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CBS Evening News for 2018-02-20

This program is 29 minutes long

• Commercials

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:15 am

• Preview/Introduction

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  12:00:15 am — 12:01:11 am

  We can be the change that this world has needed for a long time. Florida students take their push to ban assault rifles to the state capital. And the president moves to outlaw bomb stops. We must move past cliches and tired debates. Also tonight, his life was touched by gun violence. He still supports gun rights. How many guns? Too many. Heartbreaking images from Syria as the violence reaches frightening new levels. The president says he's tougher on Russia than President Obama was. Is that accu...

• Tallahassee / James / Kimberly Sneed / Gina Montalto

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  12:01:11 am — 12:08:23 am

  We're gonna begin tonight in Florida, where six days after the Parkland shooting, dozens of students are on their way to the state capital to protest gun violence this afternoon as the students rode a bus. The Florida House voted down a measure to consider a ban on assault weapons. Also today, four of the dead were laid to rest in Washington. The president moved to prevent conversion of legal rifles into machine guns. We begin here with Adriana Diaz on the road with the students heading to Talla...

• Munich / President Trump / Sarah Sanders / Rod Rosenstein

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  12:08:23 am — 12:10:30 am

  President Trump tweeted today that he has been, quote, much tougher on Russia than his predecessor was. So what does the record show on this? Here is Major Garrett tonight. He has been tougher on Russia in the first year than Obama was in eight years combined. That was White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders defending President Trump's posture toward the Kremlin. Last week, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three companies for interfering in the 2016 election. [R...

• White House / National Rifle Association / Congress / Republicans

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  12:10:30 am — 12:11:12 am

  Major, we we mentioned at the top of the show the president talked about bump stocks earlier today. Can you tell us about that? Yes. He ordered the Justice Department to develop a rule banning so-called bump stocks. Now, a bump stock is a device that can allow a semiautomatic rifle to fire automatically was not used in the Florida high school shooting, but they were implicated in the Las Vegas Music Festival attack. Now, even the NRA, the National Rifle Association, supports banning by federal r...

• Damascus / Assad / Russian / Syrian

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  12:11:12 am — 12:13:00 am

  We turn now to Syria. In the civil war that has lasted seven years, some of the worst acts of violence have come in the last 48 hours. At least 200 civilians have been killed in government shelling and airstrikes. The Assad regime, propped up by Russia, is trying to bury the opposition in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus. Charlie D'Agata has more on this after another airstrike. Residents scramble to find survivors and protect themselves from the next war. Even by the standards of the Syrian ...

• Commercial

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  12:13:00 am — 12:13:24 am

  There is much more ahead on tonight's CBS Evening News, including accusations of a stunning medical mistake. Could you imagine what it must have been like for him to listen to the people that I should be able to trust? Trying to convince me and my family that he's dead and he's laying there alive....

• Commercial: Liberty Mutual Insurance

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  12:13:24 am — 12:13:54 am

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• Commercial: Ham / Oscar Mayer

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  12:13:54 am — 12:14:09 am

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• Commercial

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  12:14:09 am — 12:14:39 am

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• Commercial: Visionworks / Davis vision

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  12:14:39 am — 12:14:54 am

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• Commercial: Aleve

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  12:14:54 am — 12:15:09 am

  I take pictures of sunrises with my back pain. I couldn't sleep and get up in time. Then I found Aleve PM is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid, plus the twelve hour pain relieving strength of a leaf. A leave for a better a.m.....

• Commercial: Durbin

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  12:15:09 am — 12:15:26 am

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• Buffalo / Michael Cleveland / Tara Narula / Tammy Cleveland

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  12:15:26 am — 12:19:11 am

  The strange case of a man who lived for hours after being pronounced dead is set to go to trial. His family claims staff at the hospital outside Buffalo, New York, ignored pleas for help. The man later died. The doctor and the hospital say they did nothing wrong and his death was not caused by any delay in treatment. Our Dr. Tara Narula, a cardiologist, spoke with his widow. That's one of my favorite pictures. Tammy Cleveland's happy memories cannot erase the nightmare of her husband's final hou...

• Commercial

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  12:19:11 am — 12:19:17 am

  When we come back here tonight, new hope for children with peanut allergies....

• Commercial: FDA / Salonpas

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  12:19:17 am — 12:19:32 am

  [Salonpas] Pain relievers might all seem the same, but it's a long past. Pain relief patch is the first and only FDA approved to see topical and the strongest labeled pain reliever available without a prescription. Salon sport tops....

• Commercial: Purina

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  12:19:32 am — 12:19:50 am

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• Commercial: IBS / diarrhea / IVF

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  12:19:50 am — 12:20:48 am

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• Commercial: GoBoldly.com

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  12:20:48 am — 12:21:17 am

  [GoBoldly.com] This is something that I'm really passionate about. I really want to help. I was on my way out of this life. There are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. Finally, it was like the sun rose again and I was going to start fighting back. Now, when those patients come to me and say. You saved my life. My life was saved by a two week old targeted therapy drug. That's what really drives me to to save lives....

• Commercial: Coricidin HBP / Sweden HBP

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  12:21:17 am — 12:21:32 am

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• Commercial: Tobacco / Trivago

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  12:21:32 am — 12:22:02 am

  [Trivago] It would be nice to stay in a cozy boutique hotel somewhere along the coast. Not exactly sure where yet, but annoyingly on a lot of web sites you can only see results for an exact location. You search for what tobacco does it differently on tobacco. You can simply use the map, explore the whole area, and as you move along tobacco, keep showing you all the hotels that meet your search criteria. And that's one more way. Tobacco helps you find your ideal hotel for the best price hotel tob...

• Commercial

  #1211449

  12:22:02 am — 12:22:19 am

  [Prevagen] Your brain changes as you get older. That provision helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish. In clinical trials, provision has been shown to improve short term memory provision. The name to remember....

• Rick Pitino / University of Louisville / NCAA

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  12:22:19 am — 12:22:45 am

  In a first for men's college basketball, the NCAA today took away the University of Louisville's 2013 national championship. This after a staffer was accused of hiring escorts to have sex with recruits. The Cardinals also have to return six hundred thousand dollars in tournament revenue. No champion will be listed for 2013. Last fall, Louisville fired longtime coach Rick Pitino amid a separate federal bribery investigation....

• California /

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  12:22:45 am — 12:23:04 am

  There may soon be a treatment for peanut allergies. A California bio pharmaceutical company reported today it found exposing children with allergies to tiny amounts of peanut dust can help them build up a tolerance in the company's study. Two thirds were able to eat up to two peanuts after a year of treatments....

• Anna Wintour / Vogue / Queen Elizabeth

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  12:23:04 am — 12:23:19 am

  Queen Elizabeth met fashion royalty today in her first visit to London Fashion Week. Elizabeth seemed to enjoy the show, chatting with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who sported her trademark sunglasses while inside the hall....

• Commercial

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  12:23:19 am — 12:23:27 am

  I'm next. Back to the Winter Games, where athletes from 16 no experience with snow require....

• Commercial: Ford

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  12:23:27 am — 12:23:39 am

  This portion of the CBS Evening News is sponsored by Ford going further. So you can....

• Commercial: Patrick

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  12:23:39 am — 12:24:21 am

  [Aleve] We the people are defined by the things we share and the ones we love. He'll never stop wondering what we'll do. Or where we'll go next. We the people who are better together. Welcome to the entirely new expedition. Patrick woke up with back pain, but he has work to do. So he took a leave. If he'd taken Tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. Only a leaf has the strength to stop. Tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill leads all day strong....

• Commercial: Bausch / XP

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  12:24:21 am — 12:24:50 am

  [Bausch + Lomb Soothe XP] It's what stands between the world in your eyes. A protective layer thinner than a human hair that keeps moisture in this lipid layer can break down and cause dry ice. That's why they're sued. XP from the eye care experts at Boston Long only sued XP contains Restore Mineral Sands. XP helps restore this layer ceiling moisture and protect against further irritation. Ordinary drops can't do that. XP works through my dry eyes. XP extra protection for dry eyes....

• Commercial: Deli Fresh Ham / Mayer

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  12:24:50 am — 12:25:06 am

  Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Ham has no added nitrates, nitrates or artificial preservatives. Now deli fresh flavors for everyone like those who likes meat. Those who prefer heat and those who just love meat. Oscar Meyer Deli Fresh off Fresh Deli....

• Commercial: Xarelto / NASCAR / Geraldo

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  12:25:06 am — 12:26:36 am

  [Xarelto] He's a NASCAR champion who's faced thousands of drivers. She's a world class swimmer who stared down the best in her sport. But for both of them, the most challenging opponent was P.T. blood clots in my lung. It was really scary to my leg. I had to learn all I could to help protect myself. My doctor and I chose around sites around town to help me. ZARRELLA So is a latest generation blood thinner that's proven to treat and reduce the risk of TVT and P blood clots from happening again in...

• Commercial: Meghan Berry / PTSD / Mayor

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  12:26:36 am — 12:26:48 am

  [News Channel 5] A rally demanding the resignation of Nashville Mayor Meghan Berry. But who's behind the move? Plus, a push to help first responders deal with PTSD next....

• Ghana / Matthew Futterman / International Olympic Committee / Nigerian

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  12:26:48 am — 12:28:38 am

  It is no surprise that Norway leads the medal count at the Olympics. But what are all those athletes from the tropics doing at the Winter Games? Ben Tracy in Pyeongchang learned it's all part of the master plan. When the bobsled started racing down the track, a couple of names stood out. Brazil, Nigeria, Jamaica. Not exactly places you associate with a frozen sheet of ice. I was like, I don't know, a black guy on ice. And that's something for me. Akwasi Frimpong is from Ghana and competed in ske...

• Good Night

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  12:28:38 am — 12:28:38 am

  That is the CBS Evening News tonight. I'm Jeff Glor. The news continues now in our 24 hour streaming news service, CBSN. There's Meg Oliver getting ready. Have a good night....