charlie d'agata, cbs news, moscow.ta, cbs news, moscow. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a preview of the senate committee on gun control. we'll speak with former new york city police commissioner bill bratton, plus the dow jones flirting with 14,000. rebecca jarvis tells us what's driving the market. and we look at the super bowl's greatest commercials over the years. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. vk -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good morning, it's wednesday, january 30 here in the bay area. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego live in new orleans. we're on bourbon street the famous street to celebrate mardi gras and, of course, looking forward to super bowl 47. we had to move locations. we're on the balcony right now of the royal sonesta hotel located in the heart of historic french quarter. we moved because of the weather. it's windy now

charlie d'agata, cbs news, moscow. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.t cbs news all around the world. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> welcome to 9news at 7:00, we have the blitz first, some big headlines we must get to. first of all, a jury finds a former police officer guilty of voluntary manslaughter. his name is daniel harmon- wright and he shot and killed an unarmed woman back when he was a cop in february of last year. now he claims -- with his fingers stuck in the window and he says he fired at her only after warning her first. the jury wasn't buying it, now he faces 25 years behind bars. that's when he is sentenced later in

charlie d'agata, cbs news, moscow. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.und the world, good night. breaking news: there may be major developments in the decades-old disappearance of kevin >>> good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. breaking news. there may be major developments in the decades old disappearance of kevin collins. police are searching the grounds of a home near the very spot where the boy vanished back in 1984. this is in the haight a block from where the 10-year-old was last seen. ken bastida is there. what is the latest? >> reporter: we're outside 1108 masonic on the other side of the crime tape. police have been here all day long. in fact, their evidence van is still parked out front. officers continue to work inside that residence. this goes back to february 1984. you'll remember kevin collins went missing. he was coming home from school that night on a muni bus at the corner of -- corner of oak and masonic and

charlie d'agata has more. >> french fighter jets bombarded islamic militant strongholds in northern mali today and military officials vowed there will be many more air strikes to come to protect its former colony. france has deployed more than 500 troop to its west african nation to stop al qaeda linked militants from turning it into a safe haven for terrorists. islamic militants seized control of a vast desert area in northern mali nine months ago. since then they have been posed an extreme form is 4r578ic sharia law public amptation an beatings are commonplace. mali's music, an important part of the country's culture has been silenced. the militants have banned the annual music festival in timbuktu. national security analyst juan zarate. >> what you have in mali is a safe haven for al qaeda an aggressive terrorist group, an organization and one that presents a threat to the stability of mali and the region. that explains why the french have decided to intervene now. >> reporter: france's decision to intervene is not without risk. its french government upped its terror alert at home and

charlie d'agata has more on this still-unfolding story. >> reporter: these hostages were able to escape from the gas plant before algerian special forces launched their final assault. state media reported that a number of foreign hostages survived, including at least two americans, but in the chaos it's not yet possible to get the exact figures. u.s. military aircraft evacuated some survivors to a nato airbase in sicily. pictures of the siege show gunmen rounding up hostages. this b.p. worker says terrorists told him "you have nothing to do with this. you're algerians and muslims. we only want the foreigners." b.p. chief executive bob dudley said 14 of its 18 foreign employees at the plant were safe. >> we are not able to confirm the circumstances of four of our employees. tragically, we gravely fear that we will be seeing fatalities fatalities from this group. >> reporter: algerian troops discovered a cache of heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenades. hostages said the explosives were wired around their necks. local media have identified this man, abdul rahman al-nigeri, as t

charlie d'agata, cbs news london. >>> "cbs moneywatch" now. gas prices are on the rise, and wonder bread extends its shelf life. ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that. >>> asian markets rallied on positive data for china's fourth quarter. hong kong he's hang sang gained half a percent while tokyo's nikkei is closed for a holiday. wall street awaits reports from some banks. jpmorgan chase, citigroup and bank of america. the dow ended last week up more than 53 points while the nasdaq gained almost 24 points. >> bad news for commuters if you're filling up your car before heading to work this morning. the national average for a gallon of gas is climbing once again, reversing months of steady declines. the lundberg survey reports the price surged 7 cents in the past three weeks. the national average is now at $3.32 a gallon. >>> wonder bread might not be extinct after all. hoss tess is selling off most of its bread brands as part of its bankruptcy procedures. georgia-based flowers foods is expected to buy most of that business which

charlie d'agata with the latest.e linebacker manti te'o insists he was the victim in the online girlfriend hoax. dean reynolds is tracking the story. they're supposed to be banned from buying guns. >> this is a person who was severely mentally disabled. he should never have had access to a handgun. >> we'll show you how many states still fail to report the names of the mentally ill. and strike up the band. chip reid has the story of an air force musician who's playing at the inauguration while training the next generation. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. four days after it started, the standoff between algerian forces and al qaeda-linked militants in the the sahara desert is over.

charlie d'agata is in london with the story. good morning. >> good morning to you norah and charlie. arabic television networks are quoting local officials and saying 35 hostages and 15 kidnapers have been killed in an attack by algerian army helicopters at the plant. we can confirm through our own cbs news sources the algerian military had begun in operation to retake the facility and there were multiple deaths of both kidnappers and hosthostages. one report said the group was moving from one area to another by bus when the helicopters opened fire. the reuters news agency says there are remaining surviving hostages including two americans. the al qaeda-linked group said they had taken 41 foreign workers hostage including at least three americans in re retaliation for algerian's cooperation for the situation in neighboring mali. >> john good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what do we know about what happened on the ground? >> we know the algerians did have a plan. what we don't know whether that was based on a contingency o

charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> an attempted assassination fails after a gun doesn't go off. the long time leader of the movement for rights and freedoms escaped unharmed. security guards were seen beating and kicking the attacker. they arrested a 25-year-old man, no word on why the attacker targeted the 58-year- old goingan. >>> across the country, they called it a rally in support of the 2nd amendment. a look at how gun appreciation day unfolded here in the bay area. >>> and they are all set for the mavericks tomorrow morning. the early range dangerous signs -- the early and dangerous signs the surf will not disappoint. >>> good evening. we will have the mavericks surf forecast as eyewitness news kins right here on the cw. ,,,,,,,, their opposition to stricter limits on firearms. from buffalo, new york... tin, texas... to >>> this is a day gun activists rallied around the county showing their restriction on firearms. from buffalo, new york to austin, texas to pennsylvania, the signs of the crowd varied but the sentiment was the same, the gun control proposals. one of the ra

charlie d'agata in moscow on a vicious attack at the world's most famous ballet company. >> this is terrible. this is corruption and this is criminal. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it was not a close call for us today. the most amazing story that we saw, hands down, involves a courageous young u.s. army sergeant severely wounded in

charlie d'agata is in paris. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.or the tour de france where lance armstrong made history now for all the wrong reasons. this morning here everyone has an opinion on armstrong ranging from disappointment to disgust. it may have been shown in the dead of night here, but lance armstrong finally coming clean about riding dirty came as big news if not much of a shock. >> he's admitted cheating in all seven tour de france races. >> lance armstrong opens up to oprah about the cheating scandal. >> reporter: nowhere is that sense of betrayal felt more deeply than in france where cycling verges on a religion and armstrong committed his sins. despite his youthful appearance alexander rouse has been covering it for years. >> reporter: he lied. he cheated. doesn't that tear the heart out of france? >> yes, yes, of course. i mean he did for seven years. that's a blank from 1999 to 2005. that's snag will stay on the history of the tour de france. >> reporter: forever. >> forever. >> reporter: fellow teammates say he has no place am

charlie d'agata in london. k you, charlie. >>> disgraced cyclist lance armstrong's extended confession to oprah winfrey about using ee illicit drugs for years wrapped up last people that supported me and believed in me and they got lied to. >> part two of lance armstrong's conversation with oprah winfrey focused more on his personal life and the impact of his lies on those closest to him. >> i saw my son defending me. i said don't defend me anymore. some kid says something, do not defend me. just say, hey, my dad said he was sorry. >> but sorry may not be enough. for many armstrong's confession opened up a host of other questions. how were these drugs obtained? how were they distributed? how were they carried across state lines? bill string land has been covering bicycling for two decades. he thinks the cycling world wants more. >> we got a lot of it. it was big for armstrong to admit to that much but now we need details. >> those could comfy armstrong testifies before doping officials or in one of the numerous

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