captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. president obama will address the nation shortly from afghanistan. he made an unannounced trip there today on the first anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. mr. obama and the afghan president signed a security agreement that pledges the support of the united states through 2024. then the president met with u.s. troops at bagram airfield, telling them the battle is not over yet but "there is light on the horizon." norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: and, scott, the president's advisors admit it is no coincidence the president chose this day, the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, to have the president travel to afghanistan and to announce this plan that will help end the war in afghanistan, a war that has cost the lives of nearly 2,000 americans. air force one touched down at bagram air base under the cover of darkness, a sign of the secrecy and security surrounding the president's trip. mr. obama then met with afghan president karzai to fi

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. facebook is all about sharing information, but it turns out that banks did not share all that they knew about the company before investors spent billions of dollars on its stock. stock that has been falling in value since the day it went on sale. facebook shares lost nearly $3 today to close just over $31. the stock was supposed to be priced so that it would go up, but it hit the market at $38 and now it is down 18%. the company's value has plummeted from $104 billion to less than $67 billion, a loss to investors of more than $37 billion so far. so what went wrong? here's anthony mason. >> mason: two weeks ago while facebook founder mark zuckerberg was out touting his new stock and banks backing the deal were raising the offering price, some of those same banks were quietly cutting revenue forecasts for the company. at morgan stanley, the lead firm on the offering an analyst reportedly scott dewitt sent out a cautionary note that facebook's outlook was weakening but only to a select

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. more investors decided today that it's time to get out of the stock market while the getting is good-- or before it gets any worse. here's how bad it got today. the dow fell more than 160 points closing at 12,419. it is still clinging to a small gain for the year of 1.66%. that matters a lot to the more than 50% of americans who are invested in the market and have now seen it fall 16 of the past 20 sessions. so we asked anthony mason why the market is rattled and to tell us about what it means for the economy going forward. >> reporter: may has been a month of misery for the markets. the dow has been up only five of 21 trading sessions this month. the u.s. economy continues to grow slowly. >> we're facing a very challenging global environment with europe deepening its recession, with china slowing. >> reporter: bruce kasman is chief economist with j.p. morgan chase. >> the global backdrop is really our big concern right now. >> reporter: because europe is our biggest trading partner

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: and this is a special western edition. good evening. president obama addressed the nation tonight from afghanistan. he made an unannounced trip there today to mark the first anniversary of the death of osama bin laden and to sign a security agreement that pledges continued u.s. support for afghanistan after u.s. troops leave. the president met with some of those troops at bagram airfield, telling them the battle isn't over yet but "there is light on the horizon." norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president said tonight this new agreement with afghanistan will help them chart a clear path to fulfilling their mission to ending america's longest war, a war that has claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 americans. as the president said tonight "this time of war began in afghanistan and this is where it will end." in his address, the president said his visit marked a historic turning point. >> my fellow americans, we've traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud

. >> pelley: they usually keep those things secret until the president lands. norah, i wonder, with the speech being scheduled tonight on the anniversary of bin laden's death, one might ask whether this has been carefully timed for the u.s. presidential election. >> reporter: well, there are some republicans who are going to charge that-- and have charged-- that president obama is exploiting the death of bin laden for political gain. but this trip to afghanistan was part of a long-planned trip because they've been actually working for 20 months on this strategic partnership agreement. and, remember, it also sets up this big nato summit in chicago later this month where they will talk about transitioning u.s. forces out of a combat role and training afghan security forces. >> pelley: norah, thanks very much. it's important to remember the context of the president's trip. he's traveling to afghanistan at one of the worst moments in u.s./afghan relations. in recent weeks, a u.s. soldier was arrested in the massacre of 17 afghan civilians. u.s. troops inadvertently

>> pelley: tonight, what w >> pelley: tonight, what wall street didn't tell investors before they bought facebook. ture of 's no debating, this is a misadventure of epic leoportion. >> pelley: anthony mason on the facebook fiasco. th the first private ship heads to the space station. we'll talk to the entrepreneur who launched it. how much of your personal fortune have you poured into this? >> $100 million. >> pelley: an auction house is relling what it claims is the blood of ronald reagan. >> outraged. >> pelley: and one year after the tornado, ben tracy tells us joplin is preparing for the next one. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" ood evenint pelley. >> pelley: good evening. facebook is all about sharing information, but it turns out that banks did not share all that they knew about the company before investors spent billions as been rs on its stock. stock that has been falling in value since the day it went on sale. facebook shares lost nearly $3 today to close just over $31. wae stock was supposed to be priced so that it would go up, but it hit the market a

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. what looked like a deft dry yum of american diplomacy has in to an international incident with no end in sight. at the center of it is chen guangcheng, the blind chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest in beijing last week and sought sanctuary in the u.s. embassy. this morning he walked out of the embassy hand in hand with american diplomats. the chinese guaranteed chen's safety and freedom, but now that he is back in chinese hands, there are reasons for doubt. holly williams has late details from beijing but, first, david martin on how this strange day began. >> reporter: scott, what was supposed to have been two days of high-level talks between secretary of state clinton, treasury secretary geithner and chinese leaders has turned into a diplomatic fiasco over the fate of one man. at first it was all smiles and hugs. chen guangcheng couldn't thank american diplomats enough. he even phoned secretary clinton to personally thank her. for their part, the americans seemed delight

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning tonight with breaking news that will rattle the struggling financial markets. j.p. morgan chase, america's biggest bank, just admitted it has suffered massive trading losses that cost the company $2 billion. the head of the bank says it is the result of "sloppiness and bad judgment." senior business correspondent anthony mason has been talking to his sources and, anthony, what are you hearing? >> reporter: scott, the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase, jamie dimon, held a surprise conference call this afternoon to announce the bank had lost about $2 billion in just the past six weeks because of bad bets in credit derivatives, the same financial instruments that played a key role in the financial crisis. "this one we would put in the egregious category," dimon conceded on that call. the bank, the nation's biggest by asset, could face another billion dollars in losses due to market volatility. dimon acknowledged it could get worse. this could go on for a little bit. it's a big

>> pelley: a u.s.ine serving in afghanistan-- staff sergeant jeremy cooney-- traveled thousands of miles home for a reunion with his family. but it was the last few feet of that journey to camp lejeune, north carolina, that he will never forget. sergeant cooney saw something he'd never seen before: his six-year-old son michael walking michael has cerebral palsy and when his father left for a seven month deployment in afghanistan michael couldn't walk. doctors once said he never would but the cooneys never accepted that. while the sergeant was away, his wife melissa and their three other children taught michael to stand up on his own and take his first steps. but they kept it all secret from his dad until he returned. >> there's no words. it's just one of the most proudest moments of my life, that's all i could tell you, because i'm just... i never thought it would happen and can't describe the feeling. >> pelley: the reunion happened in december but mrs. cooney just posted the video online and that's w

ed pelley: a.q.a.p. is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> yes, exactly. >> pelley: john, thanks so much. tfense secretary leon panetta on panetd this evening about the bomb plot. t on then't comment on the specifics but he did say this: >> what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we do everything necessary to keep seerica safe. >> pelley: chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell has been talking to her sources he kil white house. norah, last week on the first anniversary of the killing of no credn laden, we were told that there was no credible ow aboutf an attack. what do you know about that? >> reporter: well, a top counterterrorism official insists tonight there is no intelligence to suggest that this plot was tied to the ggest rsary of osama bin laden's death. and the reason they know that, scott, is because this plot was always under operational control. y kn does that mean? well, they wer

( laughter ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with a former vice presidential mom nikkei couple of millionaires, a thief and a mistress, the john edwards trial had all the elements of a novel bit, apparently, not the elements of a conviction according to the jury late today. edwards was acquit of one count of campaign finance fraud in connection with his run for the 2008 democratic presidential nomination. the jury reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts, so the judge declared a mistrial on those ending the case. anna werner has been covering the 17 days of testimony and nine days of deliberations, and she joins us now from the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. anna. >> reporter: scott, as the foreperson told the judge, that the jury had failed to reach a verdict on five of six counts, edwards smiled. then we watched as he hugged his daughter, cate, and his parents, all clearly relieved. then he stepped outside to face everyone else. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in a philadelphia courtroom today, the first catholic clergyman to face criminal charges for covering up child sex abuse said he was following the orders of a cardinal. monsignor william lynn described a code of silence as priests suspected of child molestation were transferred from parish to parish in the hope that no one would notice. elaine quijano was in the courtroom. >> reporter: monsignor william lynn testified he had no choice but to follow the directives of his superior, the late cardinal anthony bevilacqua, including withholding information from parishioners about why predator priests were moved out of theirs churches. >> reporter: cardinals are the highest ranking clergy in the catholic church. they answer only to the pope. lynch was in charge of recommending priest assignments and investigating child sex abuse allegations against clergy for 12 years. today, lynn testified he did not have the power to transfer priests from church to church, telling a philadelphia jury he o

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, heads are rolling in a wall street debacle of the kind that few expected to see again so soon. stock in the nation's largest bank-- j.p. morgan chase-- continued to fall today. it has lost $19 billion in value since friday, more than 12% of its total worth. late last week, the bank shocked investors with a $2 billion loss in its trading department. j.p. morgan chase had made enormous bets on what are known as derivatives, an exotic wall street investment that was at the heart of the financial collapse in 2008. by this morning, a top executive was out and anthony mason picks up the story from there. >> reporter: the first casualty of the bank's $2 billion blunder was its chief investment officer, ina drew, a 30-year veteran of j.p. morgan chase and one of the highest ranking women on wall street resigned this morning. drew oversaw the division responsible for the $2 billion loss. the bank stock tumbled another 3% today and c.e.o. jamie dimon has been rushing to do damage control. >> i

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning tonight with two important stories involving the brain. first, a study out today that may affect hundreds of thousands of american troops. in recent years, more than 200,000 of them have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, including concussions. the question for researchers is whether these troops suffer the same long-term effects that are turning up among some football players. dr. jon lapook reports we may now have an answer. >> reporter: nick colgin came back from afghanistan in 2008 with a bronze star for heroism and a problem that is destroying his life. >> a rocket propelled grenade hit off the right side of my humvee and i didn't realize it at the time but i had suffered a traumatic brain injury. i got home and i couldn't spell my name. >> reporter: four years after the explosion, his traumatic brain injury, or t.b.i., is all consuming. >> my headaches have been so bad i have to sleep in a closet to get it dark enough so my head doesn't hurt. my depre

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. president obama's stand on same-sex marriage completed its evolution today, changing from opposition to support. in 2004, running for the u.s. senate, he said marriage should be between a man and a woman. later, as president, he said his position was evolving. today, he endorsed same-sex marriage. his declaration does not change any law. 41 states ban same-sex marriage, including north carolina, which voted the ban part of its constitution just last night. but it could change the race for the white house by injecting a contentious social issue. here's what the president said today in an interview with robin roberts of abc news. >> for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> pelley: mr. obama has often said he was in favor of civilians of gay and lesbian couples and in favor of equal rights. norah o'donnell, our chief white house correspondent is at the white house tonight. norah. >> reporter: scott,

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the man who confessed to killing six-year-old etan patz more than three decades ago was charged today with second degree murder. pedro hernandez could get 25 years to life if convicted. he was picked up yesterday at his home in new jersey by new york city police acting on a tip and today we learned that that tip was called in by his own family. all of this is happening on a sad anniversary for the patz family. john miller has been covering this story from the very beginning back in 1979. >> reporter: stan and julie patz returned home this morning, 33 years to the day after their son disappeared. friends tell us news of the arrest was still sinking in. the 51-year-old suspect, pedro hernandez, is in a hospital bed under police guard. police say he had threatened suicide and was awaiting a psychiatric evaluation. two days ago in the three and a half hour videotaped statement police say hernandez had described committing the murder when he was an 18-year-old stock boy at a grocery store

. >> pelley: elaine, the monsignor took the stand today in his own defense. how risky was that for him? >> reporter: you know, it was a risk, legal analysts says, because prosecutors now have a chance to poke holes at monsignor lynn's defense. some here say this trial could go on for another two weeks and if that's the case, that would then give his defense team an opportunity to repair any damage. >> pelley: elaine, thanks very much. in washington, the director of the secret service appeared publicly for the first time to address the biggest scandal ever to hit the agency. mark sullivan told a senate hearing that his agents and officers who caroused with prostitutes in cartagena, colombia, did what he called dumb things but he said their mistakes did not represent the culture of the service. nancy cordes was at the hearing and joins us now from capitol hill. nancy. >> reporter: scott, good evening. the director tried to convince members of the homeland security committee that this was a one-time incident, but they weren't buying it, especially now that they

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have late-breaking news in the trayvon martin case. for the first time, the court has released the evidence gathered by prosecutors. it includes information about injuries to the man charged with murdering martin, george zimmerman, and about marijuana use by martin. zimmerman shot the unarmed teenager one night in february. this is a picture of-- that was released this evening of martin- - that's him on the left-- at a 7-eleven as he was buying candy and an iced tea before he left to go to the neighborhood where zimmerman would ultimately shoot him. martin was a guest in the home there. the question is, what happened in the moments before zimmerman fired the fatal shot? the case set off a national debate over racial profiling and the right of self-defense. mark strassmann has the late- breaking details on the evidence tonight. mark? >> reporter: scott, this evidence covers 183 pages. and it includes dozens of audio recordings, mostly interviews, surveillance videos and reports of

>> pelley: tonight, how the etan >> pelley: tonight, how the etan patz case was cracked. er the child's admitted killer is charged with murder, john miller has learned the identity of the man who turned him in. p e facebook fiasco. anthony mason on how a nasdaq screwup cost investors a fortune. >> we got punched in the nose pretty good. >> pelley: man versus mountain. brian rooney on one man's sacrificing his attempt to climb mount everest to rescue another. !nd steve hartman "on the road" with tourists chasing tornadoes. >> okay! pose. whoo! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the man who confessed to killing six-year-old etan patz more than three decades ago was charged today with second degree murder. pedro hernandez could get 25 years to life if convicted. he was picked up wednesday at his home in new jersey by new york city police acting on a tip and today we learned that that tip was called in by his own family. all of this is happening on a sad anniversary for the patz family. john miller has been c

. >> pelley: anna, thank you very much. erin moriarty of "48 hours mystery" has been watching the testimony in the courtroom. erin, what appeared to be the central flaw in the government's case? >> reporter: i think simply put it's andrew young, the government's key witness. the government built its case on his testimony. he's the one who said that john edwards solicited the money from the two wealthy donors, then used it to hide his girlfriend from the american public as part of his campaign. but during cross-examination, andrew young had to admit that he used more than $1 million of that money for his own house, and i think his credibility was sedamage add the that point. >> pelley: he used that money to build his open house. he essentially stole it is what he said. >> reporter: he did. and he was double dealing. he told one donor he owed money and he had already paid that with bunny melon's money. >> pelley: can the prosecutor try again? >> reporter: they can and we saw nathat in the roger clemens case but they are stuck

government is diving. >> pelley: thank you very much. in syria there was a second mass execution uncovered today. just yesterday we told you more than 100 people were executed over the weekend, mostly women and children. the u.n. suspects supporters of the dictatorship killed them. well, today bodies started showing up with hands tied behind their backs. the violence began 15 months ago when syrians rose up against the dictator bashar al-assad. allen pizzey has the latest. >> reporter: opposition activists posted another gruesome video today. this showed bodies of 13 people apparently shot dead in eastern syria, their hands tide behind their backs. the victims were said to be defectors from the syrian army. with access for form journalists severely restricted by the syrian government, such videos are often the only insight into what's happening. they're usually impossible to verify. but this time the head of the u.n. observer mission in syria confirmed the images. major general robert mood said he was deeply disturbed by this appalling a

. >> pelley: thank you, david. we're joined now by long-time asia correspondent holly williams of our british partner sky news. she's covering the story and joins us from beijing. holly, what's the state of playwright now? >> well, we understand that chen guangcheng is still in hospital here in beijing. he's being treated for some kind of stomach complaint. late in the day here in china one of his friends spoke to him over the phone and then started tweeting and she said that mr. chen told her that he had been forced to leave the u.s. embassy because chinese officials had told him if that if he didn't his wife would be returned to their village where she would be beaten, persecuted and he, apparently, feared for her life. what this does is raise one very big question and that's the extent to which the chinese authorities can be relied upon to live up to these guarantees that they've made about chen guangcheng's safety going forward. >> pelley: tell me, what is it that chen did in his human rights work that made the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have a much clearer picture tonight of how a leading chinese dissident wound up in the u.s. embassy in beijing, setting off a diplomat crisis, and it is straight out of hollywood, with the blind dissident escaping house arrest, american diplomats rescuing him and then racing him to the embassy with chinese secret police in pursuit. the story is coming out at the same moment the u.s. secretaries of state and the treasury are in beijing to negotiate trade and policy agreements. yesterday, the u.s. returned chen guangcheng to the chinese after they promised he would be safe, and he said he wanted to stay in china. but today, chen asked secretary clinton to take him out on her plane, and, later, in a phone call, chen was patched through to a congressional hearing in washington. chen told the committee he wants to come to the u.s. to rest. they'll make a movie out of this one day, but in the meantime, we have reports from beijing and washington. first, david martin. >> reporter: the al

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, alzehimer's disease cannot be cured butting k it be prevented. today the government announced a major study to test a prevention drug in just one family. prevention is almost impossible to measure because scientists can never know which healthy people will develop the disease. but now they have found one family in which nearly everyone develops alzehimer's diseases. more than five million americans have alzheimer's or another form of dementia. that's expected to triple over the next 40 years as the population ages. the annual cost of care now $200 billion could hit a trillion dollars. the obama administration explained a strategy today to find a treatment by 2025. wyatt andrews has our story on the new clinical trial designed to find out whether alzheimer's can be stopped before it starts. >> reporter: researchers will focus this clinical trial on patients near medellin, colombia. here, hundreds of people in one extended family were born with a genetic flaw that makes it certain they

. >> pelley: understood. the associated press at least is reporting that this man has been removed from yemen and apparently is safe. this may go a long way toward explaining why authorities said yesterday that the bomber was no longer considered a threat. it may well be now that he was actually working with the c.i.a. all along. you've been doing a lot of reporting today about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and the outfit that put this bomb together. >> that's right. scott, since 2009, intelligence... u.s. intelligence officials have had a laser focus on a.q.a.p., al qaeda of the arabian peninsula. it's a highly capable group made up of experienced leaders, battle tested terrorists and a very talented bomb maker. this is is training video of al qaeda of the arabian peninsula or a.q.a.p. this latest plot serves as a stark reminder of their primary mission. bring down an american plane. a former f.b.i. agent who has questioned more members of a.q.a.p.than anyone. what makes al qaeda of the arabian peninsula

>> that's right. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. we are hearing tonight that iran has made more progress than we thought toward the capability of building a nuclear bomb. new evidence turned up in an inspection by u.n. specialists and david martin found out what they learned. >> reporter: the uranium enrichment facility dug into the side of this mountain is the ground zero of iran's nuclear program. and it just became more radioactive. literally. a new report from the international atomic energy agency says inspectors found traces of uranium enriched to 27%, closer to bomb-grade levels than anything iran has produced before. nuclear experts say it was probably just a mistake by technicians who intended to go only to 20%, but still evidence iran is installing higher-quality centrifuges capable of spinning uranium gas to higher levels of enrichment in less time. in the last three months, iran has installed 350 more centrifuges at the underground complex known as fordow bringing the total to more than one thousand and adding fuel to th

. >> pelley: thanks very much, anthony. now we mentioned a moment ago that the drop in the unemployment rate is bad news. here's why-- if someone gives up looking for work, he's no longer counted as unemployed. the drop in april isn't because people found work. it's entirely because 342,000 americans quit looking. our research department came up with this-- starting in 1981, this shows the percentage of americans in the workforce, meaning they have a job or they're looking for one. the number grows steadily, until 9/11, and then it starts to drop and really picks up steam independent great recession. today the percentage of americans in the workforce is down to where it was 30 years ago. we asked elaine quijano to tell us about some of the folks who are still searching for work, and she decided to look in rhode island where the unemployment rate is about 11%, one of the highest in the nation. >> there's so much unsettleat this point, and you think at 50 you should be settled. and here i am at 50, and i'm not. >> reporter: f

>> pelley: tonight a slaughter of innocents. syria's massacre of dozens of civilians including many children draws worldwide condemnation. norah o'donnell on the u.s. response. cyber wars. david martin on the discovery of the most sophisticated computer virus ever found. the confessed killer of etan patz. did he admit his crime to a church group decades ago? seth doane has the late-breaking developments. and john black stone on the west coast where the legacy of the japannese tsunami is washing up on shore. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. entire families were shot in their houses. that is how a united nations official describes the massacre of more than 100 people, mostly children, in syria over the weekend. today the united states and nine other nations expelled syrian diplomats from their capitals. the u.n.'s lead negotiator met with the syrian dictator today and warnedded that syria has reached a tipping point. the family of bashir al assad has ruled syria

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there are late-breaking developments this evening in that alleged bomb plot in which al qaeda allegedly tried to put a bomb on an airplane bound for the united states. the "new york times", the los angeles times, and the associated press are all reporting that the would-be bomber, the man who was to carry the bomb on to the aircraft was actually an undercover intelligence agent that was working with the c.i.a. all along. we have a number of developing items on this story tonight. we're going to go now to john miller, our national security correspondent and former assistant director of the f.b.i. john, what are you hearing? >> well, this goes right to the heart of an intelligence agency's nightmare which is identifying a source that they've placed inside an organization. i just got off the phone with intelligence agencies and senior officials. they say they're not going anywhere near commenting on this obviously because. >> pelley: understood. the associated press at least is reportin

>> pelley: tonight a cold case turns hot. a possible break in one of the most famous missing children's cases in america. john miller has been on this story for 33 years. a catholic monsignor tells a philadelphia court he compiled a list of pedophile priests but admiss he did nothing about them. elaine quijano is covering his trial. the first wave of tsunami debris from japan is about to reach the united states. john blackstone is in alaska. and he made these kids a deal-- they kept their end, and and now he's about to make their dreams come true. >> the promise you made these kids 12 years ago was what? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. police in new york city say they are holding a man who has confessed to the murder of etan patz. the six-year-old boy who vanished without a trace 33 years ago tomorrow. the enduring mystery of etan's disappearance, the anxiety felt by parents across the country, combined to revolutionize the nation's approach to missing chi

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we're beginning with a major government recommendation that is just coming out this evening. it could affect virtually every man in america. a top panel of health experts says that men should no longer get routine p.s.a. tests to screen for prostate cancer. the reason, it says, is that the tests may lead to treatments that do more harm than good. more than 33,000 american men die of prostate cancer each year and every year 20 million get the p.s.a. test to detect the disease early. the recommendation tonight is already causing a lot of criticism and we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us more. >> reporter: for 20 years, the message has been the same: get a p.s.a. test every year or two, detect prostate cancer early and save your life. >> hold that right there for me. >> reporter: dr. michael la fever sat on the panel said said the message was wrong. >> the problem is in contrast to small benefits a significant number of men will be harmed by the tests and treatments that follow prostate

>> pelley: tonight, new evidence the economic recovery is slowing. job creation numbers fall for the third straight month. >> you think after 50, you should be set, and here i am at 50 and i'm not. >> pelley: reports from anthony mason and elaine quijano. they appear to have a deal in that diplomatic standoff over a chinese dissident. reports from david martin in washington, and holly williams in beijing. five american priests are removed by the church. seth doane with more on a widening investigation. and on the road-- steve hartman with the man who's using a brush to put smiles on every face in town. >> it's just amazing what a little bit of paint will do. >> pelley: good evening. the word economistes were using to describe today's jobs numbers is "disappointing. we suspect other words might be use pie the 12.5 million americans who are still unemployed, many of them for months, if not years. the labor department tells us job creation was down. just 115,000 new jobs in april. so after rising for three straight months, the job growth numbers have no

. >> pelley: good evening. the word economists were using to describe today's jobs numbers is "disappointing. we suspect other words might be use pie the 12.5 million americans who are still unemployed, many of them for months, if not years. the labor department tells us job creation was down. just 115,000 new jobs in april. so after rising for three straight months, the job growth numbers have now fallen for three straight. the unemployment rate dropped from 8.2 to 8.1%, but it turns out that's bad news, which we will explain in just a moment. so, is the economy improving or not? anthony mason found out today it's a little bit of both. >> reporter: manufacturing's been one of the most consistent bright spots in the recovery, and at crestron, the new jersey- based maker of technology management systems-- you're still hiring. >> absolutely. >> reporter: george feldstein's company will add 350 jobs this year, increasing his workforce by more than 10%. >> everyone seems to want to jump on the fear wagon, and, you

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we have late-breaking news on an al qaeda plot to blow up a u.s.-bound jetliner. sources tell cbs news that a would be suicide bomber was intercepted by the c.i.a. recently. the bomb is now in the hands of the f.b.i. for analysis. it is said to be a more sophisticated version of the underwear bomb that was used in an unsuccessful attack on a u.s. airliner in 2009. we have reports from the white house, a look at what this mean for airport security and correspondent john miller, a former assistant director of the f.b.i. john, what are you hearing at this hour? >> well, scott, our intelligence sources say the plot had advanced to the point where the bomber had been chosen and told to pick a flight and the destination. the bomb is believed to have the same ingredients as those used in the 2009 underbear bombing. the difference this time is the detonating system on this explosive device had been refined. in the 2009 attempt, the detonator malfunctioned. this device also had no metallic pa

morgan chase. >> pelley: we'll be watching that. nancy, thank you very much.merica's space program was transformed today when a rocket, built by a billionaire businessman, lifted off in florida. for the first time, a privately owned and operated space craft is headed to the space station. here's mark strassman. >> and launch of the space-x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: space-x hopes this morning's successful launch will push private enterprise deeper into space as a for-profit marketplace. nasa retired its shuttle fleet last year and the obamaed administration wants private aerospace companies to provide basic transportation to get astronauts into orbit. in a 2010 test flight, space-x launched a capsule into orbit and retrieved it, the first time a private company had achieved that feat. today's mission will be another first. a commercial space craft flying all the way to the international space station. on friday, the dragon capsule was stopped within 30 feet of the station, each

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there are late-breaking developments this evening in that alleged bomb plot in which al qaeda allegedly tried to put a bomb on an airplane bound for the united states. turns out that the would-be bomber, the man who was to carry the bomb on to the plane was actually an undercover intelligence operative who was providing information to the c.i.a. all along. special correspondent john miller, a former assistant director of the f.b.i., has been working his sources tonight. john, what are you hearing? >> scott, we're told that this is a saudi intelligence source who has been inside a.q.a.p.and providing information through the saudis to the c.i.a. for some time now. at this point he's been relocated and he's being protecteded. since 2009 u.s. intelligence has had a laser focus on al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. this is a highly capable group made up of experienced leaders, battle-tested terrorists, and a talented bomb maker. >> reporter: this is training video of al qaeda of the arabi

. >> pelley: mr. obama has often said he was in favor of civilians of gay and lesbian couples and in favor of equal rights. norah o'donnell, our chief white house correspondent is at the white house tonight. norah. >> reporter: scott, advisers admit it was not the president's plan to announce his support for same-sex marriage today. ironically, his hand was forced by his own vice president and by gay and lesbian financial supporters who felt it was time the president clarify exactly where he stands. >> i had hesitated on gay marriage, in part because i thought civilians would be sufficient. >> reporter: today, president obama became the first sitting president to declare that he believes gays and lesbians should be able to legally marry. up until now, he has been unwilling to support same-sex marriage. >> you know, my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. >> reporter: advisers claim they've been discussing for a few months about when to make an announcement, but then vice

. >> >> pelley: ton >> pelley: tonight, j.p. morgan chase admits mistakes were made. but were laws broken? the s.e.c. is focusing on the bank and that $2 billion blunder. anthony mason is covering. a quarter of a million americans ene about to lose their unemployment benefits this weekend. john blackstone reports. thaff sergeant jeremy cooney returns from the war and can't believe the miracle waiting for him. and on the road, steve hartman with a teacher who is lifting kids out of poverty by reaching for the stars. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. t >> pelley: good evening. the lessons of the great recession didn't last long. tonight, the nation's largest bank and one of the nation's biggest energy companies are both reeling-- reckless investments in one case, questionable management in the other. j.p. morgan chase said yesterday tsat it lost at least $2 billion in investments it called stoegious." today, j.p. morgan lost $14 billion in stock value. chesapeake energy lost as billion of its stock valu