captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the government is taking new steps to control the rain- swollen mississippi. for weeks now, flooding along the river has wiped out roads, destroyed homes and forced entire towns to evacuate. today to relieve pressure on levees the u.s. coast guard closed the port at natchez to barge traffic, effectively severing a major shipping artery. and, as national correspondent dean reynolds reports, that could cost the u.s. economy dearly. >> reporter: in vidalia, louisiana, carla jenkins tug boat business is down 80%. >> i would say probably $70,000, $80,000 a week which for a small company is a lot of money. >> reporter: her tug boats are usually out pushing barges on the mississippi now but orders have been shortened because flooded midwestern farmers had less grain to move for exports. now with the decision to close the river to barge traffic for 15 miles from the port of natchez plus a second stoppage near morgan city, things just got

whit johnson, cbs news, the white house. >> mitchell: and now to the new royal couple. there was some surprising news from buckingham palace today. take a look. here are the official wedding pictures released by the palace this morning. it has been a busy first full day of marriage for the new duke and duchess of cambridge. barry petersen takes a look and gives us a glimpse of what's ahead. >> reporter: when they took a morning stroll around buckingham palace, everyone thought they were on the way to their honeymoon. not so. it was announced that they would take only a weekend off, and so they left by helicopter for some place in great britain with the honeymoon overseas now set for some future date. the most modern of the new royals apparently has another modern side-- a 21st century workaholic. he'll be back on base next week flying as a royal air force search-and-rescue pilot. but their new life will incorporate some long-standing royal responsibilities to charity. william supports the tusk trust, which works to preserve animal habitat and sustainable community devel

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama as we just heard has decided not to release photographs of osama bin laden's body taken after he was shot to death by u.s. navy seals. he told steve kroft of "60 minutes" today america doesn't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. the president said bin laden deserved the justice he received and to anyone who doubts bin laden was killed, the president said you will not see him walking on this earth again. >> reporter: did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> reporter: why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we have done d.n.a. sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as a

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from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. when the sex abuse scandal involving priests first made headlines, catholics in this country-- and that's nearly one out of four adults-- were horrified. trusted members of the clergy abusing children, church leaders covering it up. it was a betrayal, a breach of faith, and it would cost american churches nearly $3 billion in legal settlements. many catholics demanded to know how it all happened. today, an answer came in a report commissioned by america's catholic bishops. but elaine quijano reports, it was not the answer many of the victims were hoping for. >> reporter: for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, today marks another deep disappointment. >> these are the bishops who lied to us about transferring priests. these are the same bishops who continue to lie to us. >> reporter: the new report five years in the making was commissioned by u.s. bishops and conducted by researchers from new york's john jay college of criminal justi

new highs. the worst may be yet to come. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. president obama visits ground zero here in new york today, where the world trade center towers once stood. this morning's trip follows mr. obama's decision not to release pictures of osama bin laden's body, or his burial at sea. the president told steve kroft at "60 minutes" that it is important the very graphic pictures do not become a propaganda tool, or incite violence. the president also said america doesn't, quote, trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. randall pinkston is at ground zero with more on this. good morning, randall. >> good morning, betty. as a candidate he came here to ground zero, but this is the first time president obama has been here since he was elected. it's a significant pilgrimage, coming just six days after he ordered the attack on osama bin laden's compound. president obama will visit ground zero today for the first time since navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bi

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the mighty mississippi is living up to its nickname tonight, flowing higher and wider than any time in recent memory. it's been said, along with its major tributaries, by weeks of heavy rain and flooding is widespread along the entire river system. the biggest area of concern right now is memphis. the river is expected to crest there early tomorrow at 48 feet- - 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is in memphis tonight. mark, hundreds of people have already been evacuated. >> reporter: and more will get out tonight katie. this street is a snapshot of why. riverside drive in downtown memphis, no longer beside the river, but in it. hour by hour through jittery memphis the mississippi is a rising threat. >> only a few feet between the river and the interstate. >> reporter: a river now three miles wide in some spots, six times its typical width. in south memphis, danny lee mitchell wades through his basement. but he's staying p

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it is the last thing they need in the lower mississippi river valley, but rain and thunderstorms are forecast for tomorrow. three weeks ago, the mississippi was a half mile wide at the memphis arkansas bridge. now it is three miles wide, and as the rising waters move south, they're devastating one small community after another. mark strassmann is in tunica, mississippi, tonight. and, mark, i understand, even the casinos are shut down there. >> reporter: katie, that's one of them behind me. there are nine casinos here in tunica in all, and all of them are closed. once these waters leave, people will come back here, but in some places, there's nothing to return to. >> it's up in there. >> reporter: in greenville, mississippi, the raging river took steve lott's house. he'll rebuild but somewhere else, somewhere inland. >> you see something like that you just kind of want to turn around and go the other way. >> reporter: in mississipp

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jay dow, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, 60 pins. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. eye's russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. harry smith will be here tomorrow. good night. an emotional l-a police chief announces an arrest in the beating of bryan stow... the key piece of evidence that led them to the suspect-- more than seven weeks after the brutal crime. they never lost faith the key piece of evidence that led police to the suspect more than seven weeks after the brutal crime. they never lost faith that the police would make an arrest. find out how brian stow's family is reacting to the event. >> you come to enjoy baseball, not to see somebody get hurt. >> and from the ballpark today, giants fans applaud the news of an arrest. what the team president had to say about the break in the case. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,,

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from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. intelligence experts going through the evidence seized from osama bin laden's compound in pakistan have found another surprise. in addition to the names of terrorists and outlines of possible future attacks, his computer files contain pornography. meanwhile, there was a deadly act of retaliation in pakistan today for the raid that recovered that evidence and killed bin laden. national security correspondent david martin has details. >> reporter: the first avowed act of revenge for the killing of bin laden. two suicide bombers, one in a vehicle, the second wearing a vest, attacked a pakistani police academy, killing some 80 cadets. it was probably not what bin laden would have wanted, since he urged his followers to attack the u.s., but it surely gave pakistan one more reason to resent last week's mission. >> the killing of bin laden has now put the relations in a very bad spot because the gulf of distrust between the two countries

jerry jerry van dyke, cbs news consult consultant joins me now at vbs vbs news headquarters. you we you were held captive by the taliban taliban in afghanistan for 45 45 days. give m give me an idea of what this night night means to you. >> th >> this is an extraordinary night night. emly emly when i think of the fact fact that osama bin laden is now now dead. the the taliban have captured me, my my jailers said to me that you you will never find osama bin bin laden along the border. he is he is being kept by an instit institution far away from the the border. where where i was captured was exactl exactly along the border, a bit bit north where i think where o where osama bin laden was, where where he was killed. i was i was in-- agency. when when you think of that area, think think of california, nevada, a a lit like new mexico. the the cia has said even the bush bush administration that it is one is one of the toughest areas in th in the world in which to hide. hide. it is it is a wilderness area, practic practically. that's that's not really true. it's it's desert like. th

ines ferre for cbs news, new york. >>> now to lance armstrong, who won more tour de france races than anyone in history. his critics have long said he could not have done it without cheating. something he strongly denies. but now one of his former teammates tells "60 minutes" that armstrong did take a banned drug. armen keteyian reports. >> armstrong wins -- >> reporter: in the face of more than a decade of accusations and investigations there was a line seven-time tour de france champion lance armstrong says he never crossed, the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs. >> i have never doped. i can say it again. but i've said it for seven years. it doesn't help. >> reporter: but now in an interview set to run on "60 minutes" this sunday, one of armstrong's closest former teammates, u.s. olympic gold medalist tyler hamilton, tells correspondent scott pelley, the details behind what hamilton claims was armstrong's systemic doping. >> hamilton told us that armstrong was doping the very first time he won the tour. one of the drugs was called epo. which boosts production of red blood c

from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. al qaeda finally acknowledged today that osama bin laden is dead and the terror group vowed revenge, saying it will turn america's happiness into sorrow. but it appears bin laden left al qaeda's remaining leaders with a big problem: he left behind clues to where they're hiding. in fact, sources say bin laden has unwittingly given u.s. intelligence their best chance in years to dismantle the heart of al qaeda. but first, bob orr has breaking news about a u.s. strike against another al qaeda leader in yemen. bob's with us from washington. bob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. cbs news now has confirmed that the u.s. on thursday tried to kill another leading al qaeda figure, anwar al-awlaki, with a drone strike in yemen. three people, we're told, including two members of al- awlaki's terror group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, were killed in the attack but al- awlaki himself was not hit. al-awlaki, as w

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bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> couric: and still ahead on this expanded edition of the "cbs evening news" from ground zero, a survivor of 9/11 dealing with the sudden flood of memories. but up next, bin laden is gone, >> bin laden publicly vowed to wage a terrorist war against america saying "we do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians, they're all targets." >> i want justice. and there's an old poster out west as i recall that said "wanted: dead or alive." >> if we have osama bin laden in our sites and the pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then i think that we have to act and we take them out. >> couric: back now from ground zero, which has served as a constant reminder of how vulnerable this city is to terror attacks. aaron moriarty of 48 hours spoke today with the man whose job it is to keep eight million new yorkers and countless visitors safe and, erin, in the city that never sleeps, that's a round job. >> reporter: oh, it is. hi, katie. it's a frightening fact that in the past decade there have been at le

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new careers. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. good evening everyone. mark twain wrote that the mississippi river will always have its own way, no engineering skill can persuade it otherwise. but tonight the army corps of engineers and government officials hope to prove him wrong. they're watching the levees up and down the river as flood floodwaters surge higher. the levees are holding in memphis where the river crested this morning at a near record, almost 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is there tonight. mark, the flooding in memphis may not get any worse but i understand it won't get better any time soon, either. >> reporter: it's going to linger here, katie. this was no flash flood and it's going to be no flash disaster, either. the misery will last long after the waters leave. the mississippi has leveled off here. >> what a relief that one was. >> reporter: but this crisis has yet to crest for flood victims like diane white in north memphis. >> i've never been through anything like this. a whol

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the killing of osama bin laden was a major victory for the u.s. in the war on terror. and it could lead to still more victories, because, among the evidence recovered from bin laden's hideaway in pakistan is information about other terrorists. it was all gathered by the u.s. commandos who invaded the compound. they also brought back pictures that are helping investigators clear up the confusion over exactly how the raid unfolded. here's national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: the 40 minutes it took to kill bin laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were recorded by tiny helmet cameras by each of the 25 navy seals. officials reviewing the videos are reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. the only fire fight took place in the guest house, where one of bin laden's couriers opened fire and was quickly gunned down. no one in the main building got off a shot or was even armed-- although there

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editor of the "cbs evening news." eat reporter, a consummate professional, and a real gentleman. i join everyone here at cbs in wishing him well. and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. good night. >>> this is 9news now. >> good evening tonight in your only local news at 7:00, new details in the death of osama bin laden. the top human rights official at the un says the global body wants more information about just what happened in that u.s. raid. today government said bin laden was not armed when navy seals raided his compound, but jay did say the resistance does not require a firearm. >> u.s. personnel on the ground handled themselves with the utmost professionalism and he was killed in an operation because of the resistance that

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seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: the great mississippi river flood is also taking a financial toll with one economist estimating it could cost the u.s. as much as $4 billion. the lower mississippi is cresting this weekend throughout louisiana, and it's 9.5 feet above flood stage in baton rouge. a section of the river was closed one day after a barge loaded with corner sank. here's what else is happening. senior palestinian official said today they will likely seek recognition for a palestinian state at the united nations this fall. the statement follows yesterday's white house meeting with benjamin netanyahu rejected president obama's call for border talks based on the 1967 boundaries. for more perspective on what's going on in the middle east, we are joined in boston by former undersecretary of state nicholas burns. nick, good evening. >> good evening. >> mitchell: the israelis have spoken, the palestinians have now spoken. what does this say to you about president obama's plan as he outlined it on thursday? is it already dead in the water? >> i don't think, russ, the preside

cbs news, new york. >>> there's been another apparent nato air strike in libya's capital. the libyan government says two buildings were hit early this morning in tripoli, police headquarters and another ministry building. >>> up and down the mississippi river this morning, residents and an army of lookouts including prison inmates are keeping close watch on the levee holding back record-setting flood waters. more water is being diverted by engineers who opened two major spillways flooding thousands of acres in an effort to save major cities. the coast guard closed 15 miles of the mississippi near natchez. the flood crest is expected to reach morgan city, louisiana today. randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: empty homes line the streets of butte larose, louisiana. most have packed up and left now that a massive flood is headed this way. james o'brian is one of the last to leave. >> one more truckload. i'll be ready to say good-bye. i don't think my trailer will be here when i get back. >> the army corps of engineers is diverting even more water from the swollen mississipp

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