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president obama delivered his third state of the union speech, something democrats hope will be seen as a compelling appeal for his election to a second term. in it, the president called for national unity and laid out plans for the future. nbcs steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. steve, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, thanks, good morning from capitol hill. even his harshest critics concede, this is what barack obama does best, his democrats up here loved this state of the u...

>> and now bbc world news. >> welcome to newsday on the bbc. >> im in london. the headlines. a stark warning from the imf. fewer problems are holding back the entire global economy and the recovery is in danger of stalling. more time to investigate the violence. syria says it will extend the arab leagues mission by another month. >> the next hour president obama will give his annual state of the union address. can he convince america he has a vision to tackle the countrys problems and ...

earned far less and paid, percentage wise, far more. tax rates are sure to come up in president obamas third state of the union speech. heres one tip-off. were told warren buffetts secretary will be a guest of the first lady. youll remember in calling for higher taxes on millionaires, billionaire buffett remarked that his secretary pays a higher rate than he does. in just a few moments, well go behind the scenes of the biggest presidential speech of the year with man whos been there ti...

americans. >> i was just, like, wow! lik is incredible! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" bsith scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. rescue teams are going door to ooor in alabama this evening, thiching for survivors of rare winter tornados. the storms struck early this morning while most people were still asleep. at least two were killed and more than 100 injured. in all, 24 tornados were reported across the south. but it was jefferson county, alabama, that ...

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting from washington. >> pelley: good evening, in a short while president obama will leave the white house and make his way up pennsylvania avenue to the capitol to deliver his third state of the union address. the nationally televised speech will, in many ways, be the unofficial kickoff for his campaign for reelection, setting the tone and laying out the themes. chief among those themes, what he calls economic fairness. the same ru...

paid their taxes. >> woodruff: and we see how all of this looks to "new york times" columnist david brooks and "washington post" columnist ruth marcus. >> ifill: then, from russia, jonathan rugman of independent television news reports on dissident groups in st. petersburg opposed to vladimir putins return to power. >> woodruff: margaret warner looks at the fallout from a marines guilty plea in the killing of two dozen unarmed civilians in haditha, iraq. >> ifill: and paul soman has th...

creating jobs here at home. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown has the latest from the republican campaign trail including last nights debate. >> ifill: plus we examine how frontrunners newt gingrich and mitt romney made their money and paid their taxes. >> woodruff: and we see how all of this looks to "new york times" columnist david brooks and "washington post" columnist ruth marcus. >> ifill: then, from russia, jonathan rugman of independent television news reports on dissident groups in st...

leagues plan to end the ten- month-old crisis. >> ifill: from the philippines, we look at the effort to promote family planning, as the population grows and food supplies dwindle. >> in villages we train and identify community-based distributors like this to be able to sell condoms any time. >> brown: and paul solman sits down with president obamas consumer financial watchdog, richard cordray. >> this is a valid appointment. the law is pretty clear on that. the important thing is we ne...

many untrue things as fast as you can to get them all into one or two quick statements. so i thought it was kind of wild. >> heres a snapshot of romneys tax details. for 2010, he and his wife reported income topping $21 million, mostly from investments on which they paid less than 14% in federal tax. the gingriches and the obamas earned far less and paid, percentage wise, far more. tax rates are sure to come up in president obamas third state of the union speech. heres one tip-off. wer...

minutes before this happened he was in that bed. >> reporter: and this is the bathtub where she and her husband roy orr darted for cover with her two-year-old son mitchell. >> we got in the tub, he got on top of us and we just... we just prayed our way through it. its like the only thing in the house still standing is that bathroom. >> reporter: what were you doing? >> just praying. we just laid down in the bathtub and started praying. >> the only thing i could think so that i couldnt ...