different types, never convicted until he recorded himself assisting in the suicide of a man with lou gehrig's disease. he spent 8 years in prison for second degree hurt. he was paroled in 2007. >> john edwards is fighting charges that he violated federal election law in his 2008 campaign. prosecutors say he used donations to cover up an affair. they say hundreds of thousands of dollars were passed through boxes of chocolate. the defense admits that there was a coverup but say it was for personal and not political reasons. david nottingham reports from washington. >> former presidential hopeful emerged from a north carolina courtroom friday looking confidence. his eldest caught kate was at his side. edwards made an immediate distinction between doing something wrong and doing something illegal. >> i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and harm i've caused others. but i did not break the law. >> edwards pleaded not guilty that he spent millions of dollars to hide his mistress mistress reyell hunter. >> that could possibly endanger his license to practice law. the indictment focuses on

are people who became disabled usually because of an awful disease like multiple sclerosis or lou gehrig's disease or a traumatic event like a motor vehicle accident or a stroke. and these are people who as a result are at risk of snulization and sometimes at risk of eviction and homelessness and sometimes even at risk of death unless they're linked to the appropriate services to support them. our clients' physical and psychiatric disabilities often prevent them from knowing the services that exist in the community and from completing the complicated processes for applying for them. by providing case management services as we do, we are able to link this group of people to the services that they need and thereby prevent unnecessary placements that laguna hana hospital, homelessness and death. so i would ask the board of supervisors to review the decision closely to reduce the spending. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. and ms. garcia. my name is jane vocio. i'm a representative with opeiu local 3. and i'm privileged to represent the majority of the homeless service workers in san

in 1998 when he recorded himself assisting in the suicide of thomas youk, a man suffering from lou gehrig's disease. he showed the tape on "60 minutes" and defiantly defended himself to mike wallace. >> you killed him. >> i did, but it could be manslaughter, not murder. it's not necessarily murder. i know what it is. this could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened. >> smith: he dared prosecutors to indict him again. they did, and he was convicted of second degree murder. he served eight years of his sentence but was freed from jail in 2007, promising not to break any more laws. jack kevorkian never achieved his goal of legalizing euthanasia, but he did succeed in getting an entire country to begin thinking about the right to die. even among supporters of a patient's right to die, kevorkian was controversial. though there's no federal law allowing physician-assisted suicide, it is legal in three states. coming up later on the "cbs evening news," he had an amazing run on "gunsmoke." remembering james arness. and just ahead, the president of yemen is wounded as fighti

the last, in 1998, a man with lou gehrig's disease.t happened on national tv and led to his fifth trial. the one that finally sent him to prison. kevorkian insisted he was performing a medical service for an agonized human being. his supporters wore buttons that said "i back jack." but a jury convicted him of second degree murder. and sent him to prison for eight years. after he got out in 2007, he never assisted with another suicide. but kevorkian made his stamp on our culture. barbara walters interviewed dr. kevorkian many times. and barbara, i want to start off by showing a clip of one of those interviews that really gets to the heart of this debate with dr. kevorkian. >> reporter: what do you say to people that say, doctor, you are playing god. >> well, so is a doctor who takes your heart from one body and puts it in another, isn't he? a doctor always plays god, even when he gives you a pill. because he's interfering with a natural process. >> reporter: instead of being called dr. death, which does sound so very extreme and so very

he died of lou gehrig's disease one of the most terrible ways you can die because just last year, i think, last august, yeah. and because, you know, your brain never goes. it's the last thing to go so you observe your increasing incapacity day by day, hour-by-hour, minute by minute and he was the most -- he was the bravest most uncomplaining and he wrote this -- he was writing these essays about memory as he was dying. and it's a very short book. and it's arguably the greatest thing he did, actually, and i sort of -- i'm rather distressed -- well, not distressed. it doesn't matter, he was dead. i wish i could have told him how extraordinary book it was. it's about childhood, it's the space of 50 pages. it's called the memory chalet. it's a hard edge unsentimental intelligence. so those of you who we're talking about. the tame is judt, tony judt. read it. it will change your life. it really will, i think, actually. >> we have a podcast on our website. >> good, good. >> one more question the gentleman in the back there. on your right. >> uh-huh. >> thank you. please share your thoughts on p

cal ripken, micky mantle and lou gehrig to name a few. they did okay. >> all right.ew king of the jungle if you will at the san francisco zoo. her name is martha and today recen recently donated tiger explored her new home. this advertise the first new tiger to arrive at san francisco zoo since one of the big cat escaped and killed a visitor on christmas day 2007. since then the zoo has installed a higher wall and made the tiger grotto more secure. >> we added i think 10 feet or more to the height of theen closure. additional hot wire and some viewing windows and the mesh that you see out ther there. >>reporter: and despite today rain visitors seemed excited about the syberian tiger's arrival. 10-year-old martha weighs almost 300 pounds and eat as steady diet of chicken rabbit and pork. >> coming at 9:00. baseball engineers los angeles dodgers won't let anyone buy. stay engineers los angeles dodgers won't let anyone buy. stay with us [ kate ] if this icelandic mud could work wonders on my skin, imagine what it could do for my business. now, i just had to figure out a

it showed kevorkian injecting a lethal substance into a man with lou gehrig's disease.his time, he was convicted of second-degree murder. when he was released eight years later, kevorkian told mike wallace he would not participate in any more assisted suicides. >> what would you do if a desperate person comes to you, jack kevorkian, and says, i need help. >> it would be painful for me but i would have to refuse him because i gave my word. >> reporter: kevorkian said part of the reason he fought for assisted suicide was so he could one day have the option. but his lawyer says he became very weak in his final days. >> i believe that in the end, if he had enough strength to do something about it, he would have. >> reporter: last year, hbo made a movie about the controversial doctor called, you don't know jack starring al pacino. kevorkian used the publicity to continue his life's pursuit making assisted suicide legal. ines ferre for cbs news. busine >>> san jose police have a tentative new contract agreement with the city of san jose that will save some police jobs. just a

in 1999 after he'd allowed "60 minutes" to broadcast the lethal injection of a patient who had lou gehrig's. >> guilty of a lesser charge of second degree murder. >> suarez: kevorkian spent the next eight years in prison. he was released on parole in 2007, still defiant, but promising not to break the law again. >> i will not do it again because it would be counterproductive. what would it serve? what purpose? it's now up to the people to fight for their right-- it's a natural right, you're born with that right. >> suarez: jack kevorkian's own life ended early today in royal oak, michigan, where he'd been hospitalized with pneumonia and kidney problems. he was 83 years old. >> lehrer: again, the other major developments of the day: hiring slowed in may, as employers added the fewest jobs in eight months. and the president of yemen was wounded in fierce fighting between his troops and tribal fighters, while in syria, government forces killed 34 protesters. and to kwame holman for what's on the newshour online. kwame. >> holman: watch an extended excerpt of the newshour's 1990 interview with

he restored and raced vintage cars but' two years ago at age 50 he was diagnosed with lou gehrig's diseaseg incurable illness that destroyed his muscles. he lost the use of his legs and then his arms. his family says he was in terrible pain, had trouble breathing and swallowing. and was choking on his own saliva. so they wrote dr. de vorkian who lives nearby and he videotaped his first meeting with tom. >> can you move your legs at all? >> no. >> how about your left arm? try. that's all you can do? you can't lift your hand off? >> trying to talk to tom you learn how bad he was. he couldn't also make intel i believe words. barely intelligible. >> reporter: from the tape you could sea barely. >> right. what is your religion? do you have any children? >> you could see him breathing, gasping leaning back every time he trieded to talk. he couldn't utter more than a few syllables at a time because of his weak muscles. he was terrified of choking, terrified. >> reporter: up until now kevorkian says he's helped people to die by having the patient flip the switch to start the lethal drugs flowing.