1. Sisters survive deadly attack at Utah cabin
Tricia and Linea Tiede (Tiede family)
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48 Hours Live to Tell: Two sisters who survive a deadly home invasion share their journey to hell and back.
(CBS News)
Produced by Gail Zimmerman and Stephen McCain
OAKLEY, Utah -- When the Tiede family headed off to spend a snowy Christmas at their remote family cabin, they had no idea what the trip would bring. Two sisters who survive a harrowing home invasion share the terrifying story in their first extended television interview.
Linae Tiede: My family owns a beautiful cabin in Oakley, Utah. The sound of the river, the horses that are down in the pasture, the birds -- it's absolutely heaven on earth to me.
My mom had given it a name: "Tiede's Tranquility," because of the serenity and peace.
Trish Tiede: The cabin was an awesome place to go to.
As a young child, I loved going up there, bringing aunts and uncles, and cousins.
The cabin was about 2-and-a-half miles off the road....And you have to snowmobile in during the wintertime. It was an escape from the world for our family.
Trish Tiede: It was the winter of 1990.
Linae Tiede: I was 20 years old. And my little sister was 16.
Trish Tiede: It was Christmastime. We're off for the holidays.
Trish Tiede: There's a large Christmas tree with lots of gifts around it.
Linae Tiede: My mom even had our Christmas stockings hung under the fireplace mantel, ready for Santa to come (smiles at the memory).
Three days before Christmas, our family had to finish up our Christmas shopping and head back up to the family cabin.
My mom and grams and I arrived at the cabin...first.
And my hands were freezing. ...it was a bitter cold winter that year. I asked my mom to hurry...and unlock the door. I needed to run in and run my hands under some water and I would be right back down to help her.
I got to the top of the stair...and I saw a gray flash...go behind the refrigerator. And the first thought that popped in my mind was, "Oh, a cousin's here already" ...and was going to jump out and say boo! ...It didn't turn that way.
Behind the refrigerator came...a frizzy headed man...in a gray sweatshirt with his pistol pointed at me. I assumed that he would just want to rob us. And be on his way.
As soon as my mom came to the top of the stairs, out from the back bedroom, another robber...with really thick, coke-bottle glasses on was pointing a g-- gun at my mother.
My mom was saying to 'em, "What is it you want? Why are you here? I'll give you anything." ...Seconds after she had said that, gunfire started imploding, exploding, explosion. From everywhere I saw my mom go down. I turned at that point. And looked over my shoulder to my Grams. And saw her get shot in the head. And blood spray everywhere. ...I heard her gasp for some breath.
And then it was just dead silence. I felt pretty certain that they were dead.
My thoughts were turned...to knowing that within minutes my dad and sister would be coming.
I can remember hearing snowmobiles coming in the distance. And my heart sinking to my gut. Knowing that [emotional] that was my dad and sister.
2. President Obama: The economy, the Congress, the future
(CBS News)
Steve Kroft interviews the president on a wide range of critical topics, including Obama's performance in office; the U.S. economy and the state of unemployment; congressional gridlock; and the mounting deficit. President Obama also sizes up his competition in the 2012 presidential race as he begins his own quest for re-election.
The following is a script of "President Obama" which aired on Dec. 11, 2011. Steve Kroft is the correspondent, Frank Devine and Michael Radutzky, producers.
After months of listening to attacks from Republican presidential candidates and congressional leaders, President Obama took off the gloves this past week and emerged in full campaign mode.
It began with a major speech in the nation's heartland, with a vigorous defense of his economic policies, directed at the middle class. And it spilled over into the White House Press Room with a contentious response to Republican criticisms of his foreign policy.
On Friday morning, in the White House Cabinet Room, we sat down with the president and questioned him about his record, his leadership, the economy and his prospects for re-election.
Steve Kroft: We have a new CBS poll, which is out this weekend. And I'll give you the news that's good for you first. People like you. They respect you. They think that you're working hard. And they realize that you faced an enormous amount of trouble and problems, many of them inherited. And you're approval rating is four times higher than the Congress.
President Barack Obama: That's a low bar, I gather.
Kroft: But they're not happy with the way you're doing your job. You've got 75 percent of the people in the country think it's headed in the wrong direction. Seventy-five percent. And 54 percent don't think that you deserve to be re-elected. I mean, those are not good numbers with 11 months to go before the election.
Obama: Well, look. We've gone through an incredibly difficult time in this country. And I would be surprised if the American people felt satisfied right now. They shouldn't feel satisfied. We've got a lot more work to do in order to get this country and the economy moving in a way that benefits everybody, as opposed to just a few.
On Tuesday, we accompanied the president as he took that message to the middle of the country for what's been called the unofficial launch of his re-election campaign. In Osawatomie, Kansas, where Theodore Roosevelt unveiled the basic tenets of the Progressive Movement just over 100 years ago, President Obama spoke out against the growing economic inequality he says is destroying the middle class.
[Obama in Kansas: This is a make or break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. Because what's at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement.]
The president, in laying out the broad themes for his re-election bid, said the system has been rigged against the middle class. And he blamed the Republicans for fighting tougher regulations on the financial industry and opposing higher taxes for the wealthy.
[Obama in Kansas: Their philosophy is simple: we are better off when everyone is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. I am here to say they are wrong.]
Obama: Steve.
Kroft: Mr. President.
Obama: Good to see you, sir.
Kroft: Good to see you.
We spoke to the president immediately following the 55 minute speech, which he wrote mostly himself, clearly drawing the battle lines for the next election.
A rare glimpse into China's busy death row
(CBS News)
A series of 8-year-old photographs is currently making the rounds on the internet in China.
CBS News correspondent Celia Hatton reports that, despite their age, the death row images are shedding new light on a country that executes far more people than any other country in the world.
The photos shocked many across China: Women in their final 12 hours on death row.
Taken in China's central Wuhan province in 2003, few saw these images until recently, as they spread across China's internet, showing convicted drug traffickers preparing for death.
It's incredibly rare to see inside China's prisons, not to mention personal photos like the ones from death row. China is thought to sentence more people to death than any other country, but the real number of people actually executed every year is considered a state secret.
The images show, among other things: Guards giving a prisoner her execution outfit; women being fed fresh fruit, dumplings, and - a special treat - hot pies from McDonalds; prisoners writing final letters; and women crying on the morning of their executions.
SOURCE:http://www.cbsnews.com/
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