administration purposely allow the illegal transfer of more than 2,000 weapons that they knew, according to this memo, were going to mexico? guns we saw these individuals buy would turn up at crime scenes in the united states and mexico is who authorized this program that was so felony stupid that you got people killed? it was relayed that they didn t have to explain to me. i was to do as i was told. are they lyle or lying or are you lying? sir, we did not let guns walk. your entitled to your opinion, not to your facts. what you have here is a colossal failure in leadership from within atf, the united states attorney s office and doj. this is one of the most shameful moments in our government s history. this is one of the saddest days. this is the moe, curly and larry show. and we are looking for larry. we will not rest until every person responsible for all of this, no matter where they are, are brought to justice. sean: welcome to this special editio
seen. images of the desperate search for survivors in the days after 9/11. this opens up into a large space. we may want to take a look! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. imagine waking up to find yourself stranded on an island with no way off. that is, in effect, what s happened in vermont where floodwaters brought by irene have left 13 towns cut off from the rest of the world. and their water treatment plants have failed. 13 towns where people have no water and no escape. elsewhere in the storm zone, 2.8 million homes and businesses in 13 states and the district of columbia still have no electricity. the death toll so far this evening is 44. and have a look at this. this is patterson, new jersey. patterson is a city of 146,000 west of new york. nearly a thousand people were rescued there today by water craft as the passaic river keeps on rising. it s not expected to crest until this evening. we have two r
together. how comforting. plus, the white house responds to rumors that hillary clinton is planning a run against president obama. and we may finally have an explanation for all of al gore s erratic behavior. a new report says continuing climate change could lead to an increase in mental illness. all that and more. the five starts right now. dana: before we get to the top story tonight we want to give you a quick update on a story we ve been covering. more casualties of the botched fast and furious operation. the man who left it is kenneth melton and is stepping down as the interim head of the a.t.f. they announce he is moving to office of policy where he is will be senior advisor on forensic science. and dennis burke, the u.s. attorney, pushed out after four others in the operation were reassigned. so this is a case of select few bearing the brunt for a plan gone wrong? we ll stay on top of it to bring you the latest. now to the top story tonight, the white house app
tricky in politics the same is true. today, republican presidential candidate mitt romney went to texas, home of his biggest rival to speak to veterans. chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us how it went. reporter: former m. governor mitt romney rolled in rick perry s home state a day after perry addressed the veterans of foreign wars in san antonio and never mentioned president obama. romney blasted the handling of iran, afghanistan and libya. the involvement in libya marked by inadequate clarity of purpose before we began the mission and the mission muddled in the operation and ongoing confusion of the role in the future. reporter: a clear contrast with perry who avoided sharp political rhetoric yesterday ind kateing when diplomacy applies they should avoid military adventurism, but if force is required they shouldn t be deterred by the multilateral debating society. the president should never send our son and daughters in war without a plan to win. the
in the future. reporter: a clear contrast with perry who avoided sharp political rhetoric yesterday ind kateing when diplomacy applies they should avoid military adventurism, but if force is required they shouldn t be deterred by the multilateral debating society. the president should never send our son and daughters in war without a plan to win. the resources to make that possible. reporter: since joining the race 17 days ago, perry moved solidly ahead of romney who had been the national front runner all year. such national polls shift. john mccain was counted out at this time four years ago. among democrats, hillary clinton was considered a shoo-in. for now, perry 27 and romney 14 in the latest cnn poll. with sarah palin, michele bachmann and rudy giuliani in a three-way tie for third. perry points out she a vietnam era vet. romney did not serve. and romney plays up his private sector experience, knowing perry rails against government and spent most of his adult life