This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. They were entrusted with the this is our western edition. They were entrusted with the most powerful, most lethal arsenal in the world. But tonight the trust placed in them has been called into question. National security correspondent david martin tells us that 34 air force Nuclear Missile officers have been stripped of their certification. Reporter they are the men and women who would fire the nations arsenal of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and now they are implicated in what air force chief of staff mark welch say may be the biggest cheating scandal ever to hit the armed forces. We dont know an incident of this scale involving cheating. Reporter four months ago a launch officer at mall strom air force base allegedly texted the answers to a monthly proficiency test to other officers at the base. Launch officers have to pass other monthly tests as well, including a simulated launch, so the cheating probably sa
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Were beginning the broadcast tonight with a fullblown civil rights battle in alabama. Today most county offices there defied a federal court order allowing samesex marriage. Many couples were turned away, some marriage license offices simply did not open. Last night alabamas chief justice banned samesex marriage licenses. His ruling also in defiance of the federal court. Alabama would be the 37th state where samesex marriage is permitted, and in some counties today, the licenses were granted. Chip reid is sorting all of this out for us in montgomery. Reporter billy clark and kerry perez, both 26, have been waiting to get married for four years. Today they did it after an alabama judge issued their license. It feels really good to have people recognize what weve always known to be true. I love you. Reporter last month, a federal judge struck down alabamas ban on