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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the government is taking new steps to control the rain- swollen mississippi. for weeks now, flooding along the river has wiped out roads, destroyed homes and forced entire towns to evacuate. today to relieve pressure on levees the u.s. coast guard closed the port at natchez to barge traffic, effectively severing a major shipping artery. and, as national correspondent dean reynolds reports, that could cost the u.s. economy dearly. >> reporter: in vidalia, louisiana, carla jenkins tug boat business is down 80%. >> i would say probably $70,000, $80,000 a week which for a small company is a lot of money. >> reporter: her tug boats are usually out pushing barges on the mississippi now but orders have been shortened because flooded midwestern farmers had less grain to move for exports. now with the decision to close the river to barge traffic for 15 miles from the port of natchez plus a second stoppage near morgan city, things just got

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seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, "60 minutes" and that exclusive interview with president obama. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. good night. and happy mother's day. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> if terrorists do target u.s. trains, are we prepared? how one bay area tran cyst agency is gearing up for the worst. >>> i was looking at his eyes to see if there was any movement, any dreaming or anything. there's nothing there. >> her son was nearly beaten to death. from the hospital, a prayer for a mother's day miracle. >>> and is this the peak. why gas prices may fall faster than they spiked. cbs 5 news is next. ,,

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama as we just heard has decided not to release photographs of osama bin laden's body taken after he was shot to death by u.s. navy seals. he told steve kroft of "60 minutes" today america doesn't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. the president said bin laden deserved the justice he received and to anyone who doubts bin laden was killed, the president said you will not see him walking on this earth again. >> reporter: did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> reporter: why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we have done d.n.a. sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as a

bill whitaker, cbs news, compton, california. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." i'm russ mitchell in new york. i'll see you again tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access g democrat says it could help ease pain at the pumps. what she's proposing...and why big oil says it's not so simple. >>> not exactly drill, baby drill but one bay area democrat thinks it could help ease pain at the pump and why others say it is not so simple. >>> oakland grappling with another murder investigation. why the police chief says the public fate is partly in its own hands. >>> some bay area communities invaded by burglars. how police say homeowners can avoid being the next target. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,,

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the mighty mississippi is living up to its nickname tonight, flowing higher and wider than any time in recent memory. it's been said, along with its major tributaries, by weeks of heavy rain and flooding is widespread along the entire river system. the biggest area of concern right now is memphis. the river is expected to crest there early tomorrow at 48 feet- - 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is in memphis tonight. mark, hundreds of people have already been evacuated. >> reporter: and more will get out tonight katie. this street is a snapshot of why. riverside drive in downtown memphis, no longer beside the river, but in it. hour by hour through jittery memphis the mississippi is a rising threat. >> only a few feet between the river and the interstate. >> reporter: a river now three miles wide in some spots, six times its typical width. in south memphis, danny lee mitchell wades through his basement. but he's staying p

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jay dow, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, 60 pins. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. eye's russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. harry smith will be here tomorrow. good night. an emotional l-a police chief announces an arrest in the beating of bryan stow... the key piece of evidence that led them to the suspect-- more than seven weeks after the brutal crime. they never lost faith the key piece of evidence that led police to the suspect more than seven weeks after the brutal crime. they never lost faith that the police would make an arrest. find out how brian stow's family is reacting to the event. >> you come to enjoy baseball, not to see somebody get hurt. >> and from the ballpark today, giants fans applaud the news of an arrest. what the team president had to say about the break in the case. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. ,,

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. intelligence experts going through the evidence seized from osama bin laden's compound in pakistan have found another surprise. in addition to the names of terrorists and outlines of possible future attacks, his computer files contain pornography. meanwhile, there was a deadly act of retaliation in pakistan today for the raid that recovered that evidence and killed bin laden. national security correspondent david martin has details. >> reporter: the first avowed act of revenge for the killing of bin laden. two suicide bombers, one in a vehicle, the second wearing a vest, attacked a pakistani police academy, killing some 80 cadets. it was probably not what bin laden would have wanted, since he urged his followers to attack the u.s., but it surely gave pakistan one more reason to resent last week's mission. >> the killing of bin laden has now put the relations in a very bad spot because the gulf of distrust between the two countries

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. when the sex abuse scandal involving priests first made headlines, catholics in this country-- and that's nearly one out of four adults-- were horrified. trusted members of the clergy abusing children, church leaders covering it up. it was a betrayal, a breach of faith, and it would cost american churches nearly $3 billion in legal settlements. many catholics demanded to know how it all happened. today, an answer came in a report commissioned by america's catholic bishops. but elaine quijano reports, it was not the answer many of the victims were hoping for. >> reporter: for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, today marks another deep disappointment. >> these are the bishops who lied to us about transferring priests. these are the same bishops who continue to lie to us. >> reporter: the new report five years in the making was commissioned by u.s. bishops and conducted by researchers from new york's john jay college of criminal justi

>>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. after a stormy, rainy week in the northeast, it looks like the system is finally beginning to leave the region. the central and southern plains will see thunderstorms and heavy rain today. the west coast has sunny skies. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories, president obama meets today with israel's president, and their talks could boil down to a border dispute. mr. obama wants to use israel's 1967 borders as a basis for peace with the palestinians. >>> and the former imf boss charged with sexual assault in new york is scheduled to be released from jail today on a million dollars bail. he'll remain under house arrest. >>> government forecasters are predicting an above average atlantic hurricane season this year. they predict 18 named tropical storms. of those, six to ten will reach hurricane strength and three to six will become major hurricanes with wind topping 111 miles an hour. hurricane season begins june 1st. >>> in south africa, a train collision injured more t

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it is the last thing they need in the lower mississippi river valley, but rain and thunderstorms are forecast for tomorrow. three weeks ago, the mississippi was a half mile wide at the memphis arkansas bridge. now it is three miles wide, and as the rising waters move south, they're devastating one small community after another. mark strassmann is in tunica, mississippi, tonight. and, mark, i understand, even the casinos are shut down there. >> reporter: katie, that's one of them behind me. there are nine casinos here in tunica in all, and all of them are closed. once these waters leave, people will come back here, but in some places, there's nothing to return to. >> it's up in there. >> reporter: in greenville, mississippi, the raging river took steve lott's house. he'll rebuild but somewhere else, somewhere inland. >> you see something like that you just kind of want to turn around and go the other way. >> reporter: in mississipp

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama as we just heard has decided not to release photographs of osama bin laden's body taken after he was shot to death by u.s. navy seals. he told steve kroft of "60 minutes" today america doesn't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. the president said bin laden deserved the justice he received and to anyone who doubts bin laden was killed, the president said you will not see him walking on this earth again. >> reporter: did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> reporter: why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. heave done d.n.a. sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an

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join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. the northeast remains cloudy with rounds of heavy rain from a stalled storm system in the atlantic. sunshine returns to the southeast. cold temp tires remain. the system is moving east from the rockies and that will bring thunderstorms to the midwest. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. today doctors are scheduled to replace a piece of congresswoman gabrielle giffords' skull with a plastic implants. giffords was critically wounded in a shooting last january. >>> imf chief dominique strauss-kahn is under a suicide watch in a new york city jail. the hotel maid who accuses him of sexual assault says she did not know who he was. >>> over the years oprah winfrey hosted nearly every big star you can name on her long running talk show, plenty of them turned out last night in chicago as the last oprah shows were taped, including madonna, stevie wonder, beyonce, and as sandra hughes reports, many more. >> reporter: after 25 years of talking, oprah winfrey was almost speechle

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. al qaeda finally acknowledged today that osama bin laden is dead and the terror group vowed revenge, saying it will turn america's happiness into sorrow. but it appears bin laden left al qaeda's remaining leaders with a big problem: he left behind clues to where they're hiding. in fact, sources say bin laden has unwittingly given u.s. intelligence their best chance in years to dismantle the heart of al qaeda. but first, bob orr has breaking news about a u.s. strike against another al qaeda leader in yemen. bob's with us from washington. bob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. cbs news now has confirmed that the u.s. on thursday tried to kill another leading al qaeda figure, anwar al-awlaki, with a drone strike in yemen. three people, we're told, including two members of al- awlaki's terror group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, were killed in the attack but al- awlaki himself was not hit. al-awlaki, as w

kendis gibson, cbs news, mississippi county, missouri. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," hollywood mourns the loss of a legend. >>> plus, why your gm kruz might be off the road for awhile. this is the "cbs morning news." ooh, you made my favorites with i can't believe it's not butter! mmmm... oh my...what a dish. the potatoes aren't bad either. [ male announcer ] fresh butter taste with 70% less saturated fat than butter. [ kim ] you can have it all. i feel like i have to wind myself up to deal with the sadness, the loss of interest, the lack of energy. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about pristiq -- a prescription medicine proven to treat depression. pristiq is thought to work by affecting the levels of two chemicals in the brain -- serotonin and norepinephrine. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, teens, and young adults. pristiq is not approved for children under 18. do not take pristiq with maois. taking pristiq

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the killing of osama bin laden was a major victory for the u.s. in the war on terror. and it could lead to still more victories, because, among the evidence recovered from bin laden's hideaway in pakistan is information about other terrorists. it was all gathered by the u.s. commandos who invaded the compound. they also brought back pictures that are helping investigators clear up the confusion over exactly how the raid unfolded. here's national security correspondent david martin. >> reporter: the 40 minutes it took to kill bin laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were recorded by tiny helmet cameras by each of the 25 navy seals. officials reviewing the videos are reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. the only fire fight took place in the guest house, where one of bin laden's couriers opened fire and was quickly gunned down. no one in the main building got off a shot or was even armed-- although there

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. al qaeda finally acknowledged today that osama bin laden is dead and the terror group vowed revenge saying it will turn america's happiness into sorrow. but it appears bin laden left al qaeda's leaders with a big problem: he left behind clues to where they're hiding. in fact, sources sabin laden has unwittingly given u.s. intelligence their best chance in years to dismantle the heart of al qaeda. first, bob orr has breaking news about a u.s. strike against another al qaeda leader in yemen. bob's with us from washington. bob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. cbs news has confirmed that the u.s. on thursday tried to kill another leading al qaeda fig anwar al-awlaki, with a drone strike in yemen. three people, we're told, including two members of al-awlaki's terror group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, were killed in the attack but al-awlaki himself was not hit. al-awlaki, as we've told you, has been tie

and that is the cbs evening news. tomorrow morning on "face the nation" an interview with the white house speaker-- with house speaker, rather, john boehner. thanks for joining us this saturday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. i'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org police promise this year will be different. the strict crackdown on tomorrow's bay to breakers. lawrence wx tease... 34 >>> racers fueled by alcohol. this year, police promise it will be different. the strict crackdown on beta breakers. >>> the clouds are coming. it has been dry so far but here comes the rain and thunder and maybe some snow. coming up. >>> it truly is beyond words. >> it is the crowning achievement of college graduation. while students look forward to walking through ceremonies, one berkeley grad is thankful just to walk. cbs 5 eyewitness news is next. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from

. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. the central plains could see severe storms as a slow moving system in the north collides with moist, hot air in the south. the great lakes and mid-atlantic states will also have some thunderstorms. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. mississippi river floodwaters are headed south toward the vulnerable delta region. millions of acres of farmland are at risk and more evacuations have been ordered. >>> and a just released associated press poll puts president obama's approval rating at 60%, it is the highest level in two years. >>> now to the concern over cell phone tracking and privacy. apple and google insist their smartphones are not stalking customers. they were on the hot seat yesterday in congress, as nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: executives from apple and google insisted the data they gather on their customers' whereabouts is only used to speed up service. >> apple does not track users' locations. apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so. >> re

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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of theÑi toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded there was only a 60% to 80% chance bin laden was really there. in the photos, a man could be seen coming out of the main building and walking around the courtyard as if for exercise. but it was impossible to tel

time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. >>> today pg&e could get the go- ahead to raise electric rates. the state public utilities commission set to vote on the utilities' request. it wants to charge higher rates for residential customers who use less electricity and lower rates for big users. >>> more than 60 lawsuits against pg&e will be the focus today of pretrial discussions in san mateo county. the suit stems from last year's deadly explosion involving a pg&e gas pipeline in san bruno. today's conference is expected to include coordination of future trial dates and requests for documents. >>> and a rare weather occurrence in northern california. take a look. tornadoes, three of them, in just one day. this funnel cloud turned into a tornado yesterday in butte county. none of the tornadoes hit populated areas, though, so there was no significant damage. >>> traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. clevelan

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> smith: good evening. we end this week where we began, in joplin, missouri. five days after a massive tornado leveled much of the city, they are still searching for the missing and saying good- bye as well, as today we saw the first of what will be many funerals. the number of dead now stands at 132, and 157 people are still unaccounted for. ben tracy is in joplin. ben, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. much of joplin tonight still looks like a war zone. streets like this completely impassable, and then look at this. the second story of this home was sucked right into the street by the storm. but, of course, the biggest toll here is still human and many families who are still waiting for news of their loved ones are finding that wait unbearable. >> i just wanted to at least hand it out, you know? >> reporter: all the hayward family can do now is wait. >> she was missing since the tornado? >> yes. >> reporter: for five days robert, caleb and their 14-year- old sister christina have been longin

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join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> ons for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at the day's weather. sunny and windy in the southern plains while a mix of sun and clouds are in the northern plains. much of the east coast has thunderstorms and rain showers, and the west coast will see plenty of wet weather. weather. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. police in ireland found and detonated a bomb prior to an historic visit by queen elizabeth. security in ireland is tight. queen elizabeth is the first british monarch to visit ireland since it gained independence. >>> the head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss-kahn was denied bail on charges he raped a hotel maid. strauss-kahn denies the charges. another hearing is scheduled for friday. >>> former california governor arnold schwarzenegger split with his wife after revealing he had a child with a staff member over a decade ago. schwarzenegger and maria shriver announced their separation last week after 25 years of marriage. schwarzenegger told "the los angeles times," quot

bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> couric: and still ahead on this expanded edition of the "cbs evening news" from ground zero, a survivor of 9/11 dealing with the sudden flood of memories. but up next, bin laden is gone, >> bin laden publicly vowed to wage a terrorist war against america saying "we do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians, they're all targets." >> i want justice. and there's an old poster out west as i recall that said "wanted: dead or alive." >> if we have osama bin laden in our sites and the pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then i think that we have to act and we take them out. >> couric: back now from ground zero, which has served as a constant reminder of how vulnerable this city is to terror attacks. aaron moriarty of 48 hours spoke today with the man whose job it is to keep eight million new yorkers and countless visitors safe and, erin, in the city that never sleeps, that's a round job. >> reporter: oh, it is. hi, katie. it's a frightening fact that in the past decade there have been at le

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. good evening everyone. mark twain wrote that the mississippi river will always have its own way, no engineering skill can persuade it otherwise. but tonight the army corps of engineers and government officials hope to prove him wrong. they're watching the levees up and down the river as flood floodwaters surge higher. the levees are holding in memphis where the river crested this morning at a near record, almost 14 feet above flood stage. mark strassmann is there tonight. mark, the flooding in memphis may not get any worse but i understand it won't get better any time soon, either. >> reporter: it's going to linger here, katie. this was no flash flood and it's going to be no flash disaster, either. the misery will last long after the waters leave. the mississippi has leveled off here. >> what a relief that one was. >> reporter: but this crisis has yet to crest for flood victims like diane white in north memphis. >> i've never been through anything like this. a whol

this is the "cbs morning news." . if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or pa

cbs news/"new york times" poll. just two weeks ago, it was 46%. but the positive feeling does not carry over to the economy where the president's approval rating has plunged to 34%, the lowest rating of his presidency. tomorrow, the president will go to new york city and lay a wreath at ground zero. he'll also meet with some 9/11 family members and some first responders. all of those meetings will be private, in part because the white house wants to avoid any perception that the president is trying to exploit the death of bin laden. katie. >> couric: chip reid at the white house tonight. chip, thank you. the those navy seals did not just take out bin laden. they seized all kind of frefs computers to handwritten notes and more. bob orr is follow that part of story. and, bob, investigators have a lot to sift through. >> reporter: katie, this could be the biggest intelligence windfall since 9/11 and some of the most critical evidence was recovered from osama bin laden himself. after navy seals scrambled away with the b

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of the toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded there was only a 60% to 80% chance bin laden was really there.w3 in the photos, a man could be seen coming out of the main building and walking around the courtyard as if for exercise. but it was impossible to tell

cbs news has confirmed that the u.s. on thursday tried to kill another leading al qaeda fig anwar al-awlaki, with a drone strike in yemen. three people, we're told, including two members of al-awlaki's terror group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, were killed in the attack but al-awlaki himself was not hit. al-awlaki, as we've told you, has been tied to the fort hood shooting and two failed attacks in recent years, the underwear bomb attack if 2009 and last fall's cargo bomb plot. one official told us today "we were hoping it was him." but it was not. meanwhile, the evidence collected in the killing of osama bin laden on sunday may now be putting other al qaeda leaders in the cross hairs. since 9/11, ayman al-zawahiri, al qaeda's number two, has been just as elusive as osama bin laden. but now an intelligence source says documents recovered in the raid on bin laden's compound have revealed positive intelligence that's helping the u.s. narrow down potential locations. the officials said the analysis of the raw informat