CBS Evening News - 2001-11-01
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[0:00] More special forces ground units run
[0:03] into trouble. The California governor
[0:05] reveals what he says is a possible
[0:08] terror threat against California's
[0:10] bridges. The battle over how to
[0:13] strengthen airline security comes to a
[0:15] head tonight on Capitol Hill. And eye on
[0:18] America. He survived September 11th and
[0:22] because of his bravery, others did, too.
[0:27] [Music]
[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:33] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:36] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:39] More bombs thundered down on Taliban
[0:41] troops in Afghanistan today and US
[0:43] officials emphasized again that this war
[0:45] against terrorism is only in its
[0:47] beginning stages. There's been a
[0:50] shifting in the military gears with
[0:51] Taliban communications and
[0:53] infrastructure said to be in ruins. US
[0:55] air power is now trying to clear the way
[0:58] for more action by ground forces. But as
[1:00] CBS News national security correspondent
[1:02] David Martin reports tonight, this is no
[1:05] easy task.
[1:07] As American jets continue to bomb the
[1:09] Taliban front lines, the US is stepping
[1:11] up its preparations for a ground
[1:13] campaign by the Northern Alliance by
[1:15] trying to infiltrate more special forces
[1:17] into Afghanistan. But they are running
[1:20] into bad weather and in one case hostile
[1:22] fire. The ground fire was simply too
[1:24] heavy to unload the folks. And so they
[1:27] went back and they'll try it again in a
[1:29] different landing area. The special
[1:30] forces go in by helicopter low and at
[1:33] night to work with Northern Alliance
[1:34] soldiers, doing everything from calling
[1:36] in air strikes on Taliban targets to
[1:38] arranging airdro