captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. danny werfel has one of the toughest jobs in america: cleaning up the mess at the i.r.s. today he was summoned to capitol hill to tell congress how he plans to do it. president obama appointed werfel acting commissioner two weeks ago after the president fired steven miller when it was revealed that the i.r.s. had been targeting conservative political groups. then, over the weekend, a new scandal broke. the tax collecting agency has been spending millions of dollars on lavish conferences for employees. nancy cordes was at the hearing orday. >> reporter: the new head of the i.r.s. assured congress today that his first priority is to clear out the backlog of applications from tea party groups for tax-exempt status. dozens of applications that got singled out and held up for more than a year. >> my primary mission is to restore that trust. but i think it has to start with a recognition that the trust has been violated and it has to start with a recognition that we have to get all the fac

. >> pelley: this is where you grew up? >> in a public housing project. ( speaking spanish ) >> welcome to your old neighborhood. >> gracias. >> pelley: supreme court justice sonia sotomayor's parents came from puerto rico. she and her little brother were raised in public housing in the bronx, new york, where she was laying down the law even then. your brother told us that more than once in this neighborhood he got beaten up. >> and more than once, i beat up the person who beat him up. ( laughing ) >> pelley: so how did she move from this neighborhood to this one? that's our story tonight. >> logan: when pope benedict xvi came to the sagrada famiÍlia two years ago, he consecrated the church as a basilica. not since 1883, when it was first envisioned by antoni gaudiÍ, had it been seen in all its glory. >> he wanted to write the history of the whole of the catholic faith in one building. i mean, how crazy and how extraordinary and how ambitious that idea is. ( bells tolls ) >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm leslie stahl. >> i'm mo

. >> pelley: good evening. >> pelley: good evening. a nation of immigrants tonight is one step closer to creating a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants who are living here illegally. the senate this afternoon approved a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws. by a vote of 68-32. 14 republicans joined every democrat in voting yes. in addition to offering the hope of citizenship, the senate bill would also flood the mexican border with thousands of new federal agents. nancy cordes is at the capitol for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, no one could have predicted this a year ago. the last serious attempt at comprehensive immigration reform went down in flames six years ago. but that was before a presidential election where republicans lost big among hispanics, giving the issue new life. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: the bill the senate passed today tries to address nearly every problem with the nation's outdated immigration system. illinois democrat dick durbin was one of the bill's eight authors-- four dem

. >> pelley: we asked dr. ling, the program manager, where all of this is headed. >> ling: i'm old enough to have watched neil armstrong take that step on the moon. and... and to watch jan do that, i had the same tingles. because i realized that we have now stepped over a great threshold into what is possible, and very importantly, what patients can now expect in terms of restoration. this is a very important part-- not rehab, but restoration of function. >> pelley: i wonder what your experience with jan has taught you about the brain and the brain's ability to adapt to new circumstances. >> ling: i think it's taught me something really fundamental, and that is, we are tool users. and our arms and legs are just tools for our brain. and so, when we give another tool-- in jan's case, a robot arm-- she will adapt to that tool to do the things that she wants to do. >> pelley: of course, many who could use a robot arm are not paralyzed like jan; they're amputees. and for them, the project has found a way to connect

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the u.s. government tonight is putting together criminal charges against the man who exposed two of the government's top-secret surveillance programs and the f.b.i. is trying to find him. edward snowden was last seen in hong kong yesterday when he identified himself as the source of leaks revealing that the national security agency is monitoring the phone records of millions of americans and tapping into the data banks of internet companies. snowden worked at the agency as a low-level employee of a private contractor. he went to high school in maryland but did not graduate. he enlisted in the army in may of 2004 but was discharged less than five months later. "the guardian" newspaper says snowden worked on computer security at the c.i.a. before going to work at the n.s.a. seth doane has more from hong kong. >> reporter: 29-year-old edward snowden made a number of bold and unverified claims this interview recorded in a hong kong hotel room. >> i sitting at my desk have the authority t

. >> pelley: good evening. keith alexander's job usually keeps him out of the public eye, but he stepped into the spotlight today for a second time in a week to defend the top-secret operations that he runs. alexander heads the national security agency where edward snowden once worked as a contract employee until he exposed two of n.s.a.'s surveillance operations. one of those collects the phone records of millions of americans the other program monitors internet traffic. well, today before the house intelligence committee, alexander answered critics saying that these programs save lives. homeland security correspondent bob orr begins our coverage. >> reporter: general keith alexander claimed the n.s.a. surveillance programs recently revealed by leaks have helped stop more than 50 potential attacks since 9/11. >> these programs are critical to the intelligence community's ability to protect our nation and our allies' security. they assist the intelligence community efforts to connect the dots. >> reporter: at l

. >> pelley: good evening. two people are dead, 38,000 are outho, their homes this evening, 24 square miles of dry, forested terrain has gone up in flames around colorado springs. for four days, life has gone on just one step ahead of the fire. peter mcevoy had his at-bat and then went home to evacuate his baseball trophies. j.c. francis said she remembered watching television by the fireplace in her aunt's house. the weather is now helping, for a change, and barry petersen is on the fire line. >> reporter: with a break in the weather, the 750 firefighters get their first real chance against a fire that can spread faster than a man can run. incident commander rich harvey. >> as that fire moves and is burning, it's throwing embers out in front of it, up to about a third of a mile. it runs, it jumps and, you know, it joins forces. >> reporter: and it was slowed, at least for now, thanks to a thunderstorm that swept through the burning area. it has been a week of agony for people like michael and francis vialpando

. >> pelley: good evening. the weather system is warning of a major severe weather event that could affect one out of five americans. an unusually massive line of storms with hail and high winds is expected to roll through 19 states from iowa to maryland. meteorologists are warning of the possibility of a weather event called a duracho, a storm of strong, strait line winds. further west, high winds areçó already pushing a massive wildfire in colorado. this picture captured the size of the fire outside colorado springs. blast furnace flames erupted from one of many buildings burned in the countryside. officials are telling us 50 homes and counting are gone. it was a lot to take in for seven-year-old floyd kerr jr. kelly werthmann, a reporter for cbs station kcnc is watching, too. >> reporter: the winds gusted 30 miles per hour. it started in a colorado spring subdivision. toby partridge barely escaped. >> there was no notice. we didn't see anything on the news. we didn't get a reverse 911 call that the fire wa

ews" with scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. rmine what >> pelley: good evening. the obama administration has opened an internal review to determine what damage edward snowden may have done to national security by exposing two top secret surveillance programs. one of those programs collects the phone records of millions of americans, and today the american civil liberties union filed suit against that program, saying that it violates the rights of free speech and privacy. the other surveillance program monitors internet traffic. both of them together are aimed at tracking down terrorists. the review is in addition to a criminal investigation of snowden. the f.b.i. is still trying to find him this evening, and justice correspondent bob orr tells us that snowden's employer has a message for him. >> reporter: if edward snowden is a man without a country, he is also a man without a job. the national security agency contractor has been fired for leaking cla

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. today robert bales told a military court that he committed the worst american atrocity in the afghan war, but he does not know why. 15 months ago in the middle of the night bales left his combat outpost alone and murdered 16 afghan civilians in cold blood. mostly women and children. the bodies were delivered to a morgue in a truck. nine of them were children and bales had set many of the bodies on fire. in a deal, prosecutors dropped the death penalty and in return bales pleaded guilty to premeditated murder today and told a judge what happenedded that night. ben tracy is covering the hearing at joint base lewis-mcchord outside seattle. >> reporter: staff sergeant robert bales told the military court his rampage on march 11, 2012, was premeditated and without justification. bales' voice cracked slightly as he read the charges with each victim's name. the judge then asked him "what was your reason for killing them?" bales replied "as far as why, i have asked that question a million ti

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning with breaking news that we've just confirmed in the newsroom. th ernment is bringing criminal charges, including charges of espionage, against edward snowden. snowden, as you will recall, is the former n.s.a. contract employee who exposed two of the government's top secret surveillance programs, one that collected the phone records of millions of americans and the other that monitored internet traffic. bob orr is in our washington bureau tonight. bob, what do you know? >> reporter: scott, just in the past several minutes, a couple of law enforcement sources have told us that indeed, former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden, as you mentioned, has now been officially charged in the n.s.a. leaks case. this is a case that is still under seal so the charges are not being presented publicly. snowden, who is believed to still be in hong kong somewhere, we're told is being charged with, among other things, espionage, and also the theft of government property relating to files h

pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> ight, a brighter economy. the federal reserve raises its predictions for growth and jobs. anthony mason on the new outlook. the director of the f.b.i. surprised many today with a frank answer to this question: >> does the f.b.i. use drones for surveillance on u.s. soil? >> pelley: bob orr on the f.b.i.'s program. this is supposed to be the answer to america's biggest nuclear contamination problem, but it's billions over budget. carter evans investigates. and ken moreis' great-great- great grandfather is a giant of american history. jim axelrod on how a powerful legacy changed one man's man'sn. mission. >> frederic douglas said it's easier to build strong children than repair broken men. captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: good evening. it doesn't happen very often but it happened today-- the stock market plunged in reaction to good news. the news from the head of the federal reserve was that the economy is doing better.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the supreme court today stepped into the middle of a long and heated debate over voting rights. at issue are laws that some say are designed to crack down on voter fraud and others say are really about holding down the minority vote. today the supreme court struck down an arizona law that required voters to prove they are citizens before they can register. the ruling could affect voters in as many as 12 other states that have similar laws or were planning them. chief legal correspondent jan crawford is at the supreme court tonight. >> reporter: the law required arizona residents to show a driver's license, birth certificate, passport or other proof of citizenship when they registered to vote. supporters said the law, approved by arizona voters in 2004, was necessary to combat fraud, but opponents said it instead kept eligible citizens-- the poor and minorities-- from voting. today in a 7-2 decision, the justices said arizona had gone too far and was asking for too much. the court sai

. >> pelley: good evening. verizon offers its telephone customers what's called the "share everything" plan. well, the irony of that did not escape a lot of folks today when it was revealed that verizon has been sharing the phone records of millions with u.s. intelligence. sources tell us this evening that surveillance extended to the internet as well. it was all done by court order. federal agents are not listening to conversations, they're examining patterns of calls in an attempt to track down terrorists. "the guardian" newspaper broke the story earlier today and major garrett at the white house begins our coverage. >> reporter: the national security agency operating under secret court orders to thwart suspected terror plots was authorized to track calls to and from phone numbers of millions of americans-- even those not tied to terror investigations and track the duration of the calls. but the obama administration insists it did not listen to the conversations or record the names of the callers. the program

captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: ton >> pelley: tonight, the secret's out. top-secret documents reveal the scope and purpose of u.s. surveillance of phone and internet traffic. the president tries to calm e's ph >> nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls. es, and john milleartin, nancy cordes, and john miller explain ahat the programs do and why. breaking news-- a deadly shooting rampage in santa monica. we'll have the latest details from the scene. dz by rains bring flooding up the east coast. elaine quijano reports. and driving across america a stroke at a time. steve hartman is "on the road." >> reporter: it's a big country and you realize why nobody's done this. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. phone ent obama today defended seiz phone records ofns of millions of americans. in his first public comment the presiden since the news broke yesterday, ght president said the program strikes the right balance. is elps prevent terror attacks and, as he put it, is only a m

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. edward snowden is the most- wanted fugitive in the world tonight. the white house belief it is former national security agency contract employee now charged with espionage is in russia and the united states has been pressuring the russians all day to send him home before he can those asylum in some other country. the incident has strained u.s. relations with both russia and china. it was in hong kong that snowden exposed two top-secret u.s. surveillance programs, one that collects the phone records of millions of americans and the other that monitors internet traffic. bob orr begins our coverage. >> reporter: edward snowden's flight seemed stalled for now in moscow. seat 17-a, which snowden reportedly booked on this cuba- bound jetliner, remained empty today as the plane took off for havana. it's not clear if snowden changed travel plans or if russian security agents blocked his departure, but u.s. officials are pressing the russian government to detain snowden as a fugitive travelin

pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, heading for the exits. fear of higher interest rates has investors around the world dumping stocks. the dow has its worst day of the year. carter evans is on wall street. nancy cordes is at the capitol with a new immigration reform deal that would flood the mexican border with federal agents. after child hears for the first time in his life. >> daddy loves you! dadly doves you! >> pelley: dr. jon lapook on the medical marvel that made it happen. and ben tracy on the man that brought tony soprano to life. >> if you can quote the rules you can obey them, you hear me? >> pelley: remembering james gandolfini. obey them, captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, investors pulled more money out of the stock market today and as they did prices plunged. the dow lost 353 points, the biggest one-day point drop since november of 2011. the index has now falle

captioni ed by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. once in a while, a decision by the supreme court is etched into the granite of our history. americans remain divided over today's rulings, but history was written. copies of the same-sex marriage decisions rushed out this morning, and, as the words were read, cheers went up. ( cheers and applause ) a sharply divided court advanced the cause of gay rights in two cases. it struck down the 1996 defense of marriage act, known as doma, which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples. in the other case, it authorized the resumption of same-sex marriage in the nation's most populous state, california. jan crawford begins our coverage at the supreme court. >> reporter: writing for the 5-4 majority, justice anthony kennedy said the 1996 defense of marriage act that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples had one purpose and one effect: that distinction, the court said, violates constitutional guarantees of liberty, equality and equal dignity. the ruling has immediate and

. >> pelley: jan crawford on the steps of the supreme court. thank you, jan. in another courtroom today, federal prosecutors hope to send boston mobster whitey bulger to prison for the rest of his life. he's on trial for 19 murders. but an old hit man testified today that he believes bulger is guilty of something worse than murder. elaine quijano is following the trial in boston. >> reporter: john martorano testified he was james "whitey" bulger's chief executioner and best friend. but that loyalty evaporated, martorano said, when he learned bulger was a government informant. martorano was perhaps the most feared member of bulger's winter hill gang. the crew ruled boston's underworld for nearly 30 years. he spoke with "60 minutes" steve kroft in 2008. >> did cow keep count of how many people you killed? >> never. never. never. until in the end i never realized it was that many. >> how many? >> a lot. too many. >> do you have a number? >> i confessed to 20 in court. >> reporter: martorano was the first witness in the trial to directly tie bulger to murder. he d

gh pelley: good evening. veme of the highest temperatures ever recorded are expected over the next few days as a blazing 2 in wave takes hold in the inst. today, it hit 112 in las vegas, 114 in phoenix, and nearly triple digits as far north as boise, idaho. it is hot enough to burn bare feet. atd in minton, california, just outside los angeles, the hot, jey weather is providing fuel for a wildfire that is now .hreatening homes. blame all of this on a shift in the jet stream, and no relief is expected for days. bill whitaker is sweating it out in los angeles. thll. kind of heat we expect out here in late summer. not only is this brutal heat wave hitting earlier than usual. in las vegas by 9:00 this morning, it was already past 100 degrees. with sin city so devilishly hot, air conditioning, benny gantz is working overtime. there was no fun in the sun at camp, just punishing heat. counselor nate jaramillo is limiting outside time. >> we have been told there's an excessive heat warning. we're expecting temperatur

there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. nation's top officers address sexual assault in the military. and more on that record tornado that hit oklahoma last week. we'll now take you to new york and the cbs ,, . >> pelley: tonight dressing down the chiefs. >> not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape. >> pelley: the nation's top officers are hauled in to explain sexual assault in the ranks. david martin on what happened next. friday's oklahoma tornado was the biggest of all time. anna werner on the super twister. can parents of a mentally ill child prevent another newtown? seth doane speaks to a couple who made an agonizing decision. >> my first thought was, what have i done? i've just destroyed my son's life. and people would come up to me and say, no, you saved our lives. >> pelley: and an anniversary fit for a queen.

this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: good evening. the united states is getting more involved in the civil war in syria. the white house has just announced this evening that it will send military support to the rebels fighting the overthrow the dictatorship of bashar al-assad. the obama administration has been avoiding this step, but the president made the decision after u.s. intelligence informed him that assad's forces have used nerve gas against the rebels. this war began two years ago. tens of thousands of people are dead and the entire region has been destabilized. major garrett has just come from a briefing at the white house. major? >> reporter: scott, the obama white house has for the first time declared that the syrian regime of bashar al-assad has used chemical weapons to kill opposition fighters. u.s. intelligence communities say the syrian regime of bashar al-assad, as i said, has used a chemical weapon sarin multiple times, it says, in its war against the syrian rebels. now, the estimates are between 100 and 150 people ha

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. today the supreme court essentially knocked down one of cke pillars of the civil rights movement. it invalidated a key part of the voting rights act, the law enacted in 1965 to stop racial discrimination at the polls. the voting rights act requires nine states to get federal approval of changes to their onection laws. heher parts of the country covered by the act include most of new york city and several counties in california. but that requirement for federal approval was struck down in a 5- 4 decision today with chief justice john roberts joined by justices scalia, thomas, kennedy and alito in the majority. liberal justices brier, ginsburg, sotomayor and kagan dissented. jan crawford, our supreme court correspondent has the story. >> reporter: the decision invalidating a section of the voting rights of 1965 deeply divided the justices. but it rested on a simple premise. as chief justice john roberts said, nearly 50 years later, things have changed dramatically. at issue was a provis

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. america's most powerful military leaders were ordered to capitol hill today to answer for the epidemic of sexual assaults in the ranks. they quickly came under fire from the senate armed services committee. some members there want to relieve commanders of their power to decide who gets prosecuted in sexual assault cases and who doesn't. pentagon correspondent david martin is on the story. >> reporter: with one exception, the senior officers who marched into committee room, were all men. and they all objected to legislation to take the decision to prosecute sexual assault away from commanders in the field. but committee members, including seven women, were ready to take them on. >> not every single commander can distinguish between the a slap on the ass and a rape. >> reporter: senator kirsten gillibrand was referring to the mishandling of sexual assault cases which has left nearly two thirds of the victims feeling they were being retaliated against. >> you have lost the trust of the

. >> pelley: ben, thanks very much. jim axelrod has learned that baseball's latest doping scandal could turn out to be the biggest ever in sports. dozens of players, including some stars, may face long suspensions. major league baseball has been investigating this for some time and jim tells us tonight that turning point came when a key figure decided to name names. >> reporter: anthony bosch ran the miami clinic called biogenesis. before it folded, biogenesis offered what it called "antiaging" services. we learned bosch has an agreement with major league baseball to be interviewed under oath about allegations his clinic supplied performance-enhancing drugs to some of baseball's biggest stars. a baseball executive tells us bosch will name up to 25 players, including new york yankees star alex rodriguez, the game's top-played player. and milwaukee brewers slugger ryan braun, the national league's most valuable player two years ago. this was braun last night. >> i'm not answering any further questions regarding the whole

. >> pelley: david, thank you. we heard nightmare stories today from some of those conservative groups that were targeted by the i.r.s. they had applied for tax-exempt status as social welfare organizations, but the i.r.s. wanted to know whether they were really political groups, which are not eligible for tax exemption. i.r.s. employees targeted every group that had tea party or patriot in its name. nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us tonight. nancy. >> scott, lawmakers heard from the leaders of five conservative groups today that got caught up in that misguided i.r.s. drag net. they had all applied for what's known as 501(c)3 or c-4 status, and they described how the endless delays cost them grants and dried-up donations. >> the demands for information in the questionnaire shockd me. >> becky gerritson runs a tea party group in wetumpka alabama. she told lawmakers when she applied for tax-exempt status, i.r.s. agents in cincinatti pelted her with more than 90 questions. >> i was asked to hand over my donor lis

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scott pelley in new york. >> the supreme court has changed the law of the land on same-sex marriage, but the people remain divided. we'll be in california tonight with a couple and explain how this law will change their lives. and we'll have the story of a contractor who won $500 million in government contracts based on his football injury and the help of a friend at the irs. we'll have those stories tonight on the cbs evening news at 5:30 right after kpix5 news. >>> welcome back to our live coverage from san francisco's castro district on this historic day with respect to gay marriage here in california. the san francisco police department is preparing to close off the street for an expected celebration that could bring 200,000 people into the castro tonight. we'll be here, join us on kpix5 at 6 p.m. for the latest. >> also new at 6, the impact of the u.s. supreme court's rulings on issues beyond the altar. how today's decisions could be a platform for gay rights in california. that's tonight at 6:00. >> thanks for joining us. the cbs evening news with scott pelley is coming up next

the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, the secret is out: a spy master tells congress about terrorist plot we never knew. bob orr and john miller on today's revelations. the president says don't be critical until you've seen what he's seen. in an interview with charlie rose, mr. obama defends decisions on surveillance and syria. >> so you think a no-fly zone is not necessary? >> pelley: after the movie theater massacre, a colorado senator pushed gun control. he won the battle, but now may lose his job. barry petersen has the story. and a high-tech giant spin spends $100 million on an experiment. anthony mason on creating the next generation of edisons. >> it's cool. it's magical. >> reporter: because it takes it to another level? >> it's just a beautiful sight.

the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight dressing down the chiefs. >> not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape. >> pelley: the nation's top officers are hauled in to explain sexual assault in the ranks. david martin on what happened next. friday's oklahoma tornado was the biggest of all time. anna werner on the super twister. can parents of a mentally ill child prevent another newtown? seth doane speaks to a couple who made an agonizing decision. >> my first thought was, what have i done? i've just destroyed my son's life. and people would come up to me and say, no, you saved our lives. >> pelley: and an anniversary fit for a queen. elizabeth palmer on the coronation celebration. captioning sponsored by cbs

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the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. remember, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. a new approach to immigration has passed the senate with bipartisan support. nancy cordes on what this means. a former f.b.i. agent testifies that he took bribes from boston mobster james "whitey" bulger. bulger had a few choice words of his own. don dahler was in the courthouse. major garrett breaks news with the president in the hunt for the man revealing america's secrets. >> reporter: mr. president, will you use u.s. military assets to in any way intercept mr. snowden? >> pelley: and paul lopez put his life on hold to fight for his country. carter evans reports 69 years later he's gone back in time to live his dream. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by cbs with scott p this is the "cbs evening news"

"cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. and remember, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. see you in 30. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, danger i the air and on the ground. high winds feed wildfires destroying dozens of homes in the west. >> the flames were right there. right there. >> pelley: and a massive storm system targets tens of millions of americans from the midwest to the midatlantic. sexual assault in the military. senator kristen gillibrand loses a key battle that could have lei to more prosecutions.Ñi 10-year-old sarah murnaghan or an adult lung transplant. today she got it. dr. jon lapook has the latest.Ñi and 50 years after med ger evers' assassination, randall pinkston looks back at his fight for equal rights and equal time. >> if you challenged any tradition, your life was on the line.ñr on the

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captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: ton >> pelley: tonight, the secret's out. top-secret documents reveal the scope and purpose of u.s. surveillance of phone and internet traffic. the president tries to calm e's ph >> nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls. es, and john milleartin, nancy cordes, and john miller explain ahat the programs do and why. breaking news-- a deadly shooting rampage in santa monica. we'll have the latest details from the scene. dz by rains bring flooding up the east coast. elaine quijano reports. and driving across america a stroke at a time. steve hartman is "on the road." >> reporter: it's a big country and you realize why nobody's done this. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

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a new york paper reports cbs news anchor scott pelley had a meltdown over the state department scandal story. trial of george zimmerman begins and media ramp up the issue of racism. s pal pa will is back, returning to fox news, other media react as expected. new jersey governor a big hit on late night. >> oh, yeah! >> jon: which stories made our list? find out next on news watch. >> on the panel this week, judy miller. radio talk show host, monica crowley. jim pinkerton, from the american conservative magazine, merle brown and richard grenell. fox news watch is on right now. i'm jon scott.

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we of course have scott pelley in new york. scott? >> hi, allen and liz. great to be with you in the bay area. our david martin at the pentagon has found out just what kind of weapons will be sent to rebels in syria. will they be enough to topple the government of syria? we'll have david's report from the pentagon plus elizabeth palmer has been talking with the syrian rebels. their stories tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30 right after kpix 5 news. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, layoffs at a bay area secury software giant. we ask why one of the biggest and best kno >>> new at 6:00 tonight, layoffs at a bay area security software giant. we ask why one of the biggest and best known companies in silicon valley is slashing its workforce. >> plus, booze for a bargain. why there's so much buzz over a bay area 99-cent store that wants to start selling alcohol. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. >>> well, the weather is so nice we need a plan for the weekend. >> if you haven't got yours made, here's an idea. the san mateo county fair is happening this weekend

captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, th has ruled. can americans be asked for proof of citizenship before they register to vote? jan crawford has the supreme court's decision today. a hit man says it broke his heart when whitey bulger turned informant. >> i'll go along with a lot of things but not no judas, not no informant. i never ratted on nobody. >> reporter: elaine quijano with the murder trial that opens a window on the mob. was the worst fire in the history of colorado started on purpose? barry petersen has the story. and when the great recession left their world spinning out of control, these rookie authors decided it was time for a rewrite. >> we're very grateful and we're nimble and we know what a miracle this is. captioning sponsored by cbs