guess where he was born or when. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. axelrod: we begin tonight in rome, where pope benedict xvi celebrated christmas mass. in his traditional christmas day message, the pope spoke to catholics in china, urging them to have courage in the face of oppression. amid heightened security at the have the, the pope prayed for a just and peaceful coexistence in the middle east. in bethlehem, an estimated 100, 000 pilgrims made the journey to the birthplace of christ. officials say that s double the number that visited last year. security, as always also, was tight but the scene was calm and joyful. back in the u.s., there s a double-barreled blast of winter under way. one storm is making a mess in the south, and now a blizzard warning as a nor easter is preparing to slam the east coast. the national weather service forecasts 11-16 inches possible from new jersey no
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. axelrod: we begin tonight in rome, where pope benedict xvi celebrated christmas mass. in his traditional christmas day message, the pope spoke to catholics in china, urging them to have courage in the face of oppression. amid heightened security at the have the, the pope prayed for a just and peaceful coexistence in the middle east. in bethlehem, an estimated 100, 000 pilgrims made the journey to the birthplace of christ. officials say that s double the number that visited last year. security, as always also, was tight but the scene was calm and joyful. back in the u.s., there s a double-barreled blast of winter under way. one storm is making a mess in the south, and now a blizzard warning as a nor easter is preparing to slam the east coast. the national weather service forecasts 11-16 inches possible from new jersey north. whiteout and blizzard condit
for clues. we have a news crew working this story. uc berkeley graduate being held in iran got the news she s been waiting for. iran today said it will free sarah shord one of three people detained after the trio crossed the border in 2009. rita williams has the story. reporter: sarah shorde s mother spent the day sequestered in her sister s cottage. finally she got the confirmation she s been waiting more than 13 months for. that her daughter sarah was coming home from an iranian prison. nora shord said she wouldn t comment. afraid to say anything that would scuttle the release. reporter: aren t you excited? i m happy. reporter: with that, she went to the airport to meet her daughter some where. iranians told media they could witness the release. iranian troops arrested shord, her now fiance and shord s mother says her daughter is depressed and has recently found a lump in her breast and fears it is precancerous conditions. the trade off, they figured would be