Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Brown good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im james brown. Every day in this country, millions of parents let their sons and daughters play the School Sports they love but worry about what will happen if they get seriously hurt. Today, the ncaa, under the pressure of a lawsuit, addressed the issue of head injuries for athletes who play, have played or will play college sports. It agreed to a proposed 70 million settlement of the class action suit. The money will pay for neurological testing but not treatment, and the ncaa will have a new policy for returnings injured players to the game. Reporter from 20042009, nearly 30,000 College Athletes suffered concussions, more than half of them playing football. Lawyer steve berman represents injured former players who sued the ncaa. Players are being returned to the game too early, because of bad concussion management. And if you go to the game too early, you are at risk fair serious longterm brain injury, and thats what were trying to prevent in the settlement. Reporter the ncaa has agreed to pay for any College Athlete from the last 50 years to get neurological testing. Every current athlete will get a preseason neurological test to help diagnose any concussion later on. Theyll also be protected by a uniform policy of when they can play again after a head injury. No athlete with a diagnosed concussion could rejoin the same practice or game in football, basketball, soccer, ice hockey, wrestling, field hockey and lacrosse. At Kennesaw State university in georgia, womens lacrosse is one of 18 ncaa sports. You certainly dont want to return someone from a head injury before theyre ready. And sometimes that Decision Making is difficult. Reporter mike young is the schools director of Sports Medicine. Hopefully this will help Sports Medicine across the country to get what they need to properly take care of the student athlete. Reporter the more everybody is on board, the easier your job gets taking a kid who is at risk, because hes just been hurt, getting him out of the game and dpeght him help right. Reporter the ncaa admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement. It said in a statement, we have been and will continue to be committed to student athlete safety. Critics point out the settlement does not require the ncaa to pay any medical expenses and, james, a federal judge still has to approve of the settlement and he may to that in september. Brown mark, this is a major concern for families, especially mothers with children playing in Contact Sports right now at the ncaa level. Were talking several hundred athletes playing. How is this going to be executed . Reporter as many as 4 million current and former College Athletes may ca qualifyr the testing. Sloament calls for 10 sites to be set up where former players can be tested. Think about it its older the player is the harder it may be to establish his playing days, make a connection with whatever hes going through today. Brown Mark Strassman in kennesaw, georgia, thank you very much. The senate today confirmed Robert Mcdonald as the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. The first job for the former c. E. O. Of Procter Gamble will be cleaning up the scandal at the v. A. A new International Audit obtained by cbs news shows it was even bigger than we knew. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter the internal audit was conducted in may and found 95 facilities where appointment requests by veterans were man by the Horsham Clinic in pennsylvania where staff were encourage encouragedo inaccurately enter an appointment date to game the system. Other fo facilities fudged appointments to reflect no wait times or improve performance scores. In illinois and elsewhere, schedulers said they feared retaliation from leadership if they didnt go along. And in nearly all of the pacific northwest, scheduledders claimed they were simply confused about how the sufficiency supposed to work. On capitol hill, the chairs of the Veterans Affairs committees in the house and senate struck a deal this week on a bill allowing veterans to seek care at a private if the if theyve been waiting for a v. A. Appointment for more than the 30 days. Florida republican jeff miller the v. A. Has cause caused ths problem and one of the ways we can help solve it is to give veterans a choice, a choice to stay in the system or a choice to go out of the system. Reporter the bill has big bipartisan support and is expected to pass both houses of congress by the end of the week. Meanwhile, james, the v. A. s Inspector General say the the number of facilities its now investigating has grown to 90. Brown nancy cordes on capitol hill. Thanks, nancy. The United States and its european allies turned up the pressure on russia today in what has become the biggest eastwest confrontation since the cold war. Senior White House Correspondent bill plante reports they imposed new economic sanctions on moscow for its continuing support of separatists in european community. It didnt have to come to this. It did not have to be this way. This is a choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. Reporter the u. S. Band three more russian stateowned banks from access to american capital, and blocked the assets of a major Russian Defense firm. The sanctions also restrict future sales of oildrilling technology. The u. S. Is acting in conjunction with the european union, which for the first time, cut off all longterm deals with russian stateowned financial institutions. The europeans put an embargo on exports of military equipment and also on energyrelated technology. Is this a new cold war, sir . No. Its not a new cold war. What it is is a very specific issue related to russias unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. Reporter but in a move reminiscent of the frosty u. S. Russian relationshipave generation ago, president obama in a letter monday to putin, accuse the russia of testing missilemissiles in violation ofe arms treated. The u. S. Has suspected russia of testing new Missile Systems since 2008. President putin last year calleds russias decision to sign the 1987 treaty debatable, to say the least. But russia has denied the allegations saying the matter is closed. And the Administration Says the illaint wasnt really timed to coincide with the sanctions but, j. B. , at the same time, senior officials here concede that theyre doing everything they can to keep up the pressure on russias piewt nin the hope that at some point hell agree to negotiate in ukraine. Brown bill plante at the white house. Thank you very much, bill. Overnight israel let loose the heaviest barrage in a threeweekold war. Multiple targets were hit, including the only power plant, leaving gaza without electricity and water since pumps candidate operate without power. And there are new questions about who was responsible for explosions in a gaza street yesterday that killed 10 people, mostly children. Barry petersen is in gaza tonight. And, barry, is it possible tt a hamas rocket fell short and killed those children . Reporter its really hard to know, james. Theres so much activity going on. Now, we were at the scene minutes after it happened. From what we saw and talking with people whon about these things, they say the size of the shrapnel and the way it was spread says it was probably a rocket, not a mortar. The israelis were quick to release a surveillance photo saying it was a rocket fired 2. 6 miles south of the area, aimed at israel that fell, as they said, tragically short. Hamas, of course, blamed the israelis. It may never know known, but here in gaza where perception is reality, they believe hamas. They blame the israelis. James. Brown barry has the growing civilian death toll affected support for hamas in gaza . Reporter well, not publicly, because people are afraid to talk out against hamas in eye time of war, but privately, i think people are weary of hamas firing rockets at israel. Theyre weary of the israeli attacks. They want this to end. We talked with a shop owner and some of his friends, and they said something intriguing, that hamas can make war, but they dont believe hamas can make peace. The other day, i stood with a man on of the rubble of his house. He said, im neutral. I just want the misery to end. And i have to tell you, james, thats the way a lot of people feel around here tonight. Brown Barry Petersen in it gaza, thank you. Turning now to the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. Its the worst on record. Today, it claimed the life of a leading doctor. Sheik humarr khan risked his life to tree dozens in sierra leone. Ebola kills 60 of those who contract the virus and there is no vaccine. Nearly 700 have died in four african nations during this rout break. The u. S. Military is investigating a strange incident overseas. The body of a young stowe away was found sunday in a compartment near wheel well of an air force cargo plane. David martin is look into this. Reporter the body was found during a postflight inspection of a c130 transport after returning to germanyrom africa. A young black male had lodged himself above the landing gear where he could not be seen during normal pre and postflight checks. The grim discovery prompted this question of pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby. Arent these aircraft supposed to be guarded at all time . Certainly that will all be part of the investigation, looking at security implications here for how a young man could get inside the wheel well of an air force aircraft. Reporter the flight originated in the african nation of senegal, flew east, stopping in mauly and chad, then north to tunisia and sicily, before returning to its home base in germany. The pentagon says security at some of those airfields is not up to american standards, but that would seem to be all the more reason to guard the plane while it was on the ground. J. B. Brown thank you, david. As americans, we owe an awful lot to someone. A new study out today says 24 of us are so far behind in our debt, theyve been turned over to a collection agency. Heres anthony mason. Did that cause you to lose your job . Reporter at the Consumer CreditCounseling Service in dallas, the phones are confantly busy. Thats where aneat awho asked us not to reveal her identity, found help. Everything went upside down. Reporter last year she ran up 10,000 in debt after her exhusband lost his job. It was all credit card bills, and we were using the credit cards to buy the food, to pay for the electric bill, to pay for the phones, to buy gas everyday expenses, because we were missing all of his income. Reporter then anita, who has two kids, had to fend off the collection agencies. All they wanted to know is when and how much and i didnt have an answer for that. Reporter in 13 states and the district of columbia, more than 40 of americans with credit have debt in collection. In the city of las vegas, its nearly half. But in the wake of the recession, americans have been managing their debt better. Just 2. 4 of credit cards are overdue by 30 days or more. Thats versus the 15year average of 3. 8 . The cries may not be as severe as it was during the height of the recession butoo guy, then i want that good guy to be a police officer. Reporter while programs like martins arent comn, a vast majority of missouri lawmakers are pushing to make Training Like this mandatory for teachers with guns. Vicente arenas, cbs news, missouri. Announcer there was a close call on the track be, and well have that when we come back invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in, and would rebnd. Theyre all look at us. Yup, theyre all looking and saying who are these people. Reporter mike giblin is a volunteer with the National Park service. Is the most you have seen . Yes, this week in particular is definitely the most weve seen. Reporter but where scientists see success, others see competition. Seals can consume up to 50 pounds of fish each day, sometimes following fishermens boats and snatching food right off their lines. Its frustrating. You are watching them take money right out of your pocket. The money is eight feet from the surface, and its reporter every fish is money for you. Every fish is money. Reporter nick muto has been fishing these waters for 13 years. When seals became endangered and we started looking at the seal population, did we ever measure what success would look like . Did we ever say when enough seals would be enough . Reporter what is it that you see when you look at a gray seal . I i see i see a threat to my bottom