pelley: good evening. it happened smack in the middle of america and rocked the political landscape coast to coast, the republican governor of wisconsin, scott walker, survived an attempt to throw him out of office. in a rare recall election last night, he defeated his democratic challenger mayor tom barrett of milwaukee by seven points, 53% to 46. walker took on labor unions, becoming a villain to them but a hero to many taxpayers. the question tonight is what this vote in a key swing state may mean for the presidential election. our coverage begins with dean reynolds with governor walker in wisconsin. reporter: governor, there s a lot of talk about how this race had national implications, and i m wondering what you think about it. well, i think the biggest thing goes beyond just november. it really goes to the heart of how people govern after the november elections. i think the message voters sent for wisconsin across the country and around the globe was voters are se
he was always the one who got away. qaedada s number two, abu yahya yahyabi had escaped from an ped from prison and dodged hellfire missiles aimed at him from u.s. drones. tut al-libi s luck has just run out. y that and states confirmed today that an american drone killed him yesterday in northern pakistan. u.s. navy seals took out osama bin laden a year ago, the u.s. has killed more than a dozen of commeda s senior commanders. orter: bob orr. reporter: abu yahya al-libi was one of the last remaining pillars of the core of al qaeda. he appeared in dozens of videos urging new strikes against the u.s. and its allies. alt the charismatic terrorist was more than a propagandist. sl-libi sat on al qaeda s toerning council and as the top deputy to new al qaeda chief fyman al-zawahiri, al-libi oversaw external operations. of. officials say he was at the center of planning new attacks eachcoordinating al qaeda s outreach to top affiliates like al qaeda in yemen. as a veteran jihadis
exit polls of voters on tuesday showed half the state agreed with him. now, you stood up to liberals. you stood up to labor unions. you stood up to big government types. is there a lesson for governor romney in that philosophy? oh, i think so. again, i think people across america, certainly in my state, understand that america s at a tipping point, and that we can t sustain the kind of unprecedented growth we have right now in the federal government. and if the governor were to come in and talk specifically about what he s going to do, the risk he s willing to take to turn the country around, i think that will be compelling. reporter: huge sums of money flowed into the state to support both sides in the election. walker raised $30 million since taking office last year, and $18 million more came from out-of-state donors, much of it since the recall election was scheduled. how do you assure people that you are not beholden to these interests from out of state that poured mo
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. he was always the one who got away. al qaeda s number two, abu yahya al-libi had escaped from an american prison and dodged hellfire missiles aimed at him from u.s. drones. but al-libi s luck has just run out. the united states confirmed today that an american drone killed him yesterday in northern pakistan. since navy seals took out osama bin laden a year ago, the u.s. has killed more than a dozen of al qaeda s senior commanders. here s bob orr. reporter: abu yahya al-libi was one of the last remaining pillars of the core of al qaeda. he appeared in dozens of videos urging new strikes against the u.s. and its allies. but the charismatic terrorist was more than a propagandist. al-libi sat on al qaeda s governing council and as the top deputy to new al qaeda chief ayman al-zawahiri al-libi oversaw external operations. u.s. officials say he was at the center of planning new attacks and coordinating al q