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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> mitchell: good evening. the news is not good for the families of two american hikers arrested in iran two years ago. despite appeals from the u.s. government, iranian state tv says the two have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that include espionage. tonight, as the u.s. waits for official word from iran, the fap lees of the hikers are speaking out. john blackstone has the latest. >> reporter: shane bauer and josh fattal have already spent more than two years in prison in iran. josh's mother, laura fattal, says in that time she's written more than 700 letters to her son. >> it is their only lifeline to the outside world. that's why i write every day and always tell him how proud i am that he is doing well in prison, i hope, and that he should not worry, that he is going to see and smell and feel freedom very soon. >> reporter: in washington, the state department said shane and josh have been imprisoned to go and it's time to reunite them with their families. american efforts to have the two men released have been repeatedly frustrated, says iran expert patrick klaus crawson. >> the more effort we devote the more the iranians say oh, goody we have a wonderful bargaining chip here. >> reporter: the eight-year sentence if confirmed would set back hopes raised recently by iran's foreign minister who hinted the hikers' trial, which ended three weeks ago, could lead to their release. >> you build up patience, you build up resolve, and you build up hope, and it's been a roller coaster ride. >> reporter: bauer, fateleand sarah shourd was hiking in the peaceful kurdish region of iraq when they sprayed strayed across the unmarked border into iran. shourdwas released for medical reasons. >> most difficult thing i had to do was leave prison without shane and josh. that day they were smiling. they were beaming. they were so happy for me. and they were so hopeful that they would soon follow me. >> reporter: but for the two hikers, that hope has been set back once again. john blackstone cbs news, san francisco. >> mitchell: there is late news from the libyan government that anti-qaddafi rebels have made it into the capital city of tripoli in small groups. this follows several days of intense battle in northern libya. alex crawford of sky news has a dramatic amount of a firefight in the town of zbiyah, a town in the hand of rebels. >> reporter: this was a battle they couldn't afford to louvre. and they brought everything out to try to finish the job. street by street, inch by inch, they pushed forward. and forced qaddafi's men into retreat. with qaddafi troops in martyr squarey, their advance stuttured. they couldn't see their enemies so the they had to give the snis bait, even if it was themselves, by crisscrossing the road, knowing qaddafi's gunmen were at the end of it. they have lit some fire to try and create a smoke screen so that the snipers don't know what to shoot at, and now they're trying to draw-- finish the job off so they can move into the square. once inside the square, they had to hold it, and hold it they did. the qaddafi men were outnumbered and outmanufactured and their wounded were abandoned as they fled. they have wait since march for this moment and they are savoring every second. the green flags favored by the qaddafi regime were torn down. they will be on their guard for any qaddafi retaliation now, but the aim is to push on to tripoli. they faced a weakened qaddafi military this time in zwaiya. it may not be the same on the road into the capital. >> that was alex crawford of sky news in libya. back in this country, violent storms have claimed the lives of four people in pittsburgh. flash floods yesterday overwhelmed drains, blew off manhole covers and surged nine feet high in places. a mother and two daughters died when they couldn't escape their submerged car. a 70-year-old woman was also killed. tropical storm harvey hit central america, blasting belize with strong winds ask rain. no damage was reported. another storm could be hitting the caribbean soon as well. let's turn to jeff beerdeli in miami and, jeff, what can you tell us about the next storm. >> it looks as though it's in the process of forming into a tropical storm or tropical depression as we speak. taking a look at the satellite photy to the east of the lesser an tillies, we have a cluster of showers and thunderstorms, hurricane hunters measuring wind 55-60 hours so it's possible in the next couple hours we could have tropical storm irene. >> mitchell: where is the storm headed potentially? >> it looks like this is probably going to be head towards the west. in fact, most our computer models agree it is going to be heading across some of the caribbean islands and eventually making a beeline, perhaps, for the south eastern part of the united states. and a lot of these computer models-- you can see all the lines right now-- are indicating it could be a hit on south florida or near south florida as we head on into thursday. at this point, anybody with interests in the caribbeans, greater an tillies, florida, especially, and across the southeast to monto you the situation very closely because most our computer models agree some type of bona fide tropical storm will be affecting florida and the southeast coast. >> mitchell: in india, the world's biggest democracy, a mass protest is gaining strength. despite governmentasties to contain it. it's a nonviolent movement with a leader whose pacifist ideals harken back to those of the nation's founding father. tony guida reports. >> reporter: on the fifth day of his hunger strike, 74-year-old anaa harazi, was raised to his feet. no food until india enacts new laws against corruption. some 20,000 supporters in the heart of new delhi cheered. >> ( translated ): my primary goal is to fight for india and its people. i must give everything to the country." >> reporter: he was arrested tuesday for challenging the government's inaction on corruption. his arrest sparked outrage across india. after four days in jail, he emerged friday to huge crowds and feverish media coverage. he stopped to pay respects to india's pacifist founder, gandhi, before installing himself on a platform beneath a gandhi poster. >> ( translated ): in him we have another gandhi leading the country. we will not stop until corruption is rooted out of the india. >> reporter: hunger strikes are nothing news to harazi. he has fasted 15 times for causes rangin ranging from corrn to subsidies for farmers. his last fast has struck a chord with india's middle class, fed up with chronic, official corruption. india's prime minister says battling corruption will take time. >> our hope is that we can enlist the cooperation of all segments of indian public opinion. >> reporter: but in a society greased by bribes to bureaucrats and officials, public opinion has never been strong enough to bring reform. anna harazi is trying to change that. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: a charter jet crashed today in canada's region. the boeing 737 was carrying 15 people heading for the airport at resolute bay. no word on the cause. 45,000 telephone lands line work version agreed to end their two-week strike against verizon and go back to work without a contract. the company and union have agreed to continue talking to resolve their outstanding issues. later tonight, a 9/11 tribute in shanksville to those who fought back against the terrorists. one more mission for deck rated vets aboard a legendary plane, and a special camp which helps youngsters of 9/11 who share a heartbreak bond. i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. 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