sharyl attkisson says it may have cost a billion dollars. and a mystery under the sea. why do patients with paralysis seem to get better after diving? dr. sanjay gupta reports. >> almost all the subjects got stronger after going diving. kind of completely blew us out of the water. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. if you were looking for the day the economy began to rise, today could be a contender. the government told us that growth accelerated in the third quarter-- and have a look at the trend. look atn the first quarter was 0.4%. in the second quarter, 1.3%. and today's number 2.5%. that's still weak, but there is a hint of momentum. earlier today, the europeans worked out a plan to contain their debt crisis and that sent markets surging. for october, the dow is up more than 11%-- on track for its largest one-month percentage gein in 25 years which brings us to our favorite picture of the day: a man on a german trading floor. too much optimism in that face? maybe. 14 million americans are still out

sharyl attkisson takes a look. a historic dedication ceremony on the national mall honoring the dream of martin luther king. susan mcginnis was there. also, is the boom in sports putting young knees at risk? bigad shaban the brand new findings. and the fight of his life. bill whitaker tells the story of boxer dewey bozellas journey from wrongful imprisonment to his moment of triumph. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. there are new developments this sunday in the federal government's so-called fast and furious case. today a key member of congress told cbs news there may be an important piece of missing evidence in the investigation. and he had strong words for the attorney general of the united states. sharyl attkisson has been on this story since the beginning and joins us from washington with the latest. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. this week the head of the house oversight committee plans to ask the fbi about discrepanci

also cbs news investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson who broke this story. mr. chairman, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on, bob. >> schieffer: this whole business about this operation fast and furious really blew up last december as we said in the open. when border patrol agent brian terry was killed and two guns connected to this operation were found at the scene of the crime. the f.b.i. said the evidence was inconclusive as to whether those guns were the ones responsible for this murder. but i understand you have learned there may have been another gun at the scene of the crime, and i understand you're writing to the f.b.i. director to ask for more information. are you suggesting, sir, that the f.b.i. may have tampered with evidence at the scene? >> we're not suggesting that, but when you have tickets that are numbered 2 and 3 and there's no ticket 1, in other words, the weapon, one weapon has a 2 and one has a three on it, there's no one, when agents who were at brian terry's funeral made statements to his mother indicating that there were thre

sharyl attkisson, cbs news, washington. >> mitchell: ahead, the challenge of childhood hunger comes tosame street" pep that story is next >> mitchell: there will be food for thought for viewers of all ages tomorrow evening when "sesame street" presents a prime-time special. as bigad shaban tells us, the show will introduce a brand new character and a problem that affects all too many real-life youngsters ♪ sunny days ♪. >> reporter: for more than 41 years, those furry friends on "sesame street" have taught kids all about life's less lessons, even the tough ones. >> when you don't even know whether you're going to have a next meal or not, that can be very hard. >> reporter: seven-year-old lily will soon be the newest muppet on the block, shedding light on hunger in america. she often goes to bed on an empty stomach. lily was created for a new prime-time special and doctor jeanette betancourt helped bring her to life. >> really can talk to children and have their point of view. >> reporter: in a special, lily and her family rely on soup kitchens and community gardens to get three meals a

sharyl attkisson has the latest. sharyl? >> reporter: documents released this afternoon show the head of the justice department's criminal division, lani brewer, lened as early as april of 2010 about the tactic used by a.t.f. known as gun walking. in a mepl plo, brewer's deputy wrote in a case called "wide receiver" started under the bush administration "a.t.f. let a bunch of guns walk in an effort to catch the big fish of mexican drug cartels" and said the gun walking case could be "embarrassing" to a.t.f. today, brewer issued a statement saying he regrets he didn't alert others in the justice department leadership, apparently including his boss attorney general holder. in a separate case started under the obama administration which cbs news reported on this year, breuer says he like wise regrets not alerting leaders about the similarities of the cases. that, says breuer, was a mistake. republican congressional investigators say this new information contradicts the justice department's original letter to them earlier this y

thank you very much, sharyl. nobel prize in medicine was awarded today to three scientists for discoveries involving the immune system. then the committee learned one of the scientists, canadian born biologist ralph steinman died of cancer on friday. the prize is intended for living recipients but after talking it over, the nobel officials said that steinman's share of the $1.5 million award will go to his estate. rick perry's presidential campaign is doing damage control after reports he hunted at a camp with a racially offensive name. that story is next. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to love them. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fi

the losses may be gigantic and we asked sharyl attkisson to look into that. >> reporter: the suspectsrraigned today in u.s. district court in manhattan are accused in a widespread fraud connected to the long island railroad, l.i.r.r . the scheme awarded disability payments to nearly every retired union worker who applied. >> employees in many cases after claiming to be too disabled to stand, sit, walk, or climb steps retired to lives of regular golf, tennis, biking and aerobics. >> reporter: the "new york times" first investigated in 2008 and videotaped supposedly disabled retirees enjoying golf, including former united transportation union official joseph rutigliano. prosecutors say another defendant played tennis and golfed 140 times in 2008 while collecting over $100,000 in annual pension and disability payments. others were abserved shoveling heavy snow and riding a 400 mile bike tour around new york state. also under arrest are two doctors who allegedly made millions running disability fraud mills. the complaint says dr. peter ajemian recommended disability for 453 l.i.r.r. patie

. >> bill: after you sharyl attkinson the cbs correspondent working the fast and furious story. you had her on and ms. laura's radio program broke this story ride open, i am going to ask her this in detail. she did call the white house on comment on attorney general holder contradicting his own department memo in front of congress. the guy schultz. >> eric consults. >> he cursed ms. atkinson. i'm thinking maybe this whole thing, this whole -- because the barack obama white house has been pretty tight, pretty on message. you would agree. >> yeah. >> not a chaotic situation. >> they say they will be very transparent on things. >> looks like it's all coming apart. >> freaking out. i have been having her on my show since last february on this issue. she has been reporting. she is a very calm. she is a wonderful person. she calls white house and justice department this eric schultz kid and starts screaming at her and cursing at her. she was very forth coming on my show. let's see what she says on yours. she says why are you cursing at me? and apparently he said well, reasonable repor

. >> pelley: cbs news correspondent sharyl at i can son helped uncover the gun walking scandal in which agents from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms allowed gupgup into mexico. tonight there is new fallout. 11 officials involved in the operation have been reassigned. the bureau's acting director said, "we're going to hit the reset button." for the last week, the best spectacle in washington, d.c. was watch, the inspection of the washington monument. today, engineers who have been rapelling down the obelisk checking for earthquake damage finished the job. there's no word yet on how much the repairs will cost or when the monument will reopen to visitors. we learned today of the passing of a civil rights pioneer, the reverend can the shuref fred sh. in the 50s and 60s he survived a bomb attack, was beaten and blasted with firehoses as a freedom marcher and then he was arrested dozens of times. a steen 61 cbs documentary described him as the man most feared by southern racists. reverend shuttles worth died this morning at an alabama hospital. he was 89. a hero comes home for the

sharyl, jeff, elena, and my husband, luis. we all own our own bike-rental companies.came together to the form park wide to address this giant need in our city. we're opening of these bike rentals in parks, and we hope you join us and bike the parks. i would like to give everyone that has supported us a hat for that effort. not to be used as a bike helmet. thank you all. >> she did not say this, but the consortium of bike rental company has over 50 years of experience with bike rental in the city. thank you for being our partner, and let's get out and ride. thank you very much. >> truth be told, my steering wheel does not do anything. [laughter] [cheers and applause]

police arrested eight people, but let roy sharyl go. >> the only reason they didn't arrest me is because they don't know how to deal with me in the wheelchair. >> the protesters violated an ordinance that bans camping on city property and say there have been complaints of urinating and defecating in surrounding neighborhoods. eddie vasquez lets the protesters use their bathroom. >> they are very organized and they are peaceful. they are exercising their civil rights. >> occupy san jose is now heading into its 20th day. and digging in with more tents and resolve than ever before. so back here live in downtown san jose, where they have three tents up now. san jose police has a standing order to arrest these protesters. but with a severely short staff, police department on a busy friday night, that's probably not going to happen any time soon. >> all right, kit reporting live. thank you. >>> well, it's confirmed tonight. the man accused in the fatal cemetery shooting of a hell's angels member is alive and actively evading police. steve ruiz is accused of killing steven towson, a fellow hell

sharyl, jeff, elena, and my husband, luis. we all own our own bike-rental companies. together to the form park wide to address this giant need in our city. we're opening of these bike rentals in parks, and we hope you join us and bike the parks. i would like to give everyone that has supported us a hat for that effort. not to be used as a bike helmet. thank you all. >> she did not say this, but the consortium of bike rental

sharyl attkisson is with us, and she has been covering the possibility of u.s. guns and hand of mexican drug runners. yesterday congressman issa's committee issued a subpoena to the attorney general on this whole question they are investigating. we will talk to her a little bit more about her reporting on this story and to begin a conversation let us look at one of the recent news reports. >> new documents obtained by cbs news show attorney-general eric holder was an briefing on the controversial fast and furious operation as far back as july 2010. at that directly contradicts a statement to congress. listen to what he told a judiciary committee hearing on may 3 of this year. >> i am not sure the exact date but i probably heard about fast and furious for the first time over the last few weeks. democrat internal documents show at least 10 months before that hearing, eric holder began receiving frequent memos discussing fast and furious. they came from the head of the national drug intelligence center and at the assistant attorney general rule or. in fast and furi

sharyl attkisson says it may have cost a billion dollars. and a mystery under the sea.why do patients with paralysis seem to get better after diving. dr. sanjay gupta reports.

. >> cbs news investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson first broke the story of fast and furious to defend the attorney general yesterday? >> reporter: well, you go back to him testifying to congress in may, the attorney general, he said he learned about fast and furious earlier in the spring, but this week, cbs news reported that new justice department memo show that holder received regular briefings as early as july of 2010 and we will be posting some more documents that also show then deputy attorney general gary grinler got a detailed briefing on the gun smuggling operation in 2010 and took handwritten notes and marked up photographs of ak 47s and he noted seizures in mexico and why the justice department is having to push back a little bit in what the president was talking about. >> the original investigation began in arizona but you found out this has now spread to other states? >> yes. through our investigation which we have been working on for many months. looking through cases, we found there were things sometimes linged one way or another to fast and furious and sometim

cbs news correspondent sharyl attkisson has been on this from the beginning and joins us from washington. >> reporter: new details as the fast and furious investigation branches out to a case with a twist. not walking guns but involving grenades. a suspect allegedly left to traffic and manufacture them from mexican drug car tells. police say jean batiste kingery a u.s. citizen was a grenade machine and accused of smuggling parts of more than 2,000 grenades into mexico for killer drug cartels sometimes under the direct watch of u.s. law enforcement. law enforcement sources say kingery could have been prosecuted twice in the u.s. for violating export control laws, but each time, prosecutors in arizona refused to make a case. grenades are weapons of choice for the cartels. a recent attack on a casino killed 53 people. sources tell cbs news that in january of 2010, atf had kingery under surveillance. they say prosecutors wouldn't agree to make a case. so as atf agents looked on, kingery and the grenade parts crossed the border and simply disappeared. six months later, kingery allegedly got c

. >> reporter: cbs's sharyl attkisson in washington for us, thank you. >> sobering stuff. >>> anotherur years behind bars in italy. >> hattie kauffman was in there seattle as knox said thank you for her family, friends, and supporters and hattie joins us this morning from seattle. >> good morning. >> reporter: after four years in prison, it has been a remarkable 48 house. it was just two days ago that amanda knox stood before an italian court pleading her innocence and begging for her freedom and now this morning waking up in seattle. after an emotional homecoming. minutes after touching down on tuesday, she spoke for the first time publicly since her release. >> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. what is important for me to say is just thank you to everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me, who has supported my family. i just want my family -- my familiy is the most important thing to me right now and i just want to go and be with them. thank you for being there for for me. >> reporter: and her

cbs news investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson is in washington with the latest.he head of the house oversight committee darrell issa plans to send a letter to the fbi this week, to ask about apparent discrepancies of an investigation of a murder related to fast and furious. the murder is that of border patrol agent brian terry who was gunned down near the border last december and at least two assault rifles from atf's fast and furious case were found at the scene. that focused blame on the controversial operation that monitored suspects who track the weapons instead of arresting them and seizing the guns. ten months after the murder, there are questions about how many weapons the fbi recovered at the scene and other key details. on sunday's "face the nation," republican darrell issa told bob schieffer there is reason to ask whether is there a third missing weapon. >> when agents were at brian ter terry's funeral making statements there was a third weapon you question there were a third weapon at the scene and did people escape with weapons. >> reporter: a ballist

sharyl attkisson joins us with details. >> reporter: branches out to a case with a twist. not walking guns but involving grenades and a suspect allegedly traffic and manufacture them from mexican drug cartels. police say kingery, a u.s. citizen, was a variable grenade machine. smuggling parts for 2,000 parts for killer drug cartels, sometimes under the direct watch of u.s. law enforcement. law enforcement sources say kingery could have been prosecuted twice in the u.s. for violating export control laws, but that each time prosecutors in arizona refused to make a case. grenades are weapons of choice for the cartels. a recent attack on a casino killed 53 people. sources tell cbs news that in january 2010 atf had kingery under surveillance after he bought about 50 grenade bodies and headed to mexico. but they say prosecutors wouldn't agree to make a case. so, as atf agents looked on, kingery and grenade parts crossed the border and simply disappeared. six months later, kingery got caught leaving the u.s. for mexico with 114 disassembled grenades ain a tire. he begged prosecut

cbs investigative correspondent, sharyl attkisson will take your calls. "washington journal", each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. later on c-span3, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey will testify about the pentagon's spending priorities. live coverage from the house armed services committee starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. now the confirmation hearing for michael mcfaul to be u.s. ambassador to russia. the nominee is currently senior director for russia at the national security council and teaches political science at stanford university. this senate foreign relations committee hearing is an hour, 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, dr. mcfaul. senator lugar and i were at the business meeting of the senate foreign relations committee. so please excuse us for being tardy but i think that is probably an excused absence. this afternoon the senate foreign relations committee meets today to consider the nomination of michael mcfaul to be the u.s. ambassador to russia. i want to welcome dr. mcf

i mean, sharyl atkinson she was actually cursed at by a white house communications guy. are out of control. but the guys that run the news agencies with the exception, of course, of fox news, are still protecting president obama. nbc news has not reported the fast & furious case since april! >> how's that possible? >> yeah. >> ok? i mean, now, maybe they did something this week but up until this week, they hadn't touched it. and the cable networks, you know what that is. you know part of the reason that fox has done so well for 15 years is that, i think, many americans perceive the other cable networks, news networks to be in the tank. >> and yesterday, you just said the president did support eric holder. we'll continue to follow this story and see what the outcome is in the coming days and weeks. >> we'll watch you tonight, though. >> we'll cause trouble as we always do. >> happy anniversary. >> happy anniversary to you guys. >> thank you, bye. >> coming up on our show, the fed chairman said the recovery is close to faltering. in just one hour from now, we may find out