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look at the arguments brewing over medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. >> woodruff: we have the next in our daily download series. tonight, how politicians use of social media can go awry. >> suarez: john merrow reports on a low income texas school districts approach to its drop-out crisis: a taste of college and hard work. >> so were offering something thats more challenging to them, and telling them, "step up. you can have college no...

tonight, how politicians use of social media can go awry. >> suarez: john merrow reports on a low income texas school districts approach to its drop-out crisis: a taste of college and hard work. >> so were offering something thats more challenging to them, and telling them, "step up. you can have college now. it is free. its your future. what do you want?" >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks to master storyteller jack hitt about his latest project and making his mark as a self- empl...

rather than take federal money. >> woodruff: we have the next in our daily download series. tonight, how politicians use of social media can go awry. >> suarez: john merrow reports on a low income texas school districts approach to its drop-out crisis: a taste of college and hard work. >> so were offering something thats more challenging to them, and telling them, "step up. you can have college now. it is free. its your future. what do you want?" >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks ...

minute." racing action was hot this past weekend. he is in the black boat, it seems fine until the engine doesnt start -- whoa. he tumbles down the water, and you know at speeds that high -- >> and it broke into pieces. >> it did, the whole boat shattered into pieces. he had a injury to his elbow. the next racer ran off the course and near fraioli hit another boat and near fraioli hit someone on a jet boat. that was crazy close. >> what speeds are we talking about? >> thats a good qu...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for months, we have been waiting to hear what george zimmerman has to say about the killing of trayvon martin. well, tonight, in great detail, he tells his story of the shooting. today, zimmermans attorney released a videotape of a statement zimmerman gave to police. zimmerman is charged with murder. he was a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford, florida, when, in february, near hi...

Other provinces as well, peter. and it was a sustained barrage that lasted for 12, 15 hours in some locations. is this a wake-up call? >> yes, i think so. exactly how i was going to phrase it. i think especially as were talking about getting out, reducing our troop levels this year by significant amount in afghanistan. in fact there are even rumors that will be larger number than were expecting, it is time for us to refocus on our plans for afghanistan. gregg, we have a lot at stake in that coun...

at us. then they would come up here and turn. this one that hit here was after midnight last night. just grazed the edge of town thank goodness. martha: mike tobin is on the scene there live in wichita, kansas, this morning. mike, what does it look like on the ground where you are? >> reporter: well, martha this is the first time anyone has got a look into this oak lawn neighborhood which took a direct hit from the tornado, now estimated at an ef-3. that means it would have winds of 13...

hard hit woodward, oklahoma. three children lost their lives in that city. survivors across the midwest assess egg the damage. >> it started early with storms and tornado and tornado and wave after wave of storms coming up straight at us. then they would come up here and turn. this one that hit here was after midnight last night. just grazed the edge of town thank goodness. martha: mike tobin is on the scene there live in wichita, kansas, this morning. mike, what does it look like on t...

leave, and then, some layoffs. i think it is more across the board. . i think that component is going to accelerate. it is hard to say. the governors have tried to protect elementary and secondary education, but clearly they are not able to do that anymore. there will be some additional teachers, as well. scott, do you wanted add anything? >> i just want to make 1 point -- the layoffs and furloughs of local employees are determined by local governments, which can be determined by the d...

its friday! worth waiting for, too. its 6:00 and the perfect way to end the season of winter. which this is the last day of. looking at the domino sign there. i had to have that line. sharon will have the traffic after the weather. were already at the 40s across central maryland and 47 degrees at bwi. 45 in bel air and 36 on the shore and 30 in oakland. we have a nice day shaping up and a light wind. and the forecast looks like this. temperatures in the 40s and were going up to a h...