This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. They were entrusted with the this is our western edition. They were entrusted with the most powerful, most lethal arsenal in the world. But tonight the trust placed in them has been called into question. National security correspondent david martin tells us that 34 air force Nuclear Missile officers have been stripped of their certification. Reporter they are the men and women who would fire the nations arsenal of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and now they are implicated in what air force chief of staff mark welch say may be the biggest cheating scandal ever to hit the armed forces. We dont know an incident of this scale involving cheating. Reporter four months ago a launch officer at mall strom air force base allegedly texted the answers to a monthly proficiency test to other officers at the base. Launch officers have to pass other monthly tests as well, including a simulated launch, so the cheating probably sa
Operations to the highest level. Cnn correspondents join us from Southern California with the latest. Lets start with alex field in ridgecrest. Alex . Cyril, it is going to be a long night for people here in ridgecrest. The power is out. It is dark. There is not a clear handle right now on how much damage was done, but certainly the people throughout this community lived through a terrifying number of seconds as that second tremor struck. It was, of course, as you say much more powerful than the first one. We felt it alongside the rest of the community here, people taking cover, people screaming, people concerned about injuries. Some people briefly it seemed trapped in their homes. Then we witnessed a fire and immediate onslaught of emergency vehicles quickly responding. But certainly a little bit of difficulty getting through to 911 in the immediate moments following that quake. This is a night that people in this community will not soon forget. Of course, what is most important right
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