugh. who is obviously a prominent radio personality. does he have some power within the republican party? >> sure. absoluteliy he has influence because he has a strong conservative base. i know that. but those statements were unacceptable in every way. and should be condemned by everyone, no matter what their political leapings are. >> so are you satisfied that those republican officials have gone far enough in condemning these statements? >> oh, i will leave that up to pundits like you, charlie. but it is totally unacceptable. >> senator mccain, there's also a movie that's this week. you're not going to look at it. why are you not going to see a movie about your campaign? >> because it's based on a book that is full of unattributed quotes, things that are absolutely never happened, and if it's based on that book, which i was briefed on, then of course it can't be accurate. >> senator, always good to have you on the program. thank you so much. >> thanks, charlie. we'll have more on rush limbaugh. he apologized over the weekend for the language he used to describe a law student who wants insurance coverage for birth control. >> some of limbaugh's sponsors are dropping his show, and the republican presidential candidates are being drawn into the controversy. and now we have a report from ohio, where the all important super tuesday starts tomorrow. >> reporter: that's right. super tuesday is just hours away. the candidates are out across the country making a final push for voters. they hope to be focused on the economy and energy prices. but instead found themselves facing questions about rush limbaugh. he is a media powerhouse known for rallying the right. but for some conservatives, rush limbaugh's latest comments were too much. rick santorum and mitt romney tried to distance themselves from the controversy. >> it's absurd. but, you know, that's an entertainer that can be absurd. >> that's not the language i would have used. >> reporter: the controversy began after law student sandra fluke testified about birth control under her health plan, saying it would cost $3,000. >> it means you're a slut, right? a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. mrs. fluke and the rest of you feminaz is, here is the deal. if we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for to you have sex, we want you to post the videos online so we can all watch. >> reporter: insisting he did not mean to personally attack fluke, limbaugh issued a written apology, stating, my choice of words was not the best, and in an attempt to be humorous, i created a national stir. but saturday's apology became sunday talk show fodder. >> i'm astonished at the desperation of the elite media to suddenly decide that rush limbaugh is the great national crisis of this week. >> it played into this thing that the republicans have a war on women. no, they don't, but he made it look that way. >> reporter: calling his language crude, ron paul questioned limbaugh's apology. >> i don't think he's very apologetic. he is doing it because some people were taking their advertisements off his program. it was his bottom line that was he was concerned about. >> reporter: seven companies have pulled commercials from limbaugh's nationally syndicated show. online data company carbonite said the on-air attack crossed the line and issued this statement. we hope that our action will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse. media expert eric dezzenhoff believes that limbaugh's career will survive this pr crisis. >> well, rush limbaugh makes a living crossing the line. for every person who loudly protests, there are also people who silently agree with him. >> reporter: now limbaugh has some defenders but they were drowned out by the protests on the left, and critics on the right. and for some republicans, there was also this concern. that the focus on the limbaugh controversy was distracting from the important issues, and playing right into democrats' hands, as both sides fight for that critical female vote. charlie and erica? >> jan, thanks. a shallow earthquake rattled the san francisco bay area this morning. the magnitude 4.0 quake centered eight miles north of san francisco. it struck at 5:33 pacific time. one official said it was a single sharp jolt that woke him up. no reports of damage or injuries at this point. all subway trains were briefly held up while workers inspected the tracks. in the last 10 days there, have been two minor 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