CBS Evening News - 2007-11-20
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[0:02] Tonight, a major scientific
[0:04] breakthrough. A discovery that offers
[0:06] the promise of embryonic stem cells
[0:09] without the controversy. I'm Katie
[0:12] Couric in Miami. Also tonight, it could
[0:14] be one of the biggest gun control
[0:15] battles in decades.
[0:18] The Supreme Court will decide whether a
[0:20] ban on handguns in the nation's capital
[0:23] lives or dies.
[0:25] On the eve of the holiday shopping
[0:26] season, new warnings about potentially
[0:28] dangerous toys.
[0:31] And not so fast. How high-tech kids are
[0:34] overriding their parents' efforts to
[0:36] keep track of what they're doing online.
[0:44] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:47] Couric reporting tonight from Miami.
[0:51] >> Good evening, everyone. We're beginning
[0:53] tonight with a huge scientific
[0:55] advancement. For several years now,
[0:57] embryonic stem cell research has been
[0:59] one of the most hotly debated issues in
[1:01] this country because while it holds
[1:03] great promise for curing disease, it
[1:05] also involves the destruction of human
[1:07] embryos. But today, scientists announced
[1:10] a discovery that could alter, if not
[1:12] end, that debate. Dr. Jon LaPook, our
[1:14] medical correspondent, is in New York.
[1:16] John, can you explain what this means?
[1:18] >> Katie, it really is a jaw-dropping
[1:21] breakthrough. A way to make human stem
[1:22] cells without destroying human embryos.
[1:26] >> This work is probably the single
[1:29] greatest breakthrough in the field of
[1:30] stem cells in the last decade. It
[1:32] inspires a whole new paradigm shift.
[1:35] >> In a neck-and-neck race to be first, two
[1:37] different labs, one in Wisconsin and one
[1:39] in Kyoto, report today they've turned
[1:41] human s