This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Were going to begin tonight with First Defense from a man who was blamed in part for not stopping the parkland, florida, shooting. Former Deputy Scot Peterson has taken a public beating over his failure to confront the Florida High School shooter. Now onetime School Resource officer of the year is speaking out, explaining what he did and did not do. Heres manuel bojorquez. He wasnt a brave guy. Under pressure he choked. Reporter the president again today criticized former School Resource Deputy Scot Peterson for not entering the bidding where the shooting happened an confronting the gunman. Peterson is now fighting back inch a statement his attorney said the first call peterson received was of firecrackers and not gunfire. When he actually heard shots, he believed they were coming from outside and consistent with his train, mr. Peterson took up a tactical position between two buildings. A raid yes transmission about a poss
Growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. I thought all asians were good at math. You all look the same to me. No, where are you really from . 9 11 was your fault. How do you see out of such small eyes . Go back to your country. I guess i wish that people knew. We are not all the same. We are not all the same. We are not all the same. Now we move to a mystery. An employee of the cdc in atlanta disappeared without a trace. Hasnt been seen in two weeks. Cbs is following the investigation. Reporter police were in timothy cunninghams neighborhood looking for anything that helps answer why the 35yearold disappeared. Cunningham. Harvard educated epidemiologist at centers for Disease Control left work sick on february 12th. But never returned. After not hearing from their son for two days, cunninghams parents drove from maryland to atlanta. They found his wallet, his car, and pet dog still at his home. Terrell cunningham is timothys father. We are hopeful with the money
Are performing a mysterious Synchronised Flying ritual. Good morning from westminster, where later today the bill giving theresa may the power to start the process of leaving the eu is due to reach its final stages in the commons. Last night, the government saw off a potential rebellion from conservative backbenchers, but todays debate could cause more labour rifts. Its mps have been told to back the bill. Heres our Political Correspondent tom bateman. A battle for control over the process of brexit. How much say Will Parliament have . Last night mps ended more than seven hours of debate which contained what some saw as a concession from the government. I can confirm on the final agreement to be approved before both Houses Of Parliament before its concluded. In other words mps will get to vote on any Future Brexit deal before it is signed off by the government and the eu, but theresa mays negotiations with other eu leaders are likely to be complex and some mps are worried about her thr
Other surpasses the connection they can have really with anybody. And as much as parents want to have that hand with their student, with their kid, students and young adults are creating their own identity, and oftentimes they want to shed that a little bit from their family, and they create that in their network of friends, as we heard from ben earlier. Well, i do want to come back to ben now because, you know, you did say how important it is for young people that are in recovery, or that are in treatment, to have a place to go. Was it important for you, ben . Yeah, it was absolutely, it was very, very important for me to have a place to go. Now, upon leaving treatment, the last time i was able to get into a closure recovery program, and i think for me, i know that many of the triggers for using were social, and so to have a group of friends who were also in recovery, where we could talk about what we were going through, and we could just have fun in recovery, was very vitally importa
Now, upon leaving treatment, the last time i was able to get into a closure recovery program, and i think for me, i know that many of the triggers for using were social, and so to have a group of friends who were also in recovery, where we could talk about what we were going through, and we could just have fun in recovery, was very vitally important for me to maintain my recovery. So, there would be an alternative way without drugs or alcohol . Yes. To really enjoy oneself . Absolutely. Very good. Vanna, in terms of your program, you know, we have to be realistic. What are some of the challenges in providing these types of support groups for people, for example, that may receive services from a Youth Service provider . Some of the challenges for young adults compared to adults is young people kind of step to dance to their own tune at their own time, so organizational, organized activities may be a little difficult, not that theyre not interested, but kind of getting them there and par