CBS Evening News - 2011-05-17
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:02] first they opened the floodgates, now
[0:04] they've closed the river. Shipping is
[0:06] barred from part of the Mississippi at a
[0:08] potential cost of tens of millions. I'm
[0:11] Katie Kurrick. Also tonight with the
[0:13] head of the IMF jailed on sex assault
[0:16] charges. A former employee says she
[0:18] warned the organization about his
[0:20] attitude toward women three years ago.
[0:24] Schwarzenegger's confession, the
[0:26] infidelity that broke up the marriage of
[0:28] one of the most prominent political
[0:29] couples in America.
[0:32] And can that second cup of coffee, or
[0:34] maybe a third or fourth, reduce the risk
[0:37] of prostate cancer?
[0:41] >> From CBS News World Headquarters in New
[0:45] York, this is the CBS Evening News with
[0:48] Katie Carrick.
[0:50] >> Good evening, everyone. The government
[0:52] is taking new steps to control the rain
[0:54] swollen Mississippi. For weeks now,
[0:56] flooding along the river has wiped out
[0:58] roads, destroyed homes, and forced
[1:00] entire towns to evacuate. Today, to
[1:03] relieve pressure on levies, the US Coast
[1:05] Guard closed the port at Nachez to barge
[1:08] traffic, effectively severing a major
[1:11] shipping artery. And as national
[1:13] correspondent Dean Reynolds reports,
[1:14] that could cost the US economy dearly.
[1:18] In Bedelia, Louisiana, Carla Jenkins
[1:20] tugboat business is down 80%.
[1:24] >> I would say probably 70 to $80,000 a
[1:26] week, which for a small company uh is
[1:29] quite a lot of money.
[1:30] >> Her tugboats are usually out pushing
[1:31] barges on the Mississippi now, but
[1:33] orders have been short because flooded
[1:36] Midwestern farmers had less grain to
[1:38] move for export. Now with the decision
[1:41] to close