captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >>>> pelley: the escaped killer caught yesterday in upstate new york has been telling police all about his daring breakout with another prisoner. according to police, david sweat and richard matt intended to drive to mexico, but when their ride didn't show up, they started hiking to canada. matt was shot and killed friday about 30 miles from the prison. sweat was shot and captured yesterday. anna werner is following this. >> reporter: a state trooper's two bullets brought down escapee david sweat. sergeant jay cooke recognized sweat as he jogged on a rural road and chased him through a field. state police superintendent joseph d'amico. >> at some point running across the field he realized sweat would make it to a tree line and possibly could have disappeared. he fired two shots from his service weapon. >> reporter: investigators are now hearing new details from sweat about the pair's escape. governor andrew cuomo says it appears the two men originally planned to flee to mexico with prison employee joyce mitch

system. >> pelley: dr. mitchell was among the first to blow the whistle. >> mitchell: i had veterans who had survived world war ii, who had survived pork chop hill, who survived the battle of fallujah, who had gone through so many situations of combat, where it's a life and death situation. and yet, i could not guarantee their safety in the middle of metropolitan phoenix in my e.r., because we didn't have adequate staffing or training. >> pelley: a nationwide investigation confirmed the phony waitlists in phoenix and 92 other v.a. centers. when you read that in the inspector general's report, you thought what? >> mcdonald: i was incensed. i was incensed. our veterans have earned these benefits. they earn them with their lives in danger. >> pelley: it strikes me that you are coming into a system which was broken because the people in the regions were lying to headquarters. >> mcdonald: this is one of the reasons i have traveled. i've got to get to the bottom of it. i've got to meet the people, so the adverse

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the confederate battle flag is seeing stars tonight after corporations and politicians ran over each other in a stampede to trample the banner into history. wal-mart, ebay, amazon, sears, and k-mart rushed to drop confederate merchandise, including t-shirt and belt buckles. valley forge, a flag maker, said it would stop stitching the stars and bars. the seams ripped with the massacre in south carolina at an african american church, and the suspect who embraced the flag. south carolina legislators had fiercely defended the banner which flies on the capitol grounds, but today, the flag they lined up behind was white. adriana diaz is there. >> i don't hate nobody! i got white friends. i got black friends. >> reporter: protesters took to the steps of the south carolina state house again today rallying both for and against the confederate flag that still flies there. >> bring it down! bring it down! >> reporter: inside, lawmakers worked to fast track debate on the flag, th

there were too many, though, to pick just one. >> pelley: i have a favorite. it's the picture of the pyramids. >> you know, scott i waited almost 200 kays to finally get that picture. it was on my last day in space i finally got the good picture of the pyramids. it's amazing to see this ancient piece of history from space. >> pelley: most people leave home to take pictures of a faraway place, but you went to faraway place to take pictures from home. >> there are two kind of pictures, you can get the beg giant zoom lens out and take a picture of the pyramids or something like, that but my favorite are the wide angle where you can see the curvature of the earth or the stars or the galaxy. the big picture i like more because it shows your place in the heavens and in creation and looking back. >> pelley: now you took most of these pictures from the coop la there on the space station the largest windows that have ever flown in space. what is that area of the station like? >> well, that area has a special place in my heart because i had the honor five years ago of i

charleston, south carolina. >> pelley: this is our western edition. so, here we are again, another mass shooting in america. our neighbors, this time ministers, a librarian and grandparents cut down for nothing. it happened in the church behind me. it was last night during a bible class at this historic black church here in charleston. tonight, a white man is under arrest, 21-year-old dylann roof of lexington, south carolina not even of this community. the justice department is investigating the murders as a hate crime, and our justice correspondent jeff pegues begins our coverage. jeff? >> reporter: scott, reports say the suspect recently told a friend that he believed black people were "taking over the world," and that someone needed to do something for the white race. investigators believe it was that rage that led him to kill here last night. this surveillance picture shows a young man apparently on a murderous mission. he entered the church at around 8:00 p.m. and then spent a full hour mingling with parishioners at a bible study. he then stood u

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. >> pelley: breaking news, tu >> pelley: breaking news, turns >> pelley: breaking news, turns out that new york jail break may have been a murder plot, stitched together by the prison seamstress. also tonight, the naacp official who claimed to be black resigns after her parents say she's white, and there are still more questions about her past. clarissa ward enters what may be the biggest terror threat to the united states. and "jurassic world" made tons of money, but it also made some mesozoic errors. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. it seems strange that a prison seamstress would help two killers escape a maximum- security lockup, but we're told tonight that police believe the prison employees smuggled tools into their cells with the understanding that the convicts would kill her husband. joyce mitchell pleaded not are the focus of an intense manhunt now entering a tenth night in upstate new york. anna werner is there. >> we're going to wave the preliminary felony hearing. >> reporter: 51-year-old jo

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. a shrine is growing tonight in berkeley, california, at the scene of a terrible tragedy. six young people were killed seven seriously injured when an apartment balcony collapsed. the dead were college students from ireland, and john blackstone has the latest. >> medic two for medical emergency. >> reporter: at 12:41 a.m. ambulances rushed to the building where a fourth-floor balcony broke away. >> at least ten people fell from the second or third floor. >> reporter: it happened during a late-night 21st birthday party with a group of irish students most of them visiting on summer work visas. owen buckley is a student from ireland who heard the commotion from his third-floor apartment. >> reporter: at least 13 people were on the balcony, which appeared to peel away from the building, landing upside down on the balcony of the floor below spilling victims 50 feet on to the street. jason biswas also lives in the building with his parents. >> i looked down. it was just deat

>> pelley: what's leftof bill soaks the southern plains. there's fear of flooding but these dark clouds also have a silver lining. also tonight homegrown terror. an alleged isis sympathizer is charged with attempting to murder an f.b.i. agent. seeing red-- a strange invasion of tuna crabs in southern california. and they're playing his song. ♪ keep on rockin' in the free world ♪ >> pelley: but what happens when songwriter and candidate are out of harmony. ♪ keep on rockin' in the free world captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the last major storm of spring dumps several more inches of rain on texas today, a state still recovering from deadly floods. what was tropical storm bill is now a tropical depression, but that distinction is little comfort to folks where rivers are in danger of overflowing and roads are submerged. tonight, flood watches and warnings stretch more than 1200 miles to illinois and ohio. omar villafranca is in dallas. >> reporter: bill pounded the texas gulf coast

days on the run scott pelley reports tonight, from new york. >> pelley: history is written. the supreme court guarantees marriage for all. there's a rush for licenses in more than a dozen states where same-sex marriage had been illegal. also tonight, breaking news-- one escaped murderer has been shot dead. police are in hot pursuit of the other. and in words and song, the president praises the charleston pastor gunned down in his own church along with eight of his faithful. ♪ amazing grace ♪ ( applause ) ♪ how sweet the sound captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, in one of the most momentous civil rights decisions in its history, the supreme court of the united states found gay and liz americansamericanshave a constitutional right to marry. cheers shook the courthouse steps. licenses were issued and weddings performed in states where such marriages were outlawed. the vote, in "obergefell v. hodges," was 5-4. the dissents were vehement, led by chief justice john robertss. but the majority, led by justice anthony

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, we witnessed an extraordinary moment in a charleston courtroom. in south carolina, victims are allowed to speak in bail hearings, and as dylann roof made his first appearance by teleconference from jail families of the nine people gunned down during bible study told him about the precious lives that were wrenched away. deeply religious families gathered their courage and surprised nearly everyone. ethel lance, 70 years old, left five children, seven grandchildren, and four great- grandchildren. a daughter spoke for the family. >> pelley: 49-year-old reverend depayne middleton doctor was a mother of four. a sister spoke for the family. >> pelley: 26-year-old tywanza sanders reportedly tried to shield others from the gunman. his mother addressed his accused killer. >> pelley: 21-year-old dylann roof could hear the families but he could not see them. bond was set at $1 million on one of the charges. justice correspondent jeff pegues has more from that hearing. jef

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the affordable care act was saved from a devastating blow today when the conservative chief justice of the united states rescued for the second time the largest part of president obama's legacy. the supreme court ruled that lower-income americans nationwide can continue to receive government subsidies to buy health insurance, which was the main reason for the law to begin with. the president said today, "now obamacare is woven into the fabric of america." >> for all the misinformation campaigns, all the doomsday prediction, all the talk of death panels and job disruption, for all the repeal attempts, this law is now helping tens of millions of americans. >> pelley: the vote at the court was 6-3. chief justice john roberts wrote the opinion for the majority. justice antonin scalia delivered a scathing dissent. our chief legal correspondent jan crawford has more on this. >> reporter: when the word reached the courthouse steps supporters were jubilant. >> fight fight fight fight. health care is a human

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, in one of the most momentous civil rights decisions in its history, the supreme court of the united states found that gay and lesbian americans have a constitutional right to marry. cheers shook the courthouse steps. licenses were issued and weddings performed in states where such marriages were outlawed. the vote in "obergefell v. hodges" was 5-4. the dissents were vehement, led by chief justice john roberts. but the majority, led by justice anthony kennedy, found its justification in the 14th amendment, written after the civil war to extend equal protection under law to freed slaves. this court decided equal protection and due process also include same-sex couples. here's our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: it was a ruling decades in the making, a hard- fought victory for the right to marry, guaranteed in a landmark decision that emphasized equality for gays and lesbians and the full promise of liberty. writing for the court, justice ant

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, a judge in cleveland said there is enough evidence to bring criminal charges against two police officers in the fatal shooting of a young boy. the charges include murder. but whether the officers are actually charged will depend on a grand jury. dean reynolds tells us activists used an obscure state law to have the judge weigh in as a way to pressure the prosecutors for an indictment. >> reporter: the shooting took place seven months ago and was captured on video. that's 12-year-old tamir rice waving what turned out to be a toy gun. a 9-1-1 caller that day alerted police saying the gun might be fake. >> reporter: but that was never transmitted to the two officers who responded, and the boy was shot less than two seconds after they arrived. tonight, a municipal judge said both officers on the scene should be charged. timothy loehmann, who opened fire, with murder, and his partner frank garmback, with negligent homicide. the officers are white, rice was black. co

captions by: capti >> pelley: breaking news, a >> pelley: breaking news, a computer attack linked to china has stolen the most sensitive secrets of members of the c.i.a., the military, and the f.b.i. also tonight, a prison employee has been arrested for allegedly helping two killers escape a maximum security prison. did an n.a.a.c.p. official color her past? >> i do consider myself to be black? >> pelley: her parents say she's white. and steve hartman with walter thomas. his big dream is behind that door. >> everybody is ready. everybody is watching. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the more we learn about the hack attack against the u.s. government, the worse it gets. today, we learned that suspected chinese hackers got their hands on the personal information of as many as 14 million people far more than we were first told. and some of that information was extremely sensitive. it came from intelligence and military personnel who were applying for security clearances. jeff pegues is following this >> reporter: scott, a federal l

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, the search for two murderers who broke out of an upstate new york prison over the weekend moved across the border into vermont, and we've learned more about the prison employee that investigators have been questioning. she's allegedly told them that she was helping the inmates run, but then she got cold feet. here's anna werner. >> reporter: it's been five days since david sweat and richard matt escaped, and authorities now believe they could be heading for vermont. vermont governor peter shumlin: >> information suggests that they thought that new york was going to be hot, vermont would be cooler in terms of law enforcement.on >> reporter: tonight, we haveld joy learned that 51-year-old joyce mitchell, a prison employee,rs told investigators she wase tw supposed to pick up the two inmates after they escaped, but she had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. after she was released she told investigators of her involvement in the escape plan. investiga

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: for two years, he revealed nothing except for a scribbled screed against america and an obscene gesture in a holding cell. but today facing a sentence of death, dzhokar tsarnaev apologized for bombing the boston marathon. he and his brother killed three injured hundreds, then later executed a young police officer. this was sentencing day and don dahler was there. >> reporter: looking straight ahead at judge george o'toole dzhokar tsarnaev spoke in a halting voice without notes. he talked about the victims' patience and dig tee and what he called "this horrendous thing" he put them through. tsarnaev asked allah for forgiveness. survivor lynn julian was unwilling to give it. >> he threw in an apology to the survivors that seemed insincere and just thrown in because he was supposed to. >> reporter: earlier bill richard, whose eight-year-old son martin was killed and six-year-old daughter lost a leg, addressed the court. "he chose hate. he chose destruction. he chose death. this is all on him. we choos

. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the last major storm of spring dumps several more inches of rain on texas today, a state still recovering from deadly floods. what was tropical storm bill is now a tropical depression, but that distinction is little comfort to folks where rivers are in danger of overflowing and roads are submerged. tonight, flood watches and warnings stretch more than 1,200 miles to illinois and ohio. omar villafranca is in dallas. >> reporter: bill pounded the texas gulf coast before racing up north towards oklahoma. the heavy rain caused flash flooding in sealy outside of houston and shut down roads more than 200 miles away in dallas. so far, the state has avoided a disaster, but problems could still spill over for 40 million people under flood watches. before the may rainy season, texas was in a historic five- year drought. in october of 2011, 97% of the state was in an extreme drought. conditions slowly improved, but last month's record-setting rainfall, an estimated 35 trillion gallons, is helpin

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: firefighters in central washington state are in for another long night and thousand of homeowners have been warned they may have to evacuate. a wildfire that kicked up sunday is burning out of control after tearing through the town of wenachy. those who returned home today found little to salvage. more than a dozen large fires are burning in the west tonight and joanna small of our seattle affiliate kiro is in wenatchee. >> the massive sleepy hollow wildfire burned through the canyons and hills of central washington state destroying 24 homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. the blaze ignited in brush and quickly spread when embers blew into downtown wenned atchee. incident commander nathan rabe said wind was their biggest problem. >> as this fire extended with the winds that they had it threw embers and stuff downwind. >> reporter: in the hardest hit neighbor of broad view, fire crews worked through the night sunday hosing down houses. jon dominguez left when the fire started approaching his hou

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the state that fired the first shot in the civil war may be the last to retire the colors. the confederate battle flag at the state capitol has long been the third rail of south carolina politics, even after the massacre at an african american church last week the flag remained at full staff while all others were lowered. state law forbids anyone touching the banner. that left many people seeing red, and late today after 150 years of history, politicians could see which way the wind is blowing now. aixa diaz begins our coverage. >> it's time to remove the flag from the capitol grounds. [cheering and applause] >> rose: the [cheering and applause] governor nikki haley did today what many have wanted for years. >> this is a moment that we can say that that flag, while an integral part of our past, does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: republican tim scott, one one of only two african american senators, stood next to her as did u.s. presidential candidate lindsey graham. as rece

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the more we learn about the the healthcare attack against the u.s. government, the worse it gets. today, we learned that suspected chinese hackers got their hands on the personal information of as many as 14 million people far more than we were first told. and some of that information was extremely sensitive. it came from intelligence and military personnel who were applying for security clearances. jeff pegues is following this for us in our washington newsroom. jeff. >> reporter: scott, a federal law enforcement source says the cyber attack appears to have compromised sensitive background information provided by current, former and prospective federal workers. investigators believe suspected chinese hackers accessed forms containing personal data for background checks for security clearances including but not limited to information about mental illness drug and alcohol use, past arrests and bankruptcies. law enforcement sources say the f.b.i. c.i.a., and some military personnel are believed to