Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. If the government has its way, millions of american drivers will be taking their cars and light trucks into the shop to fix a defect that could kill them. Late today, the Transportation Department called for the expansion of what has been a limited, regional recall of vehicles whose front driverside airbags were made by japans takata corporation. The government now wants a nationwide recall with the expansion including vehicles manufactured by ford, honda, chrysler, mazda, and b. M. W. That could bring the number of recalled vehicles to more than 20 million. Jeff glor is following the investigation and has the details. Reporter the defective takata airbags have already been link to at least five deaths and more than 100 injuries. Drivers and passengers can be hurt when airbags explode sending schap neld nel through a vehicle. Takata first learned about the problem as early as 2004 but didnt
Paralyzes the deep south. A thousand accidents reported in the atlanta area alone overnight. It is a solid sheet of ice coming through. Stopping highways stranding students at schools overnight, even triggering a National Guard rescue. 1,000 flights cancelled atlantas international airport. I hope to get out tonight really, or im going to start walking. President obama, a bit defiant in the state of the union address, says hes ready to act without congress. Im eager to work with all of you, but america does not stand still, and neither will i. I get sort of a feeling that were being given a threat or not certain it will help us get anything done. A congressman from new york is defending his actions after video surfaced of him threatening a reporter [ bleep ]. Jonathan martin is speaking out for the First Time Since he left the dolphins amid the seasons bullying scandal. I felt trapped, lie i didnt have a way to make it right. It came to the point where i had to relieve myself of the si
The basic problem is really coming up with a bill that will able to get a majority of support within the house and senate and it seems to me that i think they may be getting close to that. As far as getting a more privatestyle of management, it is the sort of a tough not the they are trying to crack. They have several layers now at the Postal Service. I think what they are trying to do in the house bill is to create the idea that you have more of a private the best type of group of managers that could come in within a couple of years if the financial problems are not resolved by the steps that would be prescribed by the legislation that would perhaps be in the future something that would happen. Host the caller mentioned about unions do union see that as a way of breaking up the unions . Guest certainly, there has been there is a lot of pressure on to reduce the size of the workforce. They have about 500,000 workers. What is in the legislation is in sentence, payments, that would be ma
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening. This is our western edition. Pelley good evening. The old Northern California logging town called weed rightfully brags about its natural beauty, but tonight much of it is up in flames. Trees turned into kindling, feeding a wildfire that has driven hundreds of people from their homes. And that is just one of a dozen major wildfires in the state 6,000 firefighters are battling flames that have burned well over 183,000 acres. Heres John Blackstone. Reporter fire crews were still battling the fastmoving blaze that tore through the california town of weed near the the oregon border, the winds, the fire exploded monday afternoon, burning cars, and destroying more than 110 homes. Plus the catholic church. Firefighters scrambled to evacuate the town. Oe 40 Miles Per Hour wind gusts sent fire racing through the neighborhood, residents say embers flew from house tomd ho the she saw her neighborhoouk burn. The fire just rushed up the
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. We begin with breaking news tonight. Officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the ferguson, missouri, police force, effective immediately. Lets go to Mark Strassmann, who is outside Ferguson Police headquarters tonight. Mark. Reporter jim, it was clear officer wilson could not return to Police Headquarters behind me where hes been on paid administrative leave since august 9, the day he fatally shot Michael Brown. His resignation comes after several weeks of negotiations between his attorneys and attorneys for the city of ferguson, but that resignation is unlikely to stop protests here. At the canfield apartment wheres Michael Brown was killed, the naacp set off on a weeklong, 120mile march. Theyll end up at the missouri Governors Mansion to demand reforms in the Ferguson Police department. This demonstration outside the courthouse in clayton included many mothers who have lost children to gun