>> gromeier: yes. >> pelley: ...for the immune system. >> gromeier: yes. >> pelley: the immune systemolio infection. we better go kill it." >> gromeier: exactly. >> pelley: and it turns out it's the tumor. >> gromeier: yes. >> pelley: it appears the polio starts the killing, but it's the immune system that does most of the damage. stephanie's tumor shrank for 21 months until it was gone. this is an m.r.i. from this past august. three years after the infusion something unimaginable has happened for a patient with recurrent glioblastoma. and there's no cancer in this picture at all. >> desjardins: and we don't see any cancer, active cancer cells in this tumor at all. >> pelley: she is cancer free. the only thing that remains is this hole, which is an artifact of an early surgery. under traditional standard-of- care treatment, stephanie should not be standing here next to us today? >> desjardins: absolutely not. >> pelley: stephanie, when they showed this to you, what did you think? >> lipscomb: i wanted to cry with excitement this time. >> pelley: how surprised are you by that? >> fried

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. >> pelley: this was september 2009. we were there as golf company stood rigid in a mud-walled memorial service. it was the first time the troops had come to grips with the terrible loss signified by seven battlefield crosses. and we wondered what's become of them. we caught up with them on a field trip, part of their washington reunion. what do they think of their war? was coming home the homecoming they hoped for? >> simon: when he made his comeback, levine, now in a wheelchair, before even lifting his baton, got a standing ovation. ( applause ) he would conduct mozart's "cosi fan tutte," one of his favorites. ♪ ♪ ♪ if you could see music as well as hear it, you would see it in the face of james levine. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm scott pelley. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm lesley stahl. those stories, including one of the last completed by our colleague bob simon before he died, tonight on "60 minutes." and i didn't get here alone. there were people who listened along the way.

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: it seemed today that about the only thing that could make the disaster in the french alps more tragic was learning it was intentional. today, prosecutors say firstlubitz, a 27-year-old german, deliberately crashed the airbus a320. all 150 on the flight from barcelona to dusseldorf were killed. but why did he do it? and what do we know about him? our team of correspondents has been searching for answers and first we'll go to mark phillips in france. >> reporter: to the heartbreak and grief of the dazed families of the victims who have begun to gather near the crash site, shock and even disbelief have now been added. it wasn't an accident that killed their relatives on this mountainside. the french prosecutor says it was murder. the evidence comes from the battered but still readable cockpit voice recorder recovered from among the disintegrated wreckage of plane and people strewn down these slopes. for the first 20 minutes, the cockpit conversation is technical and normal, then with the plane at its cr

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, president obama made his first visit to the phoenix v.a. hospital that epitomized all that was wrong with the veterans health care, where some vets died before they got treatment and hospital officials hid those long delays on secret wait lists. the administration says thousands of doctors and nurses have now been hired nationwide and those wait times are improving. but the president, who vowed nearly a year ago to fix the v.a., acknowledged there is still a lot more to do. here's wyatt andrews.ar >> reporter: brian gibbs, an iraq war veteran, said two ge months from now he will finallyph get to see a v.a. surgeon in phoenix for a blood clot condition in his legs. you can get appointments now but it takes forever. >> it just never ends. there's never ending-- the questions are never answered.ost >> reporter: almost a year aftercr the secret wait lists were revealed, the president came to phoenix, report card in hand. 4,000 veterans have been calledin for appoin

>> pelley: the white house said today v.a. health care is getting better, so we asked a vet. >> i don't see any difference from when i start aid year and a half ago to today. >> pelley: also tonight reports of their death were exaggerated. how many of you have been declared dead by the federal government? the pope reveals the earthly pleasure he misses. and steve hartman on the butterfly theory taking wing. >> it's inspired me. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, president obama made his first visit to the phoenix v.a. hospital that epitomized all that was wrong with the veterans health care system where some vets died before they got treatment and hospital officials hid those long delays on secret wait lists. the administration says thousands of doctors and nurses nurses have now been hired nationwide and those wait times are improving. but the president, who vowed nearly a year ago to fix the v.a. acknowledged there is still a lot more to do. here's wyatt andrews. >

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we got an ugly reminder today that racism is still alive just as america is marking the anniversary of a turning point in the civil rights movement. it happened at the university of oklahoma in norman where members of a fraternity recorded a racist chanted which, of course, went online. today the fraternity was shut down and the university president said he wants the students in the video to leave and he offered to pay their bus fare. jericka duncan is in norman, oklahoma. >> reporter: this is the video that did so much damage in only nine seconds. >> there will never be a [bleeped] here. there will never be a [bleeped] here. >> reporter: the clip was posted on a web site sunday night. we don't know when or where it was shot. we don't know the identities of the students. the video makes light of lynchings and barring blacks from sigma alpha epsilon or f.a.e. before sunday night was other the national fraternity disowned the o.u. chapter. brandon weghorst is the national spokesman. >> we are apologet

scott pelley is next. >> pelley: no survivors-- what forced an airliner into a high-speed crash with no warning in fine weather? also tonight for the first time, we see the so-called accident that got senior secret service agents in hot water. for the second time, angelina jolie has surgery to reduce the risk of cancer. and the campaign to change the gender of our tender. >> why aren't women on the money? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: why did an airliner crewing in broad daylight in fine weather begin a long, controlled descent into the french alps slamming into a mountain at nearly 450 miles per hour. the airbus athree 20, operateed by germanwings part of liewfs was on its way from barcelona to dusseldorf. there was no word of trouble from the cockpit. the twin engine jet was reduced to confetti that allowed no hope for any of the 144 passengers and crew of six. most were german or spanish. we have extensive coverage tonight beginning with mark phillips near the scene of the crash. >> reporter: the plane went down in the hos

pelley. >> pelley: the ferguson police chief and city manager are out after a federal report finds a pattern of racial bias. also tonight, black hawk down, a terrible toll in a crash off florida. and experimental therapy has added years to the lives of some cancer patients. and the great rhino round-up. >> there is a brief period of discomfort that could ultimately save his life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: they are cleaning house in ferguson, a house that the federal government found filthy with racial bias from the police department to the courts. late today the police chief resigned, just hours after the city manager was forced out. the federal investigation was a response to the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer. no wrongdoing was found in the shooting, but there was plenty of it in the department. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: in the seven months since the shooting death of michael brown chief tom jackson has been the face of the ferguson police force and its chief apologist. this is what he told

dog show here's scott pelley. >> pelley: the university of oklahoma shuts down a fraternity over a racist chant caught on video. >> these people have acted in a way that is absolutely reprehensible and disgraceful. >> pelley: also tonight hundreds protest after a white police officer fatally shoots an unarmed black teenager. a cloak and jagger story. who poisoned jagger the belgian show dog? and before texting there was tapping. [tapping] the code that helped american p.o.w.s survive. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we got an ugly reminder today that racism is still alive just as america is marking the anniversary of a turning point in the civil rights movement. it happened at the university of oklahoma in norman where members of a fraternity recorded a racist chanted which, of course, went online. today the fraternity was shut down and the university president said he wants the students in the video to leave and he offered to pay their bus fare. jericka duncan is in norman, oklahoma. >> reporter: this is the video that did so much

the cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. >> the latest news >> pelley: boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev is taken back to the boat where his run from the law ended in a blaze of bullets. also tonight, accused murderere. robert durst may have tripped over his own loose tongue. new recommendations on cardiac stress tests, why doctors say millions of people should not get them. and something new under the sun, a solar-powered spacecraft. >> that's exciting. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, johar tsarnaev, the admitted boston marathon bomber, took a field trip with the jurors that will decide whether he lives or dies. the destination, the boat in which he hid for hours, until the police, acting on a tip from the owner, discovered him. there was also more dramatic testimony today, and don dahler is at the courthouse. >> reporter: the day began with an up-close look at where dzhokhar tsarnaev's alleged crime spree ended in a bloody, bullet-riddled boat. jury members and a heavily guarded defend

. >> remembe >> pelley: he >> pelley: he was flying despite a history of suicidal tendencies. we have new revelations tonight about the pilot who took 149 people to their deaths. also tonight, the prosecution rests after presenting some of the most disturbing evidence yetg against the boston bomber. a new study tells us who has the highest risk of the deadliest breast cancer. and meet jon stewart's successor. >> mr. trevor noah, trevor thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. we learned today that the flight into an alpine mountain began years ago. prosecutors in germany say andreas lubitz was treated for quote suicidal tendencies before he got his pilot's license. last week when lubitz strapped into the cockpit on a lonely journey with 149 others, he left behind bottles of anti- depressants and a doctor's warning that he should not fly. allen pizzey now on a man in the depths of despair who wanted to soar. >> reporter: this video of andreas lubitz learning to fly a glider shows

>> pelley: americans are among the dead in the mysterious plane crash in the alps. what clues does this flight recorder hold? also tonight-- >> after nearly five years in captivity, their son bowe, is coming home. >> pelley: now bowe bergdahl is charged with desertion. distracted teens are causing far more car crashes than we knew. and an american classic. we'll tell you the story so stand by. ♪ darling darling, stand by me ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight the cockpit voice recorder may be the best hope of revealing how a german airliner crashed in the french alpses killing all 150 on pord. we learned today that three americans are among the dead, including emily selke of nokesville virginia. the rest from the plane were mostly germans and spaniards on a flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. in clear skies, with no hint of trouble, the germanwings airbus a-320 descended into a mountain at nearly 450 miles an hour. we have a team of correspondents on the story. first we'll go to mark phillips in france.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. isis is taking its war of terror to the american homeland, or trying to. an online campaign is targeting 100 specific members of the u.s. military in 11 states, including california, texas and florida. today the pentagon asked local police to help protect these servicemen and women. we have more now from national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: most of the military personnel on the hit list are from the air force and navy.e the two services which have been conducting the air campaign against isis. some of them served aboard aircraft carriers launching strikes over iraq. others are based at dyess air force base in texas, home of the b1 bomber which has been carrying out the most visible strikes of the war.e the ones around the syrian town of kobani. isis has no way to defend against those strikes, which by last count have hit more than 5,300 targets and killed moreth than 8,500 fighters. instead it fired off a salvo from what is proving to be its most

scott pelley reports from new york. >> pelley: an isis hit list names american servicemen and women. the pentagon asks police to protect them. also tonight that alleged gang rape at uva rape at uva, the police announce the findings of their investigation. cbs news investigates fires in a popular s.u.v. and a king finally gets his wish. >> my kingdom for a horse! >> pelley: but it's pulling his hearse. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: isis is taking its war of terror to the american homeland, or trying to. an online campaign is targeting 100 specific members of the u.s. military in 11 states including california texas and florida. today the pentagon asked local police to help protect these servicemen and women. we have more now from national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: most of the military personnel on the hit list are from the air force and navy. the two services which have been conducting the air campaign against isis. some of them served aboard aircraft carriers launching strikes over iraq. oth

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, as investigators looked for clueses too why andreas lubitz deliberately flew a jetliner into a mountain, they found something else-- a note that could have prevented it. at the crash scene in the french alps, crews continued the difficult task of recovering remains of the 150 who died. we have a series of reports tonight. first we'll go to allen pizzey in the copilot's hometown. >> reporter: investigators searching the apartment and family home of andreas lubitz turned up several doctors' notes, including one excusing him from work on the day of the crash, but that one had been torn up. german prosecutor christoph gumpa said the note supports the current program assessment that he hid his illness from his colleaguees. producers would not say what that medical condition was other than that it had been treated by a doctor. they also did not find a suicide note or anything indicating a religious or political motive. now they are combing through the copilot's background examining financial and personal de

. >> pelley: winter's grand finale. the season ends with one more encore for people who have shivered through too many. also tonight the f.b.i. is investigating the death of a black man whose body was found hanging from a tree in mississippi. the moon has its day in the sun. and steve hartman "on the road" with an amazing day for the lady knights. >> it's probably the best moment of my life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we begin the broadcast in winter, and we will say good night in the spring. if just a few minutes at a quarter to the hour, the sun will move directly over the equator. that's the spring equinox. equinox, which is latin, by the way, for equal night, when night and day are the same length. unfortunately, northeast, the first hour of spring is going to look a lot like winter. this is a picture of fort lee new jersey. a storm moving up the coast is bringing snow from washington to new england. jericka duncan is in new york city with winter's partin

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: after a week of denials, lufthansa said today it did know that andreas lubitz suffered from severe depression long before he deliberately crashed a jetliner into the french alps killing 150 people. tonight, crews continue the tedious work of recovering and attempting to identify their remains, and allen pizzey has the latest. >> reporter: french investigators say the job of recovering human remains is nearly over, but they won't stop looking. 20 specialist troops will be sent up the mountain it were to begin bringing down personal belongings, alcohol help with victim identification. prosecutors on monday revealed that lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies and accused him of hiding his mental health problem from his employer. in another twist today lufthansa admitted that andreas lubitz had told the airline about his depression when he resumed his flight training in 2009. the airline has now turned over e-mail correspondence to investigators. only a week ago lufthansa's c.e.o. carsten spo

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: why did an airliner crewing in broad daylight in fine weather begin a long, controlled descent into the french alps slamming into a mountain at nearly 450 miles per hour. the airbus athree 20, operateed by germanwings part of liewfs was on its way from barcelona to dusseldorf. there was no word of trouble from the cockpit. the twin engine jet was reduced to confetti that allowed no hope for any of the 144 passengers and crew of six. most were german or spanish. we have extensive coverage tonight beginning with mark phillips near the scene of the crash. >> reporter: the plane went down in the hostile landscape of the french alps. trying to find the wreckage became the first priority. there was never any real hope of finding survivors. to make matters worse more no is forecast, which will make retrieving the bodies of victims and examining the wreckage to determine why this plane went down all the more difficult. flying continues even for helicopters is expected to deteriorate, and there are few roads or t

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today the islamic terrorist group known as isis said it is responsible for the attack on a famous antiquities museum in tunisia in north africa. today, hundreds gathered there to voice their support for their fledgling democracy. gunmen murdered 23 people yesterday, most of them european tourists. dozens were wounded. the police killed two of the gunmen. today's claim by isis may or may not be true. police are rounding up the suspects, and allen pizzey is in tunis. >> reporter: tunisian state television has turned yesterday's terror attack into a fast-moving music video to bolster the image of its security forces. but for those who lived through it, the experience was a story written in blood. this french tourist gave her name only as mariline. "my friend and i put blood on our faces and bodies to pretend that we were dead. we stayed like this without moving laying on the ground," she said. "we were scared to death." tourist juan carlos sanchez and his pregnant wife cristina rubio said they hid in a st

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today dzhokhar tsarnaev, the admitted boston marathon bomber, took a field trip with the jurors who will decide whether he lives or dies. the destination: the boat in which he hid for hours until the police, acting on a tip from the owner, discovered him. there was also more dramatic testimony today and don dahler was at the courthouse. >> reporter: the day began with an up-close look at where dzhokhar tsarnaev's alleged crime spree ended in a bloody bullet-riddled boat. jury members and a heavily guarded defendant were allowed to view the boat where he was found four days after the bombings. back at the courthouse, they heard testimony about the violent gunfight between the tsarnaev brothers and police that led to the elder tsarnaev's death. [gunfire] watertown police officer joseph reynolds described spotting the tsarnaev's green honda followed by the carjacked black mercedes. when he began following them, he stopped. that's when tamerlan came out of his door and started shooting. >> shots fired,

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. tonight the missouri highway patrol and the st. louis county police have been put in charge of security for demonstrations expected in ferguson tonight. this follows the shooting of two officers, one from the county, the other a nearby village, as they were helping ferguson police during a protest last night. dean reynolds is in ferguson for us this evening. dean? >> reporter: scott, you can see behind me here they have brought in concrete barricades at the ferguson police headquarters and demonstrators do plan to be back here tonight, despite the shooting that has once again set this town on edge. heavily armed tactical police converged on a house near the ferguson police headquarters today while other detectives fanned out across adjacent streets in an urgent search for evidence that could lead them to a shooter still at large. >> we're going to try to do as much as we can until we find something. >> reporter: the dragnet starteddn about midnight right after a small

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. it's one of those stories that gets washington hyperventilating. today, hillary clinton explained why she used private e-mail to conduct official business as secretary of state. she said it was a matter of convenience, but routing the communications through her server at home prevented some of those e-mails from being archived at the state department and allowed her to decide later which records to make public and which to delete. nancy cordes put the question to the former secretary and future candidate. >> reporter: clinton emerged from a speech at the u.n. to face a crowd of hundreds of journalists. she issued this mea culpa.su >> looking back, it would have been better for me to use two separate phones and two e-mailac accounts. i thought using one device would be simpler, and, obviously, it hasn't worked out that way. >> reporter: clinton claimed that the private server sheit shared with her husband at their home in new york was secure and was never hacked, and t

. >> pelley: this is our western edition.ight, the cockpit voice recorder may be the best hope of revealing how a german airliner crashed in the french alps killing all 150 onboard. we learned today that three americans are among the dead including emily selke of nokesville, virginia. the rest from the plane were mostly germans and spaniards on a flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. in clear skies, with no hint of trouble, the germanwings airbus a-320 descended into a mountain at nearly 450 miles an hour. we have a team of correspondents on the story. first we'll go to mark phillips in france. >> reporter: from the break of dawn and all day long, they flew, ferrying medics and investigators to the crash site. their mission-- find the dead and try to find out why they had died. it's as difficult a crash scene as is possible to imagine, a remote mountainside, the wreckage and the victims strewn down a 60-degree slope and over a 10-acre site. among the discoveries, though, the cockpit voice recorder damaged in the high-impact cr

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: another college fraternity has been disciplined today for shocking behavior. kappa delta rho at penn state was suspended for a year for what it was allegedly doing on a private facebook page, including posting photos of nude women who did not know they had been photographed. this comes just days after a university of oklahoma fraternity was kicked off campus over a racist video. vinita nair is in state college pennsylvania. >> reporter: it was a former member of kappa delta rho at penn state who first told police about the invitation-only facebook page. these are photocopies of the posts. they featured images of women either passed out or asleep, some of them in sexual poses. students were encouraged to write posts. a series of lewd comments bragging about sexual acts, a search warrant claims some photos showed drug use including cocaine marijuana and a.d.d. medication. assistant chief john garner is with the state college police. what were in these images and how many of them were there? >> primaril

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, gunmen stormed a popular museum in tuition. the efledgling democracy in north africa and at least 19 people killed, most european, about 50 wounded. there's no word of any americans hurt, the two terrorists were also killed. the prime minister called in a direct attack on the economy which is so dependent on tourism. the u.s. of course condemned it. secretary of state john kerry said america would continue to support tunisia' support democracy. allen pizzey is in tunis. >> hundreds of panicked tourists clung to loved ones and ran for their lives. gunmen wearing military fatigues and armed with assault rifles opened fire on two bulls in the bardo museum in the heart of the capital. eight were killed when they got off a bus, at least ten were taken hostage and later killed. as tunisia special forces flooded the area, visitors scrambled to find places to hide. many couldn't make it out of the building and hold up wherever they could. i came out of the museum, this eyewitness said, and there was