they made history in world war ii but they ever quite made the history books. carter evans paying tribute to trail blazers. >> they can be astronauts, they can be pilots. and these women really paved the way for them. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. the olimics in sochi russia are six weeks way which is why tonight there is so much attention focused on a horrific attack inson portion of the country today. a suicide bomber killed at least 16 after setting off a bomb inside a central train station. with more on what happened and what we know here's holly williams. >> reporter: a security camera captured the explosion that tore through volume go grad train statio station-- volume go grade strain station. when the bomber detonated the 20 pound device the station was packed with people. victims were killed by flying shrapnel in a massive blast that blew out the building's doors. this woman had a narrow escape when she left the station just moments before the bomb went off. >> i

valor. >> and full military honors. carter evans in los angeles, on the fuel of a fallen american hero, missing for more than 62 years. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the newscast. >>> one million woke up without 1.3 million americans woke up this morning without this unemployment benefits and several million more could lose theirs over the course of the next year. the federal program designed to help the long-term unemployed has expired and anyone who has been collecting unemployment for more than 26 weeks will be affected. california now has the highest number of people in that category, 220,000. nevada, illinois, pennsylvania, connecticut, new york, new jersey, and massachusetts, also have much higher than average numbers of people out of work for that long. jeff pegues tells us what the outlook is for those adjusting to this new unemployment reality. >> reporter: two-year-old sophia lowe knows how to make her parents mary and terry smile. the family hasn't had a lot to celebrate this

shooting in colorado was over in 80 seconds. carter evans tell us what police have learned from the past. a screen legend is gone. we'll lock back at the extraordinary life and career of peter o'toole. and a pablo picasso for $130. charlie d'agata says yes, if you are lucky. tradition played a predominant role in the proceedings. speaking on behalf of the family, a chief said mandela was going home to rest with his forefathers, adding we thank them for lending us such an icon. a battalion of traditional zulu warriors wasn't on the program so they simply took over a nearby hillside. the most deeply personal memorium was that of a man who spent 18 years in prison on robben island with mandela. >> we can salute you as a fighter for freedom in the end. farewell, my dear brother, my mentor, my leader. >> reporter: the lowering of the casket was kept private at the request of the family and included traditional leaders speaking to mandela's body. across the valley, lala hartford a sixth generation south african held her own private reflection on mandela. >> i think that my entire life, everyth

time. >> and they're off! >> axelrod: and hurray for hollywood, park that is. carter evans on the final weekend for horseracing's legendary track of the stars. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jim axelrod. this is the western version of the broadcast. we officially welcomed winter today and had just about every type of weather to mark the occasion. they were shoveling snow in arizona where it was in the 30s. runners were in shorts in washington, d.c. where it was in the mid 60s. but the headline tonight is a massive and potentially very dangerous storm system that stretches from the texas panhandle all the way to maine. freezing rain gripped swaths of oklahoma and missouri as the massive front pushing across the heartland disrupted travel on roads and in the air. the storm knocked out power to 8,000 in oklahoma. police say icy roads were responsible for at least two traffic related deaths. unseasonably warm air across the south spurred severe thunderstorms that caused flooding in parts of kentucky. there were reports of tornadoes in tennes

carter evans tells us several families have filed multimillion dollars lawsuits. >> the fire is out here now. >> video from a firefighter's helmet cam shows the yarnell fire bearing down, and casts a desperate radio hall from the. [ gunshot ] as, hotshot as 100-foot of wall of flames closes in on them. >> >> hotshots. >> the recordings were released after an investigation revealed commanders made numerous mistakes managing the wildfire that killed the 19 hotshots, and destroyed more than 100 homes. >> little by little, the truth is coming out. >> julianne ashcraft saw the video for the first time yesterday. >> her husband andrew was one of the hotshots who died. their leader eric marsh made one of the final calls for help. >> we are preparing a deployment site. we are burning out around ourselves the brush and will give you a call. >> in his voice, what i heard was he knew, i think, and i believe that he knew that they were all going to die. >> moments before the hotshots deployed their fire shelters, they called for water dropping aircraft. >> aircraft. >> but fire commanders did not ev

star, paul walker loses his life in a fiery crash, from los angeles, carter evans has more. and saving the memories. families thought that pictures were lost forever. barry petersen found a woman who brings them back. >> oh, my little baby! oh, sweetheart! >> this is the cbs evening news. >> glor: good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. the train left poughkeepsie new york just before 6:00 a.m. on the last day of this hollywood, holiday weekend for grand central terminal, he it never got there, all seven cars derailed into the trip, this is what it looked like today in the bronx at the spot be the hudson and harlem rivers meet. first responders rushed in trying to save or stabilize the wounded. more than 60 were hurt. officials say three of the four dead were thrown from the train. tonight, an ntsb team has arrived. we begin our broadcast from the scene with don dahler. >> reporter: metro north railroad train the lies scattered between the tracks and the hudson and harlem rivers, the train left po kinsey new york at 5:54 on route to grand

saturday. they're leaving flowers and notes for the 40-year-old movie star. as carter evans reports, investigators are trying to >>gure out what happened. reporter: paul walker may have been best known for his starring role in the kwft fast and furious" film series. but his love for fast cars went beyond the big screen. on saturday he was passenger in this porch carrera gt when it burst into flames after slamming into a tree killing walker app his friend rodas. jim torp saw the pair moments before the crash. >> roger backed it into the garage and paul jumped in and said, hey, let's go for a drive. they went for a little drive and this is what happened. >> reporter: it was less than a half mile from the auto shop. friends rushed to help when they heard the impact. >> there's nothing. we tried. we went through five extinguishers. >> santonio holmes knew both men. >> they were trapped. employees, friends of the shop, we tried. >> reporter: the los angeles county sheriff's department says speed was a factor. everything else about the crash remains under investigation. walker was a fixtu

remembering clare davis, a colorado student shot a week ago friday by a classmate died yesterday. carter evans has more. >> reporter: as word spread that 17-year-old clare davis had died, defense-- the fence outside of arapahoe high school that was covered with messages of hope became a memorial. jamie gruber was a classmate. >> i want her to know that we love her and her family and are sending her up with love. >> reporter: clare had been in a coma 8 days, shot point-blank in her hallway, a random victim as karl pierson opened fire. students who fled were allowed back on campus to pick up their belongings. but the focus remained on clare and the hope that somehow she would pull through. on friday night hundreds attend a vigil. >> the best thing we can really do for her is to come together as a community and let her know that we are praying for her. >> reporter: she died hours later. last night clare's family issued a statement. although we have lost our precious daughter, we will always be grateful for the indelible journey she took us on, the grace, laughter and light she brought to this world w

friday will remain closed at least through this week. carter evans report. >> reporter: friends prayed for the recovery of 17-year-old claire davis saturday night. she's in critical condition after being shot point blank at her colorado high school on friday. arapahoe county sheriff grayson robinson. >> she is an innocent victim, and i believe she was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: davis was sitting with a friend when investigators say 18-year-old karl pierson walked into the school with a shotgun and ammo belt strapped to his chest. he also had a machete and three molotov cocktails. >> it's my opinion this individual would not have walked into the school with those items if he had not intended to injure rounds of people. >> reporter: he never got that chance. the entire incident lasted 1 minute and 20 seconds. pierson lit one of the molotov cocktail and fired three rounds of shots into the library. investigators say a sheriff's deputy assigned to the school rushed to the library where pierson fired one final shot to kill himself. >> the shooter was very, v

on new year's day. meantime uninsured are weighing the cost of signing up. carter evans reports. >> reporter: you ended up with a premium of about $160 a month. are you happy with that? >> i am happy with it. he signed up in october and signed up for a government subsidy of $152 a month to pay for the premium. >> when i saw the preventive options, i actually started getting emotional. all these things covered under my premium i thought were amazing. why wouldn't i take advantage of that. >> reporter: according to the cbs news/new york times poll, 50% of the uninsured say getting insurance will make their health better. >> so would you consider yourself a success story? >> yeah, i'd definitely consider myself a success story. >> reporter: but 57% of the uninsured told us the healthcare.gov website was difficult to use. 59% sate getting health insurance will hurt them financially. beverly cena is a freelance journalist in los angeles. >> it's going to cost us, even with the tax break they say they will give you. it's going to cost us $409 a month for the lowest priced plan. >> rep

are also offering a deal that they believe will prevent a similar tragedy. carter evans covered the firefighters' deaths and has this follow-up tonight. >> reporter: a firefighter's helmet camera recorded the final radio calls from the ban in the mountain hot shots. this is the voice of crew leader eric marsh. he and his shot shots were deploying their protective fire shelters. >> in his voice, what i heard was he knew. i think and i believe that he knew that they were all going to die. >> reporter: juliana ashcraft's husband andrew died in the fire. he joined 11 other families today to file court papers seeking a total of $237 million from state and local officials. but they are also offering a deal-- a smaller settlement in exchange for stricter safety standards and funding for new equipment, training, and firefighter education. the families cited 31 mistakes they say led to disaster. those errors were highlighted in a state report earlier this month. as weather conditions changed, commanders "chose to evacuate the command post but allowed the granite mountain hot shots to continu

role. as carter evans reports these unsung heroes will be honorer at the parade of roses on new year's day. >> i think i was born wanting to fly. >> reporter: alyce stevens rohrer earned her wings as a w.a.s.p. she's one of a thousand who flew in the second world war. >> a lot of it was being patriotic. a lot of it was waking up the country with doing what we liked best do, and that was flying airplanes. >> reporter: it was dangerous work. 38 were killed. once the war ended, the w.a.s.p.s were disbanded. >> i wanted to go on flying but there were no jobs for women then. >> reporter: so alyse became a history teacher, but ironically -- >> nowhere in the books, any of the history books. i don't think anybody wants to be just thoroughly ignored. and that's the way it was with us. >> reporter: there had been promises by their commanders of military honors, but a bill in congress in 1945 to do just that was mired in politics. full recognition finally came in 2009 with a congressional gold medal and this week with a float in the tournament of roses parade. >> i'm 86. i think most of t

miss you very much. i am absolutely speechless. paul walker was 40 years old. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >>> well, china launched its first lunar rover this morning. the unmanned spacecraft is on its way to the moon. it will survey the landscape and geology and then send back images. the robotic craft called jade rabbit is expected to land in mid-december. china will become only the third country after the u.s. and the former soviet union to make a soft landing on the moon. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, time to click and shop for cyber monday, and amazon unveils plans for drone deliveries. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. this is, of course, cyber monday, the biggest sales day of the year for online shopping. the national retail federtion expects 131 million americans will shop online today compared to 129 million last year. online sales in the u.s. rose 17.3% on thanksgiving and black friday, but be warned if you plan to shop online from work. employers are cracking down. there were mo

-- sergeant joseph gantt died as a p.o.w. in korea 62 years ago. carter evans reports gantt's widow never stopped hoping that her husband would return one day. >> reporter: the predawn ceremony honored army sergeant joseph gantt and the 95-year-old widow who waited to welcome him home. that moment you're standing over his coffin and you're thinking? >> he's here but not the way i wanted him to be here but lord brought him home. >> reporter: clara gantt kept a shrine to her husband joseph in the bedroom. he died as a prisoner of war in korea in 1951, but his remains were not identified until last month. >> he told me if anything happened to him he wanted me to remarry. and i told him "no, no." so here i am, still his wife. >> reporter: sergeant gantt will be buried later this month. >> through all these years, did you ever give up hope? >> no. >> reporter: why not? it was so long. >> that didn't make any difference. i didn't give up hope of my husband. >> reporter: so you always thought this day would come? >> that's right. so i'm happy that i'm still alive to bury him myself. >> reporter:

. in california, about five million do not and that is more than any other state. carter evans is there. >> reporter: you ended up with a premium of $60 a month. are you happy with that? >> really happy. >> reporter: leslie foster is an independent film maker in los angeles. he signed up in october and qualified for a government subsidy of $152 a month to help pay his premium. >> when i saw the preventative options i started getting emotional because all these amazing things that are covered under my premium, i thought it was amazing. why wouldn't i take advantage of that? >> reporter: according to the cbs news/"new york times" poll, 57% of the uninsured say getting insurance will make their health better. so would you consider yourself a success story? >> yeah, i definitely consider myself a success story. >> reporter: but 57% of the uninsured told us the healthcare.gov web site was difficult to use. 59% said getting health insurance will hurt them financially. beverly cena is a freelance writer in new jersey. she has a family of three. >> it's going to cost us even with the tax break

fiery crash, from los angeles, carter evans has more. and saving the memories. families thought that pictures were lost forever. barry petersen found a woman who brings them back. >> oh, my little baby! oh, sweetheart! >> this is the cbs

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cancel performances at the park. carter evans has more on the story. >> reporter: on friday seaworld launched a counterattack against the documentary, "black fish," which shows it. in an open letter seaworld says inaccurate reports recently have generated questions about seaworld and the animals in our care. the theme park faced growing pressure. they had bands back out including martina mcbride, bare-naked ladies and willie nelson citing controversy for their cancellations. it raises serious questions about keeping whales in captivity for entertainment. in its letter seaworld tried to address some of its kra teak by saying it does not capture whales in the wild does not capture whales from its children. a specialist says the reaction shows the controversy is not going away any time soon. >> this is something that we really thought you know as a company you thought would pass, you're going to let it pass. putting an ad like this across the nagsz in major publications is going to get things to start up. >> in spite of all this seaworld says it's not hurting its bottom line. i

mayor vincent gray. here's the list. council member muriel bowser, businessman christian carter, council member jack evan, rita jo lewis, at large d.c. councilman vince orange, frank sewell and sandy shalal. rounding out this list octavia wells and d.c. council member tommy wells. only one republican is running for mayor currently, james siness and the libertarian candidate is bruce majors. again the primary is april 1st. you got a whole lot of news coming your way tonight. >> including a checkup on the healthcare website. >>> but first the 911 call after dethe adly train deratement in new york, here's your world -- derailment in new york. here's your world in 90 seconds. >> train derailment. we got about five cars off the track. >> the preliminary information from the event recorder shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles per hour. >> by now the struggling healthcare website was supposed to be fixed. there were 375,000 visitors to healthcare.gov by noon today, about half the number of users that can now handle the site each other according to the technology