. >> pelley: over two hours, dr. alizadeh removed the balloons from under wa'ad's skin, cut out the scars, and joined the new skin together. >> montanti: look at him. he looks beautiful. >> pelley: plastic surgery requires months of healing. and in recovery, wa'ad had a long way to go. >> montanti: there you go. take a look at mommy. >> pelley: but, for the first time, his mother began to recognize the face she hadn't seen in more than two years. >> montanti: don't cry, be happy. >> waffa: thank you. thank so much. >> alizadeh: my pleasure. >> pelley: i'm curious why you do this. >> alizadeh: i do this probably for the most selfish reason, which is that it feels good. what do you think? >> montanti: well, my charity is very personal. it becomes a global family. all these children-- i say "my children" so often, because i feel that they are. i love all of them. it's more than just an organization that is giving a child a leg or fixing his face. these children go back as little ambassadors, and they tell their town, th

. >> pelley: good evening. it was a striking thing, today, to hear the president of the united states say that he cannot guarantee the 27 million social security checks that you are due to be mailed august 3rd. august 3rd is the day after the government will default on its debts if democrats and republicans do not agree to increase the nation's borrowing limit. both sides say they won't raise the limit without a deal to massively cut the federal deficit. a u.s. default would shake the world economy. the stakes could not be higher. time is growing short. in our interview, president obama said the situation is dangerous. >> we met the president this morning at the white house on another day of deadlock. the question is whether a deal to cut the federal deficit will include tax increases as democrats insist, or rely only on budget cuts as republicans demand. the republican speaker of the house, john boehner, started the day with a vow that the house will not raise taxes, period. >> this debt-limit increase is his

court is in session. >> pelley: ... and even a court where they could clear tickets for loitering or sleeping on the street. >> the matters that are currently pending are dismissed with people's motion. >> thank you, your honor. >> your welcome. >> pelley: why are these people on the street? >> nachison: there must be some gap that exists between military service and becoming a civilian. you're told what to wear, you know, you're given everything, and then suddenly, you've lost your entire family, you've lost your identity. >> pelley: you think some people fall through that gap between military life and civilian life? >> nachison: and for some people, it's a chasm. >> okay, mr. worley. >> pelley: it was a chasm for charles worley, who served with the marines in iraq. he's still in the reserves, subject to being recalled. we mistook him for a volunteer until we heard this. >> how long have you been homeless? >> charles worley: a few months, about six. >> have a good weekend. >> pelley: worley left the marines in 2008 and

. >> pelley: good evening. today for the last time america reached for the heavens with its space shuttle. "atlantis," the last in the fleet, roared aloft on a tower of flame, the 135th shuttle launch over 30 years, an ending to what is perhaps the greatest engineering achievement of all time. but this day was bittersweet because many people who shared in that achievement and depended on the shuttle for their livelihood will soon be out of work in the toughest job market in decades. these are the numbers that brought the country back down to earth today. the labor department reported that the economy created only 18,000 jobs last month, and with that the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%, the highest since december. anthony mason begins our coverage. >> reporter: for more than 14 million unemployed americans, june was a discouraging month. private companies added only 57,000 jobs, and with state government struggling-- minnesota's has shut down-- nearly 40,000 government workers lost their jobs. after three months

. >> pelley: good evening. today for the last time america reached for the heavens with its space shuttle. "atlantis," the last in the fleet, roared aloft on a tower of flame, the 135th shuttle launch over 30 years, an ending to what is perhaps the greatest engineering achievement of all time. but this day was bittersweet because many people who shared in that achievement and depended on the shuttle for their livelihood will soon be out of work in the toughest job market in decades. these are the numbers that brought the country back down to earth today. the labor department reported that the economy created only 18,000 jobs last month, and with that the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%, the highest since december. anthony mason begins our coverage. >> reporter: for more than 14 million unemployed americans, june was a discouraging month. private companies add only 57,000 jobs, and with state government struggling, minnesota's has shut down, nearly 40,000 government workers lost their jobs. after three months in

. >> pelley: wow. all these houses built with nothing but reeds. >> alwash: without reeds, you can't have this way of life. reeds are the skeleton of these people's lives. >> pelley: the house of reeds is called a mudhif. alwash wanted one as a meeting hall for his project, and we were there to watch the construction. it's made of nothing but reeds bound by reeds. the arches are planted in the ground and pulled into shape. then, woven mats cover the top. alwash's mudhif is 15 feet tall and 70 feet long. it's where we did our interview, and where one of the village elders came to entertain us. ♪ ♪ have a look at the mudhif, and compare it to this 5,000-year- old carving. turns out, they do build them like they used to. near the marshes, the sumerians erected this temple at the city of ur. the sumerians thought the marshes were so important, they wrote a story about them. the story goes that the gods grew angry at man, so they sent a deluge to cover the earth. one of the gods thought that was a terri

>> pelley: tonight, the case collapses. dominique strauss-kahn is released from house arrest after prosecutors list the lies told by his accuser. a crackdown on illegal immigrants starts today but mark strassmann discovers for some farmers it's already a disaster. wyatt andrews has learned more about the man who scammed his way past airport security and on to a cross-country flight. and millions of americans remember their favorite band teacher. steve hartman has one for the hall of fame. >> all i know about the marching band is you spell it f-u-n. if you change that, it's over. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. yesterday, dominique strauss-kahn was the most hated frenchman in america. the powerful politician and former head of the international monetary fund had been charged in may with sexually assaulted a hotel maid in new york city. that sent shockwaves around the world and strauss con was forced to resign from the i.m.f. today he walked out of court i

>> pelley: thanks, liz. with the d-day for default less than four weeks away, president obama had congressional leaders to the white house today to try to get the negotiations moving again. we have reports tonight from nancy cordes at the capitol and chip reid at the white house. >> reporter: scott, the president called today's meeting with congressional leaders "constructive," but he also said the two sides are far apart on a wide range of issues. >> i thought that all the leaders here came in a spirit of compromise. >> reporter: it was a dramatic change in tone compared to just last week, when the president gave congress a stern lecture. >> you stay here. let's get it done. >> reporter: white house officials, though, say there was no major breakthrough in today's meeting, and the president said the hard bargaining is still ahead. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides. >> reporter: the white house concedes the pain will have to include steep cuts in entitl

>> pelley: thanks, liz. with the d-day for default less than four weeks away, president obama had congressional leaders to the white house today to try to get the negotiations moving again. we have reports tonight from nancy cordes at the capital and chip reid at the white house. >> reporter: scott, the president called today's meeting with congressional leaders "constructive," but he also said the two sides are far apart on a wide range of issues. >> i thought that all the leaders here came in a spirit of compromise. >> reporter: it was a dramatic change in tone compared to just last week when the president gave congress a stern lecture. >> you stay here. let's get it done. >> reporter: white house officials, though, say there was no major break through in today's meeting and the president said the hard bargaining is still ahead. >> everybody acknowledged that there's going to be pain involved politically on all sides. >> reporter: the white house concedes the pain will have to include steep cuts in entitle

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of nearly $800 million. but a study out today raises new safety questions about it. chantix has already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and now to a higher risk of heart disease we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us what we need to know about these new findings. >> reporter: today's study is worrisome news for the more than seven million americans who have taken chantix. a new analysis links the pill to a 72% increase in the risk of heart problems. johns hopkins dr. sonal singh led the research. >> it is causing the same problems we are trying to prevent, that's why it's not worth the risk. we need to prevent cardiac disease among smokers, not increase it. >> reporter: the review involves more than 8,000 patients. while a 72% increased risk sounds alarming, a companion editorial entitled "is it a heart breaker?" notice that heart problems are still rare, occurring in only about 1% of pati

>> pelley: thanks, liz. news corporation has a value of $41 billion but its stock has plummeted since july 1 when the scandal broke. it has lost $6 billion in market value so far. the resignation of les hinton, the c.e.o. overseeing the "wall street journal," was announced after the market closed today. elaine quijano joins us now the late-breaking developments. >> reporter: scott, people wondered if the scandal overseas would head here. well, today it finally did. les hinton was one of rupert murdoch's most loyal lieutenants, but in the end, his more than 50 years of service to murdoch was not enough to save him. hinton resigned friday as head of dow jones and company, which publishes the "wall street journal" and is part of news corporation's media empire. but it is not his tenure at dow jones that has drawn attention. no one has questioned the reporting of the "wall street journal." instead, it's his 12 years-- from 1995 to 2007-- as chairman of murdoch's news international that's under scrutiny, amid sca

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, chantix is the most popular anti-smoking drug on the market with annual sales of nearly $800 million. but a study out today raises new safety questions about it. chantix has already been linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and now to a higher risk of heart disease. we asked dr. jon lapook to tell us what we need to know about these new findings. >> reporter: today's study is worrisome news for the more than seven million americans who have taken chantix. a new analysis links the pill to a 72% increase in the risk of heart problems. johns hopkins dr. sonal singh led the research. >> it is causing the same problems we are trying to prevent. that's why it's not worth the risk. we need to prevent cardiac disease among smokers, not increase it. >> reporter: the review combines 14 studies involving more than 8,000 patients. while a 72% increased risk sounds alarming, a companion editorial entitled "is it a heart breaker?" notice that heart problems are still rare, occurring in

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it wasn't one mistake but failure after failure that has the government plugging holes in u.s. airport security tonight. nearly ten years after 9/11, a a man of noornlgian dissent, olajide noibi, was still able to board a commercial jetliner with none of the commercial documents and no trouble at all. the story is infuriating if you've ever fumbled with luggage, a ticket, a boarding pass and an i.d. while waiting to get through that first checkpoint of the t.s.a. bob orr is in washington with late information. bob, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, scott, as you said, this is a fundamental failure of the most basic u.s. aviation security policies. a man with no valid boarding pass, no valid ticket, was cleared through a checkpoint and took a cross-country flight. virgin america flight 415 had taken off from new york's kennedy airport and was already in the air heading for los angeles last friday when a flight attendant found something strange on board. there was a man in 3e, a

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, with the car heading for a cliff, republicans and democrats are arguing about whether to turn left or turn right and they are fast running out of road. a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit will have to be done soon or the u.s. will ident and congressionalpr leaders met again this afternoon. the hangup is whether the deal will include tax increases as the democrats insist, or only spending cuts as republicans demand. we have three reports tonight on the deadline to default. first, chip reid at the white house where the president had a news conference today. >> reporter: scott, some republicans are calling for a stopgap measure to give more time to negotiate. the president says "absolutely not." >> i will not sign a 30-day or a 60-day or a 90-day extension. that is just not an acceptable approach. >> reporter: just last week, the president said a spirit of compromise had negotiators on track for a $4 trillion debt reduction deal. now speaker john boehner says the most he ca

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. yesterday, dominique strauss- kahn was the most hated frenchman in america. the powerful politician and former head of the international monetary fund had been charged in may with sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york city. that sent shockwaves around the world and strauss-kahn was forced to resign from the i.m.f. today he walked out of court in a different light. prosecutors admitted his alleged victim had told a string of lies. armen keteyian was at the courthouse. >> reporter: in a surprise bail hearing, prosecutors told a packed courtroom that scientific evidence confirmed the sexual encounter between the 62-year- old strauss-kahn, and the 32- year-old housekeeper, but they had uncovered major problems with the credibility of the accuser. >> i understand that the circumstances surrounding this case from the viewpoint of the parties have changed substantially. >> reporter: problems deemed so substantial by judge michael obus that he quickly returned strauss-kahn's million-d

mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> pelley: president hugo chavez is back in venezuela. he flew in from cuba where he had cancer surgery and later he appeared before thousands at the presidential palace. tomorrow is venezuela's bicentennial and chavez didn't want to miss it. no flags have ever been raised as high. but what happened to the flag it is astronaut took to the soon? that story is next. nursery school teacher. lights, camera, activia it's the best job in the world. my students are amazing. but to be there for them, you've gotta feel your best. kids can tell. that's why i love eating activia light every day. so delicious activia light helps me feel good inside. which helps me be my best... positive, cheerful and on top of things. help regulate your digestive system. love how you feel or your money back. ♪ activia we look out for patients by offering care 1 on 1. we help them save money with generic prescriptions. we talk to them about prescription safety and -- help them save money. plus we discuss possible side effects and -- help them save money! we help the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in the age of suicide bombers, maybe it was only a matter of time. tonight federal authorities are warning airlines that terrorists might have explosives surgically implanted in their bodies. this is apparently just an idea that the terrorists are talking about. federal officials told us today they have not uncovered an actual plot. but the notion creates problems for airport security. and we asked nancy cordes to tell us about the possibilities. >> reporter: the devices the t.s.a. warned of today would be tough even for full body scanners to spot. plastic explosives buried deep inside the body. john pistol heads the t.s.a. >> the u.s. government has received information, intelligence about terrorist intent to use this type of concealment and this type of technique to try to carry out plots to blow up planes. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cbs news al qaeda operatives in yemen recently expressed interest in recruiting a surgeon to implant the explosives. on this jihadist

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in the age of suicide bombers, maybe it was only a matter of time. tonight federal authorities are warning airlines that terrorists might have explosives surgically implanted in their bodies. this is apparently just an idea that the terrorists are talking about. federal officials told us today they have not uncovered an actual plot. but the notion creates problems for airport security. and we asked nancy cordes to tell us about the possibilities. >> reporter: the devices the t.s.a. warned of today would be tough even for full body scanners to spot. plastic explosives buried deep inside the body. john pistol heads the t.s.a.. >> the u.s. government has received information, intelligence about terrorist intent to use this type of concealment and this technique to try to carry out plots to blow up planes. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cbs news al qaeda operatives in yemen recently expressed interest in recruiting a surge onto implant the explosives. on this jihadist websit

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the f.b.i. tells us that in any given year as many as 300 children under the age of five are murdered by a parent-- that's nearly one everyday. but when a mother in florida was accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter, that one case became a sensation on cable television. it seemed everyone had an opinion. but in the only opinion that matters, a jury in orlando today found casey anthony not guilty, convicting her only on four relatively minor charges of lying to the police. troy roberts is at the courthouse. >> reporter: good evening scott. the moments leading up to the reading of the verdict today were incredibly tense, especially for the 25-year-old defendant, casey anthony. >> a jury of your peers having found you not guilty of murder in the first degree... >> reporter: the verdict caused an immediate and emotional response from 25-year-old casey anthony and her defense team and left prosecutors stunned. on the seven charges before the jury, anthony was found not guilty of f

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the f.b.i. tells us that in any given year as many as 300 children under the age of five are murdered by a parent-- that's nearly one everyday. but when a mother in florida was accused of murdering her two- year-old daughter, that one case became a sensation on cable television. it seemed everyone had an opinion. but in the only opinion that matters, a jury in orlando today found casey anthony not guilty, convicting her only on four relatively minor charges of lying to the police. troy roberts is at the courthouse. >> reporter: good evening scott. the moments leading up to the reading of the verdict today were incredibly tense, especially for the 25-year-old defendant, casey anthony. >> a jury of your peers having found you not guilty of murder in the first degree... >> reporter: the verdict caused an immediate and emotional response from 25-year-old casey anthony and her defense team and left prosecutors stunned. on the seven charges before the jury, anthony was found not guilty of

. >> pelley: is the prosecution saying she lied under oath? >> if it's determined -- we saw in the piece there were issues regarding her testimony. if she deliberately-- & the key word is deliberately-- lied to the grand jury she could face perjury charges. >> pelley: the case has been a sensation in france where strauss-kahn was once thought of as a leading contender for president. we asked mark phillips to look at the reaction there. >> reporter: there are many in flans who were suspicious from the beginning of the case against dominique strauss-kahn. they resented what they saw as a rush to judgment and were appalled at the humil eighting perp walk the senior figure in french politics was subjected to. but whatever the insult, strauss-kahn's political career as a potential challenger to french president nicholas sarkozy appeared to be over. tonight, though, french newscasts were reporting that the stories of strauss-kahn's political death may have been premature. a rehabilitation of sorts has begun, but in a french, not an american way. >>

>> pelley: thanks, chip. the house republican leader, republican eric cantor, who chip just mentioned, has been a congressman from virginia since 2001. he's a favorite of tea party activists. nancy cordes tells us that now that cantor is at the center of the budget crisis, he's become a lightning rod. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: in washington, where the blame is a blood sport, democrats have found their fall guy. >> leader cantor has yet to make a constructive contribution to these discussions. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid called cantor "childish." >> house majority leader eric cantor has shown he shouldn't even be at the table. >> reporter: the ambitious six- term congressman has given his opponents plenty of ammunition. >> we're not going there. >> reporter: he blew up the original debt negotiations led by vice president biden when talk turned to tax increases, then pulled speaker boehner back from a grand bargain with the president because taxes were part of the deal. >> i cannot fath

. >> pelley: troy, thank you very much. cbs news will have more on the casey anthony case on a special edition of "48 hours," casey anthony: judgment day, tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central here on cbs. another story that caught our attention today a massive cheating scandal in atlanta's public schools. it matters far beyond that city because the alleged cheating involved the same sort of standardized tests used all over the country. most surprising in the cheating scandal, it's not the students but 178 principals and teachers who were involved. 56 schools were investigated and cheating was found in 44-- that's nearly 80%. we asked mark strassmann to look into this. >> reporter: it's a scathing report. a decade of systemic cheating in atlanta school system by the adults. dozens of educators erased wrong student answers on state standardized tests and inserted the right ones. in all, investigators accused 38 principals of cheating and said 82 of the 178 educators they identified as part of the scandal confessed. >> when educator

mark strassman, cbs news, houston. >> pelley: that's the cbs evening news. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> this is "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> will casey anthony be set free tomorrow? >> the prosecution did not do a great job. >> casey's stunning next move, and the death threats. >> she will have to worry. for a very long time about her safety. she can go ahead and tell her story. >> who would play her if she cashed in in hollywood. >> and from the menendez brothers to rob lowe playing drew p

. >> reporter: tuesday he told cbs anchor scott pelley tens of billions of dollars of social security, veterans and social security checks could be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't raise the debt limit by august 2 right-hand. >> the way it gets resolved is if all of us make some compromises and take a balanced approach that finally deals with this debt and deficit in a serious way. >> reporter: both sides will meet again this afternoon but if the senate's top republican is any indication, a long-term fix may be unlikely. >> i have little question that as long as this president is in the oval office, a real solution is probably unattainable. >> reporter: with a default deadline less than three weeks away now the senate minority leader is proposing a backup plan that would give the president the power to raise the debt limit on his own. >> default is not an option. >> reporter: the president could give the president three times to raise the debt limit three times since 2013. aides say he prefers his own $4 trillion deficit reduction plan. >> the president talks a good time but when it com

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. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> from nasa's first mission until now, the final shuttle night. we'll look at how cbs news and walter cronkite covered the space race for the last 50 years. that story tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> they smooth unruly hair. but are brazilian blowouts dangerous to your hair? >>> disappointing job fronts. >>> high-profile arrests. the latest from london on the phone hacking scandal. eyewitness news at 4:00 eyewitness news at 4:00 continue,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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scott pelley remembers the life of a first lady who shattered boundaries with her character and honesty. derek jeter gets his 3,000th hit, and then some. tony guida has the post-game wrap up. polo, anyone? in california, ben tracy is there as prince william and his wife raise money for british charities. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> mitchell: good evening. we begin tonight with news about how a once stable section of the american workforces now taking a big hit. as we told you yesterday, the unemployment rate for june rose to 9.2%. that's the highest this year. there is also news that among the ranks of government employees of all levels 39,000 jobs were lost in june. elaine quijano on the status of public workers and what that could mean for everyone. >> reporter: when emergency calls come in, it's hard for matthew bennett to sit still. >> i've got got to sit on the sidelines, like the basketball player who has a bad knee. wants to play but can't play. >> reporter: for nearly five years, he worked as a firefighter in camden, new jersey. in january he wa

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kellogg's crunchy nut. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. we will be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes," and i will see you tomorrow on the "cbs evening news." captioning funded by cbs, and ford-- built for the road ahead. finally, there's a choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take,

it's morning somewhere. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. we will be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes," and i will see you tomorrow on the "cbs evening news." captioning funded by cbs, and ford-- built for the road ahead. finally, there's a choice for my patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem. today we have pradaxa to reduce the risk of a stroke caused by a clot. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take,

danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> scott pelley's interview with president obama can be seen in full tonight on the cbs evening news. that's right here at 5:30. >>> and it's the first in a series of farewells for former first lady betty ford. family and friends are gathering now in palm desert for services that begin in less than two hours. the former first-degree murders hillary clinton, nancy reagan and rosalin carter will all be in attendance. mrs. ford's body will be flown to michigan for a public viewing and burial thursday. she will be buried next to her husband. >>> certainly was a soupy start to the day. how much long remember we going to feel a chill in the air? and it's another history making day in space. what the shuttle astronauts are doing for the last time. coming up. ,, ,,,,,, honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord,

yesterday, president obama sat down with scott pelley for an in-depth conversation. scott, good to see you this morning from washington. >> great-to-to see you morning, eri erica. the president appeared in the interview determined he and the leaders from congress can still get a deal in place in time but he kept the pressure on republicans. there has been a lot of heated rhetoric in all of this. one of the things the president told us yesterday was that he couldn't guarantee social security checks will go out in august if there is no deal. for their part, the republicans fired back. senator mitchell mcconnell didn't believe any solution could be found as long as mr. obama was still in the white house. do you regret any of the things that you've said in all of this? >> no. i think i've been pretty restrained. >> well, you toll the congress they don't the work as well as your daughters do their homework. >> i said they procrastinate and that is absolutely true. i don't think i would get any dispute about that anywhere in the country. the fact of the matter is we should

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tefore the meeting yesterday scott pelley spoke with mr. obama at the white house about what goes on behind closed doors and what's at stake for the nation. >> the consequences of a default would mean, at minimum, that interest rates would go up for everybody. for the person who is borrowing to buy a car, for the small business owner, for a person who is borrowing on their credit card. the person who is paying their mortgage, or wants to buy a new home. everybody's interest rates will go up. >> reporter: tell me about these meetings that you're having. have there been raised voices, tense moments? >> you know, i think everybody has been professional and everybody has been polite. but i think that what we haven't seen is a recognition that at a certain point, you leave politics aside, you set aside what gives you a tactical advantage at any given moment, you leave out your ideological predispositions and you just try to figure out a problem. and the question is why wouldn't we try to solve it right now. and i think the vast majority of peopl

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. this is the "cbs evening news" with s >> mitchell: and good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm russ mitchell. britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government. today prime minister david cameron addressed an emergency session of parliament on the crisis, even as americans find out they are just as vulnerable to phone hackers. we have two reports tonight beginning with elizabeth palmer in london. liz, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. prime minister david cameron's links to the powerful murdoch clan had become so politically dangerous that he cut short an official visit to africa and rushed home to limit the damage. at a rowdy emergency session of parliament... >> order! order. >> reporter: ...prime minister david cameron was on the defensive. undermined by what appears to many to be a toxically close relationship with rupert murdoch and his now disgraced executive team. >> you live and you learn, and believe you me i have learned.

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott's off tonight. i'm bob schieffer. well, it is one week and counting to august 2. today the president says the government will run out of money and, among other things, will have to stop sending out social security checks. yet, after weeks of wrangling and prime time speeches last night by the president and republican speaker john boehner, today congress and the white house seemed further apart than ever in finding a solution. a top conservative in the house said there were not enough republican votes there to pass boehner's republican plan let alone the democrats. we begin tonight again with nancy cordes at the capitol. nancy? >> reporter: bob, good evening to you. to no one's surprised here on capitol hill, the president's calls for a swift compromise to end this mess have fallen on deaf ears here and leaders from both sides are still clinging to their own plans even though it's not clear either plan can pass. >> congressman alan west's office. >> can i get the name and town y

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