as we do every morning, we begin with today s eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. we must never lose sight of what this is about. a regime making war on its own people. the u.n. has accused the syrian regime of shooting unarmed women and children. international community demands a cease-fire in syria as journalists caught in the crossfire plead for help. i was wounded in a rocket attack yesterday. i m ready to stay home all day. this is nuts. chicago gets slammed as a late season storm plows through the midwest. a winter weather advisory is in effect for much of our area. enough of a storm to trigger 350 flight cancellations. this president has failed. he s out of ideas. he s out of excuses. there are no silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. prices shooting up faster than adele s middle finger. it s just wrong. an alabama judge, acquitting the man accused of drowning his wife on their honeymoon. tina watson died while scuba diving with her hu
3 - inner harbor 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 legalizing same sex marriage is now just one signature away from happening here in maryland.this comes after the senate passed tte measure yestereday.megan gilliland joins us now with more on how opponents are already working to oveeturn it. good morning patrice,the state senate passed the law to legalize gay marriage by a small but exppcted margin. with a vote of 25 to 22. afterwards cheers erupted inside and outside the senate c. chambers.cheering. cheering.senater richard madaleno. he only openly gay senator was visibly mmved by the bills passage and by governor o malley s support. sponsored this bill. signs the legislation. maryland will become the 8th state to allow same sex marriage.but opponents are vowing. it s not over yet. the lord is able to judge ww are not cabablethis is just another phase in the discusssion there will be a robust petition effort i do expect to see this on the ballot in november november now that the measure passed
this is the cbs morning news for thursday, february 23rd, 2012. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i m betty nguyen. we begin with the latest republican presidential debate. this one in arizona and followed a now familiar formula. pile on the front-runner. last night it was the surging rick santorum taking the heat. there were some testy exchanges between santorum and mitt romney in the final debate before next week s critical michigan and arizona primary. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning, susan. good morning, betty. this was the most combative and the most pivotal of all the gop debate so far. it puts rick santorum, who had this recent surge, ahead in the national polls, in the spotlight and on the defensive. rick santorum spent much of last night s republican debate in arizona defending himself. you don t know what you re talking about. the former pennsylvania senator is in a high stakes battle with mitt romney for front runner
and welcome to today on 7:00 on the west coast on this wednesday morning. i m ann curry. i m carl quintanilla in for matt. the u.s. was quick to apologize for the burning of korans and other materials saying they were improperly disposed of after being pulled from the shelves of a detention center library. that s right. it hasn t stopped the demonstrations in afghanistan from growing both in ár-e and intensity this morning. thousands have taken to the streets in kabul and jalalabad. we ll have the latest on the story ahead. also today investigates how are dirty surgical instruments ending up in operating rooms? that s right. we talk with a man who became infected with a potentially deadly bacteria during surgery and look at what s being done to keep you awe safe when you go under the knife. and today s professionals will weigh in on a few topics getting a lot of buzz including the controversy over chris brown and rihanna s music collaboration, and also a scho