for "60 minutes" this sunday, scott pelley went to central florida where the homeless shelters have filledt of children are living in cars and trucks. >> pelley: this is the home of the metzger, arielle, 15, her brother austin, 13. her mother died when they were very young. their dad, tom, is a carpenter who's been looking for work ever since florida's construction industry collapsed. when foreclosure took their house, he bought the truck with his last thousand dollars. how long have you been living in this truck? >> about five months. >> pelley: what's that like? >> it's an adventure. >> that's how we see it. >> it's not really that much of an embarrassment. it's only life. you do what you need to do, right? bye, daddy! >> pelley: the metzgers blend in with more than 1,100 students in the seminole school system. we met 15 students who had been living in cars. >> well, i worry someone would just break in and steal my mom's purse. >> reporter: jade wile gee eight years old, she spent three weeks living in her car. did you think you were ever going to get out of the car? >> i thought i was g

sponsored by cbsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning tonight with a wiory that really brings home mee impact the great recession has had and is having on this a untry. a new analysis of census bureau numbers finds the profile of poverty-- where it is and who's trapped in it-- has changed dramatically. de of americans are so poor they would have to see their incomes double just to reach the poverty line. we asked national correspondent jim axelrod to show us how america is changing. >> reporter: poverty does not look like it used to, according to a new analysis of u.s. census data. it's growing fastest not in the cities, but in the suburbs. in the last decades, poor neighborhoods grew by 54% in the suburbs. compare that to 18% in the tties. cie study was done by the brookings institution, a nonpartisan think tank. elizabeth kneebone is one of the lead authors. e> the shift in the demographic profile challenges some of the preconceived notions we have about what extremely poor neighborhoods look like. by the end of the 20

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we're beginning tonight with news about one of the top selling cancer drugs, avastin. it's used to treat a variety of cancers but the f.d.a. said uld noit should no longer be used to treat breast cancer because there's no evidence it helps patients and it may actually hurt them. esastin is big business, with sales of $3 billion a year, and it's estimated that as many as a800 americans are taking it for breast cancer. 5,80 we asked dr. jon lapook what the f.d.a. announcement means for them. >> avastin is to me part of my safety net. >> reporter: breast cancer patient bonnie fertel feels crushed by today's f.d.a. decision. she believes avastin is keeping her alive. >> i feel like this is a life raft. i don't want to see it yanked dway. >> reporter: fertel is afraid her insurance company will stop paying for the drug which costs costs00 a year. >> it should be the patient's decision, not the f.d.a. it's a tremendous pickle. do i want to eat or do i want to .a. is bills? >> reporter: the f.d.a. is withdr

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with herman cain essentially tied for the lead in the republican presidential contest we've been following late-breaking developments on those accusations of sexual harassment. today one of the women who accused him said through her attorney that there were several incidents in 1999. that's when cain was head of the national restaurant association. for his part, cain has said repeatedly that he has never harassed anyone. the woman who released the statement today remains anonymous. political correspondent jan crawford starts our coverage with the attorney's news conference. jan? >> reporter: scott, these allegations have rocked this presidential campaign and all week herman cain has denied any wrongdoing. today that lawyer directly contradicted him, although the woman does remain anonymous. >> she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the c.e.o. >> reporter: attorney joel bennett says his client was telling the truth when

and you can see that entire interview, only on the cbs evening news with scott pelley, coming up at 7:00, here on wjz 13. >>> wall street movement in new york. demonstrators marched in the streets of lower manhattan, after they were -- evicted from their camp overnight. the city plans plans to clean the park, then let the demonstrators return without tents and sleeping bags. protestors are going to court to be allowed to keep their camping gear. >>> meanwhile, it's status quo. sky eye chopper 13 is over baltimore, where dozens of protestors remain camped out. it's been a peaceful protest. however, the city did cut power to the protestors because of a fire hazard. protestors here say they're denouncing issues ranging from campaign greed to finance reform. >>> justice delayed. the trial of the man behind the 2010 robocalls has been postponed. derek valcourt explains why. >> reporter: the defendant in this case, worked for republican bob eric, and since the judge was appointed by martin o'malley, he decided it would be better if he did not take the case. >> reporter: judge charles peters

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it wasn't long ago that newt gingrich was nearly through. runninis campaign staff was eputting. now he's running at the head of the pack for the republican presidential nomination, and that puts him under a spotlight. in a debate last night, the front-runner surprised many with what looked like a slight step to the left. gingrich said that some illegal immigrants should have a pathway to becoming legal. he said that before, but now, ouchinouching off a debate within the party, and we asked wen crawford to look at the words of the former speaker of the house. >> i don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. >> reporter: gingrich made the case that longtime illegal immigrants with children and deep ties in their communities should be able to live in the united states legally. >> and i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law withou

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningfootball legend to leave, not joe paterno, not penn state, where the motto for athletes is "success with honor." but today, paterno, who is 84, said he will retire at the end of this season. after questions were raised

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, presidential campaigns are often defined in a moment. for rick perry, that moment came last night and it lasted 53 seconds-- an eternity for the texas governor as he struggled through another debate and seemed lost in one of his practiced talking points. today, perry threw out his schedule and stepped in front of every t.v. camera he could find to try to erase the gaffe, but he was competing against a video of those awkward seconds that went viral on the internet tod today. >> it's three agencies of government when i get that are gone. commerce, education, and the... um... what's the third one there? (laughter) let's see. >> you need five. >> oh, five. okay. so commerce, education and um, the, um... um... >> e.p.a.? >> e.p.a., there you go. (laughter) >> seriously, is e.p.a. the one you were talking about... >> no, sir, no, sir. we were talking about the... um... agencies of government... e.p.a. needs to be rebuilt. >> but you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of governme

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we are being told tonight that more victims have come forward in the penn state child sex abuse investigation. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian has learned that the state police are vetting the claims of others who say they, too, were sexually assaulted by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky has already been charged with assaulting eight boys-- at least one of them in a university locker room. the scandal has coast coach joe paterno and the penn state president their jobs. armen keteyian is in state college, pennsylvanie, tonight with another development in the case. >> reporter: good evening, scott. on a day these victims came forward, we got a glimpse in a brief interview into the emotions of a man at the center of a scandal-- mike mcqueary. from the moment the sex abuse controversy erupted, assistant coach mike mcqueary has been out of sight and hasn't spoken. he's a key witness because it was mcqueary who had told the grand jury that in 20

as she put it "i chased her until she caught me." >> reporter: scott, women make up three quarters of this elderly population. >> pelleyi wonder, can our health care system cope with this many older them? >> reporter: absolutely not, scott. even though it can such a blessing-- my own dad is 93 years old-- economists don't know where the extra money is going to come from. the current health care bill per year in america is $2.5 trilli trillion. >> pelley: gong, thanks very much. the pilot of a commuter plane gets stuck in the lavatory in flight. that story coming next. [ female announcer ] you spend weeks planning it. you spend all day cooking it. so why spend even a moment considering any broth but swanson? the broth cooks trust most to make the meal folks spend all year waiting for. in stuffing and more, the secret is swanson. turn right up ahead. you never update me. so, now i just have to wing it. i meant turn left up ahead. recalculating. turn right now! [ horn honks, tires screech ] [ laughs ] [ crash! ] and your fifteen-minute insurance might not pay for all this. so get allstate. you could save money and be bett

there is much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley, include a new stem cell treatmentis giving hope in the fight against heart disease. the first patient to undergo a new stem cell treatment speaks out. >> pelley: tonight, a victory against america's number-one killer. for the first time, a damaged heart is repaired with stem cells. >> it's like someone gave me a magic pill. i felt better all over. >> pelley: reports from bill whitaker and dr. jon lapook john dickerson on herman cain's foreign policy stumble will the plug be pulled on health care reform? jan crawford reports the supreme court has decided whether to take the case. and when can you get for $100 at this cafe? she got the cafe. but wyatt andrews tells us, there's a catch. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, there is remarkable new evidence tonight that stem cells can repair a damaged heart. and the early going suggests it is a powerful affect. the findings were presented at a meeting of the american heart association today but we've

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it's not the way you'd expect a football legend to leave, not joe paterno, not penn state, where the motto for athletes is "success with honor." but today, paterno, who is 84, wid he will retire at the end rf this season. after questions were raised about what he did and what he oiled to do after a longtime assistant coach was accused of sexually abusing boys, some of deem on campus. tonight, there is also word that tonight, there is also word that the university president may be the next out the door. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian has the latest from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: paterno made his announcement in a five-paragraph statement that said in part," i am absolutely devastated by the developments in the case. i grieve for the children and their families, and i pray for their comfort and relief." >> everybody hustle! let's start it off right! >> reporter: paterno made only a passing reference to the decision that triggered his departure afte

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, a lot of people in the southeast are adding up the damage and counting their blessings. lucky to be alive after a series of deadly tornadoes. as more as 18 twisters tore across alabama, georgia, virginia and the carolinas last night. there were at least six deaths and dozens of injuries. one family in north carolina survived by huddling in a bathtub. there's also reason to believe there may be more extreme weather coming. not just to the southeast but all over the country. because the u.n. weather agency said today that the phenomenon known as la nina has returned bill whitaker shows us tonight what la nina can do. >> reporter: in the past year, americans have seen stronger- than-usual tornadoes, prolonged severe drought in texas, more powerful atlantic hurricanes-- intense weather that scientists note often coincides with the global weather phenomenon called la nina. the last la nina dominated world weather from july, 2010, to june of this year, bringing drought and famine to the ho

for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley.ou sunday on "60 minutes." now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >>> the new natalie wood death investigation. ashton and demi's open marriage. regis says good-bye. three big stories. making news tonight. >>> the last time that i saw her, she was sitting at this vanity table fixing her hair. >> robert wagner, why the sheriff is reopening the probe into the mysterious drowning of his wife, natalie the boat captain's accusations. >> why was he responsible for

scott, their response today: we look forward to focusing our attention on the real issues impacting this country, like fixing this broken economy. >> pelley: jan, the primaries start in just two months. somehow this playing in the early states? >> well, so far, scott, our reporting shows voters are not buying these allegations and they're still backing herman cain. they think the details are sketchy, these women are not named and it's a campaign by the media and the left to bring herman cain down and today what we saw, still no details, still anonymous, it may not change minds very much at this point. >> pelley: jan, thank you very much. cain remained campaigning today and this was the reception that he got at a meeting of the conservative americans for prosperity foundation. (cheers and applause) cain is running about even with mitt romney for the nomination. cain's staff said today that his campaign has raised $1.6 million in just this last week which the campaign says is four times more than they normally raise in a month. we have also been following the remarkable recovery of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords following that ass

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. having failed to bring the federal budget under control, congress left on vacation, pulling the rug out from under consumer confidence as we head into the most important shopping season of the year. the failure to reach a compromise means that payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits could expire new year's day, cutting into the income of millions. add to that uncertainty a report that we just got: the government says that the economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, grew more slowly in the third quarter than we thought. it was revised to just 2%. that is down from the previous estimate of 2.5%. we we have asked several story tondents to work on this story today. this hitsthony mason on how this hits consumer confidence. >> reporter: we should get a sense of what impact, if any, scott, that this had on consumer confidence quickly this black 15iday weekend when 150 million people are expected to head for the malls. the holiday windows at new york's lord and taylo

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i'm scott pelley in spartanburg. you tomorrow with the >>> have more major developments in the child abuse scandal. we've now confirmed joe paterno has hired powerful d. c defense attorney. he is not charged with any crime in the case. but also today, receivers coach mike mcqueary has been placed on paid leave, that assistant had says he witnessed coach jerry sandusky raping a child in a locker room child in 2002. there's an internal investigation into what sex crimes he may have committed and why no one reported them until the police. now the school's new interim president promises a series of changes will be made to restore confidence in the university, including the appointment of an ethics officer. >> i want to say here very publicly that we would encourage anyone who has been abused in the context of this particular situation to not be afraid. >> san

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. police have arrested a 21-year- old man in a shooting that >> p involves the white house. night whstigation began friday night when witnesses said they heard gunfire beyond the south lawn family was time.resident and the first family was out of town at the time. yesterday, the secret service discovered two bullets had hit the mansion. bob orr has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: investigators from the f.b.i. and secret service used a hydraulic lift and metal detectors to search for bullets on the south side of the white house. one slug was recovered in the bulletproof glass on a second- floor window on the truman balcony. another was found near an exterior wall. sources say there may be more bullets. the suspect in the shooting, oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez has a long history of minor run- ins with the law. the bizarre shooting happened friday neat. sources say a man fired a semiautomatic rifle from his car as he drove west on constitution

that came up last night when scott pelley of cbs news one of the moderators asked him a question. >> if you eliminate the department of energy.... >> glad you remembered it. (laughing) >> i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me too. (laughing) ( cheers and applause ) >> schieffer: he got a big round of applause. governor barbour, is rick perry back in the race now or what's the deal here? >> we'll see. i mean, he obviously is right to be self-deprecating about it. to make fun of himself for making a mistake. americans appreciate that. that you can admit you're wrong and make light of yourself. how he comes back remains to be seen. bob, we do have the habit this election year in the republican side for thinking that whatever happened in the last seven days means we know what's going to happen in the next seven weeks. that it will show us that path. that hasn't been the case. i don't expect it to be the case. so we'll just have to see if rick perry's strategy now, some people are saying he's going to focus totally on iowa. if he does, you know, does he get it back going there?

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningof people in the southeast are adding up the damage and counting their blessings. lucky to be alive after a series of deadly tornadoes

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. now a third anonymous woman is rcusing republican presidential front-runner hermain cain of sexual harassment. cain, for his part, is not shedding any more light on the subject. he stayed in washington today, the one place he'd be sure to attract the most reporters but he turned aside their questions. for cain, the stakes could not s higher. in a poll out today, he leads mitt romney by seven points and everyone else by double digits, but the poll was taken just before the sexual harassment story broke. jan crawford is following the cain campaign. >> reporter: campaigning today, hermain cain tried to focus on the issues. >> we don't have a health care problem in america. h have a health care cost problem in america. >> reporter: but everywhere he went, even on capitol hill, the reporters were focused on the allegations of sexual harassment against him. >> reporter: can't she tell her tde of the story, mr. cain? >> reporter: in virginia, cain indicated his patience was wearing thin. hi

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningtied for the lead in the republican presidential contest we've been following late-breaking developments on thos

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, far week to t accusations of sexual harassment against republican presidential front-runner herman cain had come from three anonymous woman and there were no specifics. that changed today when a fourth woman came forward and enn great detail accused cain of making sexual advances. cain's campaign immediately put out a general denial of all the harassment allegations. political correspondent jan crawford begins our coverage. >> reporter: the woman who came forward today is 50-year-old sharon bialek who told reporters cain made an aggressive sexual advance. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my legs under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and brought it towards his crotch. i was very surprised and very shocked. i said "what are you doing?" mr. cain said "you want a job, right?" i asked him to stop and he did. >> reporter: bialek, a single flor the chicago area, detailed the allegations in a packed press conference with celebrity lawyer gloria

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, there is remarkable new evidence tonight that stem cells can repair a damaged heart. and the early going suggests it is a powerful affect. the findings were presented at a meeting of the american heart asociation today but we've been following this therapy for two y but. it's important to note it's just the beginning of trials and it's and clear where all of this will lead or how many patients it wght help. but we asked bill whitaker to show us what's happened to the wry first patients who received iris treatment. >> reporter: ken, how are you feeling? >> i feel fantastic. fantporter: when we first met ken millis two years ago, he had auffered a serious heart attack. w the artery was 98% blocked. that particular type of blockage is called the widow maker because it's the one where typically when people get it it's over, they're dead. >> reporter: at aged 39 with 30% ithhis heart damaged, he faced a eiminished life of limited exertion and shortness of breath. d he volunteered to be pa

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningan is accusing republican presidential front-runner hermain cain of sexual harassment. cain, for his part, is not shedding any more light on the subject. he stayed in washington today, the one placee'

scott pelley on the hard time generation. >> pelley: how long have you been living in this truck? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening, i'm norah o'donnell, scott is off tonight. black friday is the most anticipated shopping day of the year. with the economy inching along toward recovery, the stakes are high for

picked captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. both parties-- republicans and parties-- republicans andin the most basic function of government: managing the budget. it started six months ago when congress refused to raise the nation's borrowing limit until et cet cuts were made. the nation came so close to s daulting on its debts that the federal government lost its top- notch credit rating. the borrowing limit was raised urn eturn for the creation of the so-called supercommittee of the congress, charged with ressing more than a trillion dollars in budget cuts by this thi. today the supercommittee announced it had failed. anere's a lot at stake. n begin our coverage with nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy? i reporter: scott, the truth is that the supercommittee never came close to reaching a deal, despite hundreds of hours of closed-door meetings. this evening, the leaders of the osedrcommittee released this paper statement saying the nation's fiscal crisis needs to be addressed, they just couldn't do it. supercommittee

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley >> pelley: good evening, herman cain, the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination, forcefully confronted charges of sexual harassment late today. he called one accuser a troubled woman and he said that he is being slandered in a firestorm that he blames on democrats and the media. in the last week, four women have accused cairn of inappropriate sexual behavior. three of them had been anonymous, but late today one of them revealed her name to cbs news. cain confronted all the allegations in a late news conference in arizona. we have two reports tonight. first, bill whitaker many phoenix. bill? >> reporter: scott, in a week in which attempts to put this scandal behind them seemingly have failed, herman cain today attacked it head on with a full- throated denial and denunciation of his accusers. >> i will vigorously defend my reputation because i will not allow false accusations to compromise or in any way shed badly on my character and my integrity. i will repeat: i have never acted inappropriat

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. i >> pelley: good evening. herman cain tonight is considering whether to go forward with his campaign for the republican nomination for president just five weeks out now from the first voting in iowa. after an allegation of an extra marital affair yesterday, cain held a conference call yesterday with key people in his campaign. a transcript of the call was released by the publication "national review." we have a team of correspondents covering the race beginning with dean reynolds with the cain campaign in michigan tonight. dean? >> reporter: scott, herman cain is supposed to give a speech here at hillsdale college tonight on foreign policy but what a lot of people are wondering is whether his campaign a k survive this latest scandal. in a conference call with supporters today herman cain acknowledged the accusation of a aong-term extra marital affair could end his run for the presidency. >> reporter: cain told supporters the allegations have "taken a toll on my wife and family, as you

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningcoordinated global effort to head off a panic over european debt sent stock markets roaring around the world today. the dow closed with its biggest gain in nearly three years. it started when the federal reserve bank in washington and

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening from the site of the next republican presidential debate. if there is any doubt about how important that debate tomorrow evening will be, take a look at this brand new cbs news poll just out today. it shows that the race for the g.o.p. nomination has turned into a close three-man contest. in this poll of republican primary voters, herman cain is holding on to the lead at 18%, but he is down seven points in the two weeks since the allegations of sexual harassment surfaced. and have a look at this. newt gingrich is now tied with mitt romney for second at 15%. gingrich is up five points, romney down six. and rick perry? he is still in single digits. so it will all turn on the 17% who tell us they are undecided. we begin tonight with political correspondent jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: scott, our polls show just how unsettled this race is with just two months before people start voting. but one thing is clear: it's not over for newt gingrich. counted out of the race just a few months a

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, european heads of government worked for weeks on a deal to prevent greece from defaulting on its debts and threatening the world economy. tonight there is reason to believe the greek government may collapse and take the deal with it. the chaos in greece trick triggered a selloff on markets all around the world. on wall street the dow fell nearly 300 points and an important wall street firm called m.f. global has collapsed because of its exposure to european debt. we have reports from both sides of the atlantic. first, anthony mason in new york where the bankruptcy of m.f. global has touched off an investigation into missing millions. anthony? >> reporter: the f.b.i. is now looking into this case, too, scott. the collapse of m.f. global, the 200-year-old trading firm led by former new jersey governor john corzine has been severe and sudden. >> reporter: as bankruptcy hearings for m.f. global began in this new york courthouse today, federal investigators said hundreds of millions of do

scott pelley will bring you a special report when the verdict is read.. just 30 minutes from now. shocking new sexual harassment allegations today against republican presidential contender herman cain. sharon bialik spoke today about an evening in 1997 when she met with cain in hopes he could help her find a job. she said they were riding in a car when he suddenly grabbed her leg, reached under her skirt and attempted to touch her. bialek says cain then grabbed her head and brought it toward his crotch. "i said, what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend, this isn't what i came here for. mr. cain said, you want a job, right?" cain has recently been the center of several sexual harassment center of several sexual harassment claims. he's refused to talk about them. but his campaign did send out this statement a short time ago. it accuses, quote, "activist celebrity lawyer" gloria allred of bringing forth false accusations. calling the attacks, "bogus," it continues by stating, "all allegations of harassment against mr. cain are completely false. mr. cain has never harassed anyo