tv CBS Evening News CBS June 24, 2012 6:00pm-6:30pm EDT
6:00 pm
second. ian: leishman another one of those from the institute of sport in victoria. jim: how about what do you think of leishman? you've watched his career back through his junior days. now that you get the breakthrough win. this tournament has had a history of launching some big future performs. what can we expect from leishman? ian: i expect quite a bit. when you get rookie of the year that's special. he's had a quiet couple of years. he's had a new young son harvey born and everything is going well for him. this gives him the impetus to go to the next step. practice a little harder. believe in yourself a little more. good hitter, nice swing. jim: roland thatcher has to make this to share second with hoffman and bubba watson.
6:01 pm
not quite. so thatcher -- ian: that's a disappointing bogey for him but he went for the birdie. jim: he'll drop back to tie fourth. with rollins and chark and davis. if davis makes this one for his par. ian: quickly, back on leishman. stuart appleby went through victorian institute of sport. he went through with a good friend jarrod lyle. he's back home fighting leukemia. things went well with the bone marrow transplant. we wish you all the well, jarrod and his family. jim: davis a share of fourth. it's the best final round
6:02 pm
performance by an eventual winner on tour this year, 62. it better the 63 shot by john huh when he won the may kolba golf classic and the 64 by phil mickelson at pebble beach. so leishman moves up to 23rd. he is the new champion in golf and his best buddy, matt kelly, his caddie, his best friend, his best man at his wedding and his godfather to his little boy harvey. they shared it together today. very special indeed. for ian baker-finch, peter kostis, gary mccord, and our incredible technical production team led by jim rickoff and chris suspensen this week. jim nantz saying so long from the travelers. shows you where your money is, live. e-trade pro is so usable you'll actually use it. and our apps are the ultimate in mobile investing.
6:04 pm
>> glor: tonight, victory for the muslim brotherhood in egypt. crowds in cairo's cheers the first free presidential election. charlie d'agata is there. tropical storm debby threatens enormous amounts of rain on the gulf coast, with he look at the storm's path. as the supreme court gets settle to rule on healthcare reform, massachusetts tack it is cost of its program, we will break down the numbers. and freedom team. war veterans who suffered
6:05 pm
devastating injuries not just recovering, they are racing. don't feel sorry for us because we are doing fine and great and we are going process enter. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." and good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, it is an election result heard around the world, mohammed morsi, the candidate of the muslim brotherhood today was declared the winner of egypt's presidential election. the white house quickly congratulated the president elect and pledged to work with him, quote on the basis of mutual aren't. charlie d'agata is in cairo tonight. it took a moment for word of the victory to sink in, then the crowd record. , record. >> roared. they weren't all supporters of the muslim brotherhood or its candidate mohammed morsi. they came toer the we are, at a irrelevant square and home to
6:06 pm
the sell great a turning point in egypt's history the country's first truly democratically elected president .. having been there right from the beginning, what does this day mean to you? >> i tried to -- i tried -- i thank god, i can't express anything, and this is just, we still have a lot road, long road ahead. >> it was close, election officials said mohammed morsi beat his rival former military general shafik with only 51 percent of the vote. >> the crowd in at a we are, at a irrelevant square, see this as justice for fellow egyptians who lost tha their lives while fighg for freedom in this square. >> the square became a front line in the revolution to over throw president hosni mubarek, and the scene of deadly clashes between pro democracy demonstrators and forces loyal to the regime.
6:07 pm
more than 900 people were killed. >> in his victory speech, mohammed morsi said their deaths would not be in vein. the u.s. trained engineer said he would be a president for all egyptians. across town, superviso supportef shafik appeared to be in a state of shock to hear the news that their candidate's defeat. the accused egypt generals of lacking the courage to stand up to the muslim brotherhood. morsi's reporters, the celebration picked up when the, when the sun went down. there is no doubt these celebrations will go on all night, but tomorrow the square goes back to being a protest camp when the muslim brotherhood resumes its campaign to get egypt's parliament back in session and try to restore some presidential powers. jeff. >> glor: charlie d'agata, thank you. we are joined by robert baer a former cia case officer with 21 years experience in the middle east. bob, the power struggle that is
6:08 pm
now taking place between the muslim brotherhood and the generals, how do you see that playing out? >> jeff, i think we are just seeing the beginning of this. yes, the muslim brotherhood has taken the presidency, the military so far has deferred, but the power struggle is by no means over. as the president starts to exert power i think there is going to be a military pushback, the chances of this turning to violence very quickly are very high, we can see the military put tanks in the street and even see them simply just over throw the government. i think the possibilities of that are very good. >> glor: so bob as you know the u.s. spent billions funding egypt's military, what does that mean for the u.s. moving forward? >> jeff, that is exactly the problem is for all of these years since camp david we have been supporting the military, we have been funding it and it looks like the military is acting on behalf of the united states. this sort of perception on the
6:09 pm
street cannot play well for the united states. especially if its turns violent. >> glor: bob bear, thank you. tropical storm debby is a form to be reckoned with tonight, parts of two states are under a tropical storm warning as debbie swirls slowly off the gulf coast. the storm is expected to get stronger .. and is always making a mess in florida. >> we are joined now by meteorologist at our miami station wfor, you know debbie is a very unusual storm, what do we know about where it is definitely going in the next day or so? >> what seems certain over the next couple of days is this system is going to stall out or move very, very slowly toward the norm north and what that means is what you see is what you get, central and northern florida have three major concerns, fast-moving rain wrapped tornados, also the possibility of a few feet of coastal flooding along florida's gulf coast, and the biggest threat, heavy flooding rain over the next couple of days, it is likely we will see one to
6:10 pm
two feet of flooding rainfall. >> glor: after tuesday highly uncertain, what are you expecting? >> well, some of our computer models are still going west, the majority of them now showing a track slowly towards the northeast, the official forecast track is basically somewhere in the middle of that, pushing the storm maybe 100 or 200 miles north into the florida panhandle, after that it remains very uncertain. >> glor: jeff bar deli, thank you. >> water is also a problem in the west and there is not enough of it. extremely dry conditions, heat and wind are fueling wild fires in seven states, firefighters in colorado are battling eight blazes, including a new uncontrolled fire near colorado springs. andrea lopez of our cbs station kcnc is there. >> bone dry winds and high temperatures soaring into the 90s are driving the waldo canyon fire. it blackened over 2000 acres since it erupted around noon on
6:11 pm
saturday and tonight remains uncontained. colorado governor john anything looper was on the scene this morning. >> we want to make sure everybody is safe and evacuated and we protect the fire findingers. >> over have you been thousand 50 homes have been evacuated in colorado springs as worried residents moved their possessions to safety. it is really scary, in the moment you really evaluate what is the most important thing and i look at my kids and as long as i have you guys, i have them, our cat and some pictures, the rest we can do without. >> multiple agencies are battling this fire with more help on the way. the governor says that almost half of the nation's airborne firefighting equipment is now in colorado. elsewhere, firefighters have made progress, the hyde park fire west of west collins is 45 percent contained, that blaze now second largest in colorado's history has burned more than 82,000 acres over the course of
6:12 pm
16 days. for cbs news, i am andrea lopez reporting in colorado springs, colorado. >> glor: one of the jurors at jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial says the former penn state assistant coach showed little emotion after being found guilty on 45 counts counts on friday. and then a penn state dance instructor says that only confirmed the jury's verdict. >> we watched him and to see how he would react and there was very little reaction, and i think that we felt that that he knew what he had done. >> glor: you can see the full interview with ann van kuren on cbs this morning. still to come up, adding up the costs of the massachusetts healthcare law.
6:16 pm
court ruling on the obama healthcare plan expected as soon as tomorrow, new poll out tonight finds 61 percent oppose the individual mandate while a majority support many specific provisions of the law. another poll in massachusetts which has had a mandate for six years now finds two-thirds say they support the state's healthcare law however funding that plan remains a challenge. >> massachusetts once again is taking a giant leap forward. >> mitt romney's mandate in massachusetts that everyone, acquire health insurance was signed only nine months before he left office. so its fallen to his successor deval patrick to implement the law. >> i was skeptical of it when i first heard about it, but basic insurance idea that you get everybody in and you spread the risk widely so you keep the costs down for everybody, very, very smart. >> since the reform overall healthcare risen from 36 to
6:17 pm
43 percent of the state budget, and massachusetts spends more per person on healthcare than any other state. >> the notion this is a budget buster you think is a miss 161. >> that is increasing healthcare costs and that is not a bad access, that is about a phenomenon in our economy. >> insurance premiums in massachusetts have increased from an average of $331 a month in 2006 to $401 in 2010. >mployers foot the bill for about three quarters of massachusetts residents but most of the new coverage has come through publicly funded programs. >> the state subsidizes some residents to buy insurance from one of eight providers. >> mary flynn needed the help. after leaving her corporate job to start her own public relations business, she lost her health insurance. >> i was totally scared, i didn't know what i was going to do. >> flynn who has chronic asthma found her lower income made her eligible for a plan that cost her nothing. >> it wasn't even a
6:18 pm
consideration for they. what was a consideration for me is i was 61 years old and needed health insurance. >> and we are getting back to patients. >> more people shudder, doctors has seen a surge of new patients and paid bills. she helps oversee primary care for the cambridge health alliance. >> the need to scrounge around to find medicines for someone who can't afford them or find a fancy way to get somebody to a specialist by begging and pleading, those days are gone. >> she believes health costs will come down as the newly insured seek preventative healthcare, more people are getting cancer screenings and women premay tall care. >> before they would get their diabetic care in the emergency room instead are coming in to primary care, not ending up hospitalized every three or every four months. >> when we did healthcare reform, they put the question of cost control off to another day, and we are tackling that right now. >> to fund rising costs deval
6:19 pm
6:20 pm
pradaxa is progress. having afib not caused by a heart valve problem increases your risk of stroke. ask your doctor if you can reduce your risk with pradaxa. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums
6:22 pm
>> glor: nato ministers will meet tuesday to discuss how to respond to syria's downing of a turkish fighter jeff, jet, turkey called the incident an act of aggression, the f-4 phantom mistakenly strayed into airspace but was over international waters when it was strayed, inside syria the 15 month old conflict between rebels and government forces continues to rage tonight. fighting and showing engulfed a number of cities this weekend, activists claim at least 40 people were killed across syria in the last 24 hours. another historic first for china today, astronauts aboard the spacecraft manually docked with an orbiting module, it is latest technical hurdle jump by china as it races to launch its own space station by 20-20. the three member crew includes yang, an air force pilot and china's first female astronaut. ahead, war veterans who have
6:24 pm
you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing hers? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious... like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not only provides 24-hour heartburn relief, but can also help heal acid related erosions in the lining of your esophagus. talk to your doctor about the risk for osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels with long-term use of nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. let your doctor do her job, and you do yours. ask if nexium is right for you. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. carry on you protectors... you collectors... you thieves...
6:25 pm
we get it. after all, kenmore is in the lives of over 100 million americans. that's why no brand in america gives you more of the capacity you need. we put more in, so you get more out. kenmore. get up to 30% off all kenmore appliances. only at sears. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. finally tonight, 1.6 million american troops have served in either iraq or afghanistan and more than 1,600 of them lost a limb during their employment, you might think that would preclude them from competing in a marathon. but as we found out, that is not the case.
6:26 pm
cycling is a matter of pride and determination for the down amputee shawn hayes, this bomb disposal technician served two terms in iraq before being deployed to afghanistan. >> i had been a few months into that deployment and just made a wrong step. >> and explosion cost hayes a husband and father of three daughters both of his legs, he endured 60 surgeries, yet only ten months later, hayes finished the 26-mile marine corps marathon in washington, then this april, the boston marathon. >> this is something i have to do. i am not going to be running again. i won't do that again. i know that. >> the hayes sometimes rides with marine infantry men guy her southers. i did not, i did an iraq deployment from '08 to 09 and went to afghanistan and hit a minor speed bump. >> he lost three limbs to an enemy bomb, his wife ashley helps him train. >> my goal is to get out of the hospital. once i got out of the hospital
6:27 pm
walk, i am walking, run. i started running, and i wanted a new goal. >> the new goal was completing the disney half marathon in florida, which he did on a hand cycle in january. >> the men who held southern and hayes pursue their goals is dick tromb through his track column achilles, what we are going is planting a seed, trom who lost a leg in a car accident was the first amputee to complete a marathon in 1976, he began recruiting wounded veterans to the achilles freedom team in 2004. >> all of these people are athletes. you know, so you are going in and taking people who have tremendous talent and you are reintroducing them to an opportunity to use that talent. >> and your job you think so to tell them, yes you can. >> is to give them an opportunity to achieve. >> go! >> in new york today, hayes and sowrns were among 53 team
6:28 pm
members. in the achilles five-miler in central park. >> we want to get on with our lives and move on. it doesn't stop just because we are injured. >> southern gave himself an extra challenge by competing on his prosthetic legs. >> his goal now is to inspire. >> the people who think her down on their luck and, you know, try to tell people they still have rounds in the chamber. none of us are sympathy seekers. we mostly just go out of our, mostly get out of our way to let us do it. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs 60 minutes, i am jeff glor, cbs news in new york, scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
6:29 pm
294 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
WJZ (CBS) Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on