>> axelrod: tonight, massacre in cairo. dozens of protesters died during violent street clashes. clarissa ward on the military's crackdown. >> no war should ever be forgotten. no veteran should ever be overlooked. >> axelrod: president obama honors korean war veterans on teransth anniversary of the conflict's end, while seth doane reports from inside north korea. why they keep hanging on. kwn dailier on politicians who olst the public's patience. and terrell brown on proposed cuts to your mail service. to save the post office, you may not believe what washington may be willing to drop. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod.

with a western edition of the broadcast. we begin tonight with a deadly escalation of violence in egypt. u.s. secretary of state john kerry said today the country is at a "pivotal moment." at least 72 people are dead there, according to the ministry of health. after troops opened fire on supporters of deposed president mohammed morsi. there are conflicting claims about exactly what happened. the government says troops only fired tear gas, not live bullets. but cbs news correspondent clarissa ward saw for herself the carnage in cairo. we caution you this report includes some graphic images. >> reporter: the clashes began in the very early morning and lasted for hours. amateur video shot by the protesters appeared to show meptian police and men in plain clothes firing shotguns and hurling rocks at the demonstrators. morsi supporter abdul rahman told us he saw the army and rlice firing much more lethal ak-47s directly at the crowd.

>> it's really heavy fire. >> reporter: egyptian security forces claim they only fired tear gas, but when we visited hee field hospital where the ndotesters took their dead and wounded, we found a very different story. we've counted 37 dead bodies in this room. doctors tell us that almost all of them have bullet wounds to the head, neck, and heart. dr. jaber al mursi told us the clinic was overwhelmed. >> reporter: so you do not have epough blood? you do not have enough materials uo help these people? >> no, no, no. >> neporter: as word of the killing spread, people tried to edght their way into the improvised morgue, hoping they wouldn't find their loved ones find th but throughout the morning, many

had to face a terrible truth. volunteers overwhelmed by the sheer number of the dead, could only allow the relatives a moment to grieve. this man, mohammed, told us he lost his brother. lost his face," he said. "he's just 20 years old." we asked, "who was responsible?" "the military and the police," he told us. no had no gun, just his koran." one by one the dead were carried out as the crowds cried, "oh, shame. my brother is shooting his brother dead." jim, egyptian police have a vased a video that appears to show at least one morsi tpporter firing some type of make-shift weapon at the police, though there were no fatalities among the security forces, and the fear tonight for these morsi supporters is that an even- tougher military crackdown may y on the way. >> axelrod: clarissa ward reporting for us tonight from rting thank you. now, to washington and remembering america's forgotten

war. president obama marked the 60th anniversary today of the end of the korean conflict. nearly 34,000 americans died fighting in korea. 7,500 are still unaccounted for. cc a ceremony at the korean war veterans memorial on the national mall, mr. obama had a na message for those who fought. a your lives are an inspiration. your service will never be forgotten. you have the thanks of a grateful nation and your shining deeds will live now and forever. >> axelrod: the u.s. and the allies fought on the korean al peninsula to keep communist north korea from conquering the heuth. nday, the north held its own ceremony and invited western journalists including our seth doane to watch. doane to watch. >> reporter: if the nation could puff out its chest, it would look like this. north korea r itrth korea rolled its tanks,

artillery, and missiles through center pyongyang. ehough these pictures were taken today, it was reminiscent of ar-e war-era soviet parades. .armer c.i.a. analyst bob carlin has made nearly 30 trips to north korea. to i think it's intended to be a sober message that they have the capacity to inflict a lot of damage if we're not very careful. >> reporter: the korean war is theled the fatherland liberation ion here, and while much of the world considers that it ended in a stalemate, the north koreans claimed victory. they see it as successfully fighting back u.s. imperialists. in some way, that's a battle they continue to fight today. supreme leader kim jong un links his country's self-sufficiency th t the continued development rogrts nuclear program. troops cocked their heads toward he as they passed by his reviewing stand today. >> kim jong un has moved quickly

to try to establish himself as a wader who is concerned about the well-being of his people. atd so he has shown up at a lot of projects that make people's lives a little bit better. >> reporter: the sea of colored pom-poms raised overhead filled raisl-sung square and magnified magnifgeantry. even standing in the middle of this, it's hard to give you a thee for just the sheer size, hhe scale of the celebration. wese people with their pom-poms are yelling, "long live kim jong un." it is hot, humid. most of them are wearing suits and ties and long dresses. it's difficult to describe the enthusiasm. and it can be difficult to explain, too, as much of this country is mired in problems. the food shortages and economic worries here are hardly paraded out for all to see.

watc korea watchers tell us that kim jong un has been focusing more of his attention on matters of the economy. he's been seen at factories, dustt industry, hospitals, trying to focus his country's s tention on economic development. jim. >> axelrod: seth doane in pmongyang, north korea. a.ank you. three people were killed in a bus accident in indianapolis this afternoon. a packed bus carrying teenagers urom a church camp overturned on interstate 464, trapping inssengers inside. more than a dozen others were hurt, at least two of them critically. police south florida are trying to piece together why a man opened fire at an apartment complex, killing six. it happened overnight in hialeah, a suburb of miami. police say the gunman, identified as pedro vargas, set apartment he shared with his vawrgs on fire before beginning his shooting rampage. hi went on to kill six people

ent oake two others hostage. after an eight-hour standoff a swat team shot and killed dorgas. north carolina has seen its worst flash flooding in decades. n ae than a foot of rain has fallen since midnight in parts of the western half of the state. e.e high water washed away cars edd carved out sinkholes. during his weekly media address today, president obama tried to make his case again for the economic recovery plan. hot a showdown with republicans certainly lies ahead. let's bring in chief white house correspondent major garrett. major, why is the president choosing now to hit the economy again? ecaueporter: because the president has decided something very important, jim, that he is done with deficit reduction itlitics. the president is going to spend e e next four weeks trying to ryinuade the country that at least for now, washington has washinough to confront the deficit and what washington nhould focus on exclusively for the next few weeks and the next ng montmonths is how to generate economic growth, create jobs,

wd possibly boost wages. this will be the president's attempt to turn the tables on congressional republicans who would like to extend for a second year these across-the- ndard spending cuts and some of wom who have threatened to have a debate over future deficit reduction tied to increasing the debt ceiling, which would avoid a government default. the white house believes both those debates are dead end politically and economically and the only way he can get etound it is to persuade the country at least for now move economic reduction has been achieved. the republicans consider this a foolhardy strategy but it's the puly one the president is going to pursue for the next few weeks. former louisiana congresswoman log has died. boggs was a real steel magnolia, heft spoken and tough as niles, especially when civil rights was the topic at hand. the democrat served in the house for 18 years and later as u.s. ambassador to the vatican.

her death was announced by her rncatur journalist cokie roberts. boggs was 97 years old. from south africa tonight, new information about what's going on behind the scenes as nelson mandela marks his 50th day in 5e hospital. debora patta joins us. what can you tell us about mandela's health? >> sources say yesterday he underwent a surgical procedure to unblock his dialysis tube. given the fact he is critically ill, any medical intervention is obviously cause for concern. government reports for most part have been unhelpful, critical ret stable. the official position has remained virtually unchanged throughout mandela's hospital stay but our sources tell us that in the past week, there ek, thwo scares. on one occasion, nelson mandela ers not responding to his meds, and on another his life support machine showed him in distress nim. >> axelrod: i'm wondering what

you can tell bus the family squabbles we have been hearing so much about. have they subsided at all? >> reporter: at least in the n,blic domain, although we amderstand the family is battling to come to some kind of ionsensus how to handle his life support machines. his wife has been by his widside, but she was only able to take a few moments to greet a to tchild born to her sun son this wednesday. jim. >> axelrod: debra, thank you so much. later, neither rain nor snow will slow mail to your home but a congressional resolution might. death on the hudson. a bride-to-be and best man appear to be lost in a hudson oner boat accident. and why politicians on both coasts are not giving in to calls to quit. those stories and more when "the cbs evening news" continues. to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'.

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bride-to-be and the best man in a wedding set for two weeks from today were both killed in a boat accident just north of new york city last night. the woman was one of six people in a spee the woman was one of six people in a speed boat that collided with a barge on the hudson river. the other four, including the eroom-to-be, were rescued and hospitalized. the driver of the speed boat has been charged with manslaughter. anslaunist and headline writers cartoh coasts have been working overtime lately. a mayor in california and a man who wants to be mayor of new york city are both caught up in sex scandals. neither dispute the charges but neither are heeding calls to quit, either. s to dailier has a look at why 'dey'd rather fight than quit. >> reporter: san diego mayor bob nilner has endured weeks of accusations of sexual harassment sa seven women. yesterday, reporters lined up to orar what they thought would finally be his resignation. instead, he announced he's going into counseling. >> when i return on august 19,

re focus will be on making sure that i am doing right by this city in terms of being the best cayor i can be. >> reporter: former new york governor eliot spitzer, who w signed after a prosecution anandal, is running for new york city comptroller and asking his city to forgive him. >> when you dig yourself a hole, you can lie in it the rest of your life or do something positive. >> reporter: and then there's the candidate who makes new new yorkers say, "really?" y weony weiner, who stepped down after he was exposed exposing himself in explicit social media essages, messages that daily and brutally overshadow his velitical message to voters. >> we are going to keep talking re goithe issues. >> reporter: despite calls from party leaders, editorial boards iad voters to pull out of the race, he refuses to do so and says voters don't care about his personal failings. tell that to retired school te principle peg brunda. unda.n't quite understand how ightwould feel you have the

moral authority as the head adinistrator in this city to oversee employees when your standard of conduct is so much lower than the standard of r:nduct that is expected of us. >> are you not voting for me. >> reporter: weiner had more tabloid fires to put out when it was revealed he continued sexing with at least three other women umen after he said it had rtopped. bob shrum, a former strategist gns,the gore and kerry campaigns, said it's arrogance that keeps disgraced politicians sn the game. >> i just think some politician atve a sense of complete invulnerability. if they look at whose happened whaecent years, they would be wise to say that whatever they do, for the most part, is tuentually going to come out. >> reporter: and despite public humiliation, they're convinced they're the best men for the eob. but house minority leader nancy advice ad some advice if th week for weiner and filner. >> it is really-- if they're t aeless, get a clue. and if they need therapy, do it in private. >> reporter: getting elected in spite of scandals isn't ipossible, of course. ssst look at former south

carolina governor mark sanford whose argentinian extramarital affair ended his stray in the state house. rast year the voters elected him eo congress. >> axelrod: you my not have known his name but you definitely know his music. telymbering j-j cale next. g j-j cale next.

>> ♪ after midnight we are gonna let it all hang out ♪ >> axelrod: "after midnight" was a huge hit for eric clapton, but clapton didn't write it. a songwriter named j-j cale did. cale died yesterday in la jolla, california. an oklahoma native he helped create what's known as the tulsa sound-- a combination of blues, rock-a-billy and country. cale released 14 of his own albums but his hits were made famous by others. he also wrote "cocaine" for clapton and "call me the breeze" for lynyrd skynard. j-j cale was 74-years-old. mail service, as all of us know it, could be headed for some historic change. with $16 billion in losses last year, congress is looking to cut costs. terrell brown tells us what some on capitol hill have in mind. >> reporter: the latest congressional proposal could

radically change your mail service. on the table, ending both door-to-door and saturday letter delivery. the new ideas were introduced by house oversight committee rsigrman darrell issa. >> it is an agency in crisis but lsos also an entity that must be saved but it's an entity that needs to trim cost. >> reporter: postmaster general postma donahue agrees that the post office needs to rethink agr operation. >> we've lost 27% of our mail oer the course of the last five to six years, and when that happens you have to make changes. >> reporter: the new proposed delivery service would end at the curb or require new centrally located cluster boxes, cutting back the number of steps mail carriers make each day. >> the cost of going that little bit further to the door is over 80 cents a day. that's the kind of savings that adds up to $6.5 billion. eporeporter: the post office sat ending saturday delivery of first class mail altogether saved save another $2 billion, but postal union official chuck

zlatkin, says the financial crisis is overblown and that congress is trying to privatize the business. >> i would say this bill is a road map to destroy the postal service as we know it. t reporter: but the postal service, drowning in debt, is already selling its historic buildings to raise billions. >> they say we have the right to steal your post offices! >> reporter: sparking protests ghke this one today in the posx. >> we don't need all that space. we need to continue to shrink down so we can match up our inkts with our revenues. >> reporter: in addition to selling post offices, the postal durvice has reduced its workforce by nearly 200,000, and cut 21,000 mail routes. if this reform bill passes, more cuts are on the way. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: still ahead, remembering the war horse who helped save american lives in korea. my mantra?

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who is often overlooked but her contributions are now set in stone. jeff pegues has her story. >> unveil the reckless statue. >> reporter: in triangle, virginia, near the grounds of the national museum of the marine corps, the curtain dropped to reveal sergeant reckless. 60 years ago, she was a real- life war horse, pressed vito service hauling supplies and ammunition to marines in korea pinned down by enemy fire. reckleless was scared. flares were turning night into day. >> reporter: retired marine :orps sergeant harold wadley witnessed the heroism. eanturely an angel had to be riding that mare. >> reporter: in march, 1953, during the battle of outpost vegas, the mongolian mare made 51 round trips nay single day, hauling 9,000 pound of ammunition to the front lines. she earned her stripes that day and cemented her bond with the hrines around her. >> quite a horse, quite a horse.

>> reporter: mike mason is a korean war veteran. > it's kind of unbelievable. you know, you picture a horse, for ae was truly a marine. y> reporter: not bad for a horse bought by a young marine in korea for $250. she would eventually earn military honors. robin hutton led the effort to toe sergeant reckless immortalized in bronze. >> i just thought she needed to eeded tmonument so people would forever know who she was. eporeporter: a tribute to a marine's courage on four legs instead of two. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. bater on cbs, "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new m rk. for all of us here at cbs news, aanks for joining us and good night. s captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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