This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western addition. Small pox was one of the most frightening diseases the world has known. It killed at least 300 Million People in the last century before it was eradicated. So it came as quite a surprise when the u. S. Government revealed yesterday that vials of small pox had been forgotten for decades and were just discovered in a cardboard box. The big question now is whether the virus is alive and dr. Jon lapook learned more today from the scientist heading the investigation. Reporter the vials of small pox are currently being tested in a level four High Containment Laboratory at the c. D. C. In atlanta. That is the agencys most secure facility. You can only gain entry through a special eye scan. Steve monroe runs the division of high consequence pathogens. Is it possible the small pox can still grow . Its possible, but we do not know for sure if the small pox virus in these samples will still be able to grow in the laboratory. Reporter what is your guess . I would not be surprised if one or more of these samples contains live, growing small pox virus. Reporter but then youre going to destroy it and it will be gone forever . We will destroy it and it will be gone forever. Reporter it was july 1st when a lab worker at the National Institutes of health found the small pox vials while cleaning out a storage refrigerator. The vials appeared to date back to the 1950s. From that moment, the c. D. C. , n. I. H. , f. B. I. , f. D. A. And World Health Organization worked closely to develop a plan of action. The white house was immediately informed that a potential agent of bioterrorism had been found. What was the security involved in moving the samples from bethesda, maryland, to the c. D. C. . The security involved the cooperation of the f. B. I. As well as local Law Enforcement and so there was Ground Transport to the appropriate air assets that were provided f. B. I. Reporter monroe says the trickiest part was making sure Nothing Happened to the fragile glass vials that had likely been stored for 50 to 60 years. How could this have happened . I think is one of those flukes, its sort of the trunk thats in the attic that nobody has looked at for many, many years. Reporter are you asking Lab Directors to go through their inventory, look under the tables, look in the closets . Certainly one of the Lessons Learned from this episode is that laboratories around the world should have a firm idea of what they have in their collections and that people should make an effort to do a complete inventory. Reporter the material in the vials was freeze dried and the end of each glass tube sealed shut with a flame. In all six vials of small pox the seal was intact. Pelley jon, why does steve monroe think some of the virus may still be alive . Reporter well, there are instances in the past where vaccine against small pox, and that contains live virus, was freeze died, it was sealed shut in a similar fashion, and then stored for 20 years or longer. It was reconstituted and it was still infectious. So the question is how long was the current sample stored at five degrees centigrade and was it ever at Room Temperature and will it at the end of the day still be able to be infectious, we will have to wait and see. Pelley and then they will destroy it . Absolutely. Pelley jon, thanks very much. Today, israeli air ships shook gaza every few minutes as islamic militants continued to fire rockets into their heartland. The israelis have been firing back, at least 36 palestinians have been killed this week. This battle has been running off and on since 1948 when the gaza strip became a homeland for palestinians displaced after the war for israeli independence. 32 miles long with nearly two Million People, gaza has been run since 2006 by the militant Islamic Movement hamas. Holly williams has our story tonight. Reporter until this morning, this was a home to a family of five. A man and two children were rushed to the hospital after it was hit by an israeli missile. A woman and another child are still missing. Israel says its strikes in gaza are targeting terrorist, hitting command centers and rocket launchers used by hamas, the militant group that governs the gaza strip. The two nights of bombardment have also devastated neighborhoods like this one. panic and screaming according to palestinian officials, killed civilians, including the very young. crying in this hospital, the doctor is treating the injured in a poorly equipped, overcrowded emergency room. The situation is very critical. We receive more than 50 injured people. All of them civilians reporter and as violence begets more violence, the wounded keep coming. Impoverished and cut off in their tiny strip of land, palestinians in gaza are used to hardship. Shia is a teacher and a mother of five children. Its not the first war we come to. Its the third one. So as a mother and person i feel a little afraid. Pelley and Holly Williams is inside israel, about two miles from the border with gaza. Holly, a lot of rockets aimed at israel today. What happened there . Reporter well, scott, the warning sirens wailed over and over again today across southern israel, not just here close to gaza but 50 miles away in demona which is home to a Nuclear Power plant. Unlike the palestinians, the israelis have their own iron dome antimissile Defense System and they were able to shoot down many of those rockets, so far israel hasnt suffered any deaths and just a few minor injuries. Pelley and the u. N. Security council having a emergency meeting on this tomorrow. Holly, thanks very much. Tonight, much of the northeast could be hit by thunderstorms but forecasters are not expecting anything like last night when a tornado blasted through smithville in upstate new york killing four people. Something that seldom happens in that part of the country. Vanita nair is there. Reporter all of the victims killed in smithfield live on the same street. The tornado lifted one house off its foundation and threw it 150 feet into another. Volunteer firefighter Wade Phillips wrapped the body of fourmonthold paris newman into a jacket. Its hard to explain what is going through your mind when you pull up on Something Like that and just see the devastation. Reporter the childs mother kimberly was pulled out of the debris an hour later. Phillips knew the family. Did you guys have any hope at that point that they might still be alive . We were hoping that they were. There is always that hope that you are going to find someone alive. Reporter tornadoes in this part of the country are rare. New york state averages about seven a year compared to nearly 60 a year in oklahoma. Smithfield doesnt even have tornado sirens. New york governor andrew cuomo. You have at house on one side of the street that is basically fine. The other house on the opposite side of the street was just gone. We dont get tornadoes in new york, right . Anyone will tell you that. Well, we do now. Reporter the same weather system swept through portions of pennsylvania and maryland, scott. In maryland a tree fell at a summer camp, one child was killed and six others were injured. Pelley vanita, thank you very much. With thousands of illegal immigrant children surging into the United States, president obama is meeting this evening with a rival, the republican governor of texas. Major garrett is traveling with the president in dallas. Major . Here with local leaders and governor perry, president obama said the United States will meet the basic needs of these children and speed up a process likely to lead to their deportation. He sternly warned parents in Central America not to send more children on a dangerous and ultimately fewtile journey to america. Finally, the president explained why he will not go to the texas border to see this crisis up close. Theres nothing that is taking place down there that i am not intimately aware of and briefed on. This isnt theater. This is a problem im not interested in photo ops. Im interested in solving a problem. And those who say i should visit the border, when you ask them what should we be doing . Theyre giving us suggestions that are embodied in legislation that ive already sent to congress. Reporter after his meeting with the president , perry asked mr. Obama to send 1,000 National Guard troops to the border to tighten security and also to intensify efforts to medically screen all unaccompanied minors now being detained and those who may soon cross into texas. The president said these unaccompanied children are crossing only one part of the u. S. Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley and the problem is not apprehensions but caring for the children while their legal status is reviewed. The white house is asking congress for authority to speed up the deportation process, part of a 3. 7 billion request to achieve both these humanitarian and legal goals. Major Major Garrett with the president in dallas. Thank you very much. Pelley Major Garrett with the president in dallas, major, thank you. The president repeated this evening that most of these children will be sent home but that can involve another long journey through the american legal system. Why so long . Michelle miller has danilos story. Reporter 16yearold danilo was afraid to give us his last name, says honduran gangs first tried to recruit him when he was 12. They were involved in murders, he says, drug dealing and assaults. At 15 he fled for the u. S. And was caught at the texas border. I didnt want to join the gangs, he says. I didnt want that violent kind of life or trouble. Under a law signed by president george w. Bush, unaccompanied children cannot be deported without a hearing. Danilo was released to a cousin in new york. He is seeking asylum and has been given a lawyer free of charge from the nonprofit Central American Legal Assistance. Rebecca press is an immigration attorney there. We have a responsibility to make sure that we are being very careful and having an individualized assessment of every individuals claim. Reporter immigrants in the u. S. Illegally are not entitled to a government appointed lawyer in deportation proceedings. Though according to a non partisan Institute Policy study at least 40 of children who are here illegally may be eligible to stay if facing specific kinds of violence or abuse back home. Minors with Legal Assistance significantly improve the odds of winning their case, but the process can take years. Danilos first deportation hearing was nine months ago. Deporting young people, people pound the age of 18 who are fleeing tremendous violence in their home countries is not an appropriate response to a humanitarian crisis. Reporter why should they let you stay . The problems i have at home cannot be solved over there, he says. I didnt come here looking for any problems. I came here to remake my life. Danilos next hearing is in the fall. And he says he worries every day about the possibility of deportation. Michelle miller, cbs news, brooklyn. Pelley well, for very Different ReasonsEdward Snowden does not want to return home any time soon. Today, his lawyer said snowden has applied to extend his temporary asylum in russia which expires at the end of the month. Snowden is wanted here for leaking details of top secret government surveillance reograms. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ignored u. S. Calls to return snowden. Many american colleges get failing grades for the way they handle Sexual Assaults. Pot and potus. The offer the president could refuse. And an author has an embarrassing encounter with his subject when the cbs evening news continues. Protect my joints from further damage. Doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. Humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Its proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage in many adults. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. 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The study commissioned by congress, found that more than 40 of schools have not investigated a single Sexual Assault case in the past five years. Congressional correspondent nancy cordes is following this. Reporter two university of miami Football Players were suspended this week. Three days after they allegedly raped a 17yearold girl. But the schools Swift Response is not the norm according to a new congressional report which found that only half of the colleges and universities studied have a Sexual Assault hotline for victims. And more than 70 of the institutions have no protocols for working with local Law Enforcement to handle sexual violence. O he put his hand over my mouth and told me not to say anything. And he dragged me down to the floor and then he raped me. Reporter Cassie Edwards was a junior stacking shelves in the library at Florida State university when she was attacked in 2008. The schools response, she says, was uneven. Definately they had counseling and i saw the victim advocate. Reporter but at the same time you lost your campus job . Yes. I dont think they ever had a student worker who had been raped on campus before so i dont think the Library Administrator knew how to handle it very well. Reporter the congressional report found 20 of schools provide no Sexual Assault response training for faculty and staff. More than 30 of schools provide no training for students. Missouri democrats claire mccaskill. I think this has been an ongoing problem for many years. And i think young women going to College Campuses have not been empowered. And in this day and age its time that we empower them to be able to speak out when they have been assaulted. And to hold people who do this more accountable. 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Yes, on the surfaces, conservation yin gang told us, he is overseeing an ambitious effort to save the artwork in these ancient buddhist caves. Reporter what is it supposed to look like it doesnt look like much right now. Imagine yin said, stunning and colorful paintings, a complete temple. We can hardly tell what they are now. 1600 years ago sculptures carved the grottoes into the sandstone cliffs of china. For centuries the soft sandstone was eroded by blasting winds that whipped deep into these caves. Now pollution is the biggest new threat. This is all the dust . Yes, coal dust easily attaches to the surface, he pointed out it can slowly erode an get into the sandstone. These grottoes sit in the heart of chinas coal country. The province produces nearly one billion tons of coal per year. A quarter of chinas output. To draw tourists and improve its image china got u. N. World heritage status for the site. But protecting these grottoes meant more than just cleaning them. The Government Shutdown small coal plants and closed a nearby road which used to see the passage of thousands of coal trucks every day. It even relocated entire villages, moving more than 4,000 families who used to rely on coal for heating and cooking. Today the painstaking work of restoring these sculptures continues. And historians hope this effort will become a model for other ancient sites under threat across china. Acid rain is blamed for turning the nose black on this 230 foot buddha and for damaging these grottoes in eastern china. I hope we can repair and restore the precious artwork made by our ancestors yin gang told us, so we can leave them for our children. Its a race to protect these antiquities from the destructive work of another era, pollution. Seth doane, cbs news, china. Pelley and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. Now at 6 00, the as want to stay but suddenly, theres a plan to tear down the coliseum to build a new home for the raiders. The question now, can the city keep both teams . Good evening, im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Tonight mayor jean quan is saying there is a way to keep both pro sports teams in oakland and keep them both happy and to start with she is now backing that new lease deal for the as. Phil matier is following this story that involves the two teams, politics and money flowing in from overseas. Phil. Reporter thats right. And theres even more to it than that because not only are we talking about a new lease, but now theres a question of whether this ballpark or stadium is even going to be around for the teams to play in. We need the city council to approve it as soon as possible so we can Start Talking seriously about a new stadium. Reporter and with that, oakland mayor jean quan moved to end a twoweek standoff over approving a new tenyear lease attention is for the as a standoff that had Major League Baseball giving the as the okay to leave town a move that sent shockwaves through oakland city hall. We could have had this lease done two weeks ago. It was her administration that raised concerns. Reporter one of those concerns was fear that a long term less with the as might interfere with quans plans for a new raiders stadium as part of the coliseum complex deal. Where you have sports venues, hotels, retail, restaurants,. Reporter and a new multipurpose stadium for the raiders who according to the citys negotiating team are ready to get going. They are actively involved. They are close to reaching a term sheet. Reporter but an