bob orr has the government investigation. and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball. today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal health insurance web site, the obama administration finally told us how many americans have signed up. in the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. people who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. that is only about 20% of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the white house said for weeks these enroll. numbers would fall short of expectations-- and they ha

but the t.s.a., scott, is promising to fight to keep those b.d.o.s at their posts. >> pelley: bob orr in our washington newsroom. thank you, bob. another government agency made big news today about america's push for energy independence. the energy department said the united states got more oil out of the ground last month than it imported from overseas. it's the first time that's happened since 1995. on wall street, stock prices hit new highs after macy's predicted a good holiday season for retailers. the dow gained 70 points to close at 15,821. that's the 36th record close this year. the s&p 500 was up 14 points, putting it at an all-time high of 1782. a man wrongly convicted of murder is free tonight and a massive iceberg could threaten ships when the "cbs evening news" continues. if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. of using toothpaste to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to re

attorney general eric holder supervised the settlement and our bob orr spoke with him today. >> and i've insisted that we hold everyone at every institution accountable, even in a civil matter or criminal matter, and to the extent we can make criminal cases, we're going to do so. >> reporter: is it possible somebody could go to jail? >> yes. >> pelley: holder says jp morgan chase bundled together mortgages that were doomed to fail and sold them as high-quality investments to unsuspecting investors. this settlement is rare because it forced the bank to admit wrongdoing. here's anthony mason. >> reporter: in the largest settlement with any company in american history, jp morgan chase will pay $6 billion to investors that bought its bad mortgages, plus $2 billion in fines to the u.s. government, another billion in restitution to the states, and another $4 billion in consumer relief, including mortgage relief for homeowners at risk of foreclosure. >> this settlement is a major victory. >> reporter: new york state attorney general eric schneiderman co-chaired the investigation. the bank, he s

bob orr has the government investigation. and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball.

his parents believe his death was no accident, and here's justice correspondent bob orr. >> reporter:hen surveillance cameras at a valdosta, georgia, high school captured this video of kendrick johnson walking a hallway, and then later strolling alone across the gymnasium floor. it was an unremarkable moment. but some time in the next 24 hours, the 17-year-old free sport athlete died. his body was found january 11 inside a rolled up wrestling mat that was propped on its end behind some bleachers in a gym. a georgia corner ruled the death accidental, and police theorized johnson suffocated after falling head-first into the rolled up mat trying to retrieve a sneaker, but his family suspected foul play. they had his body exhumed, and hired a private pathologist who reported finding evidence of blunt force trauma on his neck. now jacquelyn and kenneth johnson want justice for their son. >> i really believe he was murdered. you can tell by the bruises on his face. >> reporter: the johnson family has hired benjamin crump, the same attorney who worked with the family of trayvon martin, the a

bob orr has the government investigation. and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

bob orr has the government investigation.or years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot

but as bob orr reports, the massive settlement may not lead to much change. >> reporter: the justiceges johnson & johnson boosted sales by paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to pharmacists and doctors who purchased the drug risperdal to patients who did not need it. risperdal was approved by the fda to treat schizophrenia. but u.s. attorney carmen ortiz says risperdal was widely prescribed for unapproved uses. >> the companies promoted it and sold it and induced others to buy it so kickback schemes and other inducements to treat the elderly, who were suffering from alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. to treat children and also to treat the disabled. >> reporter: doctors are permitted to prescribe medicines for virtually any use. but pharmaceutical companies cannot promote their drugs for treatment beyond those approved by the food and drug administration. critics say big drug companies look at justice department fines simply as the cost of doing business. >> it's really like a tax to these companies, to pay this money ten years later while they've already been selling the dr

its instruments are being reused after being recycled from a local dump. "6 "60 minutes" bob orr travelss a year. it is cateura's curse, its livelihood and the only reason people live here. it provides hundreds of jobs for private farmers who were kicked off their plots by large land owners. they are the trash pickers. it is their profession. they sift through the stench 24 hours a day, browsing for anything they can sell. 10 cents for a pound of plastic, 5 cents for a pound of cardboard. you'd be amazed at what else people are here doing with the trash. just look and listen. ♪ this is the recycled orchestra of cateura. violins are fashioned from oven trays. the cellos from oil barrels. even the strings are recycled. the saxophones and trumpets are made from old andre pipes, the keys coins and bottle caps. this drum skin used to be an ex-ray plate. the guitar from dessert tins. the idea came from environmental technician favre you chavez. when he came to cateura and saw the kids working and playing on this miserable hill. he started a music school to lift the kids' lives out of the trash

department $2.2 billion after charges of false marketing for one of its most popular drugs but as bob orrhe massive settlement may not lead to much change. >> reporter: the justice department alleged that johnson and johnson boosted saleses with millions of sales of kickbacks to doctors and nurses that pushed the drug for patients that didn't need it. risperdal was used for schizophrenia but widely prescribed for unapproved uses. >> the company promoted it and told it to produce others and buy it and kickback schemes and other inducements to treat the elderly suffering from alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, to treat children and elderly. >> reporter: the pharmaceutical companies cannot promote their drugs for treatments, beyond those approved by the food and drug administration. critics say big drug companies look at justice department fines simply as the cost of doing business. >> it's really like a tax to these companies pay this money ten years later, while they've already been telling the drugs for ten years and reaping those profits. so it's not enough of a disincentive for the