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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, firefighters in virginia beach, virginia, are searching the remains of 40 apartments looking for victims of today's military plane crash. this was the navy f.a.-18 shortly before takeoff. a few minutes later the plane's distinctive twin tail and engines lay in the burning apartment complex. both crew men ejected and survived. one ejection seat landed in a backyard. the navy says there was a catastrophic malfunction, sources tell us likely an engine failure. it appears the crew was preparing for an emergency landing. they started dumping about 2,000 gallons of jet fuel to lighten the plane but they ran out of time and altitude. bob orr is at the scene with the latest tonight. bob? >> reporter: firefighters going through the complex where the f.a.-18 came down report find nothing fatalities but authorities are asking people to do their own head counts, asking them to report anyone who might be missing. >> oh, my god, man! >> reporter: five buildings in the complex were engulfed in flam
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. mitt romney looks unstoppable tonight. in the race for the republican nomination. his closest competitor, rick santorum, quit the race today. santorum, far behind in the delegate count, was facing what could have been a loss in his home state of pennsylvania two weeks from tonight. chip reid was there when santorum bowed out. he joins us from gettysburg tonight. chip. >> reporter: good evening, scott. it was just this morning that rick santorum's campaign announced he was coming here to gettysburg for a campaign rally. so it came as a major surprise when word started to spread that he was coming here to end his campaign. >> this presidential race for us is over. for me. we will suspend our campaign effective today. >> reporter: rick santorum did not say exactly why he's ending his campaign. but he hinted that it had a lot to do with his three-year-old daughter bella who suffers from a rare, often fatal, genetic disorder and who spent this past weekend in the hospital. >> it did cause
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there are at least seven dead, three wounded tonight after a shooting shooting in a small california re religious university. oakland police say they have a suspect in custody. rnooshooting erupted this afternoon at a christian school in in oakland called oikos university. lee c lee cowan is on the scene for us tonight. lee? >> reporter: scott, this is a small private university that is near the oakland international airport and the shooting that took place here this morning police believe was the result of one gunman. they believe they have that gunman in custody and school officials are saying they believe he was a former student. it it started after 10:30 when police say a lone gunman walked on to on to campus and opened fire. witnesses say they heard as many as 30 shots in rapid succession. debra lee was in class when the shooting began. >> i heard gunshot sound and th then after that i heard one woman scream. >> reporter: the dead were carried outside the school and covered up.
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for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley.e you sunday on "60 minutes." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> what you haven't heard from whitney houston's final autopsy. >> you treat any case like this, as if it were a homicide. >> what these sketches really mean for the police investigation as we take a closer look inside the report. >>> plus, we're dissecting hollywood's most shocking autopsy drawingings. michael jackson and mysterious star deaths. overdoses and suicides. >>> new j. lo and marc anthony, fighting and cursing. >> it's not fair. >> jennifer, you have to listen to. point. >> their fiery reality show
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there was a shot of electricity in the courtroom in sanford, florida, today when george zimmerman took the stand at his bail hearing. fair to say, no one was expecting that. but the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering trayvon martin had something he wanted to say to martin's parents. zimmerman has acknowledged he shot martin after a confrontation in zimmerman's gated community, but he claims it was self-defense. at the end of the hearing today, the judge decided that zimmerman could go free on $150,000 bail. mark strassmann was at the courthouse. >> reporter: george zimmerman was wearing shackles and what appeared to be body armor under his suit. he had never spoken to trayvon martin's parents until this moment. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the los of your son. i do not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am and i do not know if he was armed or not. >> reporter: defense lawyer mark o'mara surrendered his client's passport and argued
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. arizona says the federal government failed to stop illegal immigration so the state had to do it. that was the heart of the issue before the supreme court today. arizona passed an aggressive law in 2010 designed to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants, that they would choose to leave, and even with major provisioning of the law put on hold by lower courts, there is evidence that it's working. but the obama administration told the court today arizona should not be allowed to encroach on the authority of the federal government. you could tell what the justices were thinking by the questions they asked. chief legal correspondent jan crawford was there to hear them today. jan. >> reporter: well, scott, it's always dangerous to predict how the court's going to decide a case after you've listened to an argument, but in that court today, this case didn't seem to divide the justices along ideological lines, liberal justices and conservative justices had tough questions for the obama
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in this edition, scott pelley reports on hard times in a small midwestern town, and later, bob simon's story on a yonkers, new york, bakery that became a role model for social activism and small business success. we begin with the plight of wilmington, ohio. when president spoke of "the winter of our hardship" in his inaugural address of 2009, no one understood it better than the people in wilmington. they were in the grip of a brutal series of layoffs at dhl, the air shipping company, at a time when claims for unemployment benefits in the u.s. were the highest in nearly 30 years. in december 2008, just before all the speeches and parties of inauguration day, scott pelley headed to ohio to find out what questions the families in wilmington were asking. >> are we going to lose our home? you know, are we going to be able to pay our property taxes? what are we're gonna do for insurance? what are we're gonna do for food? you know, and these are questions that you'd never think that you'd ask yourself, you know. and now they're discussions in the home. >> bear hug, big. >> [grunting] i love
in this edition, scott pelley reports on hard times in a small midwestern town, and later, bob simon's story on a yonkers, new york, bakery that became a role model for social activism and small business success. we begin with the plight of wilmington, ohio. when president spoke of "the winter of our hardship" in his inaugural address of 2009, no one understood it better than the people in wilmington. they were in the grip of a brutal series of layoffs at dhl, the air shipping...
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much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. george zimmerman appears in could >> pelley: tonight, the man who killed trayvon martin faces a judge. >> mr. zimmerman. >> yes, sir. >> couric: >> pelley: mark strassmann talks with the attorney defending george zimmerman. >> he's very frightened. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer is inside syria. >> the cease-fire holding but the army hadn't pulled back as it promised to do. >> pelley: a swarm of bomb scares disrupts a major university. and america the beautiful. we turn to texas where chip reid discovers a rainbow at the end of a drought. >> pretty. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a judge in san fort, florida, has ruled that there is enough evidence to hold george zimmerman on charges that he murdered trayvon martin. zimmerman appeared in court today, the first time we've seen his face or heard his voice since the night he called police to say there was a suspicious person in his gated neighborhood. the case started a
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningceived a rare warning today about a massive storm system that is hitting the middle of the country right now. a tornado has already touched down this evening near the university of oklahoma in norman. the warning from the weather service covers more than five
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, we've received a rare warning today about a massive storm system that is hitting the middle of the country right now. a tornado has already touched down this evening near the university of oklahoma in norman. the warning from the weather service covers more than five million americans tornados are probable from iowa to texas. the weather service calls the storm system "a high end life threatening event." the last time we saw a warning like that was in 2006 when dozens of deadly tornados carved up the southeast. what's coming next, dean reynolds is in norman, oklahoma tonight. >> reporter: slate gray skies quickly turned black and ominous as storm clouds loomed across the southern plains this afternoon the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma's pace quickened as radar screens confirmed the approach of serious trouble. >> that's indicative of supercell structures. i tishgs first watch was issued in mid-afternoon. >> valid until 160... >> reporter: for the second time in history
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don't go away, because there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. ing the secret service scandal investigation, escalates. and shuttle discovery's final flight. ,,'ll now take you to new york >> pelley: tonight, the secret service and pentagon prostitution investigation is growing. we've learned army special forces troops were involved. norah o'donnell is breaking new details tonight. earthquake. ben tracy there as california prepares for the big one with a fake one. he was aboard "discovery" on its very first flight and he was there today for its final landing. >> it tugged on my heart strings and my soul to see it. >> pelley: chip reid talks to former astronaut mike mullane. and david martin joins american heroes sharing a meal and a special bond of friendship. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the unfolding investigation shows that 21 americans representing the u.s. secret service and four branches of the military went drinking last wednesday night in colombia and brought prostit
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that was cbs's scott pelley. helen suffered broken bones during a landing.usband was pronounced dead shortly after landing. >>> school officials say that a teacher asked nine fourth graders to put paper towels in their mouth because they spoke out of turn. some parents are considering legal action, and others have started a position positioning -- petition opposing the teacher's actions. >>> an out of-this world honor for senator mikulski. the space telescope science institute named a super nova after the senator because of her tireless support of the program. the supernova was just captured by the huble this past winter. >> if anybody has that kind of magnetism, it's her. >> and tim will want to be a supernova, too, i'm sure. >>> absolutely. we will all look like supernoaf -- supernovas with the orange on tomorrow. but you will be able to wear the spring-like clothing. it will not be so cold that you have to wear the winter-like clothing. we will have cold temperatures tonight across the northern tier of the state, and because of that, we have a freeze warn
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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we learned today that more than 20 americans are under investigation for soliciting prostitutes while preparing the security for the president's trip to colombia this weekend. a pentagon source tells david martin more than 10 members of the military are involved. the secret service says 11 of its officers and agents are under investigation. some of the secret service personnel are members of an elite tactical team trained to use heavy weapons to repel any attack on the president. we have two reports tonight. first, bob orr. bob? >> reporter: scott, a law enforcement source tells us the 11 secret service agents and officers recalled from colombia have now had their top-secret clearances revoked. they've been barred from secret service facilities while the investigation continues. sources say the secret service members were mostly support personnel sent to colombia along with the presidential limousines and communications equipment in advance of the president's arrival. the trouble bega
this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we learned today that more than 20 americans are under investigation for soliciting prostitutes while preparing the security for the president's trip to colombia this weekend. a pentagon source tells david martin more than 10 members of the military are involved. the secret service says 11 of its officers and agents are under investigation. some of the secret service personnel are members of an elite...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: and this is a special western edition. good evening. north korea was warned not to do it, but tonight, it launched a long-range rocket, the type that could one day carry a nuclear warhead. it now appears that the rocket failed shortly after takeoff. this was the first international provocation by north korea's new leader, 28-year-old kim jong un, who took over from his late father last december. david marredin is at the pentagon with the latest. david. >> reporter: scott, u.s. officials say the rocket broke up about 90 seconds after liftoff. we don't know why it broke up yet. but the attempt to put put a satellite into orbit has failed. debris from the rocket appears to have fallen into the water and did not land in populated areas the three-stage rocket is supposed to follow a flight path that will take it due south, a trajectory that would not threaten the u.s. its stages should have splashdown in open ocean while the satellite, whose korean name means bright star, was propelled into a polar or
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening are like a gun aimed at the heart of the economic recovery. you've been paying more and, at this time of year, you'd expect prices to rise even further. but all of a sudden the pressure on the trigger of that gun is easing. the average price nationally tonight is
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scott. >> pelley: randall, thanks very much. this was to be the day that the fighting stopped in syria. as you know, a little over a year ago, a freedom movement rose up to overthrow the 41-year dictatorship of the assad family. since then, president bashar al assad has been shelling his own cities killing thousands. he was supposed to pull out his troops today in an agreement he made with the former head of the u.n. kofi annan but that didn't happen. on the border turkey, two influential u.s. senators calls for military intervention. clarissa ward was with them. >> reporter: this is what damascus residents woke up to. tanks rolling through their neighborhoods on the first day of the cease-fire. and shells raining down on the battered city of homs, the center of the resistance, dimming any hopes that the assad regime would honor its commitment to stop the violence. more than 24,000 refugees have fled syria to these camps. thousands crossed in the last week as violence surged in advance of today's deadline. this morning, u.s. sen
scott. >> pelley: randall, thanks very much. this was to be the day that the fighting stopped in syria. as you know, a little over a year ago, a freedom movement rose up to overthrow the 41-year dictatorship of the assad family. since then, president bashar al assad has been shelling his own cities killing thousands. he was supposed to pull out his troops today in an agreement he made with the former head of the u.n. kofi annan but that didn't happen. on the border turkey, two influential...
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scott pelley has more. >> one secret service member said he would be fired. and a third has decided to resign. eight other members of the secret service are still under investigation. part of the team, but going to columbia to secure president obama to the summit of the americas. an investigation has shown that 21 americans, 11 from the secret service and 10 from the department of defense hired prostitutes and brought them back to their hotel. all became public when one of the secret service agents got into an argument with one of the women over payment. some of the men involved are members of the service's elite counterassault team and its team. some of the military troops are part of the u.s. special forces. we'll have more on your local cbs station on cbsnews.com and right here on the cbs evening news. until then, i'm scott pelley in new york. >> all right, again, talking about what we just heard there. the one secret service agent fired, one retired, one deciding to resign in the wake of the scandal. >> part of the secret service's elite counterassault an
scott pelley has more. >> one secret service member said he would be fired. and a third has decided to resign. eight other members of the secret service are still under investigation. part of the team, but going to columbia to secure president obama to the summit of the americas. an investigation has shown that 21 americans, 11 from the secret service and 10 from the department of defense hired prostitutes and brought them back to their hotel. all became public when one of the secret...
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there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley, including the man who plotted a subway> pelley: tonight, the plot to blow up the new york subway. bob orr has the f.b.i. interview with a terrorist who was planning the biggest attack since 9/11. six-year-old aton petz petz disappeared on his way to school, now 33 years later, a new clue takes police to a new york city basement. john miller is covering. on the day pat summitt steps down, president obama makes a surprising announcement. dean reynolds is with the winningest college coach ever. and seth doane with the billionaire's son. how howard buffet troops in feed america's hungry. >> reporter: what would do you without a program like this here? >> starve. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. gillette government. september 2009 might have been one of those dates etched in our history. that is when al qaeda terrorists planned to walk on to new york city subway trains and grand central terminal with bombs in
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a judge in san fort, florida, has ruled that there is enough evidence to hold george zimmerman on charges that he murdered trayvon martin. zimmerman appeared in court today, the first time we've seen his face or heard his voice since the night he called police to say there was a suspicious person in his gated neighborhood. the case started a national debate over race, self-defense, and the fairness of the justice system. mark strassmann has an interview with zimmerman's attorney but his story starts in the courtroom. >> mr. zimmerman. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: zimmerman's procedural hearing lasted less than three minutes. he's being held without bond and spoke only twice. $s are you represented by mr. omara, is that true? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: mark o'mara is an experienced orlando career trial lawyer and former prosecutor. he took zimmerman's case yesterday, free of charge, and met his client for the first time last night. >> first impression, 28-year-old guy facing second degree
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a great deal of excitement here, scott. >> pelley: seth doane witnessing history in burma. thanks, seth. can a person's d.n.a. predict whether they will get cancer? the head of a federal agency resigns after reports of lavish spending. and rescue at sea after giant waves batter a yacht when the "cbs evening news" continues. until i had the shingles. such a burning sensation...cc: had it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. it's something you never want to encounter. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. it's debilitating when you try to talk, when you're trying to eat, when you're trying to sleep. i'm constantly licking my lips. water would address the symptoms for just a few minutes. the hygienist recommended biotene. it's clean and refreshing, i feel like i have plenty of fluid in my mouth. i brush with the biot
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. health care makes up 17% of the entire u.s. economy, and there's an estimate that one-third of what we spend is wasted. $700 billion blown on unnecessary tests and procedures. today, some of the most respected medical groups in america representing 375,000 doctors said it has to stop. but what they recommend would change health care for everyone. we asked our dr. jon lapook to tell us more. >> reporter: the 45 common tests, procedures, and treatments were considered often unnecessary. they include routine lectrocardiograms during a physical. m.r.i.s for back pain. cat scans to find out the cause of painting. and certain imaging testing for patients with early-stage breast and prostate cancer. goal is to decrease the overuse and misuse of health care. government studies have found that 30% of the $2.5 trillion annual health care tab is not needed. dr. michael barry is an internist and president of the foundation that tries to improve outcomes in health care. >> i think both physicians
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. health care makes up 17% of the entire u.s. economy, and there's an estimate that one-third of what we spend is wasted. $700 billion blown on unnecessary tests and procedures. today, some of the most respected medical groups in america representing 375,000 doctors said it has to stop. but what they recommend would change health care for everyone. we asked our dr. jon lapook to...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed teenager to death in sanford, florida, has just been charged with murder. a special prosecutor in the case has charged 28-year-old george zimmerman with second degree murder in the death of 17-year- old trayvon martin. conviction on that charge could carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. zimmerman says he acted in self- defense. the shooting on february 26 set off a debate all around the country about race and the right of self-defense. we begin our coverage tonight with mark strassmann in sanford, mark? >> reporter: scott, today george zimmerman turned himself in and is now in custody. the special prosecutor's team spent 18 days reinvestigating this case and she believes that george zimmerman's killing of trayvon martin was not self- defense but murder. >> we did not come to this decision lightly. this case is like a lot of the difficult cases we have handled for years here in our circuit and we've made this decision in the s
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed teenager to death in sanford, florida, has just been charged with murder. a special prosecutor in the case has charged 28-year-old george zimmerman with second degree murder in the death of 17-year- old trayvon martin. conviction on that charge could carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. zimmerman says he acted in self-...
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for example, scott, we just learned 110 planes were damaged at d.f.w. airport. >> pelley: a tough afternoon. jason, thanks. david bernard is our cbs news weather consultant. he's been tracking these storms today. david, what were the weather conditions that started all of this? >> reporter: scott, this was a typical springtime setup across north texas. we had very deep gulf moisture coming up from the south and a powerful area of low pressure coming out of the rockies that's actually producing snow there and the collision of those two air masses and classic spring setup, that's produced severe weather and the ingredients for the tornadoes we've seen across the dallas area. >> pelley: when we look at the video coming into the newsroom from d.f.w., one of the things that's apparent is the damage is pretty sporadic, it seems to be a little here and a little there. how does that happen? >> reporter: these tornadic stormstorms have r very tight circulations and they can also fall apart very quickly and often times with a tornado it doesn't stay on the ground consistently the w
for example, scott, we just learned 110 planes were damaged at d.f.w. airport. >> pelley: a tough afternoon. jason, thanks. david bernard is our cbs news weather consultant. he's been tracking these storms today. david, what were the weather conditions that started all of this? >> reporter: scott, this was a typical springtime setup across north texas. we had very deep gulf moisture coming up from the south and a powerful area of low pressure coming out of the rockies that's...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the national football league, an american institution and $10 billion-a-year industry, is caught up with one of its biggest scandals, the new orleans saints paying players to injure opponents on the field. today, head coach sean peyton appeared before the n.f.l. commissioner to appeal his one- year suspension, and tonight we have an idea why the league came down so hard on the saints. here's armen keteyian. >> reporter: the violent nature of the n.f.l. is an alluring, often celebrated part of the sport. but even in the confines of these human car crashes, there are rules, legal and ethical boundaries prohibiting the purposeful injury of an opponent. but now an edited audio tape has surfaced on this web site that appears to paint a disturbing picture of the mindset of former new orleans defensive coordinator. the architect of the saints' pay-to-injure bounty paid up to $1,500 for a knockout hit and cost williams his job. in a profanity-laced speech to his defensive players the night b
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the national football league, an american institution and $10 billion-a-year industry, is caught up with one of its biggest scandals, the new orleans saints paying players to injure opponents on the field. today, head coach sean peyton appeared before the n.f.l. commissioner to appeal his one- year suspension, and tonight we have an idea why the league came down so hard on the...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningere was a shot of electricity in the courtroom in sanford, florida, today when george zimmerman took the stand at his bail hearing. fair to say, no one was expecting that. but the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering trayvon martin had something he wanted to say to martin's
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningere was a shot of electricity in the courtroom in sanford, florida, today when george zimmerman took the stand at his bail hearing. fair to say, no one was expecting that. but the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering trayvon martin had something he wanted to say to martin's
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. rising gas prices are like a gun aimed at the heart of the economic recovery. you've been paying more and, at this time of year, you'd expect prices to rise even further. but all of a sudden the pressure on the trigger of that gun is easing. the average price nationally tonight is $3.86 a gallon. that's down a nickel in just the past week. and look at this: a year ago today we were paying that same $3.86. this is the first time that prices haven't risen year to year in two and a half years. will prices keep dropping? is the danger over for the economy? we asked anthony mason to find out. >> reporter: the price of crude has been slipping in the trading pits. oil fell again today as tensions with iran have eased. some of the speculators who helped push up the price have been driven away. >> there is a little bit of fear in speculators now. they realize it's not just upside potential but down side risk as well. >> reporter: the oil price information service says that's easing the pressu
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. rising gas prices are like a gun aimed at the heart of the economic recovery. you've been paying more and, at this time of year, you'd expect prices to rise even further. but all of a sudden the pressure on the trigger of that gun is easing. the average price nationally tonight is $3.86 a gallon. that's down a nickel in just the past week. and look at this: a year ago today we...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningf a terrorist strike in this country did not die withlet killing of osama bin laden in pakistan. the first ni
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to see if it's true or not. : captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and isbe
to see if it's true or not. : captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and isbe
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening federal government failed to stop illegal immigration so the state had to do it. that was the heart of the issue before the supreme court today. arizona passed an aggressive law in 2010 designed to
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening federal government failed to stop illegal immigration so the state had to do it. that was the heart of the issue before the supreme court today. arizona passed an aggressive law in 2010 designed to
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the unfolding investigation shows that 21 americans representing the u.s. secret service and four branches of the military went drinking last wednesday night in colombia and brought prostitutes back to their hotel. they were part of a team that was preparing security for president obama who attended the summit of the americas this past weekend in cartagena. norah o'donnell is breaking more news on this story tonight and she joins us from the white house. norah? >> reporter: scott, tonight sources tell us that secret service agents were offered polygraph tests as part of the investigation. now, this comes as the scandal has broadened and we've also learned that at least 20 colombian women were involved. we have learned that members of the president's security team in colombia were partying at this cartagena strip club less than 48 hours before the president's arrival last friday. called the play club, it was near some of those accused first met prostitutes and reportedly paid them $60
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the unfolding investigation shows that 21 americans representing the u.s. secret service and four branches of the military went drinking last wednesday night in colombia and brought prostitutes back to their hotel. they were part of a team that was preparing security for president obama who attended the summit of the americas this past weekend in cartagena. norah o'donnell is...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. september 2009 might have been one of those dates etched in our history. that is when al qaeda terrorists planned to walk on to new york city subway trains and grand central terminal with bombs in their backpacks. those trains are ridden by more than five million people each day. details of this plot came from an admitted terrorist, now a government witness, at the trial today of an alleged coconspirator. homeland security correspondent bob orr is following the case. >> reporter: this is the handwritten recipe for bombs najibullah zazi hoped to explode on new york city subway trains. the nine pages of instructions were written by zazi in 2008 after he attended al qaeda training classes in pakistan. the notes, complete with scientific formulas and diagrams of lab beakers, details on how to build bombs with cooking oil, nail polish remover, hair bleach and ball bearings. zazi's homemade explosives guide was revealed in a new york courtroom where zazi testified against an alleged accomp
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. september 2009 might have been one of those dates etched in our history. that is when al qaeda terrorists planned to walk on to new york city subway trains and grand central terminal with bombs in their backpacks. those trains are ridden by more than five million people each day. details of this plot came from an admitted terrorist, now a government witness, at the trial today...
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. : captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. just when the obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and is believed to be with american diplomats in beijing. the timing is incredible. tonight the secretary of state and treasury secretary are leading a delegation of 200 americans on a long-planned trip to china to iron out foreign policy and economic issues. china is our second largest trading partner behind canada. now the separation is facing a dilemma: stand up for human rights or make progress on other issues that affect millions. we have reports from both capitals tonight, first, celia hatton in beijing. >> no one has heard from chen guangcheng's wife and six-year-old daughter since the blind human rights activists made a daring nighttime escape from house arrest last week. chen's said to be under u.s. protection in beijing, but his wife and daughter stayed behind in their village home. blind from a chil
. : captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. just when the obama administration was expecting progress in relations with china there's a new crisis. one of china's leading human rights dissidents escaped from house arrest and is believed to be with american diplomats in beijing. the timing is incredible. tonight the secretary of state and treasury secretary are leading a delegation of 200 americans on a long-planned...
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. all 12 of the u.s. secret service agents and officers caught up in that prostitution scandal in colombia have now been fired or resigned, or retired, or cleared. the director of the secret service acted against the last of his personnel today. a separate investigation of 12 members of the military continues. norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight with the late breaking news. norah? >> reporter: scott, secret service officials credit director mark sullivan for move being quickly to clean house. we learned the fate of those five additional agents today. two resigned, two were cleared of any wrongdoing, and one was fired. director sullivan made a rare personal appearance on capitol hill today to assure lawmakers that he was moving to resolve the scandal threatening to tarnish the secret service. and by the end of the day, those implicated in the prostitution scandal had been dealt with. here's what we have learned about the 12 agents involved. six have resigned, two are being fir
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. all 12 of the u.s. secret service agents and officers caught up in that prostitution scandal in colombia have now been fired or resigned, or retired, or cleared. the director of the secret service acted against the last of his personnel today. a separate investigation of 12 members of the military continues. norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight with the late breaking...
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for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. see you sunday on "60 minutes."ht. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org hey, what do you think "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today. tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> what really killed dick clark? new questions tonight. >> the two surgeries just before he died, was it too much to take? plus, his cremation, where his ashes will be spread, as close friend barry manilow opens up about dick clark's darkest days after his stroke. >> somehow he just would not give up. >>> and -- ♪ >> how dick took on the grammys with his american music awards. ♪ >> bringing the biggest stars in music all together.
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the threat of a terrorist strike in this country did not die withlet killing of osama bin laden in pakistan. the first anniversary of the seal team ride of raid on his compound is next wednesday, may 2. now, law enforcement is on alert for a possible attack around that date. we're told that there is no specific threat, but there are more messages flying around on extremist web forums calling for attacks. bob orr has more on what we know so far. >> reporter: since the killing of osama bin laden by u.s. navy seals, al qaeda has vowed revenge. and with the approaching anniversary of bin laden's death, u.s.3officials are monitoring persistent rumblings on jihadist web sites, advocating new attacks. a joint intelligence bulletin, just issued by the f.b.i. and department of homeland security security, urges state and local police to increase vigilance, warning "al qaeda's affiliates and allies remain intent on conducting attack in addition the homeland, possibly to avenge the death of bin
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the threat of a terrorist strike in this country did not die withlet killing of osama bin laden in pakistan. the first anniversary of the seal team ride of raid on his compound is next wednesday, may 2. now, law enforcement is on alert for a possible attack around that date. we're told that there is no specific threat, but there are more messages flying around on extremist web...