Transcripts For WUSA CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20141020

When you hear them singing. Theyre so good, so good. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were going to begin tonight with an Important Development in a story weve been investigating, a potentially deadly defect in millions of vehicles. Today federal safety regulators urged owners to have their air bags fixed after a fourth fatality. Today toyota added nearly 250,000 vehicles to that recall list. But this goes way beyond toyota. An Auto Safety Group estimates that as many as 25 million vehicles may be equipped with the defective air bags. Jeff glor has been following this and he has these late developments. Report the air bags in question are made by takata, and theyve been subject to a spiraling series of recalls that this year reached more than 11 million. The problem the air bags can explode, sending metal shrapnel flying through the vehicle. We spoke to stephanie erdman, who barely survived. Instant blindness on my right side followed by gushing blood. Its terrifying. I thought i was going to bleed out at first. Reporter four deaths may be linked to the defect, the latest a 51yearold woman in orlando driving a 2001 honda accord. This was the 911 call. The right side of her neck is severed. Where is she bleeding from, can you tell . It looks like its coming from. The right side of her neck. The right side of her neck. Reporter that followed a death in california, an 18yearold in oklahoma and a mother of three in virginia. Documents filed with the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration or nhtsa show honda, the biggest buyer of takata air bags, first learned about exploding air bags in 2004. The recalls didnt start until 2008. Nine carmakers are now involved, and today there was that new recall of nearly 250,000 air bags in toyota vehicles. As in previous recalls, the fixes will only be made ins. V warmweather climates where takata believes high humidity makes the explosions more likely. Clarence ditlow heads the center for auto safety. Why not recall these vehicles in every single state . Money. Reporter and why is that acceptable . Its a frustration to us. How in the world can you approve a geographic recall that doesnt include the two states where people have been killed. Reporter takata told us, we fully recognize that one incident is one too many. We are constantly investing in and examining ways to improve. The toyota air bags recalled today are Passenger Air bags. Scott, it to that says if they dont have the parts right now to fix them, they will tell people to avoid sitting in the passenger seat in the affected vehicles. Pelley thank you very much. The government is urging people to have their cars fixed. Weve posted the complete list of recalled vehicles on our web site, cbsnews. Com. Today Indiana Police say seven women found murdered over the last few days may be victims of a serial killer. A suspect in custody has been talking to detectives, and heres dean reynolds. Reporter the trail that led to at least seven bodies began friday night at this motel in hammond, indiana. Police say the suspect, 43yearold convicted sex offender darren vann, spent time there with a 19yearold escort he found on the web site back page. She was later found by a coworker strangled. The Escort Service gave the police vanns cell phone number, and he was located and arrested hours later at a house in nearby gary. Karen freemanwilson is the mayor. He played on individuals that might be less likely to be reported missing. Reporter did the suspect resist at all . He did not. He was cooperative with officers. Reporter john doughty is the chief of police. He admitted his involvement in the hammond incident and expressed interest in notifying police of other incidents he was involved in. Reporter vann was convicted in an assault in texas seven years ago. Police say he directed them to the bodies of six more women found in abandoned houses in girlry and he indicated ominously there could be more. You could go back as far as 20 years based on some statements we have. Thats yet to be corroborated. I think he was shocked. We caught him off guard and he started working with the police. Hammond mayor Thomas Mcdermott called the suspect a serial killer. Maybe its because he doesnt want to spend the rest of his life if jail. Maybe thats why hes cooperating. Reporter darren vann has now been charged in the murder of the woman in hammond on friday night. Scott, when we asked if he had expressed any motive, the chief of police here in hammond said, i dont have a specific reason he did this. Pelley dean, thanks very much. Today an ebola patient was released from a hospital in atlanta, cured after six weeks. The hospital has not identified him, but hes believed to be a doctor who worked on the epidemic in west africa. Also today, officials cleared 48 people who had been close to Thomas Eric Duncan, who died in dallas october 8th. They have passed the 21day incubation period for the virus. Worldwide there have been more than 9,200 infection, nearly all of them in west africa, more an 4,500, about half, have died. But those who catch the virus are not the only victims, as debora patta discovered in liberia. Reporter this abandoned building is the new home for these children, orphaned by ebola. Not only have these children lost their parents, but they are often shunned by families and friends. Touching these children could be lethal. Nineyearold mercy kennedys mother died weeks ago. None of her neighbors wanted anything to do with her. Mercy ended up here at this makeshift orphanage, a blank stare on her face. The center is run by ebola survivors. Once recovered theyre immune to this strain of the disease and can touch the children. This boy pulled through after a monthlong battle with the deadly virus. She told us caring for these rejected children give her purpose. We are loving them. We are warm when i touch them. Reporter the spread of ebola fights the most basic human need to care for someone who is suffering or hurt. This woman tries to coaxhi boy with a loving kiss. I love you, baby. Report baby jefferson is among the 2,000 liberian children newly orphaned, casualties of an epidemic that keeps growing. Last month fouryearold pearlina watched her mother die in an ambulance on the way to hospital. Pearlina was led away with no one to look after her, but gideon klekleh was part of the Ambulance Team that day, and he couldnt forget the look on her face. Nobody to take care of her. Reporter nobody wanted her because of the stigma. Nobody wanted her. She was left alone crying in the street. It was very pitiful. Nobody would take care of her. So i myself felt sorry for her and i almost cried. Klekleh decided to foster pearlina at his village home just outside monrovia. Reporter youre going to love her. I love her. I love her. Pelley and debora patta joins us tonight from johannesburg. Debora, if the children arent sick after the 21day incubation period for the virus, what happens to them then . Reporter theres stale lingering stigma surrounding these children even after the 21day incubation period. Many of them remain in these care centers, which do their best to find family members or place them in loving home, but theyre having mixed success because there is still a lot of fear surrounding children orphaned by ebola. Pelley debora patta reporting tonight. Debora, thank you so much. In this country, hospitals have discovered another complication in treating ebola patients, and ben tracy has been looking into this. Reporter 140 55gallon drums of contaminated material were removed from the dallas apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan had been staying. The waste was incinerated this weekend at a facility in galveston, texas. Go around. Reporter at hospitals nationwide, what to do with medical waste from ebola patients is largely an unanswered question. Thank you. Reporter each ebola patient generates about eight 55 gallons of Hazardous Material each day. Thats because their bodily fluids and everything they come in contact with, from hazmat suits and bed linens to cups and plates, must be disposed of. At a congressional hearing, congresswoman Marsha Blackburn questioned the head of the c. D. C. Is ebola waste as contagious as a patient with ebola . Waste from ebola patients can be readily decontaminated. The virus itself is not particularly hardy. Its killed by bleach, by a variety of chemicals. Reporter the medical waste can be sterilized or burned, but several states do not use medical incinerators because of air pollution concerns. The California Hospital Association sent a letter to senator barbara boxer, warning that storage, transportation and disposal of this waste will be a major problem. Jan emersonshea is a Vice President with the association. Because we dont have the ability to incinerate it, we would need to take it some location out of state most likely, and were hearing that many other states are saying that theyre not going to accept this type of waste from outside of their state. Reporter now the other issue here is training. I talked to a biosafety expert today who said it normally takes four to six weeks the train someone to properly handle this kind of material. Scott, she said expecting doctors and nurses to learn that in a day or two is, in her words, ludicrous. Pelley ben tracy in our los angeles newsroom. Ben, thanks very much. The United States pounded isis positions in iraq and syria today. American planes also dropped weapons to kurdish troops who are in a desperate fight with isis for the control of the Syrian Border town of kobani. Holly williams crossed that border where she met an american volunteer who has joined the fight. Reporter in northeastern syria, kurdish soldiers have been fighting a brutal war against isis for over a year, and theyre Still Holding the line. We drove into syria, escorted by kurdish fighters, to meet one of their number, an american volunteer from meridian, mississippi. It felt like someone should do something. Jeremy woodward believes isis is a direct threat to the u. S. I cant put my family and my daughter in this position as these people are in. What if it was them . What if they were getting killed, raped, slaughtered . It just got me mad. Reporter woodward is a former Shopping Mall Security Guard who served in the u. S. Military for eight years, including tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. But last month he paid his own way to turkey and was smuggled into the war zone, where hes been fighting on the front lines with kurdish soldiers and developed a close bond with many of them. Cant really understand them, but sign language is everything. Reporter hes fighting alongside muslims and told us isis has given islam a bad name. Thats not how the real islam is. These guys arent like that. They care about their homes, their family, their country. Reporter have you killed anyone since youve been here . Ive killed three in my first battle. Hopefully my numbers will go up. I never thought i would be over in syria killing people, but theyve killed innocent people. Reporter Jeremy Woodward told us he plans to stay on in syria until isis is defeated, even if that takes several years. And, scott, there are at least two other americans fighting with the same group of kurdish soldiers. 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But being able to afford to pay for it is another story. Reporter why cant you afford water . When you make 25,000 a year, you have to pay 500 a month in rent on top of my health insurance, im literally over my head. At the end of the day, everybodys got to pay their water bill. Reporter alexis wiley is the chief of staff to detroits mayor, mike duggan. People in detroit are paying higher rates because so many people arent waiting. Reporter since march, detroits Water Department shut off service to home 26,000 times. Within two days thousands of delinquent customers made a payment. Why are the shutoffs necessary . Excuse me, you have the highest rate of poverty as a city in the country. These women led the mission. We suggest the city of detroit restore water connections to all residents unable to pay. Reporter the Mayors Office admits for years the Water Department did a poor job of collecting money it was owed. Then the city filed for bankruptcy last summer, under the weight of its own creditors, and the department decided to clamp down. Whose water . Our water reporter after a summer of protest, the mayor allowed lowincome residents to get a payment plan. Some even qualified for public and private grants. Our job as a city is to help as many people as possible, help all our customers. Reporter with 2,300 homes still without water, the u. N. Says it will keep pressuring the city until shutoffs stop. Michelle miller, cbs news, detroit. Pelley another pro athlete has been arrested for domestic abuse. Well have the story in a moment. Our expert pharmacists make it easy for you to save on your prescriptions. So you can keep your money where it belongs. Swing by walgreens. Where you could save even more with medicare prescription copays as low as zero dollars. At the corner of happy and healthy. It hurts. You doin . This is what it can be like to have shingles, a painful, blistering rash. 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When you hear them singing. It was so good, so good. Reporter ono showed up in style at ps 717 in manhattan alongside the john lennon tour bus, which gives young aspiring musicians to record muse, and shoot videos in this stateoftheart studio. You probably get asked all the time to lend your support and your name and johns name to all kinds of projects. Why did you try to support this one . I think this is one of the most important ones because, you know, the educational situation is not so good and all, that so we have to add something thats really positive. Reporter 250,000 kids each year visit this bus and another in europe and work with their professional crews to produce a video in a single day. We all shine on reporter ono founded the lenon bus 16 years ago with a musician name brian rothchild. Thats what the arts need. Thats what Music Education needs in the world. We need lightedning rods like john lennons name and the legacy of his life. Reporter if yoko ono is at all worried that legacy is lost on those born after john lennons death, she should hear what fifth grader lena haptu has to say. He shows that if we try really hard, we can make things beautiful and we can make the world a better place. Reporter hows that . Because i feel like if two buses can be doing. Sending this message, why cant everyone . Why cant everyone . Reporter why cant everyone . They can. Its up to you. Yeah, you reporter a moving thought to imagine. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh im Debra Alfarone live in charlottesville, separating fact from fiction in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, answering your question from social media. After an intense search for a murder suspect, his body is found on a baseball field at an Elementary School. Im peggy fox. The story coming up. Im bruce leshan at the museum in northwest dc where at a town hall some experts had a whole lot of updates on ebola. Nazi war criminals thrown out of the United States and now theyve managed to keep their Social Security benefits. Coming up, harsh reaction to this Associated Press investigation. Good evening. We begin tonight with three indictments against Jesse Matthew in a 2005 Fairfax County rape case. Matthew of course the suspect in the Hannah Graham case is now charged with attempted capital murder, abduction, and sexual penetration for an attack in suburban virginia. Debra alfarone is following all the developments tonight in charlottesville. And another bombshell for Jesse Matthew. Again, it was unt long after police took him in to custody because of the attempted abduction of Hannah Graham that we learned so much more about him. We learned about a forensic link potentially to this 2005 rape and attempted abduction and murder in fairfax. We also learned about a forensic link to morgan harrington, a Virginia Tech student found murdered in 2009. Today a lot has happened. We found out from the fairfax Commonwealth Attorney that a grand jury ended up indicting him for other charges that could just make you sick. The