Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2011-05-11

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Katie Couric (New York)

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:31:10 pm

• Mississippi River / Flooding / Mississippi

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  05:31:10 pm — 05:33:40 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) Maps of the flooding Mississippi River shown.

  (Tunica: Mark Strassmann) The flood waters in Mississippi featured; scenes shown from Greenville and Tunica, Mississippi. [Residents Steve LOCK‡, Betty WEBB, Melanie DELHOMME, Les SHERWIN - react.]

• Peace Corps / Sex Abuse / Hearings

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  05:33:40 pm — 05:36:10 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Jan Crawford) The Congressional hearings on the long history of sex abuse in the Peace Corps reviewed; details given about the story of former Peace Corps member Jessica Smochek; statistics cited. [SMOCHEK, Carol CLARK††- testify about being raped.] [Peace Corps director Aaron WILLIAMS†- apologizes.]

• Politics / Abortion / The States

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  05:36:10 pm — 05:38:40 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) A law in Indiana that cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions, reported.

  (Washington: Nancy Cordes) The victories around the country for opponents of abortion rights after the 2010 elections examined; details given about the Nebraska bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, Missouri's law and multiple abortion bills in Arizona. [Kansas Governor Sam BROWNBACK†- says Kansas is a culture of life state.] [State senator Dan PATRICK†- comments.] [Family Research Council president Tony PERKINS†- says state legislators have opportunities to pass policy.] [NARAL Pro-Choice America president Nancy KEENAN†- says women's voices have to be heard.]

• Insider Trading

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  05:38:40 pm — 05:39:00 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) An insider trading verdict convicting hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam of securities fraud reported; courtroom sketches shown.

• Deficit and Taxes

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  05:39:00 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) The issue of the federal deficit and taxes introduced. [At town meeting in Washington, DC, President OBAMA - says we will set some tax targets over several years.]

• Libya / Uprising / Kadhafi

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi's appearance on state TV with tribal leaders shown; details given of about the fighting in Misrata.

• Syria / Fighting

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) The attacks by the Syrian government on protestors updated; scenes shown of tanks.

• Graham Hospitalization

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:41:00 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) The hospitalization of evangelist Billy Graham for pneumonia reported.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Katie Couric) Stock Market Report

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:41:20 pm

• (Commercial: VESIcare; United HealthCare; Listerine; Osteo Bi-Flex; Omnaris.)

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  05:41:20 pm — 05:43:50 pm

• Terrorism / Bin Laden's Journal / Napolitano Interview

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) The contents in the journal by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden†† that was found in his compound in Pakistan and the warning from Al Qaeda in Yemen that the terror group is strong reported.

  (Studio: Katie Couric) An interview held with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about the threat of retaliation; scenes shown from the nerve center for transportation security. [NAPOLITANO - explains concerns about the "lone wolf" in the US; comments on the references about attacking rail systems; states what was found in the compound is being gone through; comments on the terrorism threat baseline.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Katie Couric)

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:47:50 pm

• (Commercial: Cymbalta; Preen; Allegra; NewsChannel 5; "Ellen"; NewsChannel 5)

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  05:47:50 pm — 05:50:20 pm

• Help Wanted: Getting America Back to Work (Part II)

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) Labor Department statistics on applicants per job opening cited.

  (Midland, Michigan: Anthony Mason) An approach to dealing with the vanishing manufacturing jobs featured; scenes shown from a Dow plant in Midland, Michigan, that is developing solar shingle technology using retrained auto industry workers. [Dow's Andrew LIVERIS††- talks about getting people to work and how we need a national mission dedicated to manufacturing, or "making stuff."] [Dow workers Jim ROGERS††, Jim DORCEY††, Michelle HORNER - talk about a fresh start.]

• Gallo Death

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:00 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) The death of Bill Gallo, the dean of sports cartoonists, reported; some cartoons shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Katie Couric)

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  05:54:00 pm — 05:54:10 pm

• (Commercial: "CBS Evening News"; Reclast; Campbell's Soup; Dodge; Miracle-Gro; Tylenol Precise; NewsChannel 5.)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:57:10 pm

• Disasters / The Children / C.J. Bus

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  05:57:10 pm — 05:59:10 pm

  (Studio: Katie Couric) Report introduced.

  (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Elaine Quijano) The role of Kathryn Martin†† in trying to restore normalcy for the children after disasters like the recent tornadoes via C.J.'s Bus featured; scenes shown from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [Girl "GABRIELLE" - recalls the tornado.] [MARTIN - talks about starting the children's bus after losing her son to a tornado in 2005; states we just come and play with the kids.] [Father Courtney DUKES††- comments on a safe place for the kids.]

• Good Night

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  05:59:10 pm — 05:59:10 pm