Combination. Explosion with fire. Hidden beneath our feet, ageing pipes leaking deadly risks. A system so bad we cant afford to fix it. Sara hoy on the dangers we cant see. That right there is a dangerousous combination, if you dropped a match, that could light on fire. An indepth report on crumbling america and behind the seconds ahad of the world cup. What Brazilian Police hope to sweep off the streets. We go to the favellas on the cleanup and the crackdown. Good evening thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We begin with a look at the criminal justice system. Many times it depends on ordinary citizens coming forward and helping investigators to catch the culprit. Its not as easy as it sounds. Studies going back to the 1930s find that witness misidentification is to blame for most. As many as three out of four wrongful convictions. When it comes to crime and punishment, juries almost always convilent if theres convict if theres eyewitness testimony or if the witness has a solid alibi
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. The war president obama wanted so much to put behind him is is coming back with a vengeance and demanding his attention. Tonight, two and a half years after the last u. S. Troops left iraq, the country is in danger of falling apart. And hundreds of americans are being evacuated this evening. Government forces are battling militants who are taking back territory where thousands of american troops died, and theyre vowing to march on to baghdad. Mr. Obama said all options are open for helping the Iraqi Government, but his spokesman said that does not include boots on the ground. We have a series of reports on this important, breaking story. First, Holly Williams in iraq. Reporter thousands continue to flee the fighting, streaming across the to iraqi kurdistan, a region that enjoys relative peace amer riad hussein told us hes a soldier in the iraqi army who fought against the militants when they seized the city of mosul on tuesday. Theyre ter
Hidden beneath our feet, ageing pipes leaking deadly risks. A system so bad we cant afford to fix it. Sara hoy on the dangers we cant see. That right there is a dangerousous combination, if you dropped a match, that could light on fire. An indepth report on crumbling america and behind the seconds ahad of the world cup. What Brazilian Police hope to sweep off the streets. We go to the favellas on the cleanup and the crackdown. Good evening thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We begin with a look at the criminal justice system. Many times it depends on ordinary citizens coming forward and helping investigators to catch the culprit. Its not as easy as it sounds. Studies going back to the 1930s find that witness misidentification is to blame for most. As many as three out of four wrongful convictions. When it comes to crime and punishment, juries almost always convilent if theres convict if theres eyewitness testimony or if the witness has a solid alibi proof they couldnt have done it. W
What they think they have seen. Also an explosive combination. Explosion with fire. Hidden beneath our feet, ageing pipes leaking deadly risks. A system so bad we cant afford to fix it. Sara hoy on the dangers we cant see. That right there is a dangerousous combination, if you dropped a match, that could light on fire. An indepth report on crumbling america and behind the seconds ahad of the world cup. What Brazilian Police hope to sweep off the streets. We go to the favellas on the cleanup and the crackdown. Good evening thanks for joining us, im joie chen. We begin with a look at the criminal justice system. Many times it depends on ordinary citizens coming forward and helping investigators to catch the culprit. Its not as easy as it sounds. Studies going back to the 1930s find that witness misidentification is to blame for most. As many as three out of four wrongful convictions. When it comes to crime and punishment, juries almost always convilent if theres convict if theres eyewitn
Pelley good evening. This i our western edition. The war president obama wanted so much to put behind him is back with a vengeance and demanding his attention. Tonight, two and a half years after the last u. S. Troops left iraq, the country is in danger of falling apart. And hundreds of americans are being evacuated this evening. Government forces are battling militants who are taking back territory where thousands of american troops died, and theyre vowing to march on to baghdad. Mr. Obama said all options are open for helping the Iraqi Government, but his spokesman said that does not include boots on the ground. We have a series of reports on this important, breaking story. First, Holly Williams in iraq. Reporter thousands continue to flee the fighting, streaming across the to iraqi kurdistan, a region that enjoys relative peace. Amer riad hussein told us hes a soldier in the iraqi army who fought against the militants when they seized the city of mosul on tuesday. Theyre terrorists