here's jan crawford. >> reporter: the undercover videos were explosive. >> don't low ball it. tell me what you really think. >> reporter: they sparked criminal investigations across the country into whether planned parenthood was illegally selling aborted fetal tissue. but the surprise indictment by a undercover activist sandra merritt and david dalieden broke the law when they allegedly used fake california driver's licenses and posed at buyers of fetal parts. dalieden says their undercover techniques were the same as other investigative journalist, a point underscored by constitutional scholars like cornell university's michael dorf. >> this could set a dangerous precedent and chill undercover investigations by legitimate journalists. >> reporter: these are tactics often exposed by activist seeking to expose wrongdoing. just last summer activist won a free speech victory when a federal judge struck down a land banning undercover operations in the dairy industry. lynn winmill discussed "the jungle," when upton sinclair exposed unfair labor practice, unniry conditions of meat

jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.x and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who introduced the president today was mark barden, the chairman of sandy hook, of the sandy hook parents organization seen here holding a picture of his son, seven year old daniel barden who was before christmas just four years ago. there will be a great deal more about all of this on your local news on this cbs station and on our 24 hour digital news network, cbsn. it's available on all devices at cbsnews.com. we will of course have a complete wrap up of all of this right here toarnlt on'%hevening nott pelly for cbs news. . >>> thanks for joining us

jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre atzx sandy hook elementary school. moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.x{ and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who introduced the president today was mark barden, the chairman of sandy hook, of the sandy hook parents organization seen here holding a picture of his son, seven year old daniel barden who was murdered on that fateful day before christmas just four years ago. about all of this on your local news on this cbs station and on our 24 hour digital news network, cbsn. it's available on all devices at cbsnews.com. we will of course have a complete wrap up of all of this right here toarnlt on '%hevening news. i'm scott >>> we have been following breaking news thi

jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre atzx sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. those kids, it gets me mad.x and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who introduced the president today was mark barden, the chairman of sandy hook, of the sandy hook parents organization seen here holding a picture of his son, seven year old daniel barden who was murdered on that fateful day before christmas just four years ago. there will be a great deal more about all of this on your local news on this cbs station and on our 24 hour digital news network, cbsn. it's available on all devices at cbsnews.com. complete wrap up of all of this right here toarnlt on'%hevening n >>> good afternoon. i'm chris wragge. >

jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre a sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.xç and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who introduced the president today was mark barden, the chairman of sandy hook, of the sandy hook parents organization seen here holding a picture of his son, seven year old daniel barden who was murdered on that fateful day before christmas just four years ago. there will be a great deal more about all of this on your local from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> good afternoon i'm erika von tiehl. the new year brings new leadership to the city of philadelphia. on monday we b

chiefegal correspondent jan crawford has the breaking news jan? >> well, scott, senior administration officials just moments ago outlined the executive actions the president will announce tomorrow which he says will help keep guns out of the wrong hands,. a major focus are what officials say are flaws and loopholes in background checks. among the recommendations are reiring gun dealers, including those who sell firearms on the internet or at gun show, to be licensed and conduct background checks for gun sales. changing federal privacy rules to help keep people with mental health restrictions from possessing guns. f.b.i. employeeseso help process background checks. and a budget proposal for an additional 200 agents and investigators at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco & firearms. now, after meeting this afternoon with his attorney general, loretta lynch, the president said he was confident these changes are consistent with the second amendment, that they're not an unconstitutional d run around congress, but, scott, one thing is all but certain: these

jan crawford at the white house tonight. jan, thank you very much. the president's shot was heard everywhere on the campaign trail today, and with less than four weeks to the first voting, candidates are turning to their own big guns. major garrett is in new hampshire tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, republican presidential candidates condemned the president's executive action as overreach even before the details were known. not surprisingly, president obama received strong support from democrat hillary clinton, who today deployed one of her bill clinton held his first solo campaign event of this election cycle, admitting the times feel a bit unsettling. >> first of all, i'm happy grandfather. i'm not mad at anybody. >> reporter: clinton was in new hampshire, a state where his affections run deep. the form president's second-place finish here in 1992 paved the way to the nomination. hillary clinton's win in 2008 got her back into the race against barack obama. unlike that campaign when bill clinton act as his wife's costrategist and hyperactive en

jan crawford, cbs news, washington. steve: one year later. this time last year a massive snowstorm started dumping on boston. 24.6 inches fell there making it one of bean town's 10 biggest snow storms. tonight parts of the east coast are still digging out from last we are going to have some melting going on. jason: we have some melting going on, we are below freezing tonight. southwest winds at three. i think as these clouds breakup, and a few locations we may fill 17 degrees, mostly sunny. by noon southwest winds start to pick up temperatures, then 30 degrees. we should hit around 35 and hang on to those above the freezing readings. low clouds crossing the missouri river. they're clean -- clearing out throughout northwest nevada. if you are traveling tomorrow, it is much warmer out to the west. 40's all the way from the canadian border all the way to south-central nebraska. 40 in st. louis, chicago three degrees. there is a week system that is going to move our way. it is going to kick up those southwest winds tomorrow. there will not be get

jan crawford at the white house tonight. jan, thank you very much. >>> the president's shot was heard everywhere on the campaign trail today, and with less than four weeks to the first voting, candidates are turning to their own big guns. major garrett is in new hampshire tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, republican presidential candidates condemned the president's executive action as overreach even before the details were known. not surprisingly, president obama received strong support who today deployed one of her most potent political weapons. bill clinton held his first solo campaign event of this election cycle, admitting the times feel a bit unsettling. >> i don't fit anymore. first of all, i'm a happy grandfather. i'm not mad at anybody. >> reporter: clinton was in new hampshire, a state where his affections run deep. the former president's second- place finish here in 1992 paved the way to the nomination. hillary clinton's win in 2008 got her back into the race against barack obama. unlike that campaign when bill c

chief legal correspondent jan crawford is at the white house. who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun... >> reporter: it was an emotional appeal... >> we maybe can't save everybody, but we could save some. >> reporter: ...and a political call to action. >> so the gun lobby may be holding congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold america hostage. ( applause ) we do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom. >> reporter: the president repeatedly calls the actions common sense steps. and he expressed solidarity with the people who surrounded him at the white house: a father who lost a seven-year-old; the daughters of the pastor at a charlseston church; and a after being shot in the head. >> it's our right to worship freely and safely. ( applause ) that right was denied to christians in charleston, south carolina, and that was denied jews in kansas city, and that was denied muslims in chapel hill, and sikhs in oak creek. they had rights, too. >> reporter: the directives focus

elizabeth: jan crawford reports that the pair is accused of using fake driver's licenses to jan: the undercover videos were explosive. they sparked criminal investigations across the country into whether planned parenthood was illegally selling aborted fetal tissue. but the surprise indictment by a texas grand jury said the undercover activists sandra merritt and david dalieden broke the law when they allegedly used fake california drivers' licenses and posed as buyers of fetal parts. dalieden says their undercover techniques were the same as other investigative journalists a point underscored by , constitutional scholars like cornell university's michael dorf. >> this could set a dangerous precedent and chill undercover investigations by legitimate journalists. jan it also raises the question : of who is a journalist. those are activists as opposed to reporters from a news organization. but now everyone can post things on line and say this is journalism. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. issues/8 weeks. sally: i'm sally kidd in washington. political polarization is at a 20 year hi

crawford is at the white house, jan, good morning. first what's in this plan and what will he needs congress to approve in order to get parts of it paid for and et cetera? >> reporter: first of all senior administration officials briefed reporter es on some of the details that the president is going to be announcing later on today. and essentially they focus on fixing flaws and loopholes in the nation's system of background checks. they require gun dealers to be licensed even if they just sold guns at gun showings or on the internet and they will add more federal employees to help carry out those background checks to make them foror efficient and effective. the president is asking to add 200 more atf agents and investigators. he's asking congress to budget that. $5 million for mental health treatment, to try to deal with some of the recent episodes we have seen of terrible gun violence. he's going to have to go to congress for those. the rest of them are basically instructions to federal investigation agencies on how to carry out some

jan crawford reports. >> and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our >> reporter: it was an emotional appeal. >> we maybe can't save everybody, but we can save some. >> reporter: and a political call to action. >> so the gun lobby may be holding congress hostage right now, but they cannot hold america hostage. we do not have to accept this is the price of security. >> reporter: the president called the actions common sense steps that respected the second amendment, and he expressed solidarity with the people who surrounded him at the white house -- a father who lost a 7-year-old, the daughters of the pastor at a charleston church, and a congresswoman nearly killed after being shot in the head. a. >> the right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to christians in charleston, south carolina. and that was denied jews in kansas city. and that was denied muslims in chapel hill and seikhs in oak creek. >> the directives focused largely on background checks including, requiring all gun dealer, even those who sell fire armts at gun show

here is jan crawford. >> reporter: the undercover videos were explosive. >> don't lowball it, tell me what you really -- >> $75 a specimen. >> reporter: they sparked criminal investigation as cross the country into whether planned aborted fetal tissue. the surprise indictment by a texas grand jury said undercover activist, sandra merritt and david dalieden broke the law when they they allegedly used fake california driver's licenses and posed as buyers of fetal parts. daledein says their undercover techniques were the same as journalists underscored by constitutional scholars like cornell university's michael dorf. >> this could set a precedent and chill undercover investigations by legitimate journalists. >> reporter: tactics often used by citizen journalists activists from environmentalists to animal rights groups seeking to expose wrongdoing. just last summer activists within a significant free speech victory when a federal judge struck down an idaho law banning undercover operations in the judge lynn windmill referenced "the jungle" when upton sinclair went undercover in the chica

jan crawford is at the white house with details of the president's proposal. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. last night senior administration officials briefed reporters on some of the executive actions the president is going to announce in the next couple of hours. they focus mainly on what they say are flaws and loopholes in the nation's system of background checks. those are checks that the president says will help keep guns out of the wrong hands. >> i asked my team to see what more we could do. >> reporter: after months of review, president obama officially received new regulations on gun control during a meeting on monday with james comey and loretta lynch. >> these are not only recommendations that are well within my legal authority and the executive branch, but % they're also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe in. >> reporter: among the actions are requiring gun dealers who sell firearms on the internet and at gun shows to be licensed and conduct background checks. c