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Norah odonnell has been talking to her sources at the white house, and she joins us there theret. norah? r reporter: scott, israeli prime minister netanyahu is pressing president obama to make ke explicit threat of military action against iran if the sanctions fail, but sources tell cbs news that the israelis are not likely to receive such a public assurance. netanyahu is going to raise the issue in an oval office meeting on monday. there has been some very intense inplomacy. u.s. military offic...

Country is under attack and that the government and institutions of higher learning are leading the charge. >> now its the church! people of faith who have no right to the come to the public square and express their points of view. >> reporter: over the past few days, santorum has ridiculed the remarks of john f. kennedy in 1960 when, as a presidential candidate, he sought to assure protestant ministers that a catholic president would not be taking orders from the pope. >> i believe in an americ...

A music legend dead at 48. what we know about the circumstances surrounding whitney houstons death. >> traditionally. these have been summer jobs for high school students, but that was then. the highly qualified candidates hoping to land jobs at six flags. >> and one of the biggest names in music takes the stage, two local ties. local musicians nominated for musics highest honor. cbs 5 eyewitness news is up next.

Thank you so much for being here, we want the world to know about what is going on in syria and to see how were suffering. >> pelley: cbs news correspondent clarissa ward reporting independently with the rebels in syria. clarissa, thank you very much. we thought youd like to know a little bit more about the syrian dictator, bashar al-assad. he took over 11 years ago on the death of his father. hafez al-assad ran syria for 29 years and was behind an atrocity in 1982, when 10,000 protesters were k...

this is a big day for republicans running for president. one of the most conservative groups in the country is about to announce results of its straw poll. dana bash will join us live in a moment. in maine, republican voters are finishing their caucuses. mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning in the state trying to break their string of losses. overseas now. the besieged syrian town of homs endures a seventh straight day of bombardment there. opposition activists say hundreds of pe...

But there was one honor that mccartney never received until today. and abcs david wright was there. ♪ yesterday >> reporter: today, coast-to-coast. ♪ seems so far away >> reporter: an american chorus. ♪ all my loving >> reporter: a musical tribute to the maestro. ♪ were all living in a yellow submarine ♪ >> reporter: finally got his star. >> i never would have thought that the day would come when i would be getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. that was, like -- [ cheers and ap...

Jazz and afro-cuban rhythms is in his blood. >> you cant define jazz without cuba. american jazz is one small strand of a very large fabric. >> reporter: ofarrill is a piano player, composer, and band leader. his latest release, "40 acres and a burro," is up for a grammy this year. 2008 for "a chico," a tribute to his farther, chico ofarrill, a kook an born musician who pioneered latin jazz. the castro and the decades-long u.s. embargo meant he could never return. >> it was the one thing that co...

Arturo took over. the following year, arturo went to cuba. he went again in 2010. that visit was filmed for the forthcoming documentary "oye cuba, a journey home." people have politicized cuba and politicized your visit there. >> i got a lot of hate mail. >> reporter: saying? >> that i was a disgrace to my farthers name. my farther was rolling in his grave. >> reporter: what remember you hoping to accomplish? >> i brought my fathers music back to cuba to be played by his orchestra. the last numb...

>> cordes: tonight, syrias deadliest day. the opposition claims government forces have killed hundreds. the united nations fails to condemn syrias regime. whit johnson reports on the deepening crisis. the g.o.p. presidential race heads west with caucuses today in nevada. jan crawford, chip reid, and john dickerson are tracking the candidates. a bitter cold wave and heavy snow have killed more than 200 people across much of europe. charlie dagata reports from a freezing london. and sizzling cuban...

Twice a week when hes not on the road, ofarrill mentors school kids in manhattan and the bronx. through his nonprofit, afro latin jazz alliance, hes raised $1 million to help groom the next great latin jazz musicians. what do you teach? >> you teach them life. you teach them who you are, how you walk, how you carry yourself, the commitment and dedication it takes to become a musician. thats real mentoring. >> reporter: on stage and off, ofarrills devotion to his roots is for all to hear. michell...