CBS Evening News - 2010-01-18
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[0:02] Tonight, help from above. The US
[0:04] military airdrops aid to hundreds of
[0:06] thousands of Haitians in [music]
[0:08] desperate need of food, water, and
[0:10] medicine. And the UN asks for more
[0:12] peacekeepers as looting spreads and
[0:15] thousands flee Porter Prince. I'm Katie
[0:18] Kurrick. Also tonight, a violent new
[0:20] challenge to the Afghan government.
[0:24] The Taliban attack with suicide bombings
[0:27] and gunfire in the center of Kbble on
[0:29] the day President Cararzi is swearing in
[0:32] a new [music] cabinet. And a hot Senate
[0:35] race and the cold of winter could
[0:37] determine the future of healthc care
[0:39] reform.
[0:42] >> From CBS News World Headquarters in New
[0:45] York, this is the CBS Evening News with
[0:49] Katie Carrick.
[0:51] >> Good evening everyone. [music] 6 days
[0:53] after the earthquake in Haiti, getting
[0:54] help to the hundreds of thousands in
[0:56] need still seems to be happening in slow
[0:59] motion with roads blocked and gridlock
[1:01] at the airport. Today, a US Air Force
[1:04] C17 dropped in 14,000 MREs, meals ready
[1:07] to eat, and 14,000 ports of water.
[1:11] Relief workers on the ground were to
[1:13] distribute the aid, but in some cases,
[1:15] others got there first. Meanwhile,
[1:17] looters are roaming the streets, and the
[1:18] UN is asking the Security Council for
[1:21] 3,500 more peacekeepers to restore
[1:24] order. With 5,000 US troops already in
[1:27] the area, the US sent 2,200 more Marines
[1:29] today with heavy equipment to clear
[1:32] debris. They joined nearly a thousand
[1:34] members of the 82nd Airborne. And there
[1:37] are still miracles happening there.
[1:38] Today, a woman rescued after nearly a
[1:41] week under the rubble.
[1:45] Two minutes. We