in norway today, she sat down with scott pelley. >> pelley: aung san suu kyi spent most of the last 25 years in prison or confine bide the military to her home. she is the reveered leader of what has been a brutally repressed democracy movement in burma. in '91 she was in her second year of house arrest when the nobel prize brought world attention to a lonely struggle. were there times when you thought of giving it up, thought of leaving burma? >> no, never. >> pelley: never. >> never. there were times, of course, when i felt rather tired physically, but never did i ever think that i would leave burma. >> pelley: she was always free to leave the country but she refused, even in 1997, when her english husband was dying of cancer in britain. you felt the country was more important than your personal feelings. >> i think the country should be more important to every one of us in than our own personal and private feels. >> pelley: coachee came to oslo now because of the improvements. she reminded the audience that burma has far to go. it's still holding political prisoners. >> there still

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, 2,000 people are being urged to evacuate ahead of a wildfire moving rapidedly through forests in colorado. so far, 118 buildings have burned and 60 square miles have gone up in smoke. that fire is 15 miles outside of fort collins, one of many burning across the west tonight. barry peter seine in fort collins this evening. >> reporter: the fire is so big it's making its own weather, flames creating winds that drive it one direction and in an instant turn the fire another. 400 firefighters have been rushed in along with tankers and helicopters to drop water and fire retardant. the fire is so fast-- sometimes roaring through trees at 20 miles an hour it cannot be out run. >> i'm happy a'm alive. >> reporter: rosemary saw 200 foot flames coming at her house. >> it was minutes. i had less than five minutes to get out. >> reporter: some of her neighbors had less time. >> they literally left in their p.j.s. >> reporter: one thing fueling the fires, acres of dead trees killed by mountain pin

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

there is much more ahead on the cbs eaching news with scott pelley -- eaching news with scott pelley vening news >> pelley: tonight, president obama stops deportations of young illegal immigrants. it's a sweeping change, bypassing congress. >> that's the right thing to do. >> pelley: norah o'donnell and ben tracy on the policy and the lives it will change. special coverage of the european financial crisis that threatens the u.s. recovery. >> this is an exceptionally grave moment for the whole world economy. >> pelley: britain prepares for the worst. reports from clarissa ward in greece and mark phillips in germany. fire running wild, threatening more colorado homes. >> we knew the risks. but the area's beautiful. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a father's pride and joy. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. with scott pelley reporting tonight from london. >> pelley: good evening. with the stroke of a pen today president obama gave 800,000 illegal immigrants permission to live in the united states without fear of deportation. it i

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, roger clemens walks.late today a federal jury in washington found the former star pitcher not guilty o

i'm scott pelley in washington. good day.f you haven't heard, the supreme court today upheld most of president obama's health care reform law, including that provision that virtually every american must obtain health insurance or pay a penalty on their taxes. in just a moment the president will be making a statement from the white house. the vote to uphold the law was 5-4 and, in a big surprise to many today it was chief justice john roberts, a conservative appointed by president george w. bush who provided the deciding vote joining the courts four liberals. so the signature achievement of the obama presidency upheld and norah o'donnell is at the white house this morning. norah? >> reporter: the president will appear shortly in the east room to talk about hows that victory for his administration but his advisors say this was a big fight and a fight worth having and that he's going to use this opportunity to remind americans about the protections and health care coverage that is already in place since this law was enacted over

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningprospects for a pickup in hiring are not looking for good tonight-- not at america's factories, anyway. a new report out today shows that demand for what those factories make is down. this foow

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. for the first time a senior member of the catholic church in the united states has been convicted of concealing sexual abuse of children by pedophile priests. 61-year-old monsignor william lynn was the secretary for clergy at the archdiocese of philadelphia which has 1.5 million members. lynn was found guilty on one count of child endangerment. he was found not guilty on a separate child endangerment charge and not guilty on a conspiracy charge. the jury came back this afternoon after 13 days of deliberations. elaine quijano is at the courthouse tonight. elaine? >> reporter: scott, monsignor william lynn kept his head down and his eyes forward as the jury returned its verdict behind him. family members went. philadelphia district attorney seth williams said the verdict sent a clear message: anyone who protects pedophiles will be held accountable. >> what happened here was unspeakable. people knew that these were predators who were much more concerned with the institution than the vic

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

more on the evening news with scott pelley. including the u.s. the go,, >> pelley: tonight, he was dead set on killing americans, now an american drone has killed him. bob orr on the takedown of al qaeda's number two. a razor-close election tonight that both left and right have fought tooth and nail. can the governor of wisconsin survive a recall? dean reynolds is there. bill clinton gives us his solution to the financial crisis that threatens the u.s. recovery. but he warns time is running out. >> i'm trying to do it yesterday if i were in their position. >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with a story of love that was lost in war but has survived the test of time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. he was always the one who got away. al qaeda's number two, abu yahya al-libi had escaped from an american prison and dodged hellfire missiles aimed at him from u.s. drones.

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

but you can't say no. ( laughs ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. could this be the turning point in the week-long battle against that massive wildfire in colorado? firefighters say they have fought it to a standstill on the edges of colorado springs. but the fire has taken a heavy toll already. two people were found dead inside a burned out house. 346 homes have been destroyed. and more than 30,000 people have evacuated. president obama visited the disaster area today and called the devastation enormous. the president ordered the military into the battle, and barry pederson was there when the troops flew in. >> reporter: the air battle got reinforcements today. four more military c-130s, with 21 tons of fire retardant per drop, were added to the fire tankers here, and the ground war will soon get help from 145 combat engineers based in colorado springs. they're now getting three days of firefighting training to join 1100 firefighters already on the line. when the 100-foot-high flames swept down the hills tuesday and into t

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningbig day at the supreme court the most controversial question was on illegal immigration. specifically can the states impose their own immigration laws if they believe that the federal government has failed to do its job in the case before the court came from arizona, which passed its own law in 2010.

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningpened smack in the middle of america and rocked the political landscape coast to coast, the republican governor of wisconsin, scott walker, survived an attempt to throw him out of office. in a rare recall election last

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it looks like hell in the garden of the gods. that part of colorado got its name from the beauty of the land but 24 square miles are

scott. >> pelley: sharyl, thank you. in afghanistan today, three american soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a military cheque point in the eastern city of khost, a taliban stronghold. has been other people were killed in that attack, mostly civilians. there is more unrest tonight in egypt, where officials delayed announcing the winner of last weekend's presidential election. thousands gathered again in cairo's tahrir square demanding that the military release its grip on power. ousted dictator hosni mubarak, who was said yesterday to be near death, is still alive and remains in a military hospital. the defense rests in the trial of jerry sandusky. catholic nuns on the road, supporting the poor and deifying the vatican. and floodwaters wash out a zoo. when the cbs evening news continues. [ woman ] we take it a day at a time. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch, it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelo

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening that's the number of murders this year in chicago, and it's nearly twice as many as the number of americans lost on t

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningt is the rate of u.s. military personnel taking their own lives just since the first of this

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningof those days when the economic picture seems so ominous that the stock market rallied on the bad news. investors seemed to think that

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

let a special report from scott pelley before the decision comes down. >>> it sounds like most americans like the provisions of the bill but not the mandate. >>> the majority does like the provisions but the mandate they say crosses the line. >>> this morning san francisco police looking for the person who shot a man at 12:20 pm and neighbors reported hearing a series of gun shots a man's body found on the sidewalk on mount vernon avenue el officers have not release any information about the suspect. >>> a family f five homeless after a fire goes through there any doubt family home. you can see smoke and flames in the attic, they yelled for everyone to get out. >>> my oldest daughter noticed the fire and she said my mom there are flames. i try to open the door and there were so much flying i could not open the door i had to shut it back >>> investigators believe the fire was started with a problem with the car, they were experiencing some issues with the car she just bought. another fire involving a trash bin in san jose it broke out in a commercial building on concourse drive. earlier t

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

obama, scott, to a second term. >> pelley: norah, thanks. governor romney has a very different view and jan crawford was with him in cincinnati today. jan. >> reporter: well, scott, romney says the president has just run out of time and his ideas to fix the economy not only aren't working but in fact are making things worse. >> he's been president for three and a half years. and talk is cheap. action speaks very loud. if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around ohio, look around the country, and you'll see that a lot of people are hurting, a lot of people have had some real tough times. >> reporter: romney has a fundamentally different approach for creating jobs, relying less on government spending and more on encouraging growth in the private sector. romney would open up energy production to cut costs for manufacturers and create energy jobs. eliminate the president's health care reform law, which romney says hurts small businesses, and cut spending to reduce the deficit. >> this is our time. we can either continue o

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveninglance armstrong, the greatest cycling champion of all time is in jeopardy of losing all of his titles from 1998 through 2004. late today, the u.s. anti-doping agency accused him of using

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good eveningr months, we have been waiting to hear what george zimmerman has to say about the killing of trayvon martin. well, tonight, in great detail, he tells his story of the

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

but you can't say no. ( laughs ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley pelley: good evening. could this be the turning point in the week-long battle against that massive wildfire in

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

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

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it looks like hell in the garden of the gods. that part of colorado got its name from the beauty of the land but 24 square miles are gone already and evacuations are under way. the waldo canyon fire doubled in size in a day fueled by dry timber, strong winds and high temperatures. half of the nation's resources for fighting wildfires are now in colorado. some of the best images we saw today were from the "denver post." a whole subdivision overrun by flames. and 11-year-old evacuee taylor salamon. her family was among the 32,000 people ordered to leave. firefighters are dropping to the ground wherever they can to grab a moment after endless battling in record heat. from colorado springs now, here's barry petersen. >> reporter: one fire official called it a monster event. ( sirens ) there are more than 900 firefighters doing everything they could to protect this neighborhood near an area called garden of the gods that 30 miles an hour winds turned into an inferno. in minutes, homes exp