i'm katie couric. also tonight, the california priest was a convicted child molester. but a newly discovered letter shows the future pope benedict resisted pleas from the local diocese to defrock him. it's nuclear war between palin and the president. each questioning the other's nuclear knowledge. and mastering the course. tiger woods plays his comeback tournament like he never left. 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. in the 220-year history of the supreme court, only three justices served longer than john paul stevens. today, after nearly 35 years, stevens made official what he had been hinting at for months-- he's retiring. stevens, nominated in 1975 by president gerald ford and confirmed unanimously, will turn 90 this month. only the legendary justice oliver wendell holmes was older when he retired at nearly 91. our chief legal correspondent jan crawford begins tonight's coverage of the man who leads the court's liberal block and who president

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katie? >> couric: jan, the president's choice, if he or she is confirmed, is unlikely to change the makeup of the court as you mentioned. having said that, is there a front-runner right now? >> well, katie, if the white house doesn't want a fight-- and my sources say they really don't-- merit garland would probably be the easiest to confirm. he's considered a moderate on some issues. but there are a lot of voices for a woman. remember, only two of those nine justices are women. and that would point to solicitor general elena kagan. katie? >> couric: january crawford at the supreme court tonight. jan, thanks so much. bob schieffer is our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." and, by the way, bob was covering the ford white house when stevens was nominated. hi, bob. >> schieffer: (laughs) hi, katie. >> couric: we thought that was an interesting fact. meanwhile, president obama's nominee is unlikely to have as easy a time getting confirmed as justice stevens did. >> schieffer: katie, it is never easy these days, but the white house really wants to concentrate on jobs an

katie? >> couric: and, chip, also at his press conference today i know president tried to lower expectations about how effective stronger sanctions against iran might actually be. >> reporter: that is right, katie. he was responding to people who say that even if there are sanctions they're not going to work at all. here what's he said. >> sanctions aren't a magic wand. what sanctions do accomplish is hopefully to change the calculus of a country like iran. >> reporter: he did say that he believes that china and russia will be on board in these sanctions and they will be in effect soon. katie? >> couric: chip reid at the white house tonight. chip, thank you. as we said, the focus of this summit was preventing terrorists from getting their hands on nuclear material. now, to that end, the u.s. and russia signed an agreement today to dispose of 68 metric tons of excess weapons-grade plutonium beginning in 2018. that's enough to build 17,000 nuclear weapons. national security correspondent david martin reports the russians are also shut ago facility that's been churning out plutonium for more th

katie. >> couric: anthony mason, anthony, thank you. in other news, it is the biggest nuclear arms agreement in a generation. in prague today, presidents obama and me medvedev signed the trees that calls for deep cuts in the nuclear arsenals. chip reid is traveling with the president in prague. and, chip, how important is this new start tritey. >> reporter: katie it would cut the nuclear arsenals strategic weapons in the united states and russia down to about 1500 weapons a piece. that's still a lot. that's enough to destroy both nations many times over, but president obama says it's an important step along the road to a nuclear-free world, and he says it's going to take generations to get there, if we ever get there, but if you're going to do it, you've got to start with russia and the united states because between them, they have more than 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. >> couric: and, chip, the senate still has to ratify this treaty. how big a battle is expected? >> reporter: well, there could be some real fireworks, katie, beca

i'm katie couric in washington. also tonight, an exclusive interview with the president of france about another nuclear issue. how concerned are you, mr. president, about a potential israeli military strike against an iranian nuclear facility? they're not waiting for the vatican. what some american churches are doing to protect children from sexual abuse. and a few good men in need of a few good families in steve hartman's "assignment america." 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's the largest gathering of world leaders the united states has hosted in 65 years. dozens of presidents and prime ministers from every corner of the earth have come here to washington to deal with what they all see as the greatest threat to their people-- nuclear weapons or the materiel used to make them falling into the hands of terrorists. it hasn't happened yet, and they're trying to come up with a plan to make su

katie? >> couric: bill whitaker, bill, thanks very much. jan crawford is our chief legal correspondent. jan, it begs the question, is this constitutional? >> reporter: well, katie, it raises serious constitutional problems and, of course, the issue of racial profiling. it says that police can stop people if they have reasonable suspicion that someone niece the country illegally. but what gives police suspicion that someone's here illegally. how that k they prove that without showing that kind of identification? the supreme court has ruled that police can't stop people based solely on their mexican appearance. so it appears that could be a real problem under the constitution. it also burdens hispanic u.s. citizens. how do they prove that they are here legally? the supreme court has also ruled that state laws requiring citizens to present identification also are illegal. >> couric: and who ultimately is responsible overall for immigration policy: the states or the federal government? >> well, the federal government has igts own immigration statute setss its own immigration policy so there'

i'm katie couric. also tonight, a shiny new apple. we'll show you what the ipad can do. will it be the next must-have electronic ganlet? and a new kind of negative campaigning. candidates not only tar but avatar their opponents. >> i say, california, let me take you for a ride. 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's been a long, windy, and bumpy road for the u.s. auto industry, but the ride is suddenly getting much smoother. carmakers rolled out their latest sales numbers today, and most are showing a big improvement. ford's sales were up 43% last month. toyota, despite the recall crisis, up 35%. and g.m. sales jumped 21%. but chrysler is still struggli struggling. sales there fell 8%. to win back customers, the carmakers spent more than $2700 per vehicle on incentives like low-interest financing. we begin our coverage tonight with our seen business correspondent anthony mason. >

i'm katie couric. also tonight, a change in airport security. no more automatic screening of every passenger coming to the u.s. from 14 mostly muslim countries. apple's ipad. some say this game changer will be life-changing. and teaching old dogs new tricks that may just save their lives. 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. ever since the economy started growing again back in the fall, the question has been when will it start creating jobs. well, now it is. the labor department reported today that the unemployment rate held steady in march at 9.7%. but here's the big news: employers added 162,000 jobs, the most in three years. while president obama applauded the news, he acknowledged there's still a long way to go to put americans back to work. here's our senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: american business is hiring again. for four of the past five months now, private industry has added workers. >> to

we use it on joe biden, katie couric, or whoever may be on the floor of congress to make them sound better. >> we will show a video right now. can someone explain the lettuce thing? >> it is called smoking lettuce. it was delivered on the house floor by steve move your -- steve will be a -- the representative from louisiana. this was legislation about regulating the sale of tobacco. he claimed that anything that you smoke would be bad for you. it is not so much the nicotine that is bad for you, it is just the smoke. you might as well smoke lettuce. that would be bad for you, too. we thought this was a remarkable piece of rhetoric and it turned into a remarkable video. >> this is three minutes. we welcome back and get you to explain more. >> he gave this big speech in cairo. >> that is exactly the problem. in cairo, he said that in the world order -- ♪ >> he said, in the world order -- to lin >> i am laying down a bit for you. >> i think that goes against that. ♪ exception of dance moves -- exceptional and dance moves >> most people think that this country was built on [unintelligible] >> g

katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big

when "auto tune the news' no. 2" came out, luckily, katie couric was on the air during that timeframe and from then on, it has been easy to get 1 million views per video. >> are you in as many of these as your two brothers? >> i am in fewer and fewer because i have been out of town. i was at the university of virginia. i have a summer teaching gig there. >> let's go down the list. michael, where did you go to school? >> appalachian state. >> i went to school in philadelphia. >> i went to southern methodist university. we met in brooklyn about four or five years ago at a gig. he saw me on stage and the rest is history. we just celebrated our first anniversary. >> are you very political? is that why you are doing this? >> no, i am very musical. that is probably the best reason. i think that this makes for good music. >> what about you, andrew? >> i would say something that my brothers have not said. it is convenient that politics is always happening, so it is easy to make it into an episodic thing. what is more ridiculous right now than american politics? that is the other reason that p

i'm katie couric. also tonight, they're supposed to police the financial system. but instead, some s.e.c. employees were watching porn at work while wall street was melting down. in a place where doctors are hard to find, these patients are getting some of the best care in the world as haiti continues its long road back. it started with a home video shot at a zoo. five years later, youtube has become our window to the world. 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. arizona has long been on the front lines in the fight over immigration reform. more people enter the u.s. illegally there than anywhere else. is but today the state's

i'm katie couric. lso tonight, anger in arizona against a new law allowing police to make you prove you're in the country legally. >> they just focus on us because we're brown. >> couric: a medical break through, the f.d.a. is on the verge of approving the first therapeutic vaccine for cancer. and reinventing the wheel and a life in steve hartman's "assignment america." 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 would be the biggest overhaul of america's financial system since the great depression. the house has already passed it, but it hit a speed bump tonight in the senate where republicans managed to block it, at least temporarily. anat

much more ahead on the seen evening news, with katie couric.ncluding three months after the devastating earthquake in hait >> couric: tonight, neely a week after the volcano, the first plane from the u.s. lands in the u.k. but it could take longer to clear the backlog than the air. i'm katie couric. also tonight, experts say hidden salt may be hazardous to your health. and the f.d.a. is being urged to regulate it. what many haitians call home three months after the quake. why life could get much worse before it gets better. and lating their fingers do the talking. many teens are now texting more than a hundred times a day. 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 ill familiar roar of jet engines was met with applause across northern europe today as flight restrictions were finally eased. all british airports were reopened this weekend, more than five days after that giant plume of volcanic ash from iceland

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katie? >> couric: mark phillips. mark, thanks very much. the eruption has been bad for airlines and businesses that depend on them all around the world, including here in the u.s.. this loss in business and leisure travel to this country alone is estimated at $650 million and counting. and richard roth tells us know one knows when it will all get back to normal. >> reporter: among the estimated eight million travelers who have been stranded or delayed, you'd expect there would be a cynic. >> they're not flying today. it's the big hope. they're not flying. >> reporter: it was no hoax. they are flying. but the slow and piecemeal resumption of air travel over europe left a lot of people with disappointed hopes. >> we waited here yesterday all day. >> reporter: and the wait's not over. it could take weeks to bring everyone home. it's like recovering from the disruption to travel after 9/11, according to the airline industry, except this has been twice as long and bigger. global airline schedules depend on the synchronized movement of interlocki

i'm katie couric in washington. also tonight, an exclusive interview with the president of france about another nuclear issue. how concerned are you, mr. president, about a potential israeli military strike against an iranian nuclear facility? they're not waiting for the vatican. what some american churches are doing to protect children from sexual abuse. and a few good men in need of a few good families in steve hartman's "assignment america." 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's the largest gathering of world leaders the united states dos hosted in 65 years.

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katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big low's crashing finally after 82 years of the glass ceiling, but only 9% of major film directors are female. so have we come a long way sips the 1990's? you bet we have. but women and men should be much more indignant about the resurrection of sexist images that undermine girls and women's self-esteem and seek to keep us, especially our daughters, in their place, and there is still much unfinished business for girls and women in the country, and we should resist and indeed, challenge the seductive message that full equality has been achieved, and that feminist politics are passe and no longer necessary. what can we do? there's plenty to do, but i think the first step is to name enlightened sexism for what it is, to make fun of it, to ridicule it at every turn, because while only an i

. >>> don't miss the cbs evening news with katie couric.dicine" the story you're working on tonight. >> hey, kai. nice to talk to you. dr. lajuke. scientists have apparently found a way to predict the women who have the most common form of noninvasive breast cancer. who among those women might be among the greatest risk of developing greater tumors later on. obviously it will be very helpful to predict who may have this more serious cancer later in life. so jon lapook is going to have the latest on this eye-opening and exciting discovery. >> katie, thank you we look forward to hearing more about that. we'll watch tonight. >> thanks, kai. >>> be sure to watch eyewitness news followed by the evening news. >>> it was so chilly this morning. >> it was. and tomorrow morning is going to be cold also. we have a frost advisory warning in effect. here's the number. 34 officially at bwi marshall. record was close. the record tomorrow is 33 degrees. we don't think we'll break it. but we'll be back down into the 30s. this afternoon, we've recovered bac

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. ght, harry smith reporting from the site of the mine disaster in west virginia. >> smith: good evening, katie is on assignment. well, it has been more than 24 hours now since the explosion which rocked the upper big branch mine here in rural west virginia. and as this community mourns the 25 who died, rescue teams are already preparing to go after the four who are still unaccounted for. in the fading hope

. >>> katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> i'm katie couric in port-au-princeren of haiti? as you can see, some of the lucky ones are back in school. i'll have that story and much more tonight only on the "cbs evening news." >> want to take you back outside now. dave price with another check of the weather. >>> you know you're having a bad day when take you your mobile document shredder to do a job and then it's towed away. when y y >>> all right, good morning, here's what's going on. we're seeing the showers north to south and the forecast today, showers and it will be a cloudy, cooler day and temperatures averaging about 11 degrees below normal. in the low 50s, tonight, 39 and a shower early and clouds breaking up and tomorrow, partly sunny and warmer with a 64-degree high. warmer thursday and friday and back in the 70s. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by trugreen. call 866-true you gregreen toda healthy green lawn. trugreen, go greener. >>> that's a quick look at your weather forecast. >>> as we've been reporting, conan o'brien is heading back to

right back. xçxç/p/pg0gpgpq=kwkw >>> the cbs evening news is less than an hour away and anchor katie couric from new york. we're going to wait on that -- okay. >> i'm here. we had some ifb problems. i'm here. >> it's leslie. how are you. why don't we do it together at the same time -- there you go. hi, katie. >> nice to see you, leslie. coming up tonight. when you make a photo copy the image is only on the paper, right? well maybe not. a special cbs news investigation tonight reveals how your personal information could easily fall into the hands of indentity thieves. >>> plus his boss said he could be the second rain man. a very special employee at a brooklyn hardware store. he's memorized all of the serial numbers for every piece of hardware in the store. we'll have more on that coming up on the cbs evening news. leslie back to you and sorry for the technical difficulties. >> we'll just start the thing next time is this thing working ? >> can you hear me now? >> okay. see you later. >>> three people were injured in a chain reaction crash involving two horse-drawn carriage in philadelphia's

. >>> and katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> abandonednd sometimes abused. how these dogs are helping others and themselves get a new leash on life. that's tonight's american spirit. only on the cbs evening news. >>> flying ban lifted. the faa changes its policies on pilots taking certain medications in the cockpit. >>> a shocking sight. a photo of a teen girl police say blew up a girl on the subway in russia. >>> and the number of americans getting back into the work force. eyewitness news continues with denise and vic after this. ,,,,, >>> it is 4:29. 71 degrees and mostly sunny. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >> we have an update now on the breaking news downtown. we go to captain mike perry to find out more on what's going on. >> fire officials called to the university hospital about 30 minutes ago. word of a possible refridge rant leak. firefighters have responded that they have blocked off lombard street and south green street to investigate. apparently a contractor was working in the c

month later after tina fey's "saturday night live" parodies and a fumbled interview with cbs' katie couriceped in. her favorables slipped to 46%. her negatives surpassed her positives. by july 2009, after resigning the governorship, people's impression of palin eroded, down to 40%. after hitting the trail to sell her book by march 2010, while throngs of conservatives hung on her every word, the general public was less enthused. her favorability/unfavorability numbers had nearly flipped from palin's 2008 high water mark, just 37% of americans see sarah palin favorably. love her or hate her, a couple of figures only add to her mystique. 12 and 2.2 million, that's the number of weeks "going rogue" was on "the new york times" best seller list and the number of copies sold. more of her fellow republicans on palin in a moment. it was a horrible feeling, like i couldn't catch my breath. i couldn't believe i was actually having a heart attack. i remember being at the hospital, thinking about my wife. i should have done more to take care of myself. now i'm exercising, watching my diet, and i trust

. ♪ >>> the cbs everyoning news is less than an hour away and anchor, katie couric joins us live from a preview. hi katie. >> hey there, lesli. coming up, a live report from florida as search and rescue workers return from that deadly oil rig explosion. plus, there's powerful science of the worse may be over for the auto industry. and get this, how a marshmellow can predict your child's chances of success. we'll explain and have those answers tonight right after 9news now. lesli, back to you. >> can that marshmellow go between two gram crackers and chocolate in the middle? >> it's all about delayed gratification and focus and self-control and it's an interesting story. i think every parent will want to check this out. >> and learn from, apparently. katie, thank you for that. all right, caught on tape. a suspect being called the geezer bandit. an elderly, gray haired robber is believed to be responsible for eight bank holdups. he struck again yesterday in san diego. a $16,000 reward is being offered for the capture of the bandit. >> district police are searching for the armed robber wh

. >> i'm katie couric. thanks for watching.d night. >> i asked my 24,000 followers what they think of the new advertising policy and here are some of the responses. scott easeman, i have no issue with it. twitter is a free service. they've given us a great service. time to give back. another way to trash a good thing. it's all downhill from here. jack state fan, there are already a lot of sell-promoting selling tweets on here already. that's true. people like to promote themselves. the former bush white house spokesman, nah, i kind of like the sponsored tweets, fun. trying to determine what the tweet ads say about me. look, if that's the price of staying in business, i want to make sure that i can keep on tweeting. more important, reading the tweets of lots of interesting people from all walks of life. after all, it's twitter, at least the ads will be short. that's it for this edition of "the reliable sources." join us again next sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern for another critical look at the

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brand-new sarah palin tv network which happened to include a show where palin turns the table on katie couric'sers she read? watch this. >> so, katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time, got you. >> now, we were during the election year, tina fey genuinely helped shape america's impression of sarah that first time around. carolina, i think that tina fey completely knocked this out of the park, but even as biting as this was, palin's a huge star in her own right. ii have i feeling this will bounce right off of her. i don't think that this will hurt sarah palin at all. >> ne not at all and think in i fact i think that sarah palin earns 10% commission in keeping tina fey relevant in the news. now she's kind of fading into an ebailiffion and tina breathing the life back into her again. >> i don't know. brooke, she really hasn't faded into oblivion. do you think that sarah palin needs tina fey at this point to keep her vel vent? >> no, no i've got to respectfully disagree with carolina. palin has kept herself relevant. she doesn't need tina fey. sh

katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> a stranger helped hundreds of hurricaned rebuilding homes. well, it turns out that stranger was neil diamond. and for these families, the good times never seemed so good. that's tonight only on the "cbs evening news." >>> dave price is in raleigh, this morning. he >>> and let's see our weather. take a look at the forecast. going to be gorgeous. and you can see the look out there. and 70 degrees going to be the high temperature. sunny to partly cloudy. and sunny and 46. and you >> announcer: this supersized weather report is sponsored by the home depot. more saving, more doing. that's the power of the home depot. >> reporter: at 8:30, we take you inside. stick around for that. in the meantime, back to you guys in new york. >> very nice. thanks, dave. >>> morning we've got our eye on hollywood where there is talk of a replacement for simon cowell and a possible wedding for george clooney. >> here with the scoop, lara spencer. host of the "insider." first and foremost, george clooney. what is up? >> well, let me first say that

katie couric now has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> a stranger helped hubs of hurricane it turns out that stranger was neil diamond. and for these families, the good times never seem so good. tonight, only on the "cbs evening news." now back to "the early show." >>> and speaking of good times, let's go back outside with dave price for another check of the weather. >>> kim, can you take that for a minute? it's just a light drizzle. let's go to the very end of the line. somebody is celebrating an 11th birthday. what's your name? >> braden. >> happy birthday and thanks for the great signs. we appreciate you writing this on the train schedule. let's go to the maps. take a look at the maps right now, see what's happening across -- that's very nice. i don't know if it's a protest or they're fans. no, i'm kidding around. let's go to the maps. still soggy along the east coast, but keep in mind that will clear out by the ents of t end of the day. southeast looks gorgeous. masters weather will be great. let's move on as we head in it to the weekend, beautiful weather exhibited in

we use that on joe biden, katie couric, whoever is on the news, to make them sound better. >> can either one of you explain this lettuce thing? >> this particular example, which became a popular chorus of ours, was delivered on the house floor by steve boyer of indiana about how we were going to regulate the legislation of tobacco. he complained why should we regulate specificly tobacco when really anything you spoked would be bad for you. it is not so much the nicotine in tobacco that's athe claim, so you might as well smoke lettuce. we thought this was a remarkable piece of rhetoric. >> the didn't barack obama give this speech in cairo? >> i think that is exactly the problem. it is not just the berlin speech, but he said any world order ♪ >> i'm laying down a beat for you. go ahead. >> any order that elevates one nation over another, i think that goes against the idea of american exception al i'm -- exceptionalism ♪ most americans believe this nation was blessed by god ♪ and we are better ♪ god bless america ♪ if you were take that lettuce and dry it and smoke it you are going to end u