Showing posts with label Pelley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pelley. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Assad ignores ceasefire, US debates intervention

In Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad promised to pull his tanks and troops out of the big cities by Tuesday. But he ignored the deadline and continued shelling civilian neighborhoods. Now, some senators are calling for U.S. military intervention. Clarissa Ward reports.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Columbia Univ. janitor becomes Ivy League grad

Gac Filipaj fled civil war in his native country of Yugoslavia and escaped to New York in 1992. Filipaj took a job as a janitor at Columbia University, and after learning English, took advantage of the 14 free credit hours a year offered along with his position. Tony Guida reports after 12 years of work-study, Filipaj has now graduated with a bachelor's degree in classics.


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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Is the US on track for recovery?

The U.S. economic recovery is based on the performance of three main markets - jobs, housing, and stocks. Jeff Glor spoke with CBS Moneywatch editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger to find out if the country is on track for a recovery, and when these markets will start to even out.


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Friday, April 27, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Assad ignores ceasefire, US debates intervention

In Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad promised to pull his tanks and troops out of the big cities by Tuesday. But he ignored the deadline and continued shelling civilian neighborhoods. Now, some senators are calling for U.S. military intervention. Clarissa Ward reports.


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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Lingering effects, 2 years after BP oil spill

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion caused the largest accidental oil spill in history. Elaine Quijano visits the Gulf Coast and reports on the spill's lasting effects.


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Sunday, April 22, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Iran feeling the impact of sanctions

The U.S. and other nations have imposed harsh sanctions to punish Iran for refusing to drop its nuclear program. And, as Anthony Mason reports, the sanctions are beginning to bite.


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Thursday, April 19, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - 2 US officers killed in Afghanistan shooting

The U.S. is stepping up security in Afghanistan after the killing of two American military officers by an unknown gunman. Mandy Clark reports on the shooting and the speculation as to who is responsible.


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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - US military assessing Syria intervention

President Obama has asked the Pentagon to begin pre-planning for a military intervention in Syria as the body count rises. David Martin reports.


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Saturday, April 14, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - North Korea's long-range rocket fails after takeoff

North Korea attempted to launch a long-range rocket carrying a satellite they said would be used to monitor crops and forests. David Martin reports it broke up 90 seconds after lift off.


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CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Assad ignores ceasefire, US debates intervention

In Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad promised to pull his tanks and troops out of the big cities by Tuesday. But he ignored the deadline and continued shelling civilian neighborhoods. Now, some senators are calling for U.S. military intervention. Clarissa Ward reports.


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Thursday, April 12, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Assad ignores ceasefire, US debates intervention

In Syria, dictator Bashar al-Assad promised to pull his tanks and troops out of the big cities by Tuesday. But he ignored the deadline and continued shelling civilian neighborhoods. Now, some senators are calling for U.S. military intervention. Clarissa Ward reports.


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Thursday, April 5, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Second fake cancer drug enters US supply

The FDA is alerting healthcare professionals that 120 vials of fake Altuzan - a cancer fighting drug - have entered the U.S. Armen Keteyian reports.


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - US military assessing Syria intervention

President Obama has asked the Pentagon to begin pre-planning for a military intervention in Syria as the body count rises. David Martin reports.


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Thursday, March 29, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - 7.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook buildings across Mexico forcing the evacuation of office buildings and causing a pedestrian bridge to collapse onto a bus. Scott Pelley reports there were no instances of major damage or fatalities.


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Saturday, March 24, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - 7.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook buildings across Mexico forcing the evacuation of office buildings and causing a pedestrian bridge to collapse onto a bus. Scott Pelley reports there were no instances of major damage or fatalities.


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Friday, March 23, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Afghan rampage suspect deployed from troubled base

The suspect involved in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians is deployed from Joint Base Lewis McChord near Seattle. As Ben Tracy reports, the base is considered one of the most troubled in the entire U.S. military.


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CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - US military assessing Syria intervention

President Obama has asked the Pentagon to begin pre-planning for a military intervention in Syria as the body count rises. David Martin reports.


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Thursday, March 22, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Fake Avastin trail leads to Barbados

Phony vials of the life saving cancer drug Avastin have turned up in as many as 19 medical clinics in the U.S. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian speaks with the man responsible for the shipments who feels he has broken no laws.


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Obama's job-approval rating at all-time low

A CBS News/New York Times poll finds that as gas prices rise, the President's job approval rating dropped. Can gas prices have something to do with it? Anthony Mason reports.


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