: i'm katie couric. also tonight, making medical history. >> they said "you'll never walk again, you'll never take a step." nothing. >> reporter: but he did, with an experimental new therapy for paralysis. as the president spells out a new vision for the middle east, we'll talk with his secretary of state, and a look back at the stories we've shared over the past five years. 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. at times, lance armstrong has seemed superhuman. cancer nearly killed him, but he beat the disease and went on to conquer cycling's most grueling challenge, and did it over and over again. some say there's no way he could have won all those races without cheating, and now a "60 minutes" interview, one of his former teammates says that's exactly what armstrong did. more now from armen keteyian. >> lance armstrong wins the tour de france. >> reporter: in the face of more than a d

i'm katie couric. good night., "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> ding dong the witch is dead. >> the stars speak out about the killing of osama bin laden. from back stage at "dancing." >> on to the next one. >> to the met gala in new york. >> i was very happy for president obama. >> plus, the new anchor of the cbs evening news. that is a humbling thought. >> and l.l. on tv. >> my character is a former navy s.e.a.l. >> but who are the real life navy s.e.a.l.s. who took down bin laden. >> william's bride and that gorgeous gown. >> what some of hollywood's biggest stars thought about kate's dress. >> iov

. >> couric: and this is a special expanded edition. good evening, everyone. it took nine years, seven months and 20 days but the united states has made good on a vow to hunt down the man who ordered the 9/11 attacks. u.s. forces found osama bin laden yesterday in his hide away compound in pakistan and killed him. president obama made the announcement in a late-night address to the nation. >> today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> couric: and then they buried him at sea. today the f.b.i. updated its web site to show the most-wanted terrorist in the world wanted no more. we have extensive coverage tonight from cbs news correspondents all over the country and all around the world. first, national security corresponden

>> it was him. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, following the terror trail. hard drives, handwritten notes and phone numbers seized from bibin laden's compound. where will it all lead? one week after deadly tornadoes tore through the south, the search continues for victims. and riding the road to freedom it's movement that helped end segregation half a century ago. 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

couric is next. >> couric: tonight, he's considered one of the most powerful men in the world, now frenchman who heads the i.m.f. is in a new york city jail charged with attempted rape. also tonight. "endeavour's" final mission, the shuttle lifts off with mark kelly in command and his wounded wife congress woman gabrielle giffords watching from a wheelchair. the donald takes himself out of the presidential race before he was ever in. and steve hartman's "assignment america." her four decade long vigil for an american hero has come to an end. 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, dominique strauss-kahn isn't a household name in the u.s. but "forbes" magazine calls him one of the 40 most powerful people in the world. he's head of the international monetary fund and in france, he was favored to be the next president. that is until he was arrested here in new york, accused of sexually assaulting. a hotel maid. it's sent shock waves through european financial markets and tonigh

>> gates: yeah, absolutely. >> couric: robert gates started in the c.i.a.s an analyst in the '60s, and he worked his way up the intelligence ladder in the johnson, nixon, ford, and carter administrations. he has spent years studying highly classified and frequently disturbing information. what scares you the most? what worries you? >> gates: i think what i-- and most of us-- would say, it would be a terrorist with a weapon of mass destruction. >> couric: in this country, or anywhere in the world? >> gates: well, anywhere, but especially in this country. >> couric: how likely is that? >> gates: for years, we've... we've received intelligence that they're trying to acquire a weapon of mass destruction. so far, they've been singularly unsuccessful, as far as we know. but it is the one thing that... that could be a huge challenge. >> mr. gates, do you believe that we are currently winning in iraq? >> gates: no, sir. >> couric: robert gates surprised the senate when he said that after president george w. bush nominated him to be defense secretary. but five years

. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of the toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded there was only a 60% to 80% chance bin laden was really there.w3 in the photos, a man could be seen coming out of the main building and walking around the courtyard as if for exercise. but it was impossible to tell whether he matched bin laden's height. photo interpret

i'm katie couric. >>> 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

i'm katie couric. also tonight, congress hears horror stories from peace corps volunteers assaulted on the job. >> i began to think it would never end, and so i begged them for the death they promised. they just laughed. >> couric: something new under the sun: jobs. workers who once built cars now make solar shingles. and after a natural disaster, they give traumatized kids a safety zone to get back on their feet. 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 th

couric" is next. >> caption colorado,llc comments@captioncolorado.com. >> couric: tonight, trouble in river city, memphis, tennessee. flooding drives hundreds from their home as the mississippi rises to more than 13 feet above flood stage. i'm katie couric. also tonight, the prime minister denies pakistan helped hide bin laden. but president obama is not so sure. >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. >> couric: the government says nursing homes are giving patients anti-psychotic drugs that they don't need and could hurt them. and reading to your kids. your high school kid. it worked for them. 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 n

. >> 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 justice. it partially blames the clergy clearingy sex abuse

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. nearly ten years ago, the president of the united states stood here in the rubble of the world trade center and vowed to bring those behind the 9/11 attacks to justice. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. ( cheers and applause). >> couric: now with osama bin laden dead and buried, another president came here to today, as if to tell the nearly 3,000 who died here "we kept that promise." president obama placed a wreath near where the twin towers once stood to honor the victims and did his best to comfort their families. in a show of unity, the president invited former new york city mayor rudy giuliani-- a republican-- to join him as he paid his respects to firefighters who lost more than 300 brothers on 9/11. and former defense secretary donald rumsfeld, who helped rescue victims at the pentagon, joined vice president joe biden at a memorial service there. a very emotional day there and here in new york, of course. chief white house co

> couric: tonight, first they >> couric: tonight, first they opened the floodgates, now they've closed the river. shipping is barred from part of the mississippi at a potential cost of tens of millions. i'm katie couric. also tonight, with the head of the i.m.f. jailed on sex assault charges, a former employee says she warned the organization about his attitudes toward women three years ago. schwarzenegger's confession the infidelity that broke up the marriage of one of the most prominent political couples in america. and can that second cup of coffee-- or maybe a third or fourth-- reduce the risk of prostate cancer? 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 ma

>> couric: good evening again, everyone. and for those of t >> inin we're at ground zero in new york city w he twin towers of the world trade center once stood. you can see the footprints behind me, in fact. they'll be turned into reflecting pools at the memorial here. tonight the man who ordered the attack that destroyed the towers is dead, killed by u.s. navy seals at his hideout in pakistan in an attack ordered by president obama. chip reid is at the white house tonight. chip, that's where this operation was planned. >> reporter: katie, this operation has been in the planning stages for more than eight months and president obama was deeply involved every step of the way. >> our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done. the world is safer. it is a better place because of the death of osama bin laden. >> reporter: the operation began over seven months ago. august, 2010, president obama is briefed about a rare lead after a bin laden courier is traced to a massive secure compound in pakistan. mid-february,

. >> 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 were weapons nearby. the seals first saw bin laden whe

. >> "cbs evening news with katie couric" is next. >> couric: tonight, revenge. suicide bombers kill dozens of pakistani police cadets in retaliation for the killing of osama bin laden. and evidence seized from his compound includes pornography. i'm katie couric. also tonight, taming a giant. engineers prepare to open a spillway to prevent the rain swollen mississippi from flooding new orleans and baton rouge. and the squeeze at the supermarket. paying more for less. 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. 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

katie. >> couric: liz palmer. liz, thank you. and still ahead here on the cbs evening news, reaction to bin laden's death in the heart of muslim america. but up next, the search for the missing continues one week after those deadly tornadoes. >> couric: it's been one week since those devastating tornadoes tore across the south. the death toll stands at 327 with the search still going on for victims. 30 twisters cut paths across alabama, some with winds close to 200 miles per hour. elaine quijano reports at least 75 people are still missing in tuscaloosa. >> reporter: seven days after the storms, the search for the missing continues. by air and on the ground. >> we didn't see them the night we were pulling people out or anything. >> reporter: this urban search-and-rescue team from mobile was deployed last week marking this house all clear in owner spray paint as they scoured neighborhoods. you expect to find anybody here today? >> you never know. i mean, we have other teams that come in and search and we come in and stemp behind t

>> couric: and getting america back to work. two unemployed construction supervisors with blueprints for building 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 her

>> couric: all right. fighting back,,,,,, [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. >> couric: back now from ground zero in new york. on 9/11 firefighters arrived here just minutes after the first plane hit the world trade center. 343 of them lost their lives as did 23 members of the new york police department and 37 port authority police officers. jim axelrod reports on the

>> couric:...>> the german war is therefore at an end. >> couric: and margaret thatcher, the first and only female prime minister, met president ronald reagan. >> these were... these candlesticks were presents from ronald reagan to margaret thatcher. so there we are. a little bit of america here. this was churchill's favorite armchair. >> couric: and there's a little bit of churchill everywhere. do you ever sit in this chair? >> i don't. i'm so worried i might break it or something like that. >> couric: i understand there are marks in here because he used to dig his fingernails into the arms when he was nervous. >> i didn't know that. there's a famous... the dispatch box in the house of lords where he used to make his speeches during the war, you can see the mark where he banged his hand on it with the signet ring and you can see the chips in the wood. this is prime ministers all the way up. >> reporter: the walls contain the portraits of every prime minister but one: cameron's won't be there until

katie couric offers this sunday profile. >> betty white in life with elizabeth. >> couric: dependingers within you might turn your whole oven on. >> reporter: rose myland. >> i'm not one to blow my own (mumbling) >> reporter: or elsa. >> you thought librace was straight? >> i could have turned him. >> sierra you are so beautiful. yes, you are. >> couric: peregrine falcon. but people and creatures of all ages know and love betty white. >> make-up. >> couric: we thought we would bring you here to the central park zoo because you like animals more than people. >> well, i don't necessarily admit that but, yes, i do. >> couric: when did this love affair with animals start? >> in the womb. my mother and dad were the same way. it's been the joy of my life the whole time. >> reporter: at 89, betty white is showing no signs of slowing down. in fact, the golden girl is red hot and not just in cleveland. >> how many guys gave you their number last night? >> one or two. >> reporter: she has a hit sit- com, a new book about her life called, if you ask me and of course you won't and an upcoming ad

. >> couric: good evening, everyone.m the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of theÑi

of his bode, you will not see them. >> couric: i'm katie couric.lso tonight, follow the terror trail, phone numbers seized from bin laden's compound, where will it all lead? one squeak after deadly tornadoeses tore through the south, the search continues forr survivors. 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 o b

. >> couric: to give you an idea of the power of the water coming out of that spillway, it could fill up an olympic swimming pool in less than a second. the spillway strategy designed to lesson the force of the mighty mississippi appears to be successful. >> the crests we thought we were going to have a couple days ago prior to opening up the morganza floodway has been reduced because of that operation. >> reporter: the river is now expected to reach a height of 45 feet in baton rouge on wednesday instead of the record 47.5 feet previously calculated. new orleans will top off at 17 feet and go no higher according to the national weather service. >> the corps continues to assure us there should be no flooding and the main line levees are projected to hold.

for katie couric, i'm harry smith in new york. thanks for joining us.a good weekend and a happy mother's day. good night. >>> good evening. tonight we are in dc with six more envelopes with white powder showed up at schools today. prince george's county where a legend says he is leaving. and back in the district where folks riding the rails are keeping an eye on their security. >>> i'm scott broom at union station where amtrak reacted today to new terrorist intentions. security on amtrak today included a bomb sniffing dog that road the train from baltimore and tactical officers in full view. meanwhile just two miles from the capitol this is the scene at 16th street and new york avenue northeast. >> this is a driveway, a road. i'm going to spin you around and behind me

. >>> katie couric may become the new talk show queen. she said goodbye after five years of anchor of the cbs evening news. sources say she is close to signing a deal with walt disney, abc to host an afternoon talk show. it could fill the void created be oprah depature. the time oprah show airs wednesday. couric spokesman will only say speculation around katie is exciting but there is no new deal to announce. so as they say, stay tuned. >>> to us as well. >> yeah. >> 4:57. next on abc7 news at 5:00 a.m. -- a new report finds many parts of the bay area are very susceptible to land slide. >> demolish part of a freeway the bring high-speed rail to san francisco. why a critical artery may have to be cut to get the rail to town. >> also -- >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in benicia. oh, my god. what happened? that was the reaction in an mcdonald's after a man walked in bleeding profusely. details in a live report. [ female announcer ] we all want cleaner laundry. we all want fewer chemicals. new all free clear oxi-active. a free clear detergent th

. >>> katie couric decided to step down from the anchor chair at cbs. up next, we find out who will fill the seat and the expectation could be place on that person's shoulders. >>> plus, the search is over for the scout troop that went missing during the weekend. where they are this morning. the time for your birthdays. and a very special happy birthday to donald p brown junior in waverly in baltimore city who is 29 years owed -- did old today. -- old today. he's student there at towson university. our photo m of the day -- of the day is this one. a volunteer got covered with bees at a honey farm at a chinese zoo. the owner of the farm hopes the stunt will help people understand more about befarming -- bee farming. okay. you've got -- if you have an interesting photograph, you can send send whatever you want. morning show at wmar.com. including all pertinent facts especially when you have a photo like the bees. why? we will be right back. this is the aircraft logbook. we have to write down everything about every flight. with so many new southwest flight

on june 6th, scott pelley of "60 minutes" will replace katie couric as anchor and managing editor of "the cbs evening news." >>> just ahead on the "cbs morning news," heartbreak in the heartland after a levee is deliberately blown up. >>> plus a deadly shoot-out caught on the dashcam of a police cruiser. this is the "cbs morning news." of a police cruiser. we used to bet who could get closest to the edge. took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. 80% of people who have had heart attacks have high cholesterol. lipitor is a cholesterol lowering medication, fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and

stay tuned for an hour long special with the news with katie couric. 9 news now will continue at 7:30 on the local impact of the killing of osama bin laden. >>> 339 people are confirmed dead from those twisters that took hold of the southern states last week. 250 of those victims were in alabama alone. hoards of volunteers poured into the state to help the people left behind and not just organized relief efforts like the red cross, every day people are pooling their resources to alleviate the pain there. sunday was a day of prayer and of mourning in alabama. victims there were remembered including lauren brown who was on the phone with her mother when the tornado struck. >> and i said it's okay, baby, it's okay, get the pillow over your head and she said mama i'm scared and the phone cut out and i knew at that moment that she was gone. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano and other federal officials will down south yesterday surveying the damage assessing the needs. nearly half a million of people in alabama still do not have electricity. we see these pictures and you want

for katie couric, i'm harry smith in new york. thanks for joining us.a good weekend and a happy mother's day. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. elizabeth taylor's ex. whatever happened to larry fortensky? her seventh and final husband's first interview on losing the love of his life. >> i talked to elizabeth. she seemed to be okay. i knew she was a fighter. >> the hunky construction worker missing teeth, his weight, and the truth about the money. >>> and then, sir paul mccartney engaged. what we know about the soon to be bride. >>> the royal wedding one week later.

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for katie couric, i'm harry smith in new york. thanks for joining us.a good weekend and a happy mother's day. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org no - it's not an episode of "hoarders." so pay >>> the feds make a startling admission. >> it is embarrassing, insulting. >> the n word on northern california to to to to . >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin.

i'm katie couric.e first solo female anchor signed off from the cbs evening news just last night. couric's final broadcast included her interview with secretary of state hillary clinton as well as a look back at the recent and people she covered since taking over the desk in september of 2006. of course, scott pelley will take over the evening news on june 6 from "60 minutes." >> it is 5:49. bombshell allegations against lance armstrong. what a teammate is saying about the cycling champ and drugs. >> plus, bringing america's favorite pastime to the north bay. some are saying play ball while others are crying foul. coming up. and save. and auto policies don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentlt. stars. trong's friend and >>> it is 5:52. new doping allegations against one of cycling's biggest stars. lance armstrong's friend and former teammate tyler hamilton is telling "60 minutes" that the 7-time tour de france champion cheated by using the illegal performance-enhancing drugs known as epo. >> i saw it i

why did not katie couric but why did dan rather, tom brokaw and peter jennings and "the new york times" played ball with this takedown of clarence thomas? i called it the democratic media complex. after clarence thomas bill clinton was named the standard bearer of the democratic party when the year before they were telling us that a very close threshold of sexual harassment, then you have bill clinton whose behavior in the workplace was deplorable by even the liberal -- >> host: in your book you said they came to his rescue. >> guest: they came to his rescue and the admitted they did it for abortion policy. they admit it now, but that's why they went after clarence thomas. and so i called it the democratic media complex. >> host: use it much more in your book. he said they found an opening, in fact in changing the conversation and manipulating the american people along the words come and this isn't really but -- it's about the power of the structure. >> guest: it was about the power structure in the work place that you don't understand what it's like for a woman to exist in the workpla

why did -- not katie couric but tom brokaw and peter jennings play ball with the takedown of clarencehomas. bill clinton was named the standard bearer of the democratic party and whose behavior in the workplace was deplorable -- >> host: but in your book they came to his rescue. >> guest: they came they come his rescue and they said they did it for abortion politics. they admit they did it for abortion politics. and that's why they went after thomas. i call it -- >> host: no, you said much more in your book. you said they found an opening, in fact, in changing the conversation in manipulating the american people what sex is and it's really not about sex. it's about the power structure. >> guest: it's about the power structure of the workplace that you don't understand what's it's like for a woman to exist in the workplace. it's the same thing michael eric dyson was talking about and the same stuff noam chomsky was talking about. it's the same this that was taught in the 1940s, 1950s, a bunch of european gentlemen who were cultural marxist who came here who fled nazi germany and mussol

she simply said i'm katie couric, thanks. for watching, good night. decisions are way above our pay grade so we don't know much about that. >> we wonder, look around for clues so far nothing concrete but would that be nice to have her. >> and the first woman ever solo anchor the evening news. >> congrats to katie. >>> did you all see "american idol" last night? because we had a big elimination. it's down to two. sort of like the country fans that have really kept these two at the top. we're talking of course about haley reinhart, she was booted off and she seemed sort of shocked. am i the only one who seemed like -- she seemed sort of shocked. in fact, her face was sort of mad. >> was she your favorite? >> when they made the announce permanent they're down to three and everyone liked these three but everyone seems to have a soft spot for scotty mccreery. his nickname is hottie scotty. he's really cute and his parents were there. i love to see the parents. they cry, it is so wonderful. haley, really put the emotion into it too for her final song. she g

. >>> tonight stay with wjz for a special edition with katie couric, live from ground zero ground zero. extended coverage of the killing of osama bin laden begins tonight. >>> another developing story. a man is found dead inside a howard county home. his 5-year-old son alive right by his side. they're trying to determine why the victim was in a local that was not his and high he died. >> reporter: hen side this jess -- inside this jessup home a stranger was found dead along with his five-year-old son. >> he started talking immediately. he wanted something to drink. his hand was con torted. he kept saying my daddy's dead. >> reporter: police identified the victim as 26-year-old ab jeeb abdullah. his home is located a mile from his own house. >> he assaulted a family member and left the home with a child. he was charged in a warrant for that assault and we were actively looking for him. >> reporter: barbara white believes he had been in the house since last tuesday when she noticed a broken window. police did not find the man and his son hiding in a closet. the father-in-law owns the hom

after eyewitness news tonight make shower to watch a special edition of "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >>> no bail for a maryland man arrested in mississippi driving the stolen car of a missing strrsville woman. she was found dead last wednesday. police had been looking for her chef ri impala. this weekend a 28-year-old was arrested driving her car while failing to stop at a sobriety checkpoint. >>> suspect on the loose. baltimore county police need your help finding a woman who tried to rob a 7 eleven in woodlawn. >> reporter: it happened on april 21st at the 7 eleven on engleside avenue. the female suspect came into the store and pulled out a handgun. she demanded money from the cashier. before the money could be handed over another customer came in and the female ran away without cash. >> anyone with information is asked to call cream stoppers. tips will remain anonmust. >>> one person is dead in arkansas after strong storms caused possible problems in a state already saturated with rain. flood watches continue throughout most of the state. of concern today is the white river which

. >> and katie couric may be close to signing a big deal with abc.  >>> they reportedly found a $28lion deal with abc. mmz reports katie could you remember sick close to signing a deal that will give her a day time talk show. she would host a special for 20/20 on abc news but a spokesperson says nothing has been confirmed and no deal has been reached for w any party. >> the heat wave, time to cool down. >> a little bit. yao ming, i hope we get pictures of him hacking around. cooling trend is beginning, you see the haze beginning along the coast as marine layer is trying to develop. it looks pretty and you see however getting on the new section, did how far they are getting on the new section. danville and dublin and pleasanton. looks like it's going to be a warm one out here. if you didn't use the air conditioner yesterday, you may be able to get rid of it today. low to mid-70s inland valleys. monterey bay, 56 in monterey. 72 in santa cruz and look at 80 degree temperatures gilroy and salinas. cooler at the coast and the bay today.. cooling will hit everywhere tomorrow and culminate