there's an epidemic of murder in chicago, and a federal agent tells armen keteyian you of you can trace it to mexico. >> the most powerful drug lord in the world is operating out of this city. >> pelley: and one year after the east coast earthquake, sharyl attkisson is with an artist doing the work of the lord. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're learning tonight that before last month's theater massacre in colorado, officials at the university of colorado invalidated the access key of james holmes so he could no longer enter the buildings of the medical school campus. that was part of what prosecutors revealed in a court hearing today that was attended by holmes. the prosecutors are asking the judge in the case for holmes' records and e-mails from his time as a student at the university where he was studying for a ph.d. in neuroscience. they're hoping to establish a motive in the shooting that killed 12 and wounded 58 others. senior correspondent john miller is joining us. and, john, what else did we learn? >> rep

armen keteyian is covering. the battle against a wildfire areatening thousands of homes in northern california. and bill whitaker remembers phyllis diller. her life... >> i'm in such bad shape i wear prescription underwear. >> o'donnell:... and her laugh. >> ( cackles ) ( captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> o'donnell: good evening, scott's on assignment, i'm norah scdonnell. until today, few people outside o' si missouri had ever heard of todd akin, the republican candidate for senate there. but akin's remarks about rape have put him and the abortion hesue in the national spotlight. republicans and democrats alike- - including mitt romney and president obama-- have condemned his comments. and members of akin's own party are pressuring him to drop out as they battle to win back control of the senate. wyatt andrews begins our coverage. >> reporter: todd akin's domments have been called entsulting, wildly offensive" and "just plain wrong." std that's the reaction from on

armen keteyian reports and we'll talk to the head of the agency that says lance armstrong cheated. and our friday feature. "on the road" with steve hartman. why did steve go to sandusky, ohio? >> i don't want to say it's all because of me, but it is all because of me. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from birmingham, michigan. >> pelley: good evening, we're coming to you from the town square in birmingham where we caught up today with mitt romney. more on that in a moment. but we will begin the broadcast tonight with another mass shooting in america-- this time in the heart of new york city. it left two people dead, including the alleged gunman and nine others wounded. elaine quijano has the story. >> reporter: the gunfire erupted just after 9:00 a.m. at the peak of the morning rush. it began when 58-year-old jeffrey johnson walked up to a former coworker around the corner from the empire state building. it ended a few minutes later when police shot johnson dead on fifth avenue. n.y.p.d. commissioner ray kelly. >> during a downsizing at the company

blacks were not allowed to join until 1990, but as armen keteyian tells us, former secretary of statendoleezza rice and former financier darla moore will soon become members. >> and bubba watson is wearing a green jacket at augusta. >> in the world of private country club golf, there is augusta national, and then there's every other course. its breathtaking beauty, devilish design and iconic green jacket showcased every april as part of the masters, the most traditional and treasured tournament in golf. for 80 years, that tradition included augusta national's all-male membership. earlier this year, protests over the policy were reignited after virginia rometti was appointed the new chief executive of ibm, one of the masters' corporate sponsors. the four previous male heads of ibm had all been members of augusta. the issue forced current augusta chairman billy payne to face some uncomfortable questions. >> what do you think about sending a wonderful message to the young girls around the world that they knew that one day they could join this very famous golf club? >> great question. >>

in charge of this program, and he told what he knows to our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian. >> as the program stands today, it's not effectively protecting the american people from high-risk chemical facilities that may be vulnerable. appropriate todd kyle was the assistant secretary at homeland security responsible for overseeing the chemical facility antiterrorism standards program known as cfas. from late 2009 to february 2012. he says he was so concern about problems with the program he asked for this internal review. the review found after four and a half years and $440 million there had not been a single inspection of a chemical plant, no plant had a site security plan. the review also found a catastrophic failure to ensure personal and professional acountability. >> there were administrative missteps, management missteps and substantive missteps that led the program down a path of failure. >> reporter: broken? >> proaken. i knew we had to put all of the dirty laundry on the table so we could make corrections and make the program effective. >> reporter: and as you're

thank you, both. >> thank you. >> nice to see you. >>> peter flax and armen keteyian. thank you. tropical storm isaac is heading toward the u.s. after soaking puerto rico yesterday. florida is watching closely as more than 50,000 people head to tampa for the republican national convention. david bernard is chief meteorologist of our miami station at cbs 4. he joins us once again much david, what is the latest? >> isaac is a little bit stronger overnight, gayle. in fact, if we look at the latest coordinates, it's south of santa domingo in the dominican republic moving west at 15. it looks like it will turn more northwest for tonight and tomorrow and sunday into monday, that means the closest approach to south florida would be sunday night and early monday morning and then we have to look at the possibility that this could become a hurricane in the eastern gulf when it's closest to tampa. and that going to be early tuesday morning. so monday night, tuesday, that could be the worst weather in the tampa bay area. but the track stays further to the west, then maybe not as bad and cont

we'll hear from the world's top golfer in just a moment, but first, armen keteyian reports on the women breaking down the barriers. >> reporter: former secretary of state condoleezza rice started playing golf just seven years ago at age 50. a way to ease the white hot pressures of washington. today she plays to a very respectable 15 handicap. has two swing coaches. and is a member of five clubs. including now augusta national. the hallowed home of the masters and an all-male enclave since 1933. but no longer. on monday, the club announced that rice and south carolina banking executive darla moore had accepted invitations to become members at augusta. in explaining the historic decision, current club chairman billy payne said, these accomplished women share our passion for the game of golf, and both are well known and respected by our membership. it will be a proud moment when we present condoleezza and darla their green jackets when the club opens this fall. in a statement, rice said she was delighted and honored and had long admired the important role augusta national has played in the

for "cbs this morning," armen keteyian, new york. >> and on monday, charlie got reaction to this historic announcement from pga champion rory mcilroy. >> the masters announced that they have two, offered invitations to two new female members. it's a good thing. >> it's a great thing. it's a great thing for golf, it's a great thing for augusta. i think it's something that they should have done a while ago, but it's great to see and it's great to see that, you know, they're moving with the times, things move forward and that would be great to see some female members at augusta. >> i assume this is just the beginning of it, too. they wanted to do it on their own time. >> yeah, for sure. and i think people have to respect that as well. you know, it's such -- the club's full of such tradition and such history, and i'm sure making a decision like that was, you know, from the outside would seem easy, but you know, from the inside, i'm sure it was a lot more complicated. >> we'll hear more from charlie's interview with rory mcilroy tomorrow, only on "cbs this morning." >>> this morning, three gen

armen keteyian has covered the story for several years. good morning. >> lance armstrong has conquered untainghest mountains in a sticular cm of testicular cancer, but last night he decided he no longer wanted to ponsiblee agency responsible for ng ping drugs out of sport in ofe u.s. from cynic declines to insidious disease, armstrong took it all tour won, including a record seven tour de france titles, becoming one of the most ory.brated athletes in history. announced ay night, armstrong announced in a statement that he was giving up his fight against the united states anti-doping agency that has charged that he used performance enhancing drugs to win all of those tour titleses. armstrong will now be stripped back to wins dating back to 1998. n a statement, armstrong said there comes a point in every man's life when he has to say tough is enough. or me, that time is now. toave been subjected to a two-year federal criminal investigation. i know who won those seven whos. nobody can change that. especially travis tygart. >> given that he has