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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. more than 800 american service people have been killed in afghanistan since 2001, and today the top u.s. commander there delivered his much-anticipated progress report on the war. general stanley mckristal said the situation in afghanistan is serious but success is achievable. we have a >>. >> in eastern afghanistan. >> reporter: it's what american soldiers call a security bubble. to these afghan shopkeepers and their children, it's a chance for a normal life. in a string of villages south of kabul, u.s. troops are providing security in return for help in hunting the taliban. it's a small-scale model of what general stanley mccrystal is calling for his n his assessment a greater concentration of u.s. forces working closely with afghan soldiers and police. according to captain paul shepherd, it began here with a massive increase of u.s. troops. >> we've seen a complete 180 and we've seen that because i think we've... one, we've flooded the area with soldiers. we'v

[captioning made possible by cbs sports, a division of cbs broadcasting, inc.] nick: padraig is going to clean up and let tiger have full stage. jim: tiger, it's nice the way the numbers played out. number seven here, number 70 overall. nick: syncro destanie, jim. jim: that's what it is. seventh heaven. nick: and i'll bet he drives on bridgestone tires as well. jim: i thought you would tell me he walks on water. here we go for the finish to tie allenby. a round of 72. there again, he said last night, foreshadowing this day, can't shoot somewhere around 70. can't be somewhere around even par because you know tiger is going to shoot something like 65. tiger has this putt for birdie for 65. in this scenario i've never seen him miss one yet. no reason this should be any different. number seven. he's up to 70. it was a riveting match through 15 holes. i've never seen it end so quickly in one shot, but tiger is the champion again. let's go down to you, david. >> tiger, seven wins here -- here at firestone at the bridgestone invitational. 70 overall, but this place is

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good luck, dooree. >> and that is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs "60 minutes."nks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. katie couric will be here tomorrow night. and i'll see you again first thing tomorrow on "the early show" good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> remains found, the conclusion to the disappearance of a pilot shot down during the gulf war. we do have the brand new tornado to talk about. all that plus this. >>> a new crime trend for motorcycle owners. i'm gigi barnett. coming up, what thieves are doing to snag these bikes. that story is straight

"cbs evening news" is next. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com and that's all we do, tell them a story. >> rodriguez: tonight we tell the story of the man who invented "60 minutes." >> ilt's a kind of a magazine for television. >> we've got a piece to look at. >> rodriguez: remembering don hewitt. i'm maggie rodriguez. also tonight, the battle over health care reform. >> trying to have a conversation with you would be like tying to argue with a dining room table! >> rodriguez: are the democrats ready to go it alone? and marines on a mission to get afghan voters safely to the polls. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> rodriguez: good evening. when the telephone rings, chances are you don't automatically think of alexander graham bell, and when the television news comes on, you don't think of don hewitt. but maybe sds at least tonight-- you should. because if anyone one person deserves credit for inventinging what you're

seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> rodriguez: that's the "cbs evening news."tie couric, i'm maggie rodriguez. thanks for watching. see you in the morning on the "early show." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.orgng >>> tonight, eight men are charged with sex crimes and gamble state park, and fire fights. montgomery county officials on the trail of the firebug, dozen ng mordozen times earlier today. >> i'm aubrey barns, montgomery county police and arson investigators have teamed up trying to catch the suspects who set more than a dozen fires tonight in german town. new areas were targeted. theyed smoldered for hours. since this is a non-hydrant area, the big concern was the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. once again, we begin tonight with a battle over health care reform, but this time, we're not starting at a town meeting. tonight, we're going to show you why many believe reform is desperately needed. these are just some of the tens of thousands of americans when need health care but have no insurance or not enough of it, and they're lining up at a free makeshift clinic in los angeles, a short-term solution to a long-term problem. bill whitaker begins our coverage. >> reporter: people from all around los angeles have been lining up like this around the clock since monday. waiting, hoping to get medical care. >> follow the line. >> reporter: free medical care, some 1500 people a day, almost all working people, but it's just not enough, filing into the l.a. forum to see 443 doctors. >> you can see my finger? >> reporter: dentists, optometrists, all of these medical professionals volunteers all of these people in need. larry derst's disability check won't cover the glasses he

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> good evening, katie is off. we're beginning tonight with a possible setback in the battle against the h1n1 flu virus. it's expected to make a comeback this fall. and u.s. health officials had predicted 120 million doses of vaccine would be available by mid-october. but today they said no, we'll only have 45 million. cbs news medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton tells us what's behind the change and what it will mean. >> just two weeks into a national testing program to see if the h1n1 vaccine is actually safe comes word there will be far fewer shots available in the fall when a national vaccination program is scheduled to get started. >> we're in a race between the vaccine and the virus. and this gives the virus a little bit more of an advantage. >> in july it was projected the 120 million doses would be available by october with another 75 million in the following months. now siting production delays the government has been told by manufacturers only 45 million doses will be ready by october 15th w

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: and good evening. the house energy and commerce committee approved a health care reform bill last night, 31-28. with five democrats and all republican members voting against. the measure calls for a government-financed public option that would compete with private insurers and it requires nearly all americans to get health insurance coverage. president obama today called the committee vote an historic step, but in the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll, just 46% of voters approve of the president's handling of health care, compared to 58% who approve of his job performance overall. and mr. obama's facing an intense and well-financed opposition campaign. kimberly dozier is tracking the story. ( applause ) >> reporter: the president is spending much of his time and major political capital explaining health reform over and over. >> nobody is talking about some government takeover of health care. if you like your doctor or health care provider, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. >> reporter:

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: and good evening, everyone. the scene was repeated in one community after another all across america today-- citizens concerned about health care reform confronted their senators and representativesn i 27 townn meetings in 12 states. one by one, they expressed fear and anger over legislation now making its way through congress, and they demanded answers. some in the audience came well prepared with details of what's in the bill. but there is plenty of misinformation out there as wels y uwetrl to clear some of that up.tr we have three reports tonight from correspondents all around the country, and we begin with sharyl attkisson. >> reporter: in hagerstown, maryland, there were so many they couldn't all fit inside. in new jersey, they had to move to a bigger space to accommodate the unusually large crowd. >> no one asked me to be here but me. >> reporter: everyone wanted to be heard. >> nobody tells me how to live my life. nobody tells me how i should-- how long i should live and when i should die. >> r

this is the "cbs morning news" of mexico. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, august 31st, 2009. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm ross poe lum bow, in for michelle guillen. we begin this morning with those california wildfires. firefighters facing a massive fire north of los angeles and battled throughout the night. two have lost their lives when their truck rolled done a mountain side. that fire, the largest in the state, is the so-called station fire in the an gel list national forest, another major blaze burning north of sacramento has destroyed some 60 buildings. the station fire has destroyed at least 18 structures and threatens 12,000 homes. more than 42,000 acres have burned, more than 6,000 homes have been evacuated in pasadena and other towns north of l.a. patty kaufman has the latest. >> reporter: it's an inferno, trup he will digit temperatures and dry brush that goes up like kindling. >> we would just ask if we tell to you leave, when we say that, we tell to you leave, you leave. because your

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle guillen. >>> this morning a black shroud drapes over ted kennedy's senate desk. later following a private ceremony at the family's hyannis port home, it will be moved to the john kennedy presidential library in washington to lie in repose. hari sreenivasan is here with more. hari, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. all the places that ted kennedy's body travels through over the next few days have a special significance in the life of the senator. the grand sendoff for the late senator ted kennedy will begin this afternoon with a procession through the streets of his beloved hometown. >> what we're going to do the next few days is celebrate his life. >> reporter: kennedy's body will be taken here to the john f. kennedy library in boston. he'll lie in repose until friday night when a private memorial will be held. mourners have already begun showing up. >> i came because i've admired the family from afar for a very long time, especially senator kennedy, beca

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: and good evening. we begin our broadcast this evening with a scathing letter sent by f.b.i. director robert mueller to officials in scotland. two days after scotland's justice minister released a libyan agent convicted of bombing pan am flight 103 in toat, an act of terrorism that ame time tonight,.ight britain find itself denying the bomber's release was the price of doing business. sheila macvicar has our story. >> reporter: this was how the libyan leader ghaddafi greeted abdel basset al megrahi. he could have welcoming a prodigal son, rather than a convicted terrorist. in an unprecedented move, the director of the f.b.i. weighed inoday two decades ago as a prosecutor, he investigated the bombing of pan am 103. in an uncompromising letter he blasted the scottish minister responsible for releasing megrahi. now there are growing accusations from family members and others that megrahi was released in order to pave the way for more british business deals with libya, especially oil deals. allegations the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> glor: and good evening. katie is off tonight. the anger and outrage over the bombing of pan am flight 103 flared again today when this picture flashed around the world a libyan agent convicted in the attack that killed 270 people getting welcomed home today as a hero. he is said to be dying of cancer and a scottish judge ordered him released to spend his final days at home. tonight, family members say a terrorist is getting the mercy their loved ones were denied. more now of now from randall pinkston. >> reporter: it was an unbelievable sight for the families of those lost in pan am flight 103 in december 1988. 57-year-old abdel basset al megrahi, the only man convicted of blowing up the plane, arriving to cheering crowd in libya. >> today, to have the man that was convicted of murdering 270--259 at 31,000 feet compassionate ground is despicable. it's reprehensible. it's immoral. >> i was appalled. i felt sick to my stomach when i heard about it. this man was 86ed of the largest mass murder on british soil,

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captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the cbs "morning news" for wednesday, august 19th, 2009. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. afghanistan's government is shutting down the country's media outlets this morning, hoping to blunt the impact of violence heading into tomorrow's presidential election. susan roberts is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the taliban is vowing to disrupt the vote. the scare tactics and violence, they're hoping to use this. the militant groups out in full force thoepg key the voters away from the polls tomorrow. a group of armed gunmen raided a building in the heart of afghanistan this morning. the taliban says it was part of an election eve attack. police are calling it a robbery gone bad. despite beefed up security in and around afghanistan's capital, the taliban has unleashed a wave of violence to try to disrupt tomorrow's election. a suicide bomber targeted a nato convoy tuesday, killing eight and injuring 55. two u.s. service members died in a separate attack. a senior nato officer insists the violence won

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an exclusive cbs news investigation tonight only on "cbs evening news." >>> toxic fumes sent 119 people to hospitals in new bedford, massachusetts, and two remain hospitalized in critical condition this morning. it happened yesterday at a trash disposal facility. the nature of the fumes is not yet clear, but investigators traced it to a load of trash at a construction site. >>> a los angeles judge has ruled on several issues regarding michael jackson's estate and his three children. at a hearing yesterday, he confirmed jackson's 79-year-old mother katherine as the children's permanent guardian. he rejected a motion from a doctor who claimed a "special relationship" with jackson's two older children, and he left the two men jackson himself chose to manage his financial estate in charge of it for now. >>> experts say clear air turbulence nearly impossible to detect may have caused yesterday near disaster for a continental airlines jet that made an emergency landing in miami. whatever caused it, the 179 people on the plane will certainly never forget it, as nancy cordes reports. >> reporte

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captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm ross palumbo in for michelle guillen. >>> former president bill clinton arrived in north korea this morning to try to secure the release of two american journalists held there since march. mr. clinton's unannounced trip comes amid growing tension over north korea's nuclear ambitions. tara mergener is live with the latest. >> reporter: former president clinton arrived in north korea oms i he is there with two major goals. he arrived in north korea on a mission. to bring two american journalists back home. >> it may be a face-saving measure by the north koreans, saying we need a high level, prominent american person to come over, and then we'll go. >> reporter: euna lee and laura ling were working for al gore's current tv when they were tried in march. they were tried, convicted and sentenced to 12 years hard labor for crossing the border illegally and committing grave crimes. >> all we can say to the government of north korea is we desperately beg for mercy. >> reporter: washington

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the john f. kennedy library the 35th president personally chose the site here along the charles river just a month before he died. and tonight, his youngest brother, senator edward kennedy, here in repose. two days of public viewing began this evening, mourners lining up to file past his casket, pay their respects, and sign a book of condolence. tomorrow evening, there will be a private service here with the senator's family and close friends, including vice president biden, gathering for a kind of irish wake on the eve of the funeral. but the final good-byes began this morning on cape cod. generations of kennedys left their hyannis port compound, along with the man they described as the center of their family and joyous light in their lives. after a private mass, the motorcade began a 70-mile aturney, winding past hthad marklasp atthec had special meaning throughout the senator's life. from hyannis, where the kennedy clan started gathering in 1926, over the sagamore b

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama says it's a wonderful day for america. his reaction to the senate confirming the first hispanic ever nominated to the u.s. supreme court. sonia sotomayor. the vote was 68-31. all the democrats and two independents voted yes. nine republicans also voted to confirm sotosaying even if they didn't agree with all her views she was qualified. she'll be sworn in saturday as the 1 11thth justice, and only the third woman to serve on the nation's highest court. >> the nomination of sonia sotomayor of new york is confirmed. >> reporter: it was a history-making moment, the confirmation of the firstan sphi hispanic justice to the supreme court. sonia sotomayor, the girl from the projects, who became an aaccomplished prosecutor, lawyer and jurist becomes justice sotomayor the moment she is formally sworn in this saturday. >> it's a wonderful day for america. >> reporter: the president called it another broken barrier a step toward a more perfect union. >> i'm filled with

captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle guillen. >>> this morning the leader of the pro-democracy movement in myanmar aung san suu kyi was accused of violating her house arrest. originally sentenced to three years in prison, her sentence was reduced. barry peterson reports from tokyo. >> reporter: the ruling generals beefed up security before the verdict. when aung san suu kyi was sentenced to three years, they quickly stepped in and reduced it to 1 1/2 years. a sentence to be served under house arrest. she has been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, mostly held in her home. the case was sparked by an american who broke into that home. the military claimed his uninvited presence violated the terms of her previous sentence for house arrest. he was sentenced today to seven years in prison, four of those in hard labor. the military staged a coup in 1962 and later nullified the results of a 1990 election that suu kyi's party won. in 2007 the generals brutally endeded protests by monks against their regime. s

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wyatt andrews, cbs news, arlington. >>> joining me now cbs news consultant douglas brinkley.ennedy family moves forward. peter, i'll start with you. what is the legacy? is it a little legacy if this family continues and who will carry that torch? >> well there is a lot of speculation here that perhaps the senator's nephew joe kennedy who served in congress will run for senator kennedy's seat. he would be a formidable candidate. but i think there is a sense that the kennedys may be transitioning into more of a kind of public service role and charitable organization than in a political arena. >> so much of that drive for political office seems to have been driven by joseph kennedy who was, of course the patriarch, the father of the nine children jfk, bobby, senator kennedy, he pushed the children very hard. he expected them to serve their country, wanted them to run for president. how much of that though do you think was an inspiration to the kennedy children and how much was a burden? >> well i think that -- >> go ahead, doug. >> i think that it was a mixture of both. the insp

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with the return of a fallen sports star, quarterback michael vick re-entered rather to the nfl today, joining a new team, the philadelphia eagles. two years ago he was one of the league's brightest stars with the biggest contract before losing it all when he was convicted of running a dog fighting ring. now out of prison, he's trying to turn his life around. and as jeff glor reports, that won't be easy. report after a signing that stunned the sports world, michael vick was reserved and remorseful. >> i made some mistakes, done some terrible things. i'm glad i got the opportunity to have a second chance. and i won't disappoint. >> reporter: vick apologized for running a brutal dog fighting operation out of this house in virginia, a crime that got him 18 months in federal prison. >> our country is a country of second chances, and i paid my debt to society. >> reporter: the 29-year-old quarterback, who once signed a record $130 million contract with the atlant