ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> and that's the cbs evening news. later on cbs, "48 hours mystery." i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. i'll see you again tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org streets to prevent a hit-and-run tr >>> taking care at the crosswalks. the effort on some busy city streets to prevent another hit-and-run tragedy. >>> a gas price plummet. the predictions that we're due another break at the pump. >>> it is awesome. it is awesome. i really appreciate this. >> families getting some help, getting back to school, the help coming in the form of much-needed school supplies. cbs a eyewitness news is next. ,,,,

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. imagine waking up to find yourself stranded on an island with no way off. that is, in effect, what's happened in vermont where floodwaters brought by irene have left 13 towns cut off from the rest of the world. and their water treatment plants have failed. 13 towns where people have no water and no escape. elsewhere in the storm zone, 2.8 million homes and businesses in 13 states and the district of columbia still have no electricity. the death toll so far this evening is 44. and have a look at this. this is patterson, new jersey. patterson is a city of 146,000 west of new york. nearly a thousand people were rescued there today by water craft as the passaic river keeps on rising. it's not expected to crest until this evening. we have two reports tonight beginning with wyatt andrews in brattleboro, vermont. >> reporter: as impressive as the damage has been here in vermont, today the response got more impressive. 500 road crews got very quickly to work and emergency teams combed these

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the first hurricane of the season is on a collision course with the east coast. here's the view from space. irene looks like an organized storm around a well-defined eye. this is the track over the past 12 hours. the hurricane has grown to a category 3, 120-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain have damaged homes, knocked out power, and touched off flooding on the caribbean islands. irene is on track to hit the east coast this weekend from north carolina to new york. we have correspondents in the hurricane zone tonight. first, mark strassmann in wrightsville beach, north carolina. >> reporter: off north carolina's coast, scott, evacuations began before daybreak, and with each passing hour, more people are leaving as irene moves closer. the first major hurricane on the east coast in years. >> it's heavy. >> reporter: with the new generator and groceries, patricia cardwell is afraid irene could be north carolina's katrina. >> i'm here by myself, and... it's just scary. >> reporter: but ca

because of that, cbs 5 will not disclose his name. but we have confirmed the trigger man has ties to a gang. the shooter attended skyline high school, but moved away to the desert southwest and returned just prior to the shooting. and he has a rap sheet, including previous gun charges. police sources confirm the shooter was last seen in a gray or silver dodge neon. we asked police about that get away vehicle. >> we have a vehicle or potential vehicle, potential plates. >> meanwhile, little carlos joined an unwanted list. 67th murder victim since january. an angry city councilman wants cops working overtime. fearing the shoots won't stop. >> these folks with the guns in their hand, they don't care about you and they don't care about me and they will use that gun and take someone else's life. >> a small mountain of stuffed animals and candles still burn tonight in remembrance of carlos. oakland's police chief made a very bold proclamation tonight. all of the suspects connected with little carlos' murder are expected to be arrested in th

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join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. hail and gusty winds likely in the plains and parts of the south. the south will have scattered storms. parts of arizona and new mexico will have monsoon rains later in the day. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. it promises to be another chaotic day on wall street after the dow fell over 500 points yesterday. asian markets also fell this morning, but only by about 1%. >>> and the u.s. military says it has killed the taliban fighters in afghanistan who shot down a u.s. helicopter last saturday. 30 americans, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s, died in that attack. >>> the british parliament meets today in an emergency session to deal with the deadly rioting that has spread to more than a dozen cities around england. prime minister david cameron is promising to stop the looting and violence. a stronger police response has calmed down most cities but no one is breathing easy just yet. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: of all the wholesale robbery and thuggery that has tak

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this is the "cbs morning news." >>> a father in florida has been arrested for severely beating a 16-year-old boy. a warning the video you're about to see could be graphic. 35-year-old gary johnson takes down the boy with one swing and keeps on hitting him. police say johnson set up the situation and had a friend tape the beating after the boy and johnson's son got into a brawl. he's been charged with aggravated battery and child abuse. >>> "cbs moneywatch" on this time wednesday, president obama readies a major new job creation plan. susan mcginnis is here in new york. >> most asian markets saw gains today as bargain hunters moved in. hong kong's hang seng index edged up a fraction and tokyo's nikkei was flat. today wall street gets the latest from the manufacturing sector, on tuesday stocks finished higher despite a report showing consumer confidence at its lowest point in almost a year and a half. the dow added 20 points, the nasdaq gained 14. >>> next week president obama delivers a major speech on job creation.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we haven't seen this since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. three days in a row the dow jones industrial average has moved more than 400 points, and most of that has been on the down side. today the dow lost 519 points, or 4.6%, for its lowest close in nearly two years. so far this year, the dow is off nearly 7.5%. our business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. and, rebecca, what is driving the market? >> reporter: well, there are really two key concerns driving things right now, and first is the fact that the u.s. economy is slowing down. we may be facing another recession. the second is bad debts in countries like italy and spain creating problems for europe. they could create another banking crisis in europe, and you could see a european bank or banks go under, similar to what happened in lehman brothers here in the united states. now, it may sound a lot like 2008. there are some key differences, however. first, a

join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. irene moving away from the northeast, leaving gusty winds and rain. mild and sunny conditions. the southeast will be mostly storm-free except for scattered thunderstorms from florida into virginia. >>> recapping our top story now, the end of hurricane irene. the big storm departed the u.s. overnight, not before dumping huge amounts of rain on vermont. it caused widespread flash flooding and killed at least one person. overall irene is blamed for 21 deaths from the carolinas north. damage is estimate at $7 billion and at least 4.5 million people remain without power this morning. >>> six years ago today a far more destructive hurricane than irene devastated new orleans and much of the eastern gulf coast. maya rodriguez remembers hurricane katrina and the recovery effort that still goes on today. >> reporter: wilfred alexander knows all too well that sometimes the road home can be rocky. >> it's been rough. it's been rough. >> reporter: his home in the seventh ward suffered roof damage

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the military retirement system has long been considered untouchable, alongside social security and medicare. but in these days of soaring deficits, it seems everything is a potential target for budget cutters, and tonight a pentagon- sponsored study says military pensions are no longer untouchable, they're unaffordable. sharyl attkisson has details of a plan to dramatically overhaul a long-cherished veterans benefit. >> reporter: cbs news has learned high-level closely held meetings are taking place at the pentagon regarding a radical proposal to overhaul retirement for the nation's 1.4 million service members, a bedrock guarantee of military service. the proposal comes from a panel of military advisors called the defense business board. their plan, laid out in a 24- page presentation, "modernizing the military retirement system," would eliminate the familiar system under which anyone who serves 20 years is eligible for retirement at half their salary. instead they'd get a 401(k)- st

that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a bay area community without a grocery store gets its wish. the one thing they don't want to come along with it. >>> one unofficial community pushing in on the turf of another. how neighbors are fighting over an invisible border. >>> and fewer days in the school year, it's up for debate tonight in the east bay. the sad lesson on why teaching less will save more. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> it's bringing jobs and pumping money into the local economy but people in one san francisco neighborhood have a message for a

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. a lot of economists say that with chronic unemployment, wild jirations in the stock market, and americans cutting back on spending, the odds of another session recession are growing. today, at the end of his midwest bus tour, we asked president obama which way he thinks the economy is headed? senior business correspondent anthony mason is in illinois where he sat down with mr. obama this afternoon for the cbs news program "sunday morning." anthony. >> reporter: scott, the president said he was happy to be out of washington and he looked it. he insisted that he's on a listening tour, not on a campaign swing. but in the three-day bus trip across minnesota, iowa, and illinois-- three states he carried in the last election-- the president has been given an ear full about the economy. i asked him today about the recent violent swings in the stock market and what message he thinks the markets are sending. >> what i think the markets were reacting to is the fact that the economy has not gro

and you can see that here on cbs 5. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a growing number of college graduates are having trouble paying student loans. on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains why defaults are up dramatically and why experts think it's only going to get worse. >> reporter: raquel is just starting law school and already having second thoughts about the 15% loan she has taken out to pay for it. >> it's just insane. >> i was in shock. 15% on a $15,000 loan, just to cover her for this first year. >> reporter: her mother says the family had few options. her daughter's school empire college school of law isn't eligible for federal aid. so the family had to resort to a much more expensive private loan for from wells fargo. >> it's not affordable. the finance charge just for the -- for this year is $35,932. we have to do this two more years. >> reporter: raquel's projected payment, $353 a month for 12 years. >> you don't have to pay it off right away. just the fact that it's there lingering is very stressful. >> ed

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. much of the east coast is preparing tonight for an invasion by hurricane irene. an estimated 65 million people could feel the impact of this powerful storm. two million have been ordered to evacuate, and that includes more than 300,000 in low-lying coastal areas of new york city. and here's why: a hurricane could cause a storm surge that would swallow up the part of downtown manhattan that you see here in blue. at last report, irene was about 300 miles off the coast of north carolina, packing winds of 100 miles an hour, a category two storm. watches and warnings are up from the carolinas to new england, covering some of the most populated areas in the country including washington, philadelphia, new york, long island and boston. we have a team of correspondents deployed throughout the area and we begin with cbs news hurricane consultant david bernard in miami. david, what's the latest forecast? >> well, scott, as you mentioned, we have a category two hurricane, 100 mile per hour winds

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 18 years. a long time behind bars, a long time on death row, a long time in and out of solitary. a long time for something that you insist you didn't do. today three men who were supposed to never walk free did just that. they were called the west memphis three, convicted of murdering three cub scouts in west memphis, arkansas, in 1993 despite any physical evidence linking them to the crime. after years of fighting for freedom, they were released today in a very unusual plea deal. erin moriarty of "48 hours mystery" has been on this story for four years. >> my name is damien echols, i am 36 years old and released today from death row for a crime i did not commit. >> reporter: arkansas death row inmate damien echols got his life back today. as part of an unusual plea agreement, echoles and two other convicted men-- jason baldwin and jessie misskelley-- were released from prison. >> this has been going on for over 18 years and it's been an absolute living hell. >> reporter: 17 years ag

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have just seen the worst one- day fall on wall street since those dark days of 2008. it was driven by fear of another recession and worry over whether spain and italy will have to be bailed out. the dow dropped 512 points today. that's 4.3%. but look at the longer trend. just last april, the dow hit its high for the year. since then, it's fallen more than 1400 points. the decline today wiped out all the remaining gains the dow had made for this year. in the broader market, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were both off today, either side of 5%. rebecca jarvis is at the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: rome and madrid are far from wall street the but traders tell me how concerns over europe will pay its bills has global markets around the world spooked. a stock sell-off that started in europe spread to the u.s. markets today. stocks had been under severe pressure for more than a week. dow and s&p 500 have both cropped more than 10% from their highs earlier this year, and that puts u

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> mason: good evening. scott will be reporting on the famine in somalia in just a moment. but first, the big story here at home tonight. a huge selloff on wall street in the first trading session since standard & poor's downgraded america's credit rating. the dow plunged 634 points-- or more than 5.5%-- the biggest one loss in more than two and a half years. and it comes on top of the nearly 10% drop in the past two weeks. today s&p also downgraded mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac. and even assurances by the president could not stop the slide in stock prices. from the opening bell, a cascade of selling swept over the market. by just after 3:00, investors were just dumping shares. >> right now it's 1.6 billion on the down side, 24 million on the upside. >> reporter: even veteran traders like alan valdez were startled. >> on any given day the ebb and flow of this market is all confidence and right now there is no confidence in the markets. people are saying why buy stock in i don't know where it's

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. when the head of the world's largest retail chain sends up a caution flag, well, it certainly got our attention today. wal-mart stores account for more than 11% of this country's retail sales, but c.e.o. mike dukes says that his customers are stretched, struggling, and worried about jobs. it shows in wal-mart's second- quarter sales, down nine-tenths of one percent-- their ninth straight quarterly drop. and add the that another report out today that says sales at u.s. chain stores overall fell 1.5% last week, the third straight weekly decline. we asked jim axelrod to find out how a cutback in consumer spending is threatening the recovery. >> reporter: from televisions to townhouses, consumer fear of the future is stalling sales. >> the pace of sales is slower than we ordinarily would like to see them. >> reporter: new jersey developer russ luppino could have broken ground on this $12 million housing project more than a year ago. >> if the market sales were better, the rate of the sal

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:3,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. severe weather headed back into the central rockies and central plains, light showers and thunderstorms move into the northeast this afternoon. in the west it will be cool and sunny along the coast with warmer temperatures inland. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories on a friday. investors and analysts around the globe are wondering how long the current stocks slide will last and how far the markets would fall. at least nine are dead after a daring double suicide bomb attack at a british compound in the heart of kabul on afghanistan's independence day. >>> good samaritan in philadelphia is being praised as a hero for saving a little girl's life. on tuesday a 2-year-old ran into the street in front of a car. a neighbor named david lee reacted quickly and pulled her to safety. >> it was hot so i said let's go down to the park. good thing we went down to the park because i was right there

join us for cbs 5 early edition ..,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. temperatures will be lower from the midwest to the northeast, with highs in the 80s. strong storms moving east out of the rockies. the oppressive heat continues in the south with highs topping the 100 degree mark in over a dozen states. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories on a wednesday, the long debated federal debt deal is now law. it was passed by the senate and signed by president obama just hours before the default deadline. >>> and turmoil in cairo. egypt's former president hosni mubarak was returned for trial in corruption and ordering the killing of protesters. >>> now to the tale of a freedom loving peacock in new york that decided to -- ♪ move on up to the east side i couldn't resist. this being new york he has two twitter accounts chronicling his adventures. lou young of wcbs tv has the story. >> reporter: away from home but not far the bird crossed fifth avenue, selecting a fifth floor perch for an apartment building facade across from central park zoo

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. hurricane irene approaches the carolinas with landfall expected saturday afternoon. thunderstorms across the southwest and the great plains and sunny and warm on the west coast. >>> here's another look at this morning's top story. hurricane irene, the massive storm is heading up the east coast, where there are hurricane watches and warnings from north carolina to new jersey. irene has sustained winds of 115 miles per hour with hurricane force winds extending 80 miles from her center. the storm is expected to strengthen later today. irene is forecast to make landfall in north carolina tomorrow, then move up the coast to new york on sunday. cbs news hurricane consultant david bernard says irene is being guided by a low pressure system. >> -- we go into sunday we have that huge blocking high still over the central atlantic, that is preventing the storm from going east, instead it's creating a pathway

because of that, cbs 5 will not disclose his name. we have confirmed the trigger man has ties to a gang that claimed the streets near the sapp of the crime. the shooter attended the high school, but moved away to the desert southwest and returned just prior to the shooting and he has a rap sheet, including previous gun charges. police sources also confirm the shooter was last seen in a gray or silver dodge neon. we asked police about that get away vehicle. >> we have potential vehicle. we are following up. >> little carlos joined an unwanted list. 67th murder victim since january. he wants cops working overtime, fearing the shootings won't stop. >> folks with guns in their hands don't care about you. they don't care about me. they will use that gun and take someone else's life. >> back out live, a small mountain of teddy bears, flowers, and more than 50 candles still burn in remembrance of little carlos. meanwhile, oakland's police chief made a bold statement tonight. he says he expects the arrest of all of the individuals connected w

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. turns out it wasn't the wind, it was the water. long after hurricane irene fell apart, rain from the storm did the greatest damage. parts of 13 states from north carolina to maine are deep in floodwaters. at least 35 people have died in the region. some homes were reduced to rubble. nearly five million homes and businesses are spending another night without power. even in a flood, there was fire. in pompton lakes, new jersey, this home erupted. they think it was a gas line that broke. the house was safely evacuated. floodwaters that wiped out bridges, cut off more than a dozen towns in vermont and three in new york. we have a team of correspondents in the storm zone. first, jim axelrod in windham, new york. >> reporter: scott, it all happened in a flash in this small town in the catskill mountains. irene dumped more than 10 inches of rain into the batavia kill creek, in a matter of a couple hours. and as the water washed across the street here, check this out. the road just washes aw

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. tonight the 42-year-old regime of libyan dictator qaddafi appears close to collapse after rebel forces enter the tripoli. after a six month civil war. rebel forces seize tripoli. alex crawford of sky news was with the rebels as they entered tripoli. >> reporter: you get a sense of the feeling that people have in the city tonight. they feel liberated. that's water being thrown. they do that in celebration as well. and there are fireworks, guns going off everywhere. it is absolutely amazing sight. >> mitchell: and earlier today alex filed this report on the rebel's march toward the city. >> reporter: this was the push on to tripoli they'd promised. from dawn it began and they moved at a tracking pace. they came from all over, joining the attack on the capital. within hours they had taken the next town on from zawiri and a step closer to the capital. the mood was bullish. along the way there was no substantial resistance from the qaddafi troops, with all the evidence suggesting many of

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. hurricane irene is moving in and people along the east coast are moving out. the first watches and warnings went up today for what could be the most powerful hurricane to hit the east coast in seven years. irene roared across the bahamas today, a category three with winds of 115 miles an hour. the capital, nassau, was largely spared, but major damage is reported in other parts of the island chain. at last report, irene was about 600 miles south of cape hatteras, north carolina, moving toward the north/northwest at 14 miles an hour. hurricane watches and warnings are up from north carolina to new jersey, with landfall expected in north carolina on saturday. we have a team of correspondents posted throughout the hurricane zone. first, cbs news hurricane consultant david bernard in miami. david, what is the latest on the track and the intensity? >> well, no change at all today, scott. this storm is steady state. it is still a major hurricane and, in fact, the latest information from the

join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. it's going to be another hot one in the plains. much of the midwest and into the east, with temperatures in the 90s and 100s. storms will skirt the heat dome over the plains moving from the southwest to the great lakes. >>> get another look at this morning's top stories. the long and hotly debated bill to boost the federal debt ceiling faces one more vote in the senate today. before it goes to the white house for the president's signature. and, yesterday's vote in the house, a surprise, less than seven months after she was shot, congresswoman gabrielle giffords showed up to cast her vote for the debt ceiling. it passed 269-161. >>> in health news this morning, the government has ordered insurance companies to provide birth control services to women at no extra cost. the ruling delighted health advocates, alarmed the insurance industry, and angered religious conservatives. manuel gallegus reports. >

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>>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. >>> a hit-and-run driver hits a four-year-old boy. what police say the boy was doing moments after the crash. >> stocks are down. california's unemployment rate back up, as the economy gets worse. why bay area police are warning watch your neck. >> good evening. >> dana has the night off. the hit-and-run driver who struck and kill add four-year- old boy had twice been sited for driving without a license. that's according to police records. >> people in the santa rosa neighborhood where this happened also say that the intersection is a very dangerous one. >> flowers, notes s stuffed toys accumulated this crosswalk. the boy was walking with his twin sister, older sister, and mother when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. the boy was flown to oakland children's hospital where he died early today. shane goodman, a security guard said he saw the accident. >> i heard the kid get hit and i saw the car sped by and when i saw the car sped by, it recognized the license plate and he lived on the property. >> police broadcast the vehicle

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