couric: tonight, the government is about to order companies that took a taxpayer bailout to cut the compensation of their top executives in half. i m katie couric, also tonight, the h1n1 flu taking a toll on america s children and their education. dozens of schools around the country are closed, tens of thousands of kids told to stay home. and mexican drug cartels not in mexico, right here in the united states, making atlanta their capital. search warrant! search warrant! police! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. couric: good evening, everyone. taxpayers all over the country were outraged when they heard that companies they helped bail out turned around and gave their executives huge bonuses. and now obama administration is toobt take action. it s ordering the seven companies that got the biggest bailouts, including a.i.g., bank of america, and g.m., to cut the compensation of their 25 highest-paid executives. cut it by 50%