This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley goodni evening. We learned today that the most powerful weapons in the world are suffering from years of neglect and mismanagement. Some of what we heard today might seemxd comical if the stas werent so high. Months ago defense secretary chuck hagel launched two investigations after a series of surprises including a scandalni over personnel cheating on qualification tests. Well, it turns out it gets worse. Today, hagel said he needs 10 billion to fix the force. Heres david martin. Reporter the pentagon has long proclaimed nuclear forces, landbased and submarinelaunched missiles as well as longrangenicoco bomber, itsnr highest priority. But this review commissioned by the paght made that claim sound farcical. Consider this exchange with defense secretary hagel about a ludicrous shortage of ani specialized wrench used to attach Nuclear War Heads to miss also spread across bases in north dakota, montana and wyoming. One wrench, 450ni
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley goodni evening. We learned today that the most powerful weapons in the world are suffering from years of neglect and mismanagement. Some of what we heard today might seemxd comical if the stas werent so high. Months ago defense secretary chuck hagel launched two investigations after a series of surprises including a scandalni over personnel cheating on qualification tests. Well, it turns out it gets worse. Today, hagel said he needs 10 billion to fix the force. Heres david martin. Reporter the pentagon has long proclaimed nuclear forces, landbased and submarinelaunched missiles as well as longrangenicoco bomber, itsnr highest priority. But this review commissioned by the paght made that claim sound farcical. Consider this exchange with defense secretary hagel about a ludicrous shortage of ani specialized wrench used to attach Nuclear War Heads to miss also spread across bases in north dakota, montana and wyoming. One wrench, 450ni
Weve been in a range for some time. You can see of course 3 well in the rear, isnt it . Nobodys talking taper too much anymore. As for europe, lets take a look. Kind of a mixed bag overall on the couldnt net. Lets go to our road map. It starts where else would you expect it . Hope with washington, leading to hope for investors but for how long . Well take a closer look at where the markets are headed the day after that big, big point gain on the dow. And Bank Earnings kicking off this morning. Jpmorgan posting its First Quarter lost amid litigation costs. And mixing coffee and politics. Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz looking to end the d. C. Gridlock, launching a petition today urging congress to open the government. Well speak live with mr. Schultz later. Mark zuckerberg going on a real estate spending spree in silicon valley. Well tell you what the billionaire is buying coming up. Its the morning after the major averages rose 323 points, all on hopes republicans and the president will
Spectacular fireworks display ever put on there in dubai. What theyre trying to do with this new years celebration is set a new world record with 400,000 individual fireworks. And this would defeat last years record set by kuwait. You know how many they set off that year . 77,000. Oh, wow. So this takes it out big time. So were watching a huge celebration there and probably will be the biggest this year for new years. That one in dubai as they kick off 2014. And thats just a small piece of the whole showing. The guys over here saying dubais crushing it. By the way, thats what surplus will do for you. Yes. A few oil dollars will help there. That economy has been doing well obviously there in the middle of the persian gulf. A spectacular display that will not be equalled anywhere around. And of course weve had a spectacular display on wall street for the stock market in 2013. The best market year for the dow, for example, since 1995. And were still going higher today. The dows up another
Margaret brennan on what she will do for her country. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Captioning sponsored by cbs pelley good evening. The world is mobilizing to help the philippines, but just a trickle of food and water and medicine has reached the victims of typhoon haiyan. Today, president obama phoned the philippine president begnino aquino, promising additional help. About 100 u. S. Marines are already on the ground, as many as 2,000 more are expected. The Aircraft Carrier George Washington should arrive on thursday. Aquino said today the death toll may reach 2,500 not the 10,000 some had predicted. But a reliable number is days away. We do know at least two americans are among the dead. In tacloban, the city hit hardest, thousands have swarmed the airport, desperate to get out. For now, its women and children first. Those who remain can only try to ward off the smell of death. This was tacloban, a city of 220,000 before the storm. Thats the Convention Center there