1/26: Nation locked in icy grip; turning veterans into teachers

1/26: Nation locked in icy grip; turning veterans into teachers

January 26, 2013 5:19 PM

A week of arctic air has left much of the nation in an icy grip. As Terrell Brown reports, the freezing weather has made conditions treacherous across the Northeast, Midwest and South; And, the unemployment rate for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan is a full three points higher than the national average. But a new non-profit initiative is aiming to bring that number down. Jim Axelrod reports on "Teach for America."

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