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with scott pelley reporting tonight from london. >> pelley: good evening. with the stroke of a pen today president obama gave 800,000 illegal immigrants permission to live in the united states without fear of deportation. it is a sweeping change in immigration policy authorized by the president without the consent of congress. he directed the department of homeland security to stop deporting young immigrants who entered the u.s. as children. his order covers those who are mow younger than 30, arrived before the age of 16, are either in school or earned a high school degree, those who've served in the u.s. military and they must not have a criminal record. ben tracy will introduce us to the kind of person who fits the bill, but, first, we'll go to norah o'donnell at the white house tonight. norah? >> reporter: scott, the president had promised to pass an immigration bill but he failed to deliver in part because he faced republican opposition. well, today he figured out a way to get some of it done without them-- but not without questions about his own politi

. >> pelley: bob, thank you.well, it wasn't exactly the return of the cold war but there was a mighty chill between president obama and russian president vladimir putin today at the g-20 summit in mexico, their first meeting since putin returned to the russian presidency last month. norah o'donnell is there this evening. norah? >> reporter: and, scott, their meeting lasted nearly two hours because, as one top advisor to president obama said, they were talking about syria and they didn't want to stop talking about syria. and it was interesting to watch their remarks after their meeting because these two leaders barely looked at each other, raising questions about whether they were able to find any common ground. >> we agree that we need to see a cessation of the violence. that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war and the kind of horrific deaths that we've seen over the last several weeks. >> reporter: the two leaders looked more liked aer have air iss their friends. their body language seemin

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, roger clemens walks.late today a federal jury in washington found the former star pitcher not guilty of lying to congress when he testified that he never used steroids in his 24 seasons in the majors. it's another failure for the government in its pursuit of athletes in the steroid scandal. an earlier attempt to convict clemens ended in a mistrial and last year home run king barry bonds was convicted of only one minor count in a steroid investigation. bob orr now on the clemens verdict. >> reporter: surrounded by his family and attorneys, the seven-time winner of baseball's premier pitching awardbti knownr his tough demeanor got emotional as he thanked his wife and sons. >> it's been a hard five years and they've been gbv>ñ behind dad and supporting dad. my wife has been a roark. all you media guys that know he me and followed my career... (cheers and applause) i put a lot of hard work into that career. >> reporter: central to the case were allegations that clemens used performance-enhancing drugs. clemen

>>> thank you for watching cbs evening news with scott pelley next. >> pelley: tonight, syria's merciless crackdown on freedom. liz palmer is the only american reporter to reach the scene of the massacre. >> the people who helped carry the bodies say 17 of the victims are buried here, the rest in neighboring villages. >> pelley: a lifeline for the heroes of 9/11. those who worked at ground zero were cut out of federal benefits. now jim axelrod reports on a landmark decision. preparing for the return of el nino. bill whitaker on how it may change our weather and the economy. and lee cowan on why the champion "i'll have another" won't have another chance to make history. >> i'm afraid history will have to wait for another day. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, there is an unspeakable tragedy unfolding tonight as the year- long conflict in syria rapidly descends to civil war marked by the wholesale massacre of civilians. women and children being executed in their homes. the united states and others have condemned the barbar

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there are multiple reports tonight that depotsed egyptian dictator hosni mubarak is brain dead and on life support after suffering a stroke. this comes at the same moment that cairo's tahrir square is once again occupied by protestors, demanding that the military give up control of the country. it is another turning point for the middle east's largest nation. more than a year after the arab spring revolution that overthrew mubarak. this last weekend egypt held its first-ever presidential election but the results raised more questions than they answered alan pizzey joins us now in cairo just above that crowd in tahrir square. alan, what are you seeing? >> good evening, scott. well, confusion reigns about the fate of former egyptian strongman hosni mubarak. the official state news agency and state television say he's clinically dead. other reports quote officials from the ruling military council as saying he's not dead. the crowd behind me in tahrir square cheered when they heard the n

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. lance armstrong, the greatest cycling champion of all time is in jeopardy of losing all of his titles from 1998 through 2004. late today, the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of using banned performance-enhancing drugs and conspiring to cover it up. the doping agency has also charged the head of armstrong's team and four doctors and trainers. it has been a long investigation and we are told that ten former cyclists on armstrong's team testified under oath. you're about to hear from one of them. jim axelrod has details. >> reporter: a source close to the investigation says the u.s. anti-doping agency charges were delivered to armstrong yesterday in a 15-page letter. in the letter, armstrong is accused of using the blood enhancing drug e.p.p.o., banned blood transfusions, testosterone and corticosteroids. the anti-doping agency alleges armstrong used the banned substances from 1998 through 2004, close to the years armstrong won an unprecedented seven tour de france victories. the so

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. he was always the one who got away. al qaeda's number two, abu yahya al-libi had escaped from an american prison and dodged hellfire missiles aimed at him from u.s. drones. but al-libi's luck has just run out. the united states confirmed today that an american drone killed him yesterday in northern pakistan. since navy seals took out osama bin laden a year ago, the u.s. has killed more than a dozen of al qaeda's senior commanders. here's bob orr. >> reporter: abu yahya al-libi was one of the last remaining pillars of the core of al qaeda. he appeared in dozens of videos urging new strikes against the u.s. and its allies. but the charismatic terrorist was more than a propagandist. al-libi sat on al qaeda's governing council and as the top deputy to new al qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri al-libi oversaw external operations. u.s. officials say he was at the center of planning new attacks and coordinating al qaeda's outreach to top affiliates like al qaeda in yemen. as a veteran jihadist w

in just three years. >> pelley: ben, thank you. on to the other pressing question tonight: will the european financial crisis drag america back into recession? in an emergency measure here, britain is moving to defend itself, the treasury pledged the equivalent of about $150 billion to make sure that money keeps flowing. europe is the biggest economy in the world and 17 countries use the currency called the euro. but several of them are nearly broke and there's danger that a failure would trigger a financial crisis like we saw in 2008. that is the warning from the man who works here, number 11 downing street in london, next door to the prime minister. george osborne is the top treasury official. he told us europe must create a common banking system so that strong countries can support the weak. we asked him what he's been telling europe's leaders. >> the messages they're getting from myself, from the u.s. administration and from others are very, very clear that this is an exceptionally grave moment for the whole world economy. >> p

washington. >> pelley: good evening. the entire country has been hearing about it, arguing about it, but fair to say, no one saw this coming. the conservative chief justice of the united states today singlehandedly saved the most important domestic achievement of a liberal president. john roberts sided with the four liberal justices voting 5-4 to uphold nearly all of president obama's health care law. and leaving his conservative colleagues to join the dissenting opinion. at the heart of the law is what's called the individual mandate. it requires americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty. that was found constitutional. other parts of the law also stand-- insurance companies cannot disqualify people who have a preexisting illness. they can't raise rates on the chronically sick. and children can remain on their parents' plans until the age of 26. there was one setback for the law. the court said that congress cannot force the states to expand medicaid to cover more of the poor. we have a team of correspondents

some >> pelley: as unemployment rises, wall street has its wors >> pelley: tonight, the job market worsens; the stock market plummets. >> our economy is still facing some serious head winds. >> pelley: as unemployment rises, wall street has its worst day of the year. reports from anthony mason, mark phillips and jim axelrod. george zimmerman is going to jail. mark strassmann on why the judge revoked bond for the man who killed trayvon martin. wyatt andrews on america's nuns rejecting a vatican scolding. and steve hartman with the educational "on the road." >> every teacher should try a day with a blindfold and really learn how to talk to your students. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we were already having the slowest economic recovery ever, but the news we got today confirms that even that weak recovery is slowing down. today's unemployment report sent numbers and spirits slumping on wall street. we'll get to that in just a moment. but first: the jobs numbers. the labor department says unemployment rose a tenth of a po

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it looks like hell in the garden of the gods. that part of colorado got its name from the beauty of the land but 24 square miles are gone already and evacuations are under way. the waldo canyon fire doubled in size in a day fueled by dry timber, strong winds and high temperatures. half of the nation's resources for fighting wildfires are now in colorado some of the best images we saw today were from the "denver post". a whole subdivision overrun by flames. and 11-year-old evacuee taylor salamon. her family was among the 32,000 people ordered to leave. firefighters are dropping to the ground wherever they can to grab a moment after endless battling in record heat. from colorado springs now, here's barry petersen. >> reporter: one fire official called it a monster event. there are more than 900 firefighters doing everything they could to protect this neighborhood near an area called garden of the gods that 30 miles an hour winds turned into an inferno. in minutes, homes exploded into t

( laughter ) eve captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with a former vice presidential nominee, a couple of millionaires, a thief and a mistress, the john edwards trial had all the elements of a novel but, apparently, not the elements of a conviction, according to the jury late today. edwards was acquited 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 ille

coming up next >> the latest news >> pelley: tonight, the government strikes out. former pitching ace roger e emens beats the charges that he lied to congress. .ob orr is cering. te mgain, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. >> pelley: there was no hiding the strain in relations as presidents obama and putin meet at the g-20 summit. norah o'donnell is there. fiy, windy weather is fueling that huge colorado wildfire, putting more homes at risk. barry petersen is on the scene. and in a rare interview, nobel e ace prize winner aung san suu uyi with her struggle to free a nation. when will you know that burma is free? >> when the people in burma stop >> a inking about whether or not they're free. captioning sponsored by cbs th ng this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. rogeelley: good evening, roger clemens walks. ryte today a federal jury in y ohington found the former star when henot guilty of lying to congress when he testified that hisever used steroids in his 24 seasons in the majors. it's another failure for the g

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for months, we have been waiting to hear what george zimmerman has to say about the killing of trayvon martin. well, tonight, in great detail, he tells his story of the shooting. today, zimmerman's attorney, released a videotape of a statement zimmerman gave to police. zimmerman is charged with murder. he was a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford, florida, when in february near his home he noticed 17-year-old trayvon martin. minutes later, martin lay dead of a gunshot wound. what happened in those minutes has ignited a national debate over race, profiling, and self-defense. anna werner has the tape. >> he was walk will, like, in the grassy area. >> reporter: this video was shot by sanford police the day after the shooting. george zimmerman rode with investigators back to the scene and described what happened. >> like i said, it was rainy. and he wasn't-- he was just losural looking at the house. >> reporter: he spotted trayvon martin here in the gated community. it was just after

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in a big day at the supreme court the most controversial question was on illegal immigration. specifically can the states impose their own immigration laws if they believe that the federal government has failed to do its job in the case before the court came from arizona, which passed its own law in 2010. among other things, arizona made it against the law for an illegal immigrant to look for work and it required police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop we have two reports from the court and phoenix. first with the decision we'll go to our chief legal correspondent jan crawford at the supreme court. jan? >> reporter: scott, arizona said it passed this law out of desperation because the federal government had failed to solve the problem of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in their state and today the court had some sympathy for that although it put some limits on what states could do. the justices unanimously upheld the law's most controversial pr

with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, there is an unspeakable tragedy unfolding tonight as the year-long conflict in syria rapidly descends to civil war marked by the wholesale massacre of civilians. women and children being executed in their homes. the united states and others have condemned the barbarity, but nothing seems to slow the killing and tonight we have the first evidence of an atros they the syrian dictatorship did not want you to see for a couple of days we've been hearing of a massacre of women and children in a town called qubeir. officials tried to get there yesterday and the syrian army opened fire on them. when cbs news tried to get there the army turned us around, too. today correspondent elizabeth palmer in the u.n. tried again and they got through. it appears the syrian government worked to clean up the evidence, but there is just no cleaning up what happened in qubeir. >> reporter: after two days of trying. the u.n. finally closed in on the tiny settlement of qubeir. forcibly turned away yesterday observers were worried crucial evidence had been destroyed.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in this lousy economic recovery we've been looking for signs of a rebound and we got one today. a new report shows home prices rose march to april in 19 of the 20 largest cities. only detroit fell. nationally prices were up 1.3%. the research is from standard and poore's case-shiller index. the housing has been the biggest drag on the economy but consider what's been happening lately. house sales are up, mortgage rates are the lowest they've ever been and builders are starting to build again. are we rising at last from the worst real estate collapse since the great depression? we asked jim axelrod to look for the signs. >> this is a two bedroom two and a half bath. >> reporter: luis silva, who's been renting a home in miami for the last three years, is now looking to buy. >> $500,000 and up-- that's what we're looking for at the moment. >> reporter: silva is shopping in a market where prices are climbing .4% from march to april this year in miami. 3.2% year to year, reflecting a grow

>> pelley: tonight, the jury speaks. there is a verdict in the trial of the highest-ranking catholic church official charged with covering up sex abuse. >> what happened here was unspeakable. >> pelley: elaine quijano reports. tens of thousands pour into the heart of c who will be the next president of egypt. charlie d'agata is with the protestors. bob orr on an astounding new technology for police. scanning for criminals-- hundreds a minute-- but does it violate your privacy. >> some people think this is a little creepy. >> pelley: and steve hartman on the road chasing down a highway hero. >> this is way better than a.a.a.! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for the first time a senior member of the catholic church in the united states has been convicted of concealing sexual abuse of children by pedophile priests. 61-year-old monsignor william lynn was the secretary for clergy at the archdiocese of philadelphia which has 1.5 million members. lynn was fo

you have to make the decision. >> pelley: the criticism, mr.that you should run the fire department and the police department and water works. don't tell me i can't smoke and don't tell me what i can drink. >> if there's asbestos in the building we have the responsibility to tell you. asbestos can kill you and asbestos is in the building. don't go in. we regulate alcohol products, we have speed limits, we do a lot of things to protect you. and there are people that say "government shouldn't do anything." but if you really think about it in today's society letting people willy-nilly go at 100 miles an hour, not telling kids smoking is bad for them, i don't think if you really think about it people would want to do that. >> pelley: you get to do what really no other mayor in the country gets to do. you get to spend hundreds of millions of dollars of your own money. >> well, that's... >> couric: on the things that you care about. it's nice to be a billionaire. >> it is nice. some people spend it on toys and on the big vacations. i haven't had a va

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it happened smack in the middle of america and rocked the political landscape coast to coast, the republican governor of wisconsin, scott walker, survived an attempt to throw him out of office. in a rare recall election last night, he defeated his democratic challenger mayor tom barrett of milwaukee by seven points, 53% to 46. walker took on labor unions, becoming a villain to them but a hero to many taxpayers. the question tonight is what this vote in a key swing state may mean for the presidential election. our coverage begins with dean reynolds with governor walker in wisconsin. >> reporter: governor, there's a lot of talk about how this race had national implications, and i'm wondering what you think about it. >> well, i think the biggest thing goes beyond just november. it really goes to the heart of how people govern after the november elections. i think the message voters sent for wisconsin across the country and around the globe was voters are serious when they say they want

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. one sued a day-- that is the rate of u.s. military personnel taking their own lives just since the first of this year. more troops lost to suicide than died in combat. it's a sharp increase over last year, and it's caught the attention of the pentagon. david martin has been working on the facts behind the numbers and he joins us now. david. >> reporter: scott, the war in iraq is over, and the war in afghanistan is winding down, but the pace of military suicides is actually increasing to a record level. pentagon figures show that as of this past monday, 154 service members had taken their lives so far in 2012, an average of more than one a day, and much higher than the 138 killed so far this year in afghanistan. at this point in 2011, 130 service members had killed themselves. in 2010, the number was 123. pentagon officials had been expecting suicides to level off after seethe numbers soar as the intensity of the wars increased. specialist carl mccoy survived two tours in iraq, only t

. >> pelley: good evening. could this be the turning point in the week-long battle against that massive wildfire in colorado? firefighters say they have fought it to a standstill on the edges of colorado springs. but the fire has taken a heavy toll already. two people were found dead inside a burned out house. 346 homes have been destroyed. and more than 30,000 people have evacuated. president obama visited the disaster area today and called the devastation enormous. the president ordered the military into the battle, and barry pederson was there when the troops flew in. >> reporter: the air battle got reinforcements today. four more military c-130s, with 21 tons of fire retardant per drop, were added to the fire tankers here, and the ground war will soon get help from 145 combat engineers based in colorado springs. they're now getting three days of firefighting training to join 1100 firefighters already on the line. when the 100-foot-high flames swept down the hills tuesday and into the neighborhoods, firefigh

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have been struggling through the weakest economic recovery the u.s. has seen, and today, the federal reserve projected under sluggish growth and high unemployment ahead. the fed said its last forecast back in april was too optimistic. here's how the outlook for next year, 2013, has changed. the fed had expected growth in the economy to be as little as 2.7%. but today, it revised that down to as little as 2.2% growth. in april, the fed projected unemployment might stay as high as 7.7%. but today, it revised that up to a high of 8.0. the chairman of the fed said today he will try once again to jolt the economy out of neutral. we have two reports on jobs tonight. we're going to go first to anthony mason on what the fed is doing now. >> reporter: scott, the fed moved today to push interest rates, already at record lows, even lower. chairman ben bernanke wants to reduce borrowing costs for businesses and consumers to keep the economy from stalling again. >> underlying all this, of cour

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the prospects for a pickup in hiring are not looking for good tonight-- not at america's factories, anyway. a new report out today shows that demand for what those factories make is down. this follows friday's report of a sharp slowdown in job creation and a rise in the unemployment rate to 8.2%. when you include those americans who have given up looking for a job or who are forced to settle for part time work, the number of underemployed in this country totals more than 23 million. a big part of the problem is the continuing fear that europe's financial problems will spread here so we have some insight tonight from both sides of the atlantic. first anthony mason in new york. >> reporter: suddenly the weather forecast for the u.s. economy is looking more and more cloudy. of 21 economic indicators that came out last week, 18 came in weaker than expected. ethan harris is an bank of america. >> well, i think the u.s. economy's caught in kind of a limbo state. not a recession but not rea

. >> pelley: the trial still likely several months away. anna, thank you very much. late this afternoon, several of the biggest banks in america were downgraded by moody's rating agency. before the announcement came, the dow jones industrial average fell more than 250 points on signs of future weakness in the economy. anthony mason is joining us tonight with more on what all of this means. anthony. >> reporter: scott, moody's has been reviewing the ratings of banks with global operations since february. tonight, all five u.s.-based banks saw their long-term credit ratings downgraded. citygrurng goldman sachs, j.p.morgan chase, and morgan stanley were each cut two notches. bank of america's rating was knocked down one notch. the double play grades were widely expected and reflect a tighter regulatory environment that is already squeezing profits at the banks. >> pelley: so what will this mean to the banks? >> scott, it's going to raise their borrowing costs. it could cost them some customers. this is not life threatening by any means. the banks are in a lot better sha

. >> pelley: tonight, europe >> pelley: tonight, europe on the brink. as the economic crisis worsens there, fear is growing that it could spread here. reports from anthony mason and clarissa ward. a showdown over how to fix the economy. >> and if you want to see the results of his economic policies... >> if you want to give the policies of the last decade another try... >> pelley: norah o'donnell and jan crawford with campaign 2012 reports. seth doane on how the recession wiped out two decades of accumulated wealth. >> i really thought i would be a lot better off by this point than i am now. >> pelley: and bill plante with woodward and bernstein, 40 years after watergate. >> the white house became a kind of criminal enterprise. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is one of those days when the economic picture seems so ominous that the stock market rallied on the bad news. investors seemed to think that if things are this precarious, surely the federal reserve will come to the rescue

>> pelley: tonight, out of control.[>v an explosive wildfire this colorado doubles in size in two days forcing hundreds to run for their lives. barry petersen is on the scene. one of jerry sandusky's accusers faces him in court and tells a tale of child sexual abuse. armen keteyian is covering the opening testimony in the trial of the former penn state coach. wall street takes another nosedive, doubting that the bailout of spain will do much good. mark phillips is covering. and wyatt andrews on one giant step for a man. >> reporter: off robot on your right foot. >> yes. yeah. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, 2,000 people are being urged to evacuate ahead of a wildfire moving rapidedly through forests in colorado. so far, 118 buildings have burned and 60 square miles have gone up in smoke. that fire is 15 miles outside of fort collins, one of many burning across the west tonight. barry peter seine in fort collins this evening. >> reporter: the fire is

but not a court marshal. >> pelley: david, thanks very much. there was a worrying development in pakistan today. the supreme court there ordered the dismissal of the prime minister. it's part of a long-running feud between prime minister gilani and the court over corruption charges. it matters because it creates a lot of turmoil in the government of pakistan, a nuclear-armed country that is also critical to the u.s. war on terror. today in pennsylvania, the wife of jerry sandusky took the stand to defend her husband who is accused of more than 50 counts of sexual abuse of children. sandusky is the former assistant football coach at penn state. eight men have testified in the trial that he sexually assaulted them when they were boys. armen keteyian was in the courtroom today. >> reporter: good evening, scott. in a day the defense had some of its best moments yet in the trial. as you said, dottie sandusky took the stand late this afternoon to defend her husband. speaking in a soft sometimes nervous voice, dorothy dottie sandusky testified she nev

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 228 dead. that is the number of murders this year in chicago, and it's nearly twice as many as the number of americans lost on the battlefields of afghanistan over these last six months. 228, up 35% over the same period last year. there was a time that it was called gangland chicago and maybe that time has returned. the cops tell us it's the gang members who have turned some neighborhoods into free-fire zones. more people were cut down today so we asked our chicago correspondent dean reynolds to give us a better understanding of what's going on in america's third-largest city. >> reporter: across chicago, nine people were killed between friday and sunday and two more were gunned down just hours ago- - a murder rate of two a day. >> this is like beirut was in the '70s. it's war. that's why we've got to keep doing it. >> reporter: pastor robin hood lives in chicago's north lawndale neighborhood where three of the victims were killed. >> people are scared to come out of the doors. they'

nd nrway today, she sat down with scott pelley. >> pelley: aung san suu kyi spent most of the last 25 years ry prison or confined by the military to her home. she is the reveered leader of eeat has been a brutally repressed democracy movement in d dea. in '91 she was in her second year of house arrest when the nobel prize brought world attention to a lonely struggle. were there times when you thought of giving it up, thought iv leaving burma? > no, never. >> pelley: never. >> never. er.re were times, of course, when i felt rather tired physically, but never did i ever think that i would leave burma. >> pelley: she was always free to leave the country but she lfused, even in 1997, when her nnglish husband was dying of cancer in britain. you felt the country was more important than your personal eeelings. >> i think the country should be more important to every one of ry in than our own personal and private feels. >> pelley: suu kyi came to oslo now because of the improvements. >> they even allowed elections ream. >> we have been waiting for you, for a very long time. >> pelley: but suu