Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening. Scott is on assignment. Im josh elliot. History was made today when the Defense Department lifted one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Transgender people will now be allowed to serve openly, and they will be eligible for any medically necessary care, including surgery. David martin is at the pentagon tonight. Reporter transgender people were the last Service Members who could be kicked out not for something but they had done but simply because of who they were. Defense secretary carter ended that today. Effective immediately Transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender. Reporter estimates of the number of transgender people in the military range from a he of 4,000 to a high of 11,000 out of a total force of 2 million. Army reserve captain sage fox found her career put on hold after s
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Army reserve captain sage fox found her career put on hold after she changed genders, even though she says it made her a better officer. Transitioning has allowed me to be better as a leader. I have gotten rid of the distraction of worrying about concealing who i really was. Reporter fox had to rely on private insurance to cover her surgery, but from now on, the military will cover the cost of sex change operations approved by a doctor. Our doctors will treat them and give them medically necessary treatment according to the protocols. Reporter once the Service Member switches gender, they would also switch to the barrack, bathrooms and showers used by their new gender. The decision comes after a year study during which secretary carter personally met with transgender Service Members. They are deployed all over the world serving on aircraft, submarines, Forward Operating bases and right here in the pentagon. Rep
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Going to be a pretty nice day with a bit of high thin cloudiness every now and then. Southeastern massachusetts pretty much on cue here as the forecast has been calling for the last couple days. The very rare situation where a system babbing in especially a tropical system. Its not to say its never occurred but not happening very often. So its down here and throwing some bands of rain and winds our way. Strongest winds later this afternoon and tonight. Seas will be building and so we have dangerous rip currents out there for today. And the high tide is coming not expecting much of not expecting much of coastal flooding. A snapshot and loop showing cloud cover backing in but the rain is not even nantucket but getting closer and it will move onshore eventually. So nantucket gets the rain first and then pinwheels northwestward boston may have some by late this afternoon. Aid cool start to the day. Some its a cool start to the day. Theres going to be more and more sunshine out in western h
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