good evening. some new compromising photos of congressman anthony weiner, this time pictures reportedly taken at the capitol, are tonight making it a lot more difficult for weiner and democratic leaders to make this embarrassing scandal go away. the latest pictures have surfaced a day after weiner announced he was taking a leave of absence to seek treatment. and at a time the calls from within his own party for weiner to resign were already becoming more urgent. our capitol hill team is following these new developments beginning with luke russert in our washington newsroom. luke, good evening. good evening, lester. tomorrow as congress returns from recess, one member will be noticeably absent. new york congressman anthony weiner who will take a leave of absence from the house. but even after party leaders urged him to do so, will not resign. reporter: shocking new photographs of anthony weiner published by tmz.com. the congressman allegedly e-mailed these shirtless pict
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. with unemployment at 9.1% and stuck in that neighborhood for 27 months, president obama appealed today to one of the states that holds his job in its hands: north carolina. why north carolina? well, have a look at this. in the last election mr. obama won the state in a squeaker by 3 tenths of one percentage point. now unemployment in north carolina is 9.7%. our lead today is jobs. we have four correspondents on the beat. chip reid traveled with the president to north carolina. scott, in this critical swing state, there are dramatic differences in how people see their future. hot dogs here. reporter: in durham north carolina some fans of the durham bulls are feeling pretty bullish about the economy. take andrew lewis who works in the booming financial industry. the entrepreneur spirit here in raleigh-durham is still alive. there s more new jobs and more new companies s
and now, bbc world news america. reporting from washington, refugees and roundups. syrians bringstereo stories up soldiers hunting suspected anti-government dissidents. barack obama says his plan for job creation is working all those vying to replace him paint a much bleaker picture. and making the world laughs with him. it is much better to be in on his jokes. the way the world sees it is in black and white, and brown fit right in the middle, which means i can take on both sides and say you are both messed up. here is your answer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and also around world. fleeing for their lives. that was the scene again today in syria where residents are blowing across the border into turkey to avoid the military crackdown. chasing members of gangs allegedly responsible for killing hundreds. those who manage to escape are telling a different story. syrian troops entering the town of jisr al-shughour. these pictures were filmed by the bbc a
america. reporting from washington, refugees and roundups. syrians bringstereo stories up soldiers hunting suspected anti-government dissidents. barack obama says his plan for job creation is working all those vying to replace him paint a much bleaker picture. and making the world laughs with him. it is much better to be in on his jokes. the way the world sees it is in black and white, and brown fit right in the middle, which means i can take on both sides and say you are both messed up. here is your answer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and also around world. fleeing for their lives. that was the scene again today in syria where residents are blowing across the border into turkey to avoid the military crackdown. chasing members of gangs allegedly responsible for killing hundreds. those who manage to escape are telling a different story. syrian troops entering the town of jisr al-shughour. these pictures were filmed by the bbc arabic service which was tak
and now, bbc world news america. this is mat frye. thousands of syrian civilians flee a harsh military crackdown and the stories of soldiers hunting suspected dissidents. dueling versions of america s economy. barack obama believes job creation is working. those trying to replace him paint a weaker picture. if you go to see comedian russell peters, be in on the job. the world sees it black and white. black sits in the middle brown sits in the middle. here is your answer. welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. fleeing for their lives again in syria. residents poured across the border into turkey to avoid a military crackdown. over the weekend, the army stormed the town of jisr al- sughour, saying it was chasing dissidents. but the more than 6000 syrians who escaped are telling a different story. from the turkish side of the border, our correspondents since this report. syrian troops entering the town of jisr al-shughour. these pictures were filme