. >> couric: stan "the man" musial played baseball for the st. louis cardinals for two decades, missing one season to serve in the navy during world war ii. today president obama said his hustle was matched only by his humility. >> well, this is the greatest day i've had in my life. >> george h.w. bush. >> reporter: and former president george herbert walker bush was honored for nearly 70 years of public service-- the cockpit of a navy plane in world war ii to the oval office at the white house. >> his humility and his decency reflects the very best of the american spirit. >> couric: there were 13 honorees in all, including german chancellor angela merkel, basketball hall of famer bill russell, cellist yo yo ma and john sweeney, former president of the a.f.l.-c.i.o. congratulations. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. good night. >>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >>> good everyoning tonight in your only local news at 7:00. an unspeakable act of violence against a re

. >> couric: stan "the man" musial played baseball for the st. louis cardinals for two decades, missing one season to serve in the navy during world war ii. today president obama said his hustle was matched only by his humility. >> well, this is the greatest day i've had in my life. >> george h.w. bush. >> reporter: and former president george herbert walker bush was honored for nearly 70 years of public service-- the cockpit of a navy plane in world war ii to the oval office at the white house. >> his humility and his decency reflects the very best of the american spirit. >> couric: there were 13 honorees in all, including german chancellor angela merkel, basketball hall of famer bill russell, cellist yo yo ma and john sweeney, former president of the a.f.l.-c.i.o. congratulations. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> you were sexually abused as a child. tell me what happened. >> "dancing" star cheryl burke revealing t

. >> couric: stan "the man" musial played baseball for the st. louis cardinals for two decades, missing one season to serve in the navy during world war ii. today president obama said his hustle was matched only by his humility. >> well, this is the greatest day i've had in my life. >> george h.w. bush. >> reporter: and former president george herbert walker bush was honored for nearly 70 years of public service-- the cockpit of a navy plane in world war ii to the oval office at the white house. >> his humility and his decency reflects the very best of the american spirit. >> couric: there were 15 honorees in all, including german chancellor angela merkel, basketball hall-of-famer bill russell, cellist yo-yo ma and john sweeney, former president of the a.f.l.-c.i.o. congratulations. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. good night. >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> are you an accused terrorist who just got out of guantanamo bay? why you can't legally co