CBS Evening News - 2009-05-08

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[0:00] the question.

[0:01] >> Great looking weekend tonight. Going to

[0:02] be cooling off at 70 tomorrow. Increase

[0:04] in clouds on Mother's Day and 73 if

[0:06] you're spending Mom's Day weekend at the

[0:08] coast. Very nice. Just extra clouds on

[0:10] Sunday and 72 in band on Sunday. Very

[0:14] nice.

[0:14] >> Well, aren't you a peach?

[0:15] >> Yeah, no charge.

[0:17] >> CBS News up next.

[0:18] >> Good night.

[0:22] Tonight, thousands more people are

[0:24] ordered to evacuate as a devastating

[0:26] wildfire spreads closer to their Santa

[0:28] Barbara homes.

[0:29] >> All hell broke loose.

[0:31] >> And powerful and deadly storms tear

[0:33] through the Midwest. I'm Maggie

[0:35] Rodriguez. Also tonight is a turnaround

[0:37] coming in the job market. The pace of

[0:39] layoffs falls to the lowest level in 6

[0:42] months. Testimony from the grave.

[0:45] Illinois tests a new law to try an ex

[0:47] cop for murder. and a reunion of the

[0:50] class of 86 brought together by a friend

[0:53] in need. Steve Hartman's Assignment

[0:55] America.

[1:00] This is the CBS Evening News with Katie

[1:03] Kurrick.

[1:06] Good evening. Katie is on assignment. It

[1:08] is an allout war in Southern California.

[1:11] 2500 firefighters against one powerful

[1:14] wildfire still raging out of control.

[1:17] Strong winds are fanning the flames,

[1:19] spreading closer to more and more Santa

[1:21] Barbara homes. Flames so intense, one

[1:24] fire official said it's like facing a

[1:26] blowtorrch. The fire has burned more

[1:28] than four square miles and damaged or

[1:31] destroyed more than 75 homes. 36,000

[1:34] people have been urged, in many cases

[1:36] ordered, to evacuate. Once again

[1:39] tonight, Ben Tracy is on the scene. Good

[1:40] evening, Ben.

[1:42] >> Good evening, Maggie. You know, this is

[1:44] all that's left of another home here in

[1:46] Santa Barbara tonight. destroyed by

[1:47] these fires. And you just mentioned the

[1:49] intensity of this blaze. Well, how about

[1:51] this? Hot enough to melt metal. You

[1:54] know, today firefighters hoped this

[1:56] would be a turning point, that they'd

[1:57] finally get a handle on the blaze. But

[1:59] instead, it just pushed closer to the

[2:00] edge of downtown Santa Barbara and

[2:03] thousands of more homes. This is making

[2:06] a strong push to the west. When wicked

[2:08] overnight winds gave this blaze new

[2:10] life, there was only one way to describe

[2:12] it.

[2:13] >> Literally last night, all hell broke

[2:15] loose. The fire's ominous approach could

[2:18] be seen for miles, then felt in an

[2:20] instant as flames tore through

[2:22] everything in their path. Wind gusts

[2:24] topping 50 mph turned this into a roller

[2:27] coaster of a firefight. Starts off looks

[2:30] kind of calm, thinking we're getting the

[2:32] upper hand. Turns out we're not.

[2:35] >> These winds were supposed to die down

[2:36] today, but as you see, they haven't. And

[2:38] the problem is right down there. Those

[2:40] flames just get whipped up the side of

[2:42] the canyon right into someone's home.

[2:45] Nearly 900 people have fled to

[2:46] evacuation centers. Patina Johnson and

[2:49] her 90-year-old mother arrived at 2:00

[2:51] a.m.

[2:52] >> There's always that last bad night, and

[2:54] I think it'll be tonight cuz then the

[2:56] winds are going to stop.

[2:57] >> Yet now, there seems to be no end to a

[2:59] fire season that used to run from just

[3:02] May to October.

[3:03] >> The reality is we're in a year- round

[3:05] fire season in Southern California.

[3:06] That's probably going to be the way it

[3:07] is for a long time to come. Three years

[3:09] of drought and more home construction in

[3:11] fireprone areas are fueling spending on

[3:13] California's wildfires, up 150% in the

[3:17] past decade to more than 1 billion a

[3:20] year. The Santa Barbara fire has already

[3:22] cost 2.6 million.

[3:24] >> So what room was this?

[3:26] >> This was our TV room, family room.

[3:29] >> Larry Lavell knows firefighters are

[3:31] doing all they can. They rescued his

[3:33] files and his flat screen TV, but his

[3:36] house is lost. Despite the destruction,

[3:39] Larry says there's only one option.

[3:41] >> Start cleaning up and thinking about

[3:43] putting another house here.

[3:45] >> Now, thankfully, the weather is already

[3:47] changing. It's about 85° right now

[3:49] compared to 100° at this time yesterday.

[3:52] The forecast is calling for cooler

[3:53] temperatures, lighter winds tomorrow.

[3:56] Hopefully, that will finally give

[3:57] firefighters a chance to contain this

[3:59] blaze. Maggie

[4:00] >> hopefully. Ben Tracy in Southern

[4:02] California. Thank you, Ben. Another part

[4:04] of the country is also feeling nature's

[4:06] power. Thunderstorms tore through the

[4:08] Midwest today. At least four deaths are

[4:10] reported. At least 50 homes damaged or

[4:13] destroyed.

[4:16] Missouri was hit hardest in Dallas

[4:18] County. High winds tossed a home from

[4:20] its foundation, throwing an elderly

[4:22] couple 100 ft into an open field. He

[4:24] suffered a fatal heart attack.

[4:26] >> They were very good people. So, uh,

[4:28] she's in the hospital now, recovering

[4:30] hopefully from her injuries. I haven't

[4:31] heard the status, but, uh,

[4:33] unfortunately, we lost it.

[4:36] >> In Springfield, the roof of a school

[4:38] collapsed due to a severe thunderstorm,

[4:40] leaving four students with minor

[4:41] injuries. While in Kansas, winds topping

[4:44] 80 mph, left a 30 m path of destruction

[4:47] north of Witchah.

[4:49] >> And we heard tons of wind. We thought it

[4:50] was a tornado.

[4:52] And in New Albany, Kansas, the high

[4:54] winds wrapped a trailer around a tree,

[4:56] killing a 54 year old woman inside. But

[4:59] there is new hope the sun may be

[5:01] starting to peak through those economic

[5:03] storm clouds tonight. The government

[5:05] today said unemployment jumped to just

[5:07] shy of 9% in April. That is the highest

[5:10] rate in more than a quarter century. And

[5:12] the economy shed 539,000

[5:14] more jobs. But, and here is the ray,

[5:18] that was the smallest number of job

[5:19] losses in six months. and that gave Wall

[5:22] Street a boost. The Dow is now up 31% in

[5:25] the past two months. Anthony Mason has

[5:27] more on the improving jobs picture.

[5:30] >> As bad as the unemployment numbers were

[5:32] for April, it was still the economy's

[5:35] best showing since last October.

[5:37] >> I think these are going to be the last

[5:38] really, really bad job numbers that we

[5:41] get.

[5:41] >> But economist Mark Xandandy says layoffs

[5:43] will continue for a while. 5.7 million

[5:47] jobs have already disappeared since the

[5:49] recession began. And when it's all said

[5:51] and done, a year from now, we'll

[5:52] probably have lost about seven and a

[5:54] half, eight million jobs.

[5:55] >> The unemployment rate for adult men is

[5:57] now more than 9%. For African-Americans,

[6:00] it's hit 15%. And for teenagers, it's

[6:04] more than 21%.

[6:06] And if you include workers who've given

[6:08] up looking or been forced to take

[6:10] part-time jobs, the so-called

[6:12] undermployed rate is now nearly 16%.

[6:16] That's a record. President Obama today

[6:18] asked states to allow the out of work to

[6:21] go back to school without losing their

[6:23] unemployment benefits.

[6:24] >> Education is the single best bet we can

[6:27] make.

[6:27] >> Jenny Ewing, laid off from a marketing

[6:29] job in January, is now studying

[6:32] international business relations at

[6:34] Chapman University College in

[6:35] California.

[6:36] >> With what's been going on in the

[6:37] economy, you have to keep a diverse set

[6:40] of skills. The government was one of the

[6:42] few actually hiring in April as it added

[6:45] 66,000 census workers. The Maryland

[6:48] crabbing industry is also hiring,

[6:51] looking for part-time crab pickers. But

[6:53] with caps on guest workers, many plants

[6:55] have had to close because they can't get

[6:57] enough help.

[6:58] >> It looks like we're our doors will be

[7:00] closed because we can't find our our

[7:02] labor force to process the seafood. Even

[7:04] though the unemployment rate in the

[7:06] region is 11%, the $10 to 12 an hour

[7:09] jobs are going begging.

[7:11] >> Most people nowadays just just feel that

[7:13] this is not something they really want

[7:14] to do.

[7:15] >> But better jobs may be hard to come by

[7:17] for a while. Businesses aren't expected

[7:19] to begin significant hiring again until

[7:22] this time next year. Maggie.

[7:24] >> All right, Anthony Mason. Thank you,

[7:26] Anthony. In other news tonight,

[7:27] President Obama urged Pakistan's

[7:30] president this week to do more to fight

[7:31] the Taliban. Today, Pakistan's military

[7:34] began a full-scale offensive to drive

[7:36] militants from the Swat Valley. And as

[7:38] the army and air force move in, chief

[7:41] foreign affairs correspondent Larara

[7:42] Logan tells us as many as half a million

[7:44] civilians are trying to get out.

[7:48] Some walked, others packed into buses

[7:51] and trucks. Thousands more jammed the

[7:53] roads. A mass exodus from the Swat

[7:56] Valley and surrounding areas as the

[7:58] Pakistani army takes on Taliban

[8:00] militants. The army says the Taliban is

[8:03] trying to stop civilians getting out,

[8:05] using them as human shields.

[8:07] >> They are on the run

[8:10] and trying to block the exodus of

[8:14] civilians from the area.

[8:16] >> Pakistan claims to have killed about 140

[8:18] militants in just the last 36 hours. The

[8:22] controversial peace deal the government

[8:24] struck with militants 3 months ago now

[8:26] in tatters. The armed forces have been

[8:29] called in to eliminate the militants and

[8:32] terrorists.

[8:33] >> In the wake of the fighting, a trail of

[8:35] burned out vehicles, shattered homes,

[8:39] and a growing humanitarian crisis. Tens

[8:42] of thousands pouring into camps like

[8:44] this one.

[8:44] >> At the end of the day, the question is,

[8:47] can you force a retreat of the Taliban

[8:50] and a force a retreat where they are no

[8:52] longer popular and no longer controlling

[8:54] territory? Taking back this area from

[8:57] the Taliban is only part of the battle.

[8:59] In the past, the government hasn't been

[9:02] able to keep them out. Part of the

[9:05] challenge for the Pakistani government

[9:06] is maintaining popular support. That

[9:09] means they have to limit the cost to

[9:11] innocent civilians while battling a

[9:13] ruthless enemy. Maggie Lara Logan in

[9:16] Washington. Thank you, Lara. In

[9:17] Afghanistan, meantime, a dispute has

[9:19] erupted over how many civilians were

[9:21] killed this week in fighting between US

[9:23] forces and the Taliban. New video

[9:25] surfaced today showing the aftermath.

[9:27] Local officials there claim 147

[9:29] civilians were killed by an American air

[9:32] strike, but our David Martin says US

[9:34] military investigators believe about 50

[9:36] people died. They say half were

[9:39] civilians and some of them were killed

[9:41] by the Taliban. Still, in an interview

[9:43] today, Afghanistan's president demanded

[9:45] that the US stop all air strikes in his

[9:47] country. Meanwhile, unmanned planes are

[9:50] in the skies over Afghanistan every day,

[9:52] hunting down insurgents. 60 Minutes got

[9:54] a firstirhand look at how the Predator

[9:56] works. Here again, Larara Logan.

[9:59] >> This is how good the images from a

[10:01] Predator at around 10,000 ft. What

[10:04] you're looking at is Creech Air Force

[10:05] Base, and I'm on the ground. Even though

[10:08] I know there's a Predator directly

[10:10] overhead, I still can't hear a thing.

[10:12] Pretty much like an insurgent on the

[10:14] ground in Afghanistan or Iraq. And if

[10:17] you look up to the exact spot where

[10:20] we're being told the Predator is flying

[10:21] right now, there's nothing but clouds

[10:24] and blue sky. The Predator is tracking

[10:27] our 60 Minutes team as we leave the

[10:29] flight line. It's this ability that

[10:31] makes it difficult for enemy fighters to

[10:33] escape.

[10:35] >> Colonel Chambers showed us exactly how

[10:37] these aircraft do that. In this video

[10:39] declassified for 60 minutes, a group of

[10:42] insurgents in Iraq had just ambushed a

[10:44] US convoy. They were trying to get away,

[10:47] but the predator was watching.

[10:49] >> This is a hot gun.

[10:50] >> And what do you mean by hot gun?

[10:52] >> Well, it's literally in this in this

[10:54] scene, white is hot. Uh, and that white

[10:57] spot that this guy is carrying is

[10:59] actually a hot gun. And so, it's been

[11:00] fired. And so, now we can go ahead and

[11:02] strike these targets.

[11:04] >> You can see Larara's full report on the

[11:06] Predator Sunday on 60 Minutes. Coming up

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[13:25] >> I mean, you know, the market's driving

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[13:49] Edward Jones.

[13:52] >> It's one of the most contentious issues

[13:54] in this country, illegal immigration. An

[13:56] estimated 12 million undocumented

[13:58] immigrants are currently in the US and a

[14:01] recent study said nearly 3/4 of their

[14:03] children were born here, making them

[14:05] American citizens. But what becomes of

[14:08] them when their parents are deported?

[14:10] Here's Seth Don.

[14:14] Josiah Sichoa learned to skateboard in

[14:16] California, but eight months ago, he was

[14:19] forced to move his familiar pastime to a

[14:22] far away place.

[14:26] home is now the dusty small town of St.

[14:29] Lucas, Mexico because his parents were

[14:32] deported.

[14:33] >> I was really depressed most mostly um

[14:36] because I had my life over there. I was

[14:38] born over there.

[14:39] >> Born in the United States, 12-year-old

[14:42] Josas is a US citizen. His parents are

[14:45] not. And his dad, Arlel, feels guilty.

[14:48] >> In a way, it's my fault that I had him

[14:51] over there.

[14:52] >> Life over there was good. or hell made

[14:54] $40,000 a year working at a major bank.

[14:58] Mom Liliana styled hair at a local

[15:00] salon. They' lived in the US for 17

[15:03] years and had even hired an attorney to

[15:06] try to become residents legally.

[15:08] >> I know that is it's not our country, but

[15:11] we want to have better place, better

[15:14] life.

[15:15] Liliana and Arl Choa were just two of

[15:18] the more than 360,000

[15:20] people deported from the United States

[15:22] last year. Roughly 23 of those deported,

[15:26] about 235,000

[15:28] people were returned to Mexico to a home

[15:31] that for many could not feel more

[15:33] foreign. So, how different are the

[15:35] studies here?

[15:36] >> Um, it's it's all in Spanish.

[15:39] >> Is that tough for you?

[15:40] >> Yes.

[15:40] >> And for his parents, it's tough to find

[15:42] work. or hell leaves home every day to

[15:45] look for a job, knowing he'd be lucky to

[15:47] make $100 a week. The family of five is

[15:50] living in a relative's home starting

[15:53] from scratch.

[15:54] >> They are American. They want to live

[15:56] over there and it's so frustrating

[16:00] um because

[16:03] we want to give them

[16:06] >> what they want,

[16:07] >> what they want.

[16:09] Once a week, the Achoas participate in a

[16:12] Mexican government pilot program to help

[16:14] families talk through their troubles

[16:16] with a volunteer therapist.

[16:18] >> She showed me that it's there's nice

[16:20] places here that it's not all ugly.

[16:23] >> For now, the Achoas will try to put down

[16:25] roots again.

[16:26] >> Over here, this is the place that I want

[16:28] to build my house.

[16:29] >> This will be home.

[16:31] >> Home.

[16:32] >> But eventually, Josas hopes to attend

[16:34] college in the US. A family forever

[16:37] divided by two countries determined not

[16:40] to be pulled apart. Seth Don, CBS News,

[16:44] San Lucas, Mexico.

[16:46] >> The statue that greeted millions of

[16:48] immigrants to our shores will once again

[16:50] be fully open to visitors. The Obama

[16:52] administration said today the Statue of

[16:54] Liberty's crown will reopen July 4th.

[16:57] Visitors will be allowed to climb the

[16:59] 168 steps and look out its 25 windows.

[17:02] The statue's interior was closed after

[17:04] 9/11 for security and safety reasons.

[17:07] And the White House today released this

[17:08] publicity photo of Air Force One flying

[17:11] over Lady Liberty. Remember the

[17:13] controversy it generated two weeks ago

[17:15] when the photo shoot caught New Yorkers

[17:16] offg guard and brought flashbacks of

[17:18] 9/11? That flight cost taxpayers more

[17:21] than $300,000.

[17:23] Today, this photo also cost the White

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[17:29] Coming up next, Drew Peterson. Will the

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[20:19] mysteriously two years ago. Tonight he

[20:21] is in custody charged with murdering

[20:23] wife number three. And as Dean Reynolds

[20:26] tells us, prosecutors plan to use her

[20:28] words against him.

[20:31] >> Murder suspect Drew Peterson was in a

[20:33] joking mood as he was led in shackles to

[20:36] court yesterday.

[20:37] >> Three square meals a day, a spiffy

[20:39] outfit, and all this bling. He crowed to

[20:42] reporters a day after his arrest for

[20:44] killing his third wife. The 55-year-old

[20:47] ex- cop with a record of ill- fated

[20:49] marriages to much younger women will be

[20:51] arraigned May 18th in the death of

[20:53] Kathleen Savio Peterson. Originally

[20:56] ruled an accident, it was changed to a

[20:58] homicide upon further investigation.

[21:01] >> We've always felt that it was um there

[21:04] was foul play involved.

[21:05] >> The renewed investigation came after

[21:07] Peterson's next wife, Stacy, disappeared

[21:09] a year and a half ago. Peterson has very

[21:12] publicly professed his innocence and

[21:14] seems to relish his notoriety.

[21:16] >> I hope everybody sees that uh I'm

[21:18] innocent of everything that I've been

[21:19] thought of doing.

[21:21] >> To seek conviction, prosecutors may rely

[21:23] on a new law tailored to this specific

[21:26] case. It allows what is called hearsay

[21:28] testimony if it shows a witness was

[21:30] killed to keep her silent. that would

[21:33] permit allegedly damning statements from

[21:35] either woman about Peterson, such as

[21:37] what Kathleen wrote in a petition for

[21:39] court protection back in 2002. "He wants

[21:42] me dead," she wrote. "And if he has to,

[21:45] he will burn down the house just to shut

[21:47] me up."

[21:48] >> In essence, what you're basically

[21:50] allowing the victim of a violent crime

[21:52] to do is to testify from the grave. But

[21:54] legal experts say the move may be

[21:56] unconstitutional because Peterson would

[21:58] be denied the right to confront his

[22:00] accusers in open court.

[22:02] >> To hang their hat on just the

[22:04] introduction of these statements from

[22:06] the grave as you you've described them

[22:08] is a is really a tough way to try a

[22:10] murder case.

[22:10] >> And today Drew Peterson appeared to

[22:13] agree. Anything Drew?

[22:14] >> Dean Reynolds, CBS News Chicago.

[22:17] >> Still ahead, everyone should have a

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[22:21] Assignment America is next.

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[25:20] This is graduation season when young

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[25:23] their lives and even the closest of

[25:26] friends can drift apart. That is where

[25:28] our final story tonight begins. It then

[25:30] takes a surprising turn. Here's Steve

[25:33] Hartman with Assignment America.

[25:37] The class of 86 at Grant High School in

[25:40] Los Angeles was a tight-knit bunch,

[25:42] which is why everyone was so shaken when

[25:45] nine years ago, word got around that one

[25:47] of their classmates had died. Pat Chalky

[25:50] was rightfielder on the city

[25:52] championship baseball team. A

[25:54] good-looking kid and just plain good.

[25:57] >> I mean, he was pure. He had a heart of

[25:58] gold. He got along with everyone.

[26:00] >> He was the kind of guy that would go

[26:01] through a wall for you.

[26:02] >> His friends held a memorial at the

[26:04] reunion. There was a picture of him and

[26:06] a couple of poems and some candles were

[26:07] lit.

[26:07] >> So you can understand their dismay.

[26:10] >> You're like, "What? How is this even

[26:12] possible?"

[26:15] >> Turns out for the last 9 years, Pat has

[26:18] actually been in a nursing home

[26:20] suffering from what may be a rare kind

[26:22] of multiple sclerosis that his mother

[26:24] Rose says came on so quickly he never

[26:28] had time to tell anyone. After 20 days,

[26:31] he lost his ability to speak, to walk,

[26:35] and to eat.

[26:37] >> Except for a few hand gestures, Pat had

[26:40] no way to communicate and basically fell

[26:42] off the map.

[26:43] >> Until a classmate named Lorie Green

[26:46] found out he was not only alive,

[26:48] >> your mom the best nurse,

[26:49] >> but aware and appreciative.

[26:52] >> You got a thumbs up, mama. He

[26:54] understands everything. And I felt like

[26:57] I just can't not help him. I can't just

[26:59] sit and watch.

[27:00] >> No one's quite sure how the rumor got

[27:02] started that Pat died, but there's no

[27:04] question about who put an end to it. The

[27:07] day Lorie found out, she got on Facebook

[27:09] and told everyone she knew to tell

[27:11] everyone they knew that Pat was

[27:20] >> Pat went from having no friends in nine

[27:22] years to room fulls at once. They all

[27:25] came by 1520 at the time.

[27:28] >> 1520 at a time.

[27:29] >> Yes. They were all here in the patio and

[27:32] Patrick was in heaven. Remember Tori?

[27:34] >> Lorie still wants Pat to get visitors,

[27:37] but now more importantly,

[27:38] >> hi.

[27:38] >> She wants him to get better.

[27:40] >> Crazy.

[27:41] >> I hope that I can cure him. I don't know

[27:44] if it's possible, but that's my goal.

[27:46] >> Good girl. Pure. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

[27:49] >> To that end,

[27:49] >> how are you? Lorie has temporarily

[27:51] turned her public relations company into

[27:53] a Cure Pat chalky fundraising machine.

[27:56] >> Another fundraiser for my friend Pat.

[27:58] >> She has already raised more than $15,000

[28:01] and has helped Pat get in to see a new

[28:03] doctor, an expert who is now

[28:06] re-evaluating the case to see if Pat

[28:08] really has MS or is it something else?

[28:11] Perhaps something treatable.

[28:13] >> And I'm going to keep going until a

[28:15] doctor tells me something new and that

[28:18] there's something they can do. She came

[28:20] down from heaven for me and Patrick.

[28:23] >> And I can only assume that Patrick

[28:25] agrees because that sign he's making.

[28:30] >> It means love.

[28:33] >> This is our hero.

[28:34] >> Steve Hartman, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[28:39] >> If you would like to help Pat and Lori,

[28:41] you can go to her website,

[28:42] goodgirlsgive.org, org or go to

[28:45] cbsnews.com, click on assignment America

[28:48] and we have a link to take you there.

[28:50] And that is the CBS Evening News for

[28:51] this Friday. Katie will be back on

[28:53] Monday. Jeff Glor will be here tomorrow.

[28:55] And Sunday on Face the Nation, Bob

[28:57] Schiffer has an exclusive interview with

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