rescued after a rogue wave tears apart their yacht. we'll have the best from country music's big night. taylor swift walk as way the big winner. we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> the person you select on tuesday may well be the person who faces barack obama in the fall. >> the republican front-runner closes in on the nomination. >> a big win for romney on tuesday in wisconsin would kind of finalize things. >> the establishment has tried to convince republicans across this country that they need mitt romney shoved down their throat. >> the important thing to remember is that everyone is safe and sound. >> the coast guard rescues two sailors off a stricken yacht in the pacific. >> taking part in an around the world race. >> slammed by a wave off the coast of san francisco. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> thing are being leaked out and i believe he's going to be arrested very soon. >> plane crashed in siberia. >> from northeast kansas, the fatal crash of a motor home. the driver lost control, hit a guardrail before crashing into a ravine. >> tonight's academy of country music awards, taylor swift won big. >> it's exciting. thank you. >> university of kentucky say they are ready to control the crowd. fans got out of control after kentucky's win saturday night. >> the new york post is reporting the mega jackpot could lead to mega lawsuits in maryland. >> all that -- ♪ i'm only a paper boy as happy as i can be ♪ >> -- and all that matters -- >> it's huge! >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> mitt romney is building a car elevator in his house. i'm not worried he's out of touch. i'm not worried he's out of touch. i'm worried he's batman. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with politics and a key moment in the presidential race. if mitt romney wins tomorrow's primary in wisconsin, he'll be more than halfway to clinching his party's nomination. >> and president obama's re-election campaign appears ready for that. joe biden used one three-word phrase repeatedly to attack the republican front-runner. >> i think governor romney is out of touch. i think it's totally out of touch. with reality. i find that just totally out of touch with what most americans think about american jobs. i can't remember a presidential candidate in the recent past who seems not to understand by what he says what ordinary middle class people are thinking about or concerned about. >> this morning a new poll in wisconsin and 11 other key states has some good news for the president. the "usa today"/gallup poll shows president obama leading mitt romney 51% to 42% in those 12 states. chip reid is in milwaukee following the romney campaign. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, erica and charlie. you know, maryland and the district of columbia also vote tomorrow, but all eyes are on wisconsin. mitt romney hopes this will be a big step toward clinching the nomination. rick santorum says, not so fast. a string of endorsements from the republican party establishment and increasing numbers in the poll left mitt romney a bit more light-hearted on the campaign trail this weekend. >> wisconsin? from massachusetts. president. >> reporter: all kidding aside, the republican front-runner sounding more confident than other ignored his republican rivals and attacked president obama. >> this president can't run on his record. and so he's going to try every way he can to divert to some other kind of attack and try to have people disqualifying our nominee, which will be me. >> reporter: the white house took on mitt romney during president biden's interview on "face the nation". >> what is the romney answer? nothing. all they answer is cut, get rid of that, get rid of that. this is about the middle class. and none of what he's offering does anything. >> reporter: meanwhile, growing numbers of republicans are calling on rick santorum to get out of the race for the good of the party. santorum pointed to romney's actions as reason to stay in. >> then why is he spending $4 million in wisconsin if the race is over? if it's over, there's no chance, why is he bothering in don't campaign anymore if it's over. >> reporter: newt gingrich who has only won two contests acknowledged over the weekend romney is the likely nominee but he's going to make him work for it. now, whatever happens here in wisconsin, both campaigns are already looking ahead to pen pep. that's rick santorum's home state. just a few weeks ago, he was ahead by 30 points there in one poll, but now look, he's ahead by two points. it's really a dead heat. the romney says they're gaining, they're going to pass him and they think that will be the final act in this campaign and it will be mitt romney's. >> so, if in fact the romney momentum overtakes santorum in pennsylvania, will the former senator from pennsylvania then finally say it's over? >> reporter: i don't think so. i tell you, first of all, of course, they will not concede that they will have any chance of losing pennsylvania. they believe he's going to win big there. secondly, there are five races in may in the south, including texas, arkansas and kentucky, where rick santorum has shown some big leads in the polls. so, anybody who thinks this is going to be over soon isn't listening to rick santorum. >> always a lot of things of a very serious nature on the campaign trail but lighter moments, as ind it, specifically with the romney campaign. that all important date of april 1st, chip. >> reporter: yes. he was supposed to show up at a big pancake breakfast yesterday, to a big crowd. his staff decided to play a little joke on him. they led him into a room that looked like it was supposed to be ready for a pancake breakfast but it was empty. and he was a little surprised when that happened. but truth is, upstairs was the real pancake breakfast and there were 300 people waiting for him. april fool's. >> chip reid, thanks very much. protests over the shooting death of trayvon martin moved to miami, florida, on sunday as thousands of people called for an arrest in the case. >> martin's parents want the justice department to investigate whether florida prosecutors have been negligent by not charging a neighborhood watch volunteer who killed their son. elaine quijano is in miami this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie and erica. that's right. the family's lawyer tells us they'll file a formal request today asking the feds to investigate why the state attorney allegedly overruled cops who wanted to arrest zimmerman the night of the shoot npg comes on the heels of yet another massive rally in martin's hometown. >> each and every one of you mean so much to us to see you all here. >> reporter: five weeks after trayvon martin was killed, his mother sybrina fulton spoke to a crowd in miami, demanding justice for her son's death. strangers like mark lumsden showed up by the thousands to show their support. >> i made an effort to come out with my friends because this totally upsets me. >> reporter: the case has sparked questions nationwide about whether race played a role in the killing. george zimmerman insists he shot martin in self-defense after the teen attacked him inside this gated community in sanford, florida. but martin's relatives, including his brother, don't accept that story. >> it's just baffling how peo e people, they just take his word for it as if that's exactly what happened and no question about it. >> reporter: a newly released emergency dispatch recording is offering more details into the shooting. >> multiple shooting. >> reporter: the tape shows a second ambulance sent to the scene was called off bringings ive airty of zimmerman's injuries into question. last night martin's mother said she's confident zimmerman will end up behind bars. >> i just truly believe that they are still investigating, but things are being leaked out and i believe he's going to be arrested very soon. >> reporter: over the weekend, activists marched on the sanford police department, demanding zimmerman be jailed. >> no justice! >> reporter: protesters echoed those calls in miami. more proof that passion stirred up by this case show no signs of staving. a florida special prosecutor has begun her investigation but says she'll have no comment until it's complete. and the fbi is also investigating. >> elaine, thank you. a coast guard cutter is expected to reach san francisco this morning carrying two badly injured british sailors. as national correspondent lee cowen reports, they were rescued from a racing yacht in the pacific that was battered by a giant rogue wave. >> reporter: they are the kind of boats most sailors dream of, 68 feet of pure wind-blown beauty but for the crew of the "geraldton western australia" that dream became a nightmare. two members of the crew, a 50-year-old doctor and a 29-year-old software engineer h to be rescued by the coast guard late sunday night after being injured in a storm so violent, it ripped the helm clean off the boat's deck. they were participating in a clipper round the world yacht race, the longest of its kind for amateurs, some 40,000 miles. across the north pacific was the hardest and the geraldton's crew was apprehensive even before it began. >> going to stay there, slightly nervous about this. >> reporter: on saturday the fleet of ten racing boats hit a stone, the likes of which many had never seen. >> times you almost want to give up, but none of us gave up. we worked really, really hard throughout. >> reporter: the geraldton took it the hardest. the skipper told the coast guard a monster foaming swell came over the stern. ripped the wheel off its mount, sending it overboard, leaving them temporarily adrift. rescuers could only air drop medical supplies to the sailors below. it wasn't until before dusk last night that the most seriously injured were finally taken aboard a coast guard cutter to safety. as fort geraldton, after some repairs, it's going to continue the competition. she was built for racing and it seems so was her crew. for "cbs this morning," i'm lee cowen in los angeles. in burma election results are not official but it appears that pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi has won a seat in parliament. this morning the noble peace prize winner told supporters sunday's election was a triumph of the people. she struggled against burma's oppressive government for a quarter century. battle for control of syria, activists there say more than two dozen people have been killed today as government troops shelled the city of homs. >> the u.s. and dozens of other countries are warning syria's government again to end the violence. foreign correspondent clarissa ward is in istanbul, turkey, where she spoke to secretary of state hillary clinton at a meeting with other world leaders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. well, topping the agenda in yesterday's friends of syria conference was discussion of former u.n. secretary-general kofi anan's six-point peace plan which president bashar al assad claims to have accepted but yet to implement. and secretary of clinton led an angry chorus of voices demanding there be a set timeline for assad to comply with. >> we think assad must go. the killing must stop. the sooner we get into a process that ends up there, the better. and i think former secretary-general anan understands that. kofi annan has gone to moscow, gone to beijing, met with them, they support his plan, they have urged publicly that assad follow the plan. so, if we have to go back to security council to get authority that would enable us to do more to help the syrians really withstand this kind of terrible assault and get the aid that they need, get the humanitarian assistance they require. >> reporter: so one of the primary pucks of friends of syria is to provide support for opposition but up to this point we don't see any real coordination and communication among the different -- both armed and political opposition groups inside syria. how much of a frustration is that for you as you go through this process? >> well, i'm encouraged. they're making progress. this is quite difficult. but i am encouraged. what they need is what we are now offering. we are offering assistance to them. and it's a variety of different sorts of assistance. the united states will be offering, in addition to significant humanitarian aid, will be offering technical and logistical support. you mentioned communications. they have a great deal of difficulty communicating inside syria. you were there. you know how hard it is. we think we have some assets that we can get in there, which we will try to do that will enable them to have better communication. >> saudi arabia and some of the gulf states went one step further announcing they would start to pay salaries to rebel fighters inside the country, funneling essentially millions of dollars inside syria. the hope being that it will encourage more defections from the syrian army. certainly, this is the most direct form of intervention we've seen since this conflict began. >> charlie rose. where do you think the momentum is going on this in terms of helping the rebels in syria? >> well, i think there's a growing sense of disenchantment about trying to pursue a purely diplomatic process. clearly, president bashar al assad has flouted kofi anan's six-point peace plan. we're seeing today shelling continuing in the city of homs. i think there is definitely a sense with this conference yesterday more interest in pursuing other options, more direct forms of intervention being put onto the table for the first time. but certainly the u.s. still preferring to take a step a little further back and try to pursue that diplomatic process first. >> clarissa ward in istanbul, turkey, thank you. a russian passenger plane crushed this morning in siberia, killing at least 31 people. the twin-engine plane crashed in a snow covered feel three minutes after taking off. russian emergency officials say the 12 survivors were seriously hurt. the airline says the pilot tried to make an nj landing. the cause of the crash is not yet known. sources tell cbs news the attorney for jetblue pilot clayton osbon will appear in federal court today in amarillo, texas. >> osbon is still in a hospital there facing charges of interfering with his own flight crew. as michelle miller reports, his wife is speaking out about last week's bizarre midair incident. >> reporter: this newly released enhanced video shows clayton osbon being restrained and now we're hearing from the woman who may know him best, his wife, connye, thanked the crew. we would like to recognize the crew and passengers of flight 191 for their effective yet compassionate handling of the situation. it is our relief as clayton's family that while he was clearly distressed, he was not intentionally violent toward anyone. that last part of the statement could be a key distinction in the case against him. if the case ever goes to trial, prosecutors will have to prove not only that osbon interfered with the flight crew, but that he had the mental capacity to understand what he was doing and that it was wrong. >> over this 3 1/2 hour period before the first officer was clever enough to get him off the flight deck, these are some very frightening words, descriptions, actions, that were, frankly, quite scary to me when i read them. >> reporter: lawyers will be looking at whether osbon's condition was medical or may have been brought on by a substance he did not disclose to regulators. >> the faa has a very stringent list of medications, drugs that they are allowed to take while they are actually on flying status. >> reporter: questions about osbon's mental state will be directed primarily to his doctors. lawyers will be drawing on recordings from the plane's black boxes. the ntsb completed its work on tapes from the cockpit and plans to work on flight data information this week. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. in london, "the telegraph" reports on a british government proceed toesal to dramatically increase surveillance on its citizens. it would allow police to monitor their e-mails, phone calls and their favorite websites. the government argues it's necessary to combat terrorism and serious crime. >> "the wall street journal" talking more about the story of a major security breach, credit card processor global payment says hackers stole account numbers and other key information from up to 1.5 million accounts in north america. visa yanked its seal of approval from the company over the weekend. a mega millions mess in baltimore. the new york post says workers at a mcdonald's who pool their money are furious that a coworker who says she is has one of the winning tickets. miranda wilson says she bought the winning ticket 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