john blackstone with arizona's sheriff joe. the feds say he's violating the civil rights of hispanics. >> i'm not a social worker. i'm a cop. >> pelley: high drama as the pilot dies at the controls, leaving his wife to fly the plane. and on opening day, jim axelrod with the most amazing collection of baseball memories we've ever seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the national football league, an american institution and $10 billion-a-year industry, is caught up with one of its biggest scandals, the new orleans saints paying players to injure opponents on the field. today, head coach sean peyton appeared before the n.f.l. commissioner to appeal his one- year suspension, and tonight we have an idea why the league came down so hard on the saints. here's armen keteyian. >> reporter: the violent nature of the n.f.l. is an alluring, often celebrated part of the sport. but even in the confines of these human car crashes, there are rules, legal and ethical bounda

and riot radio, 20 years after the deadly turmoil in los angeles, john blackstone takes us to the radio station that opened its phone lines and gave people a voice. >> stop it, people! stop it! we've got to be together! >> this captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. we begin with a growing epidemic among american children. and tonight a new recommendation on how hundreds of thousands of those kids should be treated. we're talking about type ii diabetes, a problem that is confounding more doctors, families and health care professionals every day. now the release of a new report offers new insight. here's tony guida. >> reporter: type ii diabetes was never seen in young people as recently as 15 years ago. now it's occurring with alarming frequency. doctors know that a major risk factor is obesity. beyond that, they were mostly in the dark about this disease. >> very little is known about the right way to both prevent it and to treat it. >> reporter: a new study out today in the new england journal of medicine finds that

john blackstone takes us to meet the internet entrepreneur of every book ever published. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. a scandal may be brewinged in the u.s. secret service. several agents were recalled there colombia where they were part of an advance team preparing for president obama's arrival for a weekend summit there. senior white house correspondent bill plante is live in cartagena with allegations of misconduct, include prostitution. bill, good evening. >> reporter: jim, good evening. it's an exwargs incident which has distracted from the president's participation in the 33-nation summit of the americas. 11 or 12 members of the huge secret service contingent for the president's visit were sent home from colombia after a noisy altercation involving at least one prostitute. the alleged misconduct and the explosion took place earlier this week before the president arrived friday and attended the summit's colorful opening ceremonies this afternoon. the secret service personnel sent home were part

female veterans say they face particular barriers, as we hear tonight from john blackstone. >> the bombs were hitting all-round our chest and hitting our trucks and hitting our tanks. >> they served side by side. >> we are out there with them and the gunners, we are so used to being with the guys over there. >> being one of the guys has helped women like army reserve sergeant marie adams game acceptance on the battlefield. >> the, translating that into the civilian world, it is misunderstood. >> he is a photographer shooting everything from combat to portraits. >> i had the experience, i have been trained by the government, i should be able to get a job, there should be no problem but that is not the case. >> it was the same with national guard sergeant lindsey freeland, a digital designer who who drove trucks through afghanistan. >> constantly putting in applications, resumes for different or same jobs and getting constant rejection letters. >> likewise for national guard sergeant anna rutherford, a communications specialist. >> i would definitely say the employers might be intimidated

john blackstone introduces us to a internet entrepreneur giving them new lives. >> why keep physicalhow we learned as a society. >> reporter: in a warehouse near san francisco, breauxster kale's goal is to get one copy of every week ever published. each crate contains 40,000 books universities and libraries around the country no longer want. >> what should we do with them? throw them away? no. so we started developing the technology for very inexpensive storage. >> reporter: before they go into deep storage, kale has every book scanned. his organization, the internet archive, has 2 million scanned books online, with more added every day. it's one reason librarians send in their unwanted books. are they relieved to dutch their books on you, if i can put it that way? >> librarians go into the field because they love books. the idea of actually have them leave their library is something that tears every librarian's heart out. >> reporter: that's true for sara houghton, librarian in san rafa rafael, california. >> we're clearly out of space, so every time we get a book in, we have to get

john blackstone tells us why. >> reporter: in his latest battle with the u.s. department of justice over alleged civil rights abuses, sheriff joe arpaio remains defiant. >> i mom get to be subservient to the federal government when they have come up with no proof. >> reporter: you revel in being disliked. >> well, i sure don't want to be known as a nice guy. i'm not a social worker. i'm a cop. >> reporter: the 79-year-old has been in office since 1992. many who have gone through his jails, including his desert tent city where inmates wear pink underwear, have long accused him of violating their rights. but it's his department's treatment of hispanics that prompted federal officials this week to demand an independent monitor. why are they going after this sheriff? we know why. because they don't like me enforcing illegal immigration laws. >> reporter: a three-year investigation by the justice department found what it called unconstitutional policing and a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against latinos, who are up to nine times more likely than whites t

john blackstone is with the survivor. republican primary night in wisconsin, maryland, and the district of columbia. reports from chip reid and dean reynolds. and how to turn around a failing school? give the students unfailing attention. byron pitts with the best teacher in florida. >> reporter: what percentage of your band students who graduate high school go on to program high school. >> 100%. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it has been an ominous and frightening afternoon in dallas fort worth. at least two tornadoes the weather service described as skipped across the metropolitan area of six million people. while damage is widespread, areas of severe damage appear to be limited. there are no immediate reports of fatalities but assessments are still coming in. we feared the worst when we saw pictures of semi trailers flying through the air but the twisters were selective. just a few neighborhoods are heavily damaged. a lot of what we've seen is brok

headed this election year. 20 years after the beating of rodney king and the riots that followed, john blackstone looks at how los angeles has changed. and "on the road," charles kuralt and steve hartman take us to a cadillac plant. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. well, another shoe has dropped in the sex and the secret service scandal. the agency issued and internal memo today ordering new training, stricter rules on the use of alcohol, and assigning monitors from the services office of professional responsibility to accompany future advance teams of agents who go to foreign countries to prepare for presidential visits. all this after the recent debacle in colombia in which a group of agents lost their jobs after becoming involved with prostitutes. our norah o'donnell broke the story earlier today. norah? >> reporter: bob, this is it. this is the memo that was sent to all secret service employees just a few hours ago and it starts off by reminding employees of the secret service valu

we asked john blackstone to put the deal in focus. >> reporter: with just 13 employees, instagram issmall san francisco office that doesn't even have a sign and so far hasn't made any money. the free app lets 35 million smart phone users quickly transform cell phone pictures into small works of art that can look like something taken many years ago. it's become so popular so quickly that silicon valley venture capitalist says facebook saw it as a threat. >> so facebook very quickly turned potential competitor into an ally. >> and kept it away from its enemies. a bit of art of war here. >> reporter: just last week investors valued instagram at $500 million. then facebook arrived offering double. silicon valley, that may still be a bargain. >> instagram was well on its way to go from 50 million users to 100 million users. nothing was going to stop it. people loved the service. that kind of love for a product is rare. >> reporter: but facebook's big buy is making some instagram users nervous. this woman runs butcher shop creative, a san francisco marketing agency. >> 544 photos. >> repor

s darkest hour john blackstone los angeles >>> the worst possible thing ever unimaginable >>> l a on site a van carrying a family of seven plunges off the freeway and telling everyone inside. mystery surrounds a blind chinese dissident who escaped house arrest the diplomatic dilemma for the united states. >>> mostly sunny and seasonal but ,,,, >>> across remained of an s u v remove from the bronzeville following an accident that killed seven family members. the accident raises questions about that stretch of the bronx river parkway or another s u v lost control and fell over a guard rail last june. the most experienced rescue workers were shaken by what they saw. >>> the accident happened shortly after noon a van carrying seven people from the same family bounced off the median of the bronx partway across three lanes of traffic over a guard rail and plummeted 50 ft.. the van landed in a wooded area of the bronx zoo that is not open to the public and far from animal exhibits it is a storage area. when they found of and it was crushed. >>> yoenis arrived on the scene and found the vehi

some angelenos found their voice as john blackstone shows us on the radio. >>> there's no police presence down here >>> that day everything changed. in his home on a q and was on the air when on the streets long-simmering frustration turned to rage. >>> and green because it is showing we as black are nothing >>> we became the people listen to the voice of an angry public. >>> when nobody else was listening to? >>> no. >>> stop at with got to be together >>> one call still haunts the station's former morning man rico reed >>> i cannot believe these kids and people are out here doing this to our community. >>> i remember her passion i could hear her tears at made me want to cry >>> i'm heard the verdict is what it was by hurd for our people in this is not what you call a dan revolution has revolution brings about positive change. >>> your heart goes out to people like that. >>> for a community in turmoil in k j l h was a place to connect >>> i called reverend jackson and set to got to come out here this is getting out of control. sizzling the burden for running teen was unjust we must not c

john blackstone covered the riots in 1992 and returned to that neighborhood this week. >> reporter: whens seized by chaos and violence 20 years ago, the city's deep divisions were brutally exposed. >> where's your human dignity? >> reporter: a helicopter watched overhead as white truck driver reginald denny was pulled from his cab and beaten. a radio reporter was standing nearby. >> still bleeding all over the place, trying to get back into his truck. >> reporter: charlie beck, then a police sergeant, had just arrived home from work. >> it was almost 7:00 at night, reginald denny was being dragged out of his truck. no police cars were responding. >> reporter: denny managed to pull himself into his truck and drive away, passing lawrence toliver's barbershop. you thought he was a redhead? >> i thought he was a redhead because of all the blood that was all over his face and all over his hair. >> reporter: toliver wondered where the police had gone. >> they were just standing back. >> reporter: beck, now l.a.'s chief of police, said the force was caught unprepared. >> driving down western an

john blackstone spoke with one of the survivors today. >> reporter: with an underwater robot and help from divers oakland police searched for a gun used to kill seven people. at the small campus of oikos university, investigators continued working the crime scene in rooms riddled with bullet holes. police radio calls show the suspected gunman was quickly identified. >> the shooter is going to be a male korean, about 40 years old, heavy build. >> reporter: the suspect is 43-year-old one goh, an american citizen born in korea. he was expelled from the university in january for behavioral problems police say he told them other students made fun of him because of his poor english. last year he lost two family members-- his mother and brother. investigators say he's being corporative but hasn't shown remorse. this oakland police spokesman says there's evidence the shooting was planned in advance. >> when the gunman entered the school he took a hostage he was looking for a specific when he entered the classroom he directed the students to line up against the wall. before they had a chance t

john blackstone looks at one man trying to turn that around. >> reporter: on captain dave anderson's. anderson is also on the lookout for whales that are in trouble. ha tan gelled in old fishing gear. though almost invisible, fishing gear can injury or kill a 40-ton whale. photographs of humpback whales analyzed for government reports found half had signs of injuries from fishing gear. anderson says other studies indicate the problem is even g bigg bigger. >> we have a thousand whales and dolphins dying every day and this is not sustainable. >> reporter: so anderson rescues whales and dolphins wrapped in fishing gear. do that he has permission to get close to them to do that. >> he's heading toward you. >> it's a big safety issue you have to take into account. it's definitely not for the light-hearted. >> reporter: the recent rescue at dana point shows what a tough job it can be. the whale had fishing gear all around his tail. >> every time he's moving around with his tail flukes the netting is chafing against his skin, you can see deep grooves. >> reporter: the first task for anders

. >> john blackstone covered the chaos back then. against brother. >> reporter: for six long days and nights, starting on april 29, 1992, los angeles was a war zone. >> he's been shot! he's been shot! >> they're angry. they have every right to be. >> reporter: 55 people died. 2300 were injured. property damage estimated at $1 billion. in the midst of the chaos, first ame, an african-american church, provided a sanctuary. >> thank you, lord! >> there was a sense of despair, of hopelessness, anger and a perception that african-american life was not valued in this community. >> reporter: that despair and anger had roots in a grainy video shot almost a year earlier. white police officers brutally beating a black motorist, rodney king. two weeks after the king beating, a surveillance video showed a korean shop owner shooting and killing a 15-year-old black girl. the shop owner was set free without jail time. >> not guilty of the trim of assault -- >> reporter: when the white policemen charged in the king beating were acquitted, south cent

john blackstone has the story of one ageless wonder who has. >> reporter: when 49-year-old pitcher jamiecolorado rockies training camp, many doubted at his age he could get back in the game. >> i've had people tell me for years, you're too old, you don't throw hard enough, you can't do this, can't do that. >> reporter: after losing last season to an elbow injury that required reconstructive surgery, all moyer wanted was another chance. >> givemy an opportunity, ail me to work, to grow, to get better and you never know what can happen. and it's turned into this. >> strike three called. >> how about jamie moyer? >> reporter: he not only made the team but when he starts for the rockies tomorrow night in houston, he could make baseball hitory. as the oldest major league pitcher ever to win a game. you're on the verge of -- >> well, honestly, i can look you straight in the eye and telling you i'm not playing this game for records. >> reporter: his rookie year can seem like ancient history like teammate drew pomeranz. >> he was debuted in 1982, two years before i was born. pretty cool. >> repo

as john blackstone reports, the show had a lot of live music and a few unexpected faces. >> reporter:of cowboy hats at the academy of country music awards in las vegas, but carrie underwood's rocking opening act showed how blurry the line between country and block can be. ♪ >> reporter: the line between genres that blur your still when the '70s rock band kiss in full makeup and metal-studded regalia took the stage as award presenters. >> lady antebellum! >> reporter: kiss has not actually gone country, but lionel richie may have. the r&b star who started off in motown in the '60s shared the stage with blake shelton, named top male vocalist. ♪ again and again now >> reporter: ashton kutcher star of "two and a half men" showed up with a big hat and a big belt buckle. his job was to present an award but he couldn't resist singing. ♪ give all i've got to give to make all your dreams come true ♪ >> reporter: when the country stars paused to focus attention on fighting child hunger -- ♪ imagine all the people >> reporter: they did it with a song from john lennon. ♪ giving all the world yeah

john blackstone looks at the men who pushed themselves and their planes to the limit. >> reporter: at0 miles an hour at little as 50 feet above the ground. it's like a nascar track in the ski. steven hinton has won here twice. >> you're within 10 to 20 feet of that airplane on the start and depending on you how close racing gets, you can be close to five feet. >> reporter: 500 miles an hour? a new imax documentary "air racers 3d" that puts racers in the cockpit. in 2009 when he was just 22, hinton became the youngest winner ever at reno, breaking a record previously held by his father, steven hinton. some people think it's a dare devil sport but it's not. none of us go out there to race thinking that we're just adrenaline junkies. it's more of a precision thing. we're out there to try to accomplish something. >> reporter: in the hinton family, flying seems as essential as breathing. since you were a kid, the love of airplanes? >> yeah, grew up. i had a crib in the office. my mom works here so always a family business. >> reporter: at the planes of fame museum, the hintons restore clas

headed this election year. 20 years after the beating of rodney king and the riots that followed, john blackstonehow los angeles has changed. and "on the road," charles kuralt and steve hartman take us to a cadillac plant. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. well, another shoe has dropped in the sex and the secret service scandal. the agency issued and internal memo today ordering new training, stricter rules on the use of alcohol, and assigning monitors from the services office

john blackstone with arizona's sheriff joe.y he's violating the civil rights of hispanics. >> i'm not a social worker. i'm a cop. >> pelley: high drama as the pilot dies at the controls, leaving his wife to fly the plane. >> somebody better get here in a hurry. >> pelley: and on opening day, jim axelrod with the most amazing collection of baseball memories we've ever seen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the national football league, an americanti

john blackstone is with the survivor.y night in wisconsin, maryland, and the district of columbia. reports from chip reid and dean reynolds. and how to turn around a failing school? give the students unfailing attention. byron pitts with the best teacher in florida. >> reporter: what percentage of your band students who graduate high school go on to program high school. >> 100%. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it has been an ominous and frightening afternoon in dallas fort worth. at least two tornadoes the weather service described as skipped skipped across the

sounds like a job for john blackstone. >> as superhero movies go, the avengers is supersize.man, captain america, the hulk. the black widow and hawkeye brought together to save the world. >> gentlemen, what are you prepareed to do? >> reporter: the cast is filled with big names. robert downey, jr., samgual l. jackson, scarlet johansson to name a few. >> more stars in this movie than a long time. >> it's the most stars i can remember seeing since one of the 70s disaster movies. >> reporter: so why on earth did disney and marvel comics put this rumored $220 million movie in the hands of writer director joss wheldon. >> you don't have a reputation as a big movie director. >> not yet, no. i don't think i want that. i don't know what that reputation would be like. >> reporter: his reputation is consider've for createding small often short lived tv shows. if you heard his name before, it's likely because of "buffy the vampire slayer". >> who are you? >> i'm buffy, the vampire slayer. and you are? >> reporter: buffy ran from 1997 to 2003, attracting a small, but dedicated cult follo