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KPIX CBS Morning News January 24, 2013

Opening its door to more women being killed or wounded in action. Conflicts have cost more than 130 women their lives and more than 800 have been wounded. Dawn halfacre lost her arm fighting alongside an infantry unit. Theres not a big difference at all. And a lot of the missions we did we did with infantry units, we would do with shelled artillery units. We were all fighting the same thing, doing the same thing. This is the executive director of the Womens Service active network. Shes a former marine captain. She says frontline jobs will mean more advancement to women officers. In the civilian world we refer to the Glass Ceiling when women cant get beyond their point of progression. In the military we call it the brass creeling. Now this change in policy was recommended by the joint chiefs of staff but the changes will not be immediate. Some of these jobs for these women will open up this year, but tl different branches of the military have until 2016 to make their case that some of these jobs should remain closed to women. Overseas north korea says its ready to carry out another nuclear test and more longrange. The target . The united states. North korean leaders say the tests are designed to strike and attack the united states, referring to america, as its sworn enemy. The next north Korean Nuclear test will be its third, and it could come as early as next month. And now onto the gun control debate. The Senate Judiciary committee holds hearings this month. Vice President Biden will head there. Today senator Dianne Feinstein takes on one of the most contentious gun ban issues. Nancy cortes reports. Reporter this legislation is seen by Many Democrats as the first step in strengthening gun laws, but its also the most controversial. Its called the assaults weapons ban of 2013 and it would reinstate the assault weapons ban that was allowed to lapse back in 2004. It would also restrict the number of bullets in highcapacity magazines. This is legislation that has been waiting in the wings for quite some time, but the lead sponsor, senator Dianne Feinstein of california is introducing it now in the wake of the sandy hook tragedy. Most republicans and some democrats argue that an assault weapons ban is ineffective, that it doesnt do much to reduce gun violence, doesnt do much to deal with the real problem of Mental Illness and violates the second amendment. But the democrats by and large contend that studies show that the assault weapons ban did work when it was in place and that they plan to deal with things like Mental Illness and strengthening background checks in future legislation. Nancy cortes, cbs news, capitol hill. Well also on capitol hill, the debt debate debt ceiling crisis rather appears to have been averted, at least for now. A bill suspending the debt limit is headed to the senate. The house passed the measure yesterday. It allows the treasury to exceed its Borrowing Limit through may 18th and the president says hell sign the legislation. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton returns to capitol hill today. Shell introduce senator john kerry tapped to take her place at his confirmation hearing. Yesterday clinton spent more than 5 1 2 hours testifying before congress about the siege of the u. S. Consulate in libya. She faced tough aggressive questions about the attacks which left four americans dead. Margaret brennan reports. As i have said many times, i take responsibility. Reporter in her opening statement, the usually reserved Hillary Clinton said that for her the benghazi tragedy is personal. I stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag draped caskets off the plane at andrews. I put my arms around the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughter, and the wives left alone to raise their children. Reporter secretary clinton said that while she had a close relationship with ambassador chris stevens, his request for additional security never made it to her desk. The specific security requests pertaining to benghazi, you know, were handled by the Security Professionals in the department. I didnt see those requests. They didnt come to me. I didnt approve them. I didnt deny them. Reporter still republican senator rand paul said she should be held accountable. Had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of your post. I think its inexcusable. Reporter clinton said she constantly thinks of what could have bun done earlier. You know, i do feel responsible. I feel responsible for the nearly 70,000 people who work for the state department. I take it very seriously. Reporter republican ron johnson accused the Obama Administration of covering up the nature of the attack in the weeks following the assault. Again, we were misled there were supposedly protests and that something sprang out of that, the assault spring out of that and we learned that that was not the fact and the American People counsel have known that within days. They did not know that. The fact is we had four dead americans. Was it because of a protest or guys out on a walk because they decided to kill americans. What difference at this point does it make . It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. Reporter clinton focused her testimony on her efforts to fix Security Issues at the state department. She pointed out that while security costs have gone up, congress has refused requests for more money and cut the state department budget. Senator john mccain, a critic of the administrations response to the attacks, said clintons answers were unsatisfactory. Secretary clinton connected what happened in benghazi to the rise of al qaeda splinter groups in mali and the recent attacks in algeria. Senator john kerry is likely to be asked how he would have addressed those threats as the next secretary of state. His confirmation hearings begin today at 10 00 a. M. Margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. That bitter cold snap is expected to continue into the weekend. More snow in chicago today where the high is expected to hit a balmy 23 degrees. The frigid arctic air mass brought numbing below zero windchills that forced schools to close and posed transportation problems. And the bitter cold has moved to the northeast. This mountain in new york city froze in the singledigit temperatures. Windchill warnings have been posted across upstate new york and new england. A slight warmup is expected by the end of the weekend though. It would be beautiful if it wasnt so ugly outside, right . Well, coming up in this morning news, stock dive. Apple is shaken to the core following disappointing earnings numbers. Details in money wachlt this is the cbs morning news. Numbers. This is the cbs morning news. Bacon . gotta get that bacon bacon . bacon . Bacon who wants a beggin strip . Meee id get it myself but i dont have thumbs yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. Its bacon mmmmm. I love you. I love bacon. I love you. [ male announcer ] theres no time like beggin time. You are beautiful so beautiful [ female announcer ] Optimal Solutions complete protein and vitamin shake mix, part of our new line of products for women, created by women. 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The company missed wall streets forecast for the Third Straight quarter, and shares fell 10 in afterhours trading. Thats a loss of about 50 billion. The Company Posted a profit of 13 bill, selling 28 more iphones and 48 more ipads, but that still did not meet analysts expectations. In asia apples earnings were overshadowed by news that chinas manufacturing rose in january to a new twoyear high. Tokyo tokyos nikkei gained 1 , while hong kongs hang seng shed a fraction. The dow shot up 67 points to 13,779. That is the highest level since october of 2007 before the recession began. The nasdaq rose 10 points. Netflix wowed wall street with its Fourth Quarter earnings. The Internet Service gained 2 million subscribers in the u. S. That helped the Company Report a net income of almost 8 million. Net flick stocks hit a new 52week high gaining 35 , closing at almost 140. Japanese and u. S. Investigators said wednesday that overcharged batteries did not cause the recent fires on boeings 787 dreamliner, but they did find thermal damage to the lithium ion battery that caught fire earlier this month. Overall, 50 dreamliners have been grounded worldwide. The city wants to ban sugary drinks bigger than 16 ounces in an effort to cut down on obesity, but opponents call it grossly unfair and say it would hurt small and minority owned businesses. Theyre trying to stop the ban from taking effect march 12th. Oh, the fight over the sugary drink. I know, i know. People are just going to buy two if they want more. Thats what i was thinking. Thank you. Ashley morrison in new york. Thank you very much. Well, straight ahead, the admission. Notre dame football star manti teo explains why he kept alive the story of the death of his phony girlfriend. This is the cbs morning news. Girlfriend. This is the cbs morning news. Begins with back pain and a choice. 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In an interview with katie couric, teo explained why he continued to tell the story of her death after he learned of the hoax. Katie, put yourself in my situation. My whole world told me she died on december 12th. Everybody knew that. This girl who i committed myself to died on december 12th. Now i get a phone call on december 6th saying that its lies and im going to be put on national tv two days later and they ask me the same question. You know, what would you do . Teo is now in florida preparing for the nfl draft. In College Basketball another number one goes down. Students at the university of miami lined up early to see them the hurricanes take on the top ranked duke, and, boy, did they get their moneys worth. Miami goes on a 251 run in first half and duke never recovers. Its miamis first win over a number one team, 9063, the final. In the nba it takes the miami heat overtime to beat the raptors. Lebron james and dwyane wade combine for 66 points. 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Seattle, cloudy, 46 the high there. Well, medical research has advanced so much that testing animals could become obsolete. In a Group Advising the National Institutes of health says that hundreds of chimps whove spent their lives who were poked and prodded should be retired. Anna werner visited their home. Reporter more than 400 chimpanzees have been retired from research and could be located at a sanctuary. Linda brent created it after working with government chimps at laboratory. It bothered you. Sure, sure. Thats what spurs people on the do great things, and so i think thats very true for me. Reporter the 200acre sanctuary gives the chimps their first chance to live outside cages. We want to give the chimpanzees opportunities to like they would have if they were in africa. To be able to replicate those kinds of environments and behaviors, you have to give them space, you have to give them opportunities, and you have to give them an opportunity to have a lot of social partners. Reporter chimpanzees have been used in the u. S. Labs since the 1920s. Theyve been important for the development of vaccines and understanding diseases including hepatitis and aids. But advances in computer and Lab Technologies make large numbers of chimps unnecessary. Just 50 could be kept for the possibility of new research. You have a lot of feelings for chimpanzeeings right . Mmhmm. What reporter what do you want them to have . I want them to have the freedom of choice and i thanks something we can give the chimps. Reporter the next issue would be the cost. It would cost millions more to care for all the chimps, but linda brent figures its a debt they are owed. Anna werner, cbs news, keithville, louisiana. And less saturated fat . Its eb. Egglands best eggs. Better taste. Better nutrition. Better eggs. Its eb. Maybe you can be there; maybe you cant. When you have migraines with fifteen or more headache days a month, you miss out on your life. You may have chronic migraine. 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