. >> pelley: reports from nancy cordes, anna werner, and mark ssmann. autumn storms, blizzards in the west as tropical storm karen aims at the gulf coast. and steve hartman goes on the road to the place where the debt collector is one of the most popular people in town. >> isn't that crazy? captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. once again, the country is trying to make sense of an irrational act of violence by someone with mental health issues. we may never know for sure why miriam carey, a 34-year-old single mom from connecticut, drove to washington yesterday and set off a security scare from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other. but 24 hours later, we know a lot more about her. here's homeland security correspondent bob orr. >> reporter: 10 months before she was shot and killed by police near the u.s. capitol, miriam carey told connecticut officers she was being electronically monitored by president obama. ( gunfire ) now investigators want ton if those

we sent mark strassman and anna werner to talk to some folks whose congressmen support the shutdown. first mark in north carolina. >> reporter: conservatives in cashiers, north carolina, helped elect their senator to congress. >> we elected him. we sent him, and we expect him to do the job we elected him for jierpt realtor jane ebberts was one of a group of constituents we spoke to. they all support shutdown. aren't you worried that the longer that the shutdown goes on, your business could start to feel it? >> certainly i am. but i'm more concerned about a default on unbalanced budget, continued responding. >> reporter: you're willing to risk short-term financial pain now, rather than suffer long-term financial pain? >> of. >> that is exactly right. >> vic galef is a retired businessman. >> i believe the shutdown is a good thing because it will hopefully get people to come to the table. at the moment, i don't see people talking. >> reporter: but they all agree the shutdown has to end by october 17, the deadline for congress to decide whether to raise the debt ceiling. ken fernandez i

anna werner reports insurance companies are worried. leslie stahl introduces us to a man who saved more than 100 desperate refugees by telling the government they were all his children. >> reporter: is your heart pounding? palms sweating? >> i certainly was nervous, yes. >> pelley: and "on the road." steve hartman with a man who lost his sight but found his calling as a home builder. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we could be just six days away from a perfect storm: when the government shutdown runs smack into the first-ever government default. pressure is building on house republicans to end their standoff with the president and here's why. a new gallup poll finds public opinion of the g.o.p. is dropping. in september, 38% of americans had a favorable view of republicans. but now it's just 28%. a 10-point drop in just one month. senate republicans brought the president a new proposal today for ending the shutdown, now in its 11th day, and they brought him a plan fo

anna werner has details. >> reporter: the restrictions prompted protests in the state capitol. those who opposed the law said it would make abortion impossible in many parts of texas because it required doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic. federal district judge lee yeakel agreed, striking down the requirement. he wrote that the provision is without a rational basis and places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion. the judge also ruled that restrictions on abortion medications can be unconstitutional, but only if they stop a doctor from prescribing them to protect the life or health of a woman. >> an this bill is an example. >> reporter: the fight over the restrictions drew national attention this summer when democratic state senator wendy davis stood for 13 hours in a filibuster against them in june. the measures ultimately passed. the state has already appealed this decision. and state officials say they believe this case will ultimately be decided at the appellate level or even at the u.s. supre

anna werner reports, comments on facebook led police to the you can suspects. >>> reporter: police say rebecca sedgwick was relentlessly tormented by two classmates for a year. the arrests were made after the 14-year-old suspect boasted on the internet about the bullying. >> she made a comment in reference to, yeah, i bullied rebecca and yeah, she's dead. but i don't give a blank. >> reporter: the 14-year-old and her 12-year-old accomplice allegedly has rayburn reservoired sedwick at school then followed her online. taunts, you should drink bleach and die, no one likes you. and you should go kill yourself. sedwick jumped off a tower near her home after writing friends, i am jumping. i can't take it anymore. we spoke to her mother tricia norman last month. >> i want them to pay for it because they took my baby away. they took her confident away. now she is gone from me. >> reporter: the sheriff hasn't ruled out charging the suspects's parents. >> if you can't supervise your child, if they don't behave, then take away their devices. it don't allow them so-to-have facebook. >> reporter: s

anna werner reports. one year after hurricane sandy some residents are only now facing the loss of their homes. jim axelrod on the unintended consequences of a new law. and the boy with the bionic hand. new technology lets most anyone create the most amazing things. >> making your kids happy is like the most rewarding thing you can have as a dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in one of the biggest scandals ever in college sports penn state university said it will pay nearly $60 million to 26 men who say they were sexually abused as children by assistant football coach jerry sandusky. other claims are still pending. sandusky was convicted at trial of abusing ten boys, so the announcement today means there were many more victims than we thought. armen keteyian of "60 minutes sports" has been covering this from the start and has the latest developments tonight. >> reporter: frank fina, the former chief deputy state attorney general for

anna werner that has story. and david martin on the harrowing battle that earned will swenson the medal of honor. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this is a special western edition. a warning flare streaked across washington this evening. the credit rating agency fitch says that it is reviewing america's stellar a.a.a. credit rating and may downgrade it. this because of the budget siege in washington which is only deepening tonight. it was just 24 hours ago, senate leaders boasted tremendous progress on a deal to reopen the government and allow uncle sam to borrow money to pay his bills. but today in a surprise, house republicans rushed out a new proposal that included rollbacks in obamacare which is what led to the government shutdown in the first place. then late today the republicans called off even that vote. so here is where we stand: the country is in the 15th day of the shutdown and, more important the day after tomorrow the government loses the ability to borr

. >> pelley: report reports from nancy cordes, anna werner, and mark strassmann.blizzards in the west as tropical storm karen aims at the gulf coast. and steve hartman goes on the road to the place where the debt collector is one of the most popular people in town. >> isn't that crazy? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. once again, the country is trying to make sense of an irrational act of violence by someone with mental health issues. we may never knowor

anna werner reports insurance companies are worried. leslie stahl introduces us to a man who saved more than 100 desperate refugees by telling the government they were all his children. >> reporter: is your heart pounding? palms sweating? >> i certainly was nervous, yes. >> pelley: and "on the road." steve hartman with a man who lost his sight but found his calling as a home builder. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

anna werner that has story. and david martin on the harrowing battle that earned will swenson the medal of honor.

anna werner, cbs news, miami. >>> the carnival ship was on the last day of a four-day caribbean cruise when the drowning took place. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with christie ileto. i know we were dealing with that accident on route 1, in savage, howard county. >> since that time, all lanes have been reopened. it was washington boulevard at 32. right now, everything moving along just fine. as far as the rest of the region goes, accident northbound on the harrisburg expressway, at the pa stateline. the right lane is blocked. a couple in anne arundel county. crain highway at 8th avenue. southbound aviation boulevard, at stoney run, and 97 northbound at the beltway. as far as the delays go, quite a few of them. northbound 95, beginning at 395, going over to whitemarsh boulevard. moving at about 30 miles an hour. top side inner loop, stop and go there, from greenspring avenue to bel air road. around bel air, about 26 miles per hour. and on the west side inner loop, stop and go there, from 95 to 70. let's take a live look. as you can see, st

anna werner reports. year after hurricane sandy some. >> rodriguezresidents are only w facing the loss of their homes. jim axelrod on the unintended consequences of a new law. and the boy with the bionic hand. new technology lets most anyone create the most amaze magazines. >> making your kids happy is like the most rewarding thing you can have as a dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in one of the biggest scandals ever in college sports penn state

we asked anna werner to have a look. >> reporter: it's been a frustrating week for matt war nen dallas. he's still fighting his way through the registration process on healthed care.gov, to find out how much the plan will cost his family. >> i don't accept the excuse the system was overloaded. i wish it would have been built to withstand that load. >> reporter: many of the site's eight million visitors could not log in, had long waits, or were stopped cold by error messages. the site was supposed to handle traffic from 30 million people in 36 states. david semus is eye white house senior adviser. >> it's a volume issue that required our team both hardware and software to address it to deal with the volume we were seeing which was extraordinary and a sign of good things to come. >> reporter: one of the biggest drags on the system was i.d. verification. more computing power and software changes were added over the past four days to fix the system. some state-run exchanges have fared better. new york state said today it signed up mor 40,000 residents on its web site. after a week of tryin

anna werner is in dallas with more about the law, the ruling, and the impact. >> we won't go back! >> reporter: the restrictions prompted protests in the state capital. those who opposed the law said it would make abortions impossible in many parts of texas because it required doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic. today, federal district judge lee yeakel agreed, striking down the requirement. he wrote that the provision is without a rational basis and places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion. the judge also ruled that restrictions on abortion medications could be unconstitutional, but only if they stop a doctor from prescribing them to protect the health or life of a woman. >> and this bill is an example. >> reporter: the fight over the restrictions drew national attention this summer when democratic state senator wendy davis stood for 13 hours in a filibuster against them in june. the measures ultimately passed. and the state has already appealed this decision, scott. state officials say they expec

anna werner reports.ar after hurricane sandy some residents are only now facing the loss of their homes. jim axelrod on the unintended consequences of a new law. and the boy with the bionic hand. new technology lets most anyone create the most amazing things. >> making your kids happy is like the most rewarding thing you can have as a dad. captioning sponsored by cbs

texas is one of those states and here's what anna werner found with a family there. >> the idea of being able to compare multiple plans with one simple application-- if it works as advertised like that-- it will help me a bunch. >> reporter: we were with dallas resident matt warren as he went to healthcare.gov. he and his wife general stphret two kids. she's a a nursing student, he's a freelance videographer. the family has to pay for their own insurance, costing nearly $5,000 a year. >> well, it's one of our absolute biggest expenses. i mean, it's second to our mortgage our single-biggest expense. >> reporter: but warren himself isn't covered because his high cholesterol and a case of low-grade skin cancer made the policy too expensive. >> if something were to happen to him it would affect our whole family. it's terrifying for us. >> reporter: but instead of new choices, the web site told him to wait. attempts to log on with our producers' ipad failed, too. no options. after four hours, he gave up. >> i was excited to get on and i can't so, yeah, i'm disappointed. >> reporter: he plans

anna werner reports insurance companies are worried.ie stahl introduces us to a man who saved more than 100 desperate refugees by telling the government they were all his children. >> reporter: is your heart pounding? palms sweating? >> i certainly was nervous, yes. >> pelley: and "on the road." steve hartman with a man who lost his sight but found his calling as a home builder.

. >> pelley: reports from nancy cordes, anna werner, and mark ssmann.orms, blizzards in the west as tropical storm karen aims at the gulf coast. and steve hartman goes on the road to the place where the debt collector is one of the most popular people in town. >> isn't that crazy? captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening.

anna werner reports. >> reporter: police say she was relentlessly tormented by two classmates for a year. the arrest was made after the 14-year-old boasted about the bullying on the internet. sheriff grady judd. >> she made a comment in reference to, yeah, i bullied rebecca and, yeah, she's dead, but i don't give a blank. we saw that and that's over the top. >> reporter: the 14-year-old and her 12-year-old accomplice allegedly harassed her at school and followed her online. the taunts included you should drink bleach and die. no one likes you. and you should go kill yourself. sedwick jumped off a tower after writing friends, i am jumping, i can't take it anymore. we spoke to her mother trisha norman last month. >> i want them to pay for it because they took my baby away. they took her confidence away. they took her self-worth away. they just -- and now she's gone from me. >> reporter: the sheriff hasn't ruled out charging the suspects' parents. >> if you can't supervise your child, if they don't behave, take away their devices. don't allow them to have facebook. >> reporter: so who do yo

for "cbs this morning," anna werner. >> when i first heard about this story, this is a story where they second and third string but he did that. but he can't tell them not to score. >> or lay down and don't play. there's a problem with two teams not being matched. >> that's >>> only on "cbs this morning," the ceo of starbucks will join us. we'll learn why his company is about to make a radical leap from coffee. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." ay it's really hard to follow a healthy routine. guess what? you can do it. that it's almost impossible to eat healthy. but you can do it. that you can't improve your mouth's health with a toothpaste. with colgate total® you can. [ male announcer ] colgate total® does more than protect. it fights germs for 12 hours. in 24 hours starts to fortify enamel. and in 4 weeks helps improve gum health. you see? for better mouth health, use colgate total®. [ male announcer ] do more than protect. improve mouth health with colgate total®. you can do it! ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen

for "cbs this morning," anna werner. >> when i first heard about this story, this is a story where theyut he can't tell them not to score. >> or lay down and don't play. there's a problem with two teams not being matched. >> that's >>> thick fog moving into the area and delays at the arriving flights of over an hour. the fog is dropping the visibilities to less than a quarter of a mile. temperature wise is a little cool and 40s and 50s and by the afternoon it's a beautiful day inland and numbers up in the 80s there and has city sun shine in the day and 50s on the coastline. a few clouds for the weekend. >>> only on "cbs this morning," the ceo of starbucks will join us. we'll learn why his company is about to make a radical leap from coffee. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." ay it's really hard to follow a healthy routine. guess what? you can do it. that it's almost impossible to eat healthy. but you can do it. that you can't improve your mouth's health with a toothpaste. with colgate total® you can. [ male announcer ] colgate total® does more than protect. it fights germs for 12 hours

for "cbs this morning," anna werner. >> when i first heard about this story, this is a story where theyg but he did that. but he can't tell them not to score. >> or lay down and don't play. there's a problem with two teams not being matched. >> that's not their >>> it is 48 degrees. gray skies in the area. here's first warning doppler weather radar. off to the east is what's going to be the first batch of two or three that will move through the area today of showers associated with a frontal boundary that's going to be moving our way. forecast for today will call for variably cloudy skies around showers. primarily gray though. look for a high of 56. >>> only on "cbs this morning," the ceo of starbucks will join us. we'll learn why his company is about to make a radical leap from coffee. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." ay it's really hard to follow a healthy routine. guess what? you can do it. that it's almost impossible to eat healthy. but you can do it. that you can't improve your mouth's health with a toothpaste. with colgate total® you can. [ male announcer ] colgate total® does

. >> pelley: report reports from nancy cordes, anna werner, and mark strassmann.ical storm karen aims at the gulf coast. and steve hartman goes on the road to the place where the debt collector is one of the most popular people in town. >> isn't that crazy? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. once again, the country is trying to make sense of an irrational act of violence by someone with mental health issues. we may never know for surey miriam

anna werner reports.r after hurricane sandy some. >> rodriguezresidents are only w facing the loss of their homes. jim axelrod on the unintended consequences of a new law. and the boy with the bionic hand. new technology lets most anyone create the most amaze magazines. >> making your kids happy is like the most rewarding thing you can have as a dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in one of the biggest scandals ever

anna werner has more. >> good morning, charlie and norah.elieve as many as 15 girls were involved in a relentless campaign of harassment. police say they've arrested these two girls now because of what one of them posted online over the weekend. the sheriff released photos of the two girls, one 14 yours old and the second just 12. both are charmed with grag vated stalking, a third degree felony. in your eyes what makes these two girls' acts criminal. >> because they terrorized her. they did things like you should die, you should drink bleach and die. you see a pattern of harassment, a pattern of intimidation. and that's what they did. they intimidated this girl. they harassed her. she had no peace. >> there was a trigger hoar for you. >> reporter: sheriff judd says they were also troubled with something the girl put on social media on saturday. >> she made a comment to, yeah, i pulleyed rebecca and, yeah, she's dead, but i don't give a blank. i melt with the detectives and their supervisors yesterday afternoon and said, okay, she needs to go

anna werner is at dallas ft. worst check point.ke a better experience for travelers and the airport itself. >> it's not your typical checkpoint for sure. creating a little mood lighting. would it help to know how long your wait will really become? it's the new look. executives say it's about a better check point experience. >> reporter: why do you need all this? >> because the flying public has been waiting for this. >> how so? >> the checkpoints is one of the worst one. >> the space is wider. people move through faster. skpa trabls are longer so bags don't back up and slow down screaming. airport officials say throughput capacity, how many a personals go through a check point in an hour is key. what are the consequences? >> is that they'll never have time to buy a meme. >> and you want people in the snoops and the restaurants and dining rooms. >> it's not just about speed. airport research found a bad mood is bad for business. to make you feel better. when it's time to org naz yourself they'll put on ona couch. >> after her new ch

anna werner is at the site of the assassination at dealey plaza.pcoming auction. one of them almost slipped through the cracks. >> so that's the ring. >> reporter: it's a simple gold band with a story to tell. lee harvey oswald's wedding ring up for sale this week. >> this is absolutely an amazing piece of history. >> reporter: the story is in the history of that ring. in 1961, after oswald defected to the soviet union, he bought the ring for his russian bride marina. he and his wife later moved to dallas and separated. the nice before the assassination, oswald came to stay with her in the nearby suburb of irving. the next morning, he left the ring and $175,000 in cash on her dresser. hours later, he shot and killed the president. >> this is the ring oswald takes off before he goes to work. the ring he left in his wife's night stand was taken by the secret service in 1963 and then seemingly disappeared. it might never have been found were it not for the efforts of a dallas area investigator dave perry. >> this is my kennedy cave. >> reporter: perry

anna werner is with us. >> good morning, charlie, cathy frye and her husband love hiking the big bendk. they got married there. celebrated their anniversary there and just last week were there camping but the park had to close due to the government shutdown. they moved to a nearby state park but lost their way and soon found themselves in a life or death situation. >> it got to the point where i -- i was starting to have trouble. you know, we had not eaten in several days. >> reporter: when cathy frye and her husband rick mcfarland arrived at big bend ranch state park last wednesday they set out for what was supposed to be a day hike. but by night fall they were lost and in deep trouble. >> we discovered that there had been quite a bit of rain and what looked to be flash flooding that had knocked a lot of the trail markers out of the way. >> reporter: tired and out of water, the couple had no choice but to spend the night outside. the next day, they tried but failed again to find their way back, after another night in the elements, hypothermia began to set in. by day three, frye told

anna werner is in miami. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie, good morning, norah.l said this is the first time a child has browned aboard one of its ships. passengers came to help but it came too late. sunday afternoon, 6-year-old quinton hunter was swimming with his family on one of the ships. the family was enjoying the final leg of a four-day caribbean cruise. >> out of nowhere, i heard all of this motion, i realized it was the same little boy that i had seen playing with his older brother and his mother and his father. in the very shallow end of the pool. >> reporter: like most cruise line, carnival does not provide life guards on its ships. passengers rushed in to try to rescue hunter. >> i actually helped grab his body in the proper position so they could perform cpr. everyone was crying. the family was distraught. they had to pull the mother and appear away, pleading and begs his son to stay alive. >> reporter: the boy did not survive. carnival told "cbs this morning" as with many land-baseded hotels and resorts with swimming pools, cruise ships provide cons

anna werner has more. >> good morning, charlie and norah.e as many as 15 girls were involved in a relentless campaign of harassment. police say they've arrested these two girls now because of what one of them posted online over the weekend. the sheriff released photos of the two girls, one 14 yours old and the second just 12. both are charmed with grag vated stalking, a third degree felony. in your eyes what makes these two girls' acts criminal. >> because they terrorized her. they did things like you should die, you should drink bleach and die. you see a pattern of harassment a pattern of intimidation. and that's what they did. they intimidated this girl. they harassed her. she had no peace. >> there was a trigger hoar for you. >> reporter: sheriff judd says they were also troubled with something the girl put on social media on saturday. >> she made a comment to yeah i pulleyed rebecca and, yeah she's dead but i don't give a blank. i melt with the detectives and their supervisors yesterday afternoon and said okay, she needs to go to jail. w

anna werner is at the site of the assassination at dealey plaza.h the cracks. >> so that's the ring. >> reporter: it's a simple gold band with a story to tell. lee harvey oswald's wedding ring up for sale this week. >> this is absolutely an amazing piece of history. >> reporter: the story is in the history of that ring. in 1961 after oswald defected to the soviet union, he bought the ring for his russian bride marina. he and his wife later moved to dallas and separated. the nice before the assassination, oswald came to stay with her in the nearby suburb of irving. the next morning, he left the ring and $175,000 in cash on her dresser. hours later, he shot and killed the president. >> this is the ring oswald takes off before he goes to work. the ring he left in his wife's night stand was taken by the secret service in 1963 and then seemingly disappeared. it might never have been found were it not for the efforts of a dallas area investigator dave perry. >> this is my kennedy cave. >> reporter: perry has spent four decades studying the kennedy assass

anna werner is at dallas-ft. worth airport. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.out. it's an airport security checkpoint, of course, but with some subtle differences that officials here hope will make for a better experience for travelers and for the airport itself. it's not your standard airport security checkpoint, to be sure. craving a little mood lighting for your wait in line? would it help to know how long your wait will really be? it's the new look at one dallas-ft. worth international check point where executives say it's all about a better checkpoint experience. jim is vice president of operations. why do you need all this? >> the flying public has been begging for this. >> reporter: how so? >> these checkpoints are one of the biggest hassles customers face. they said, please do something. >> reporter: a hotel group and an advertising company helped foot the bill for this experimental project. the space is wider so people move through faster. x-ray tables are longer so bags don't back up and slow down screening. and passengers are noticing. >> it's more o