CBS Evening News - Scott Pelley debut - 2011-06-06
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:01] Tonight, the US shows its firepower
[0:03] along Pakistan's border.
[0:07] Mandy Clark is with the 101st Airborne
[0:10] fighting a surprisingly aggressive
[0:12] Taliban offensive. In Iraq, today has
[0:15] been the worst day for US troops in 2
[0:17] years. Is this man the future of cancer
[0:21] therapy? Dr. John Leuke on the
[0:23] excitement around a new approach that is
[0:26] extending lives. And 67 years ago, Ted
[0:30] Morgan was faced with a decision. Save
[0:33] himself or help a wounded buddy. We go
[0:36] to Normandy on this anniversary of D-Day
[0:38] to hear about his choice.
[0:41] >> Kept saying, "Get out of here, Morgan.
[0:43] They're going to kill us."
[0:49] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Scott
[0:52] Py.
[0:54] Good evening. We start tonight with the
[0:56] wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This has
[0:58] been a day of US casualties in Iraq, and
[1:01] it is also a day that President Obama
[1:03] met with his advisers about the future
[1:05] of US involvement in Afghanistan. He's
[1:07] facing a tough decision on whether to
[1:09] pick up the pace of US withdrawals or
[1:12] stay the course. We'll go first to the
[1:14] battlefield. CBS News correspondent
[1:16] Mandy Clark is with the 101st Airborne
[1:19] in Pactika Province, Afghanistan. It's
[1:21] right on the border. And this is what
[1:23] the fight is like for US troops trying
[1:26] to stop the enemy from crossing into
[1:28] Afghanistan from their hideouts in
[1:30] Pakistan.
[1:33] >> Fox Company headed out at dawn on
[1:35] Saturday.
[1:37] Their mission to cut the enemy off at
[1:40] the source along the border with
[1:42] Pakistan, the razor's edge of the war.
[1:46] The pilots struggled to land the
[1:48] helicopters on the rugged mountaintops.
[1:51] Soldiers rushed