And the countdown is on. The oscars. Is this matt damons year for the oscar . Hes right here tonight. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We have breaking developments in the workplace rampage. A possible motive, and a major turn in the race for president tonight. Marco rubio and donald trump unleashing blistering new attacks. Worse than last night, if thats possible to imagine. And donald trump unveiling his newest weapon, chris christie, and the surprise endorsement. Trump taking incoming fire fromm both sides. But ahead in nearly every state on super tuesday. New fight playing out tonight. Reporter his biggest endorsement yet. Chris christie. I can guarantee you the one person that hillary and bill clinton do not want to see on the stage come next september is donald trump. They know how to run the standard political playbook against junior senators and run them around the block. They do not know the playbook with donald trtrp because he is rewriting the p
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. In just a few short days america came to know Kayla Mueller and her too short life that was dedicated to helping people in need. So today when her family confirmed that she had died as a captive of isis, the entire country shared their pain, pain that was visible on the faces of her friends and relatives. Mueller was captureed by the Islamic Terrorist Group in syria in the summer of 2013. David martin now on how her family learned of her death. Reporter there is no good way to find out your 26yearold daughter has been killed but surely an email from isis with a picture of her body is one of the worst. By monday morning intelligence analysts had confirmed that it was Kayla Mueller, and that she had died recently although the exact cause of her death could not be determined. It was a tragic end for a young woman described by her aunt lori lyon as noble beyond her years. She has done more in her incredible 26 years than
Secretary bob mcdonald corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that