apologized. i m sorry i let everybody down. reporter: jackson s lawyer reed weingarten said it was a difficult morning. it was a morning that had to come. jesse needed to come to terms with his misconduct and those who were in court saw that he did precisely that. reporter: david miller is a jackson friend and former state legislator. did you see that coming? no, not really. i think it was a surprise to all of us. reporter: is there an acute sense of disappointment in that district? oh absolutely. at one point he was a shining star, young, good looking, articulate. reporter: over the last year the democratic congressman all but stopped working, disappearing for from public view for weeks over the summer and checking into the mayo clinic for what doctors there said was bipolar disorder. jackson says he also has a shopping addiction and in court he admitted buying everything from toilet paper at costco to a $43,000 gold-plated rolex watch, two elk heads from a n
has no evidence challenging pistorius s story that he shot his girlfriend by accident. tina kraus reports from london. reporter: a police van took oscar pistorius back to court for what could be the final day of bail hearing to determine his fate. family members carried the athlete s clothes from a police station where pistorius spent his seventh night in jail for the alleged premeditated murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. in a dramatic twist to the case south african police revealed the man leading the investigation is facing several attempted murder charges. chief detective hilton botha who took the stand yesterday is accused of shooting at a mini bus full of people in 2011. pistorius s defense lawyers say he botched the investigation into steenkamp s death. they blame him for contaminating the crime scene and changing the story about what happened. police admit they left a bull et from the kill inside the toilet of pistorius s home. the sprinter known as the blade
star, young, good looking, articulate. reporter: over the last year, the democratic congressman all but stopped working, disappearing from public view for weeks over the summer and checking into the mayo clinic for what doctors there said was bipolar disorder. jackson says he also has a shopping addiction, and in court he admitted buying everything from toilet paper at costco to a $43,000 gold-plated rolex watch, two elk heads from a nevada taxidermist, memorabilia from martin luther king and jimi hendrix, fur coats, home renovations and more. all of it paid with money for his campaign. he was reelected by 40 points in november but then quit congress later that month. month. now, sentencing is set for june, scott, and jackson could get four to five years in prison. pelley: dean, thank you very much. well, a different kind of corruption is being investigated tonight by the securities and exchange commission. the agency is looking into possible insider trading before the $2
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winter watch or advisory, and tens of millions of people are in the storm s path. some areas can expect more than a foot of snow. heavy snow is already falling in kansas. state offices there will be closed until tomorrow morning. residents have been urged to stay off the roads. near tucson, arizona, the world golf championship match play event was suspended due to a freak snowstorm. blizzard warnings were posted in parts of the state. some areas of phoenix got two inches of snow. and the snow hitting the midwest is already being blamed for one death, a highway accident in oklahoma. cbs news weather consultant david bernard is following the massive weather system. the big winter storm across the midwest will be taking shape during the day today. look how big the winter storm warning area is. it s all of nebraska, kansas, and missouri, even portions of arkansas. we re talking about a lot of snow covering the big part of the midwest. this is welcome snow because of the severe