Theyre so good, so good. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were going to begin tonight with an Important Development in a story weve been investigating, a potentially deadly defect in millions of vehicles. Today federal safety regulators urged owners to have their air bags fixed after a fourth fatality. Today toyota added nearly 250,000 vehicles to that recall list. But this goes way beyond toyota. An Auto Safety Group estimates that as many as 25 million vehicles may be equipped with the defective air bags. Jeff glor has been following this and he has these late developments. Report the air bags in question are made by takata, and theyve been subject to a spiraling series of recalls that this year reached more than 11 million. The problem the air bags can explode, sending metal shrapnel flying through the vehicle. We spoke to stephanie erdman, who barely survived. Instant blindness on my right side followed by gushing bloo
Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Hospital have new guidelines for protecting Health Care Workers protecting patients. The cdc advised more stringent rules regarding protective gear, Susan Mcginnis has more. Reporter the fear, the finger pointing and the questions have piled up. Did they follow the protocols. Were the float calls adequate. Were there even protocols. Health care workers have been pushing for new standards for their protective gear and late monday they got them. While 260 people are still being monitored for ebola symptoms, the agency areleased new steps to make sure no more contract the virus. Cdc director tom frieden announced the revised steps. Among them, Health Care Workers wear protective suits that leave no hair or skin exposed. And use a respirator over their face instead of critical goggles. One of the critical guidelines is a way of doing that, stepbystep which is supervised and in a way ritualized. Reporter the guidelines come after two nurses who treated
Its five years in prison for South African track star oscar pistorius. This morning, the judge read the sentence in the shooting death of pistorius girlfriend. The former olympian was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting Reeva Steenkamp last year. He was also given a threeyear suspended sentence on a separate charge. Three officers led pistorius from the courtroom to a holding cell. And this morning, hospitals in this country have new guidelines for protecting Health Care Workers treating ebola patients. The cdc advice deals with more stringent rules regarding protective gear. Susan mcginnis is in washington with details. Good morning, susan. Good morning, annemarie. After two nurses who treated Thomas Duncan in dallas, texas, got infected, the fears, the fingerpointing and the questions have piled up. Did they follow the protocols . Were the protocols adequate . Were there even protocols . Health care workers have been pushing for new standards for their protective gear and lat
When you hear them singing. Theyre so good, so good. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were going to begin tonight with an Important Development in a story weve been investigating, a potentially deadly defect in millions of vehicles. Today federal safety regulators urged owners to have their air bags fixed after a fourth fatality. Today toyota added nearly 250,000 vehicles to that recall list. But this goes way beyond toyota. An Auto Safety Group estimates that as many as 25 million vehicles may be equipped with the defective air bags. Jeff glor has been following this and he has these late developments. Report the air bags in question are made by takata, and theyve been subject to a spiraling series of recalls that this year reached more than 11 million. The problem the air bags can explode, sending metal shrapnel flying through the vehicle. We spoke to stephanie erdman, who barely survived. Instant blindness on my right s
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with an Important Development in a story weve been investigating, a potentially deadly defect in millions of vehicles. Today federal safety regulators urged owners to have their air bags fixed after a fourth fatality. Toyota added nearly 250,000 vehicles to that recall list. But this goes way beyond toyota. An Auto Safety Group estimates that as many as 25 million vehicles may be equipped with the defective air bags. Jeff glor has been following this and he has these late developments. Reporter the air bags in question are made by takata, and theyve been subject to a spiraling series of recalls that this year reached more than 11 million. The problem the air bags can explode, sending metal shrapnel flying through the vehicle. We spoke to stephanie erdman, who barely survived. Instant blindness on my right side followed by gushing bloo