just wants passengers to carry them on so they can be monitored. >> pelley: jeff pegues, thank you, jeff. today a new king reigns in a country with enormous sway over the world economy and the war on terror. saudi arabia's elderly king abdulla died yesterday of pneumonia. he ruled over one-fifth of the world's oil islam's two holiest shrines. mark phillips reports the steaks couldn't be higher for the new ya rol highness. >> a 90-year-old king dies. a 79-year-old king, his half-brother, takes his place. the only country named for the family that runs it, saudi arabia inc. moves on, but it may move on at an even slower pace than it did under king abdullah, who granted only modest political and social reforms. even the campaign to allow women to drive is still stuck in first gear. still, abdullah was an unshakable ally of the u.s. in the fight against al qaeda and islamic state. but saudi money has also underwritten other radical groups in syria and yemen that the u.s. considers extreme and dangerous. the new king, salman, has promised to carry on the same policies. the u.s. may not need s

jeff pegues has the latest. many americans have not saved a cent for retirement, but anthony mason tells us it's not too late to start. and out of fuel but not out of luck, general blackstone on a dramatic landing in the pacific. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have taken the broadcast outside tonight because that's where the news is right now. with snowplows running all over manhattan, a winter storm is hitting much of the northeast. it's about to turn enter a blizzard. in new york, we're expecting temperatures as low as 20, winds as high as 38mph and blowing, blinding steadily mounting snow. blizzard warnings are up from atlantic city, new jersey, to portland, maine. 52 million people are in the path of this nor'easter. forecasts are calling for as much as three feet of snow. state and local governments have begun closing roads and shutting down public transportation. we have team of correspondents covering the blizzard of 2015. first we

traffic is projected to increase in the decades to come with more planes and drones. >> pelley: jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. winter storms are causing trouble in phoenix. cars got stuck in the mud at a pre-super bowl concert. snow sent cars skidding in portland, maine, and on new hampshire's lake winnipesaukee a truck fell through the ice. the driver made it out though. another big storm is expected to bring snow to the plains tomorrow night and then move east. chicago, philadelphia, new york, and boston could get six to 12 inches by monday. when it comes to snow removal it turns out that secretary of state john kerry has no diplomatic immunity. kerry was fined 50 bucks for failing to shovel the walk at his boston home. he was in saudi arabia. mitt romney sold his house in the boston suburbs last year and a couple weeks ago he said he had his eye on a house in washington, but no more. today, he announced he will not make a third run for the presidency. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: romney made the announcement in a pair of conference calls with his inner circ

allen pizzey is with the families, jeff pegues on why it's so difficult to track so many flights. frigid weather in the west. carter evans with drivers stuck in the snow in california. arizona could get up to a foot. eric fisher tells us where the cold is headed next. with times square jammed for new year's eve, police face protests and threats. jericka duncan is there. and the whiskey rebellion. chip reid distills down the debate on how many brands are bottled. >> if you're making good bourbon whiskey, you can't take shortcuts. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, scott is off tonight, i'm jeff glor. this is our western edition. the helicopters can't fly and the divers can't go in the water. heavy storms over the java sea have prevented a closer search for air asia flight 8501. at least seven bodies have been recovered out of 162 people on board. relatives have jammed a crisis center in indonesia, desperate for word. hundreds took part in a candlelight vigil. allen pizzey begins our coverage in surabaya. >> reporter:

despite the emphasis, as growing problem governments are dealing with. >> pelley: jeff pegues, thank you. in a separate story related to terrorism today in new york an islamic cleric was sentenced to life in prison. abu hamza al masri was convicted in connection with the deaths of four tourists in yemen in 1998 and also of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in oregon. he was famous for fiery sermons in london that inspired a generation of radicals. the judge called his actions bar raric. -- barbaric. cbs news confirmed federal charges may be brought against retired general david petraeus. both the f.b.i. and federal prosecutors are recommending petraeus be charged with providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director of the c.i.a. and she was writing his biography. the final decision on whether to pursue the charges will be made by attorney general eric holder. >>> coming up next on the "cbs evening news," the story behind the best job numbers in years and fireworks explode at the scene of a 120-vehicle pileup. (woman) caring for someone with

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jeff pegues has a look. >> reporter: with 7,000 miles of u.s. land to patrol, increasingly u.s. customs and border protection is relying on drones to help arrest illegal immigrants. but this department of homeland security inspector general's report raises questions about whether the program is worth it. in 2013, it accounted for 2,200 arrests. there are ten drones flying in a program at a cost of $62 million a year. the dhs inspector general. >> if you do the math on that, that's about $27,000 per apprehension, which seems like a lot of money. so i think customs and border protection has a lot of work to do to increase the effectiveness of the program. >> reporter: over the last ten years, this unmanned eye in the sky program has cost nearly 500 million, and it's getting an additional $443 million in funding. dhs expected 23,000 total flight hours per year, but it's only logged about 5,100. it has claimed that the drones would operate along the entire southwest border, but according to the inspector general they did not. armed predator drones have been used on the battlefield i

jeff pegues on why the u.s. is hitting honda with the biggest fine ever against a carmaker. vinita nair is covering the biting cold and blinding snow facing millions of americans. don dahler on a judge's decision today on whether a teenage cancer victim can be forced to get chemotherapy she doesn't want. >> this is my daughter's decision. i think she's mature enough. >> pelley: and on the day elvis would have become a roctogenarian, mark strassmann shows us how it all began. >> this is the holy grail of rock 'n' roll. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. tonight in their hour of sadness, the people of france are showing the world their determination. they mourned the 12 killed yesterday in the terror attack on the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" or "charlie weekly." some held pencils in honor of the five cartoonists who died. the nationwide manhunt for two suspects still on the loose is now into its second night and we have a series of reports. we'll begin with clarissa ward north of paris. clari

jeff pegues has late details. awkd in yemen claims it ordered the attack against "charlie hebdo" for insulting mohammed, but the magazine deifies new threats and puts the muslim prophet on the cover of its latest edition. we'll have reports from bob orr and elizabeth palmer. anthony mason on american drivers getting a lot more smiles per gallon. >> i come here because i love the price. >> schieffer: and a different story about a teenager and a cop. dr. jon lapook tells us how a teen in custody saved the officer's life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening. scott is on assignment. i'm bob schieffer. well, it is exactly what u.s. officials have been worried about, what attorney general eric holder said sunday keeps him up nights worrying. the f.b.i. announced tonight it is arresting an armed isis sympathizer in ohio who told an informant he was headed to washington to blow up the u.s. capitol and kill members of congress. the story broke this aftern

jeff pegues on new questions about the state of the union's infrastructure after a deadly bridge collapse in cincinnati. the parable of the rabbits, how the the pope invoked them for his latest teaching on catholics and the family. and david martin with a miracle-- >> it wasn't done here on earth. >> pelley: or two. >> i cried in the operating room when he was porn. it was the most amazing thing i've seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting from washington. >> pelley: good evening. president obama is about to do something he has never done before-- he will address a congress controlled completely house and senate, by the opposition party as he reports on the state of the union and lays out his agenda for the final two years of his presidency. the question, of course, is how much of that agenda the republican majority will accept. the president will say "this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules." chief white house correspondent major garrett has t

here's transportation correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: flying in bad weather, air asia 8501 madeabnormally steep climb from 32,000 to 37,000 feet in 30 seconds. the plane then went into an aerodynamic stall. the computer technology designed to prevent that may have malfunctioned or been turned off. after that, there was a terrifying fall to the java sea. the captain of the plane had more than 20,000 hours of flying time, but the first officer who was at the controls had a fraction of that, 2,200 hours.es planes have become increasingly automated with pilots simply punching navigation directions into computers. captain chesley "sully" sullenberger is a cbs news consultant. >> the increasing use of increasingly complex automation in our cockpits has meant pilots get fewer opportunities to practice manually flying the airplanes. they have lost some of their manual flying skills and their confidence in them. >> reporter: the consequences have been deadly. in 2009, 228 people perished when air france 447 crashed into the atlantic ocean. investigators said pilots were completely surpri

. >> pelley: reports from anna werner, don dahler, jim axelrod and jeff pegues. ben tracy on the growing measlest- outbreak and the debate over forcing parents to get their kids vaccinated. >> measles is an almost-always benign child illness. >> people don't remember children staying in dark roomse measle because they have measles and the light hurts their eyes. >> pelley: and on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz, a survivor tells deans reynolds about the family he lost. >> i said good-bye to them never to see or hear from them again. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight the tail end of a powerful nor'easter is whipping northern new england. this is portland, maine, where the snow is coming down and the streets are deserted. the storm dumped as much as 2.5 feet of snow in places, but which places became an issue today. predictions that the new york city area would see an historic blizzard and paralyzing snowfall did not pan out. as the storm sh

jeff pegues on new questions about the state of the union's infrastructure after a deadly bridge collapsen cincinnati. the parable of the rabbits, how the the pope invoked them for his latest teaching on catholics and the family. and david martin with a miracle-- >> it wasn't done here on earth. >> pelley: or two. >> i cried in the operating room when he was porn. it was the most amazing thing i've seen. captioning sponsored by cbs

jeff pegues on why the u.s. is hitting honda with the biggest fine ever against a carmaker. vinita nair is covering the biting cold and blinding snow facing millions of americans. don dahler on a judge's decision today on whether a teenage cancer victim can be forced to get chemotherapy she doesn't want. >> this is my daughter's decision. i think she's mature enough. >> pelley: and on the day elvis would have become a

. >> pelley: jeff pegues on what happened next. >> more excitement than i needed today. >> pelley: from jan crawford on the eve of the super bowl. roger goddell talks about off-field violence, deflate-gate, and his own performance as commissioner. >> it's been a year of what i would say humility and learning. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road"" to a time long ago, lost, now found. >> you smell the smells. you hear the sounds. captioning sponsored by cbs

jeff pegues reports e-cigarettes in checked baggage have touched off at least two fires plus one evacuationand on the road with steve hartman. something magical happened ashlynn wrote a letter to heather. >> she gave me faith and hope again and reassurance. it's pretty amazing.

jeff pegues on new questions about the state of the union's infrastructure after a deadly bridge collapseble of the rabbits, how the the pope invoked them for his latest teaching on catholics and the family. and david martin with a miracle-- >> it wasn't done here on earth. >> pelley: or two. >> i cried in the operating room when he was porn. it was the most amazing thing i've seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley repo

jeff pegues reports e-cigarettesga in checked baggage have touched off at least two fires plus one evacuationd on the road with steve the r hartman. something magical happened when ashlynn wrote a letter to heather. >> she gave me faith and hope again and reassurance. it's pretty amazing. captioning sponsored by cbs

jeff pegues has the latest. many americans have not saved a cent for retirement, but anthony mason tells us it's not too late to start. and out of fuel but not out of luck, general blackstone on a dramatic landing in the pacific.

jeff pegues has late details. awkd in yemen claims it ordered the attack against "charlie hebdo" for insulting mohammed, but the magazine deifies new threats and puts the muslim prophet on the cover of its latest edition. we'll have reports from bob orr and elizabeth palmer. anthony mason on american drivers getting a lot more smiles per gallon. >> i come here because i love the price. >> schieffer: and a different story about a teenager and a cop. dr. jon lapook tells us how a teen in custody saved the officer's life.

jeff pegues has the latest.y americans have not saved a cent for retirement, but anthony mason tells us it's not too late to start. and out of fuel but not out of luck, general blackstone on a dramatic landing in the pacific. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott

jeff pegues has late details.eda in yemen claims it ordered the attack against "charlie hebdo" for insulting mohammed, but the magazine defies new threats and puts the muslim prophet on the cover of its latest edition. we'll have reports from bob orr and elizabeth palmer. anthony mason on american drivers getting a lot more smiles per gallon. >> i come here because i love the price. >> schieffer: and a different story about a teenager and a cop.po dr. jon lapook tells us how a teen in custody saved the officer's life. captioning sponsored by cbs

allen pizzey is with the families, jeff pegues on why it's so difficult to track so many flights.gid weather in the west. carter evans with drivers stuck in the snow in california. arizona could get up to a foot. eric fisher tells us where the cold is headed next. with times square jammed for new year's eve, police face protests and threats. jericka duncan is there. and the whiskey rebellion. chip reid distills down the debate on how many brands are bottled. >> if you're making good bourbon whiskey, you can't take shortcuts. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, scott is off tonight, i'm jeff glor. this is

. >> pelley: reports from anna werner, don dahler, jim axelrod and jeff pegues.en tracy on the growing measlest- outbreak and the debate over forcing parents to get their kids vaccinated. >> measles is an almost-always benign child illness. >> people don't remember children staying in dark roomse measle because they have measles and the light hurts their eyes. >> pelley: and on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz, a survivor tells deans reynolds about the family he lost. >> i said good-bye to them never to see or hear from them again.

. >> pelley: jeff pegues on what happened next. >> more excitement than i needed today. >> pelley: from crawford on the eve of the super bowl. roger goodell talks about off- field violence, deflate-gate and his own performance as commissioner. >> it's been a year of what i would say humility and learning. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road"" to a time long ago, lost, now found. >> you smell the smells. you hear the sounds. captioning sponsored by cbs

jeff pegues reports e-cigarettes in checked baggage have touched off at least two fires plus one evacuation. and on the road with steve hartman. something magical happened ashlynn wrote a letter to heather. >> she gave me faith and hope again and reassurance. it's pretty amazing.

jeff pegues has late details. awkd in yemen claims it ordered the attack against "charlie hebdo" for insulting mohammed, but the magazine deifies new threats and puts the muslim prophet on the cover of its latest edition. we'll have reports from bob orr and elizabeth palmer. anthony mason on american drivers getting a lot more smiles per gallon. >> i come here because i love the price. >> schieffer: and a different story about a teenager and a cop. dr. jon lapook tells us how a teen in custody saved the officer's life.

airport on saturday night.ig jeff pegues tells us about the close call. >> the passengers on board jetblue flight 1295 were headed for austin, texas. the plane was cleared for take- off, but as it picked up speed air traffic controllers realizedco another aircraft was in its path. >> reporter: caribbean airlines flight 526 arriving from georgetown, guyana, was crossing the runway, and the pilots on board that flight were not responding. >> reporter: before it was too late, the jetblue pilots heard the warning and hit the brakes. passenger krista hollis felt the jolt. >> it was like a huge whiplash and it was terrifying. >> reporter: they are called runway incursions, and according to federal aviation administration data, they are happening more often. in 2011, there were a total ofa 954 incidents. in 2014, the numbers were up to 1,264. the f.a.a. says saturday's incident is being investigated and that the closest proximity of the two aircraft was more than 2,800 feet, but based on average take-off speeds, that would have given the jetblue plane approximately 30 seconds to avoid a collision

jeff pegues on why the u.s. is hitting honda with the biggest fine ever against a carmaker.nding snow facing millions of americans. don dahler on a judge's decision today on whether a teenage cancer victim can be forced to get chemotherapy she doesn't want. >> this is my daughter's decision. i think she's mature enough. >> pelley: and on the day elvis would have become a

jeff pegues on why the u.s. is hitting honda with the biggest fine ever against a carmaker.s covering the biting cold and blinding snow facing millions of americans. don dahler on a judge's decision today on whether a teenage cancer victim can be forced to get chemotherapy she doesn't want. >> this is my daughter's decision. i think she's mature enough. >> pelley: and on the day elvis would have become a rocktogenarian, mark strassmann shows us how it all began. >> this is the holy gr

he is being held in an ohio jail and jeff pegues has more on that. >> reporter: investigators believe the 20-year-old considered members of congress enemies. house speaker john boehner says electronic surveillance was used to stop the plot. >> the first thing that strikes me is that we would have never known about this had it not been for the fisa program and our ability to collect information on people who pose an imminent threat. >> reporter: law enforcement sources would not confirm whether the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa, program was used during the investigation. it authorizes electronic surveillance overseas without a warrant. his parents say cornell converted to islam six months ago. investigators believe he posted social media messages in support of isis and tried to contact persons overseas for authorization to conduct a terror attack in the u.s. in cincinnati, ohio, the former high school wrestler is described as a typical student. john cornell is his father. >> i think he was a really, really vulnerable kid just a big kid. >> reporter: christopher cornell

jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: after climbing at a rate three times greater than a normal, airasia501 likely stalled, which would have triggered alarms like this in the cockpit: ( stalled, stalled ), stal the airasia flight 8501 dropped at a rate of 11,000 feet per minute. that would have been horrifying for those on board. jim sullivan is a commercial pilot who has been at the controls of an a-320. >> a normal descent rate would be in the magnitude of 2,000 to 3,000 feet a minute, so an 11,000-foot descent is obviously drastic, combined with a very, very slow ground speed isou essentially a straight down decent. >> today divers removed six moreer bodies from the java sea. some were found under the fuselage. remai the search for remains has gone on for more than three weeks but it was other aviation mysteries that led to today's new recommendations from the national transportation safety board to aid in the search ford to lost aircraft. they include reporting systems which in the event of an emergency would send basic flight data from the plane to a satellite. the potential use of