mitchell: good evening. it is the first blizzard of the winter and it is a monster. the storm barreled out of the south where it dumped record amounts of snow and it s moved north slowly, hitting the east coast with a vengeance. forecasters estimate from eight inches to two feet of snow could strike the mid-atlantic states through new england. more than 2,100 flights have been canceled and in north carolina and alabama, tens of thousands of residents have no power this evening. we have a team of correspondents covering the storm and we begin tonight with elaine quijano in central park here in new york city. elaine, good evening. reporter: good evening to you russ. well, here in central park, the snow has been coming down like this for hours and all across the northeast residents are certainly bracing for this as conditions are expected to deteriorate very quickly tonight across the northeast, residents are bracing for the worst rushing to stock up on supplies ahead of the
cash-strapped schools make money and save jobs. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with russ mitchell. mitchell: good evening. it is the first blizzard of the winter and it is a monster. the storm barreled out of the south where it dumped record amounts of snow and it s moved north slowly, hitting the east coast with a vengeance. forecasters estimate from eight inches to two feet of snow could strike the mid-atlantic states through new england. more than 2,100 flights have been canceled and in north carolina and alabama, tens of thousands of residents have no power this evening. we have a team of correspondents covering the storm and we begin tonight with key key in central park here in new york city. elaine, good evening. reporter: good evening to you russ. well, here in central park, the snow has been coming down like this for hours and all across the northeast residents are certainly bracing for this as conditions are expected to deteriorate ver
best known political prisoner. tonight, aung san suu kyi is a free woman, released from house arrest by the military government of myanmar, the asian government formerly known as burma. this release is encouraging her supporters around the world tonight. her long-term future and that of her country the second-largest in southeast asia remains in serious doubt. we begin with celia hatton. it was a seen seven years in the making. myanmar s opposition leader aung san suu kyi taking her first steps of freedom among joyous supporters. off camera the nobel laureate declared people must work in unison. only then can we achieve our goals. the goal? democracy in myanmar. suu kyi heads a massively popular political party opposing myanmar s military dictatorship is. in 1990, the party won a land slooid selection but the country s ruling generals refused to relinquish power. suu kyi spent 15 of the past 25 2-1 years in detention. today s release was celebrated across the globe, fro
russia anna chatman and the other spies caught in the u.s. why such praise for a spy ring that failed? maybe the answer s in these pictures. and good morning, everyone. well, she s the spy that stripped. anna chatman, moving on to a new career in russia. george, let s just say, there s nothing secret about it. boy, i ll say. a little hollywood going on there for anna chatman. it was a pretty good career move. perhaps. we got the latest from the debate last night s debate here in chicago. a lot is at stake here. of course, this is president obama s senate seat. and these two candidates have been going at each other for weeks. they did it again last week, fu pulling no punches. it was one of the big senate debates gain on in the final weeks. big medical news this morning for women. what you need to know about hormones and breast cancer. dr. richard besser has the latest research that surprised even some doctors. we have a crowd already at the beacon theater here i