CBS Evening News - 2009-05-09

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[0:00] Astropedic Center.

[0:01] >> A dramatic change in the weather.

[0:03] >> Anyone in that area can return to their

[0:05] home.

[0:06] >> Brings cheers from the governor and

[0:08] homeowners and hope to firefighters that

[0:10] the worst may be over. I'm Jeff Gore.

[0:13] Also tonight, despite a terrible jobs

[0:15] report, there are bright spots in this

[0:17] economy. We'll show you where the jobs

[0:19] are. Justice delayed. The story of a man

[0:22] from Texas wrongly convicted and

[0:24] exonerated too late. How his case is now

[0:27] changing the system. my brother uh

[0:31] he didn't die in pain.

[0:33] >> And the longest marathon, the incredible

[0:35] story of a wounded Iraq war veteran who

[0:37] went the distance two hours at a time.

[0:46] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Jeff

[0:50] Glor.

[0:52] >> And good evening. We begin tonight with

[0:53] good news in California. A break in the

[0:55] weather and much needed help for

[0:57] firefighters. Cool, moist ocean air has

[1:00] moved in over Santa Barbara County,

[1:02] chilling the wildfires that have burned

[1:04] 13 square miles so far. 15,000 people

[1:07] have now been told they can go home.

[1:09] 14,000 are still under a mandatory

[1:11] evacuation. 80 homes have been damaged

[1:13] or destroyed and the fires are now 30%

[1:16] contained. Ben Tracy's on the front

[1:18] lines tonight with the latest. Ben, good

[1:20] evening.

[1:22] >> Good evening, Jeff. You know, as you can

[1:23] see here, still plenty of reminders of

[1:25] all the destruction from these fires.

[1:27] But this is really the first time in 4

[1:28] days that we can look off in the

[1:30] distance here and not see flames or

[1:32] really any smoke. And that's because the

[1:33] long- aaited turning point finally

[1:35] arrived today.

[1:38] After 4 days of battling a relentless

[1:41] foe, today firefighters got the upper

[1:43] hand.

[1:44] >> We're going from a defensive for the

[1:46] past few days to now offensive. Now

[1:48] we're going to start chasing the fire,

[1:49] not have it chase us. That's because the

[1:52] weather turned from enemy into ally.

[1:54] Winds finally eased and temperatures

[1:56] dropped. On the ground, firefighters

[1:59] built a massive fire break while a fully

[2:02] loaded DC10 dropped 12,000 gallons of

[2:05] flame retardant from the sky.

[2:07] >> However, just because the weather is

[2:08] better doesn't mean we're out of the

[2:09] woods.

[2:10] >> That's because plenty of fire is still

[2:12] raging in the woods. But it's not

[2:14] threatening homes. And even in areas

[2:17] where the fires have been put out,

[2:18] dangers remain. This is a gas line from

[2:21] a burnt out home. And over here you have

[2:23] live power lines in the middle of the

[2:25] street.

[2:25] >> You just stay as long as you want.

[2:27] >> California's governor and his actor pal

[2:29] Rob Low visited an evacuation shelter

[2:32] where thousands have been stranded for

[2:34] days.

[2:34] >> Anyone in that area can return to their

[2:37] home.

[2:39] >> But cheers erupted late this morning

[2:40] when many were told they could finally

[2:43] go home.

[2:44] >> It feels so good. I can't believe what

[2:46] it feels like to not be at home. I was

[2:48] like, "Oh my gosh, this is right under

[2:50] my deck."

[2:51] >> When Suzanne Rapley got back to her

[2:53] house, she quickly realized just how

[2:55] close the fire got. I mean, look at

[2:57] this. This clearly came right up to the

[2:59] edge of your house and stopped.

[3:01] >> I know. This is a miracle.

[3:03] >> She says without the firefighters who

[3:05] defended her yard, this would be a

[3:08] completely different picture.

[3:09] >> They gave me a gift by willing to risk

[3:12] their life. They really did.

[3:15] Now, you know, 13 firefighters have been

[3:18] injured fighting these fires, but

[3:19] amazingly, no one has lost their life.

[3:22] The hope is that as early as this

[3:23] evening, 50% of the fire could be

[3:25] contained. And if those winds don't come

[3:27] back tonight, Jeff, things could look

[3:28] even better by morning.

[3:30] >> More good news, Ben Tracy. Ben, thank

[3:32] you. Tonight, officials say about a

[3:35] dozen people were hurt, seven seriously,

[3:37] when a pleasure boat burst into flames

[3:39] and exploded today in Florida's Tampa

[3:41] Bay. The cause of the fire on the 35

[3:43] foot long boat is under investigation.

[3:46] One day after the release of April's

[3:48] unemployment numbers, there are a few

[3:50] signs of hope. The economy lost 539,000

[3:53] jobs overall, bringing the unemployment

[3:55] rate to 8.9%. But some sectors actually

[3:58] saw hiring increase, including 72,000

[4:02] new jobs in government and 17,000 in

[4:04] health care. We have two reports tonight

[4:06] on some vital signs in the economy. And

[4:09] we begin with Pria David.

[4:11] Do you want to cut out pictures and put

[4:13] it on it?

[4:13] >> Jessica Carney has what millions of

[4:16] Americans want a job.

[4:19] >> Are you going to put that on your

[4:20] mother's Mother's Day card?

[4:21] >> Carney is a physical therapist at St.

[4:23] Mary's Hospital for Children in New York

[4:25] City.

[4:26] >> I have friends that are working in, you

[4:28] know, finance and all those other places

[4:30] and they're just cut and cut and cutting

[4:32] back and forth. So, I do feel very

[4:33] secure here.

[4:34] >> In fact, St. Mary's is one of the few

[4:36] spots in the city that's hiring. There's

[4:39] always a need for health care.

[4:41] >> Lynn Gardner SS, vice president of St.

[4:44] Mary's Outreach Care, says the hospital

[4:46] has more than a dozen slots it needs to

[4:49] fill fast.

[4:51] >> We're looking to fill jobs in all areas

[4:54] of nursing, rehabilitative services, and

[4:58] home health aids, and personal care

[5:00] workers.

[5:00] >> The economy may be weak overall, but the

[5:02] pulse of the health care industry is

[5:04] strong. The most recent jobs growth

[5:06] report indicates in February the

[5:08] education and health care sectors hired

[5:11] more than 500,000 people and posted

[5:14] another 600,000 jobs yet to be filled.

[5:17] >> It's critical.

[5:18] >> Hospitals have not been immune from the

[5:20] economic recession. Severe debt has

[5:22] forced many to reduce service and others

[5:25] to close completely. But that means the

[5:27] hospitals that stay open need to hire

[5:30] more workers to help with the displaced

[5:32] patients. We're certainly challenged in

[5:34] these difficult economic times and we're

[5:36] certainly challenged by budget cuts, but

[5:39] nevertheless, we still are experiencing

[5:41] an increasing demand for our services.

[5:45] >> Oh, I love it here. Every day I love

[5:46] coming to work cuz I love the kids.

[5:48] >> Job satisfaction sweetened by the

[5:51] security. She won't have to look for a

[5:53] new place to work tomorrow.

[5:55] >> Pria David, CBS News, New York. Hi.

[5:58] >> So-called green technology is another

[6:01] sector doing well during the recession.

[6:03] And Sandra Hughes now has that story.

[6:06] >> This clean technology company in

[6:08] Monrovia, California is a bright spot in

[6:11] an otherwise bleak job market.

[6:13] Avironment is not only doing well,

[6:16] they're hiring another 100 employees in

[6:19] mostly white collar jobs.

[6:20] >> There wasn't too many other changes.

[6:22] >> Aaron Polar is a gainfully employed

[6:24] program manager. You know, I'm from

[6:26] Michigan and you know, a lot of my

[6:27] family is being laid off in the car

[6:28] industry and so it's kind of a relief to

[6:30] come to work where the the big problem

[6:31] is not enough office space, not enough

[6:33] parking spaces instead of who's getting

[6:35] the pink slip today.

[6:36] >> This busy company sells everything from

[6:38] these small unmanned planes for the

[6:40] military to these charging stations for

[6:42] electric cars. The chargers will provide

[6:45] quick boosts when people park their

[6:47] electric cars at work or when they go

[6:49] shopping.

[6:50] >> We're very well positioned financially.

[6:51] We have a lot of cash on the books. They

[6:54] have no debt whatsoever.

[6:55] >> An exciting new green initiative.

[6:58] >> This week, the mayor of Washington DC

[7:00] announced a partnership with Aero

[7:01] Environment to build the city's electric

[7:04] car infrastructure. The city will buy

[7:06] 100 electric cars and 100 charging

[7:09] stations. To Aero Environment, it will

[7:11] likely mean over a quarter million

[7:13] dollar of new investments. President

[7:15] Obama has allocated billions to green

[7:18] technology and the stimulus bill, but

[7:20] most firms haven't received that money

[7:22] yet. Still, many companies that focus on

[7:24] green ideas have been humming along

[7:26] nicely despite the recession. In

[7:28] Thornton, Colorado, Ascent Solar makes

[7:31] ultra thin solar panels. The company

[7:34] expects to hire 180 more people by the

[7:36] end of the year. The average salary

[7:39] $40,000.

[7:40] Terresa Gerky was recently hired.

[7:43] >> I think it has a really bright future. I

[7:45] think that what they're doing is unique.

[7:48] >> Another green company that is adding

[7:50] jobs in this recession. Sandra Hughes,

[7:53] CBS News, Los Angeles.

[7:56] >> Joining us now for more perspective on

[7:57] jobs and the economy is

[7:59] CBSmoneywatch.com editor at large Jill

[8:01] Slesinger. Jill, always good to see you.

[8:03] >> Good to see you.

[8:04] >> Especially when we can talk about some

[8:05] good things here because there are

[8:07] places where jobs are being created.

[8:09] However, that is not the case

[8:11] everywhere.

[8:12] >> It is still very difficult to get a job.

[8:14] And here's why. If you add in all the

[8:17] people who are part-time employees and

[8:19] people who are what we call

[8:20] undermployed, I'm working at a job that

[8:22] I really don't like and I wish I had a

[8:24] better job. When we add those people in

[8:26] to the mix, the unemployment rate jumps

[8:28] to 15.8%.

[8:31] >> That is a staggering figure. Uh, another

[8:33] figure that I was intrigued by when I

[8:35] saw this is because two months ago,

[8:37] March 9th, 2009, the Dow was at 6,500.

[8:41] It's now at 8,500, which is not 14,000

[8:44] where it was in late ' 07, but that's

[8:47] still a pretty good rally. Where do the

[8:49] markets go from here?

[8:50] >> It's actually an amazing rally. The S&P

[8:52] 500, a broader index of the largest US

[8:55] companies, is up 37% from that 12 1/2

[8:59] year low on March 9th. The reason it

[9:01] went up so far so fast is that investors

[9:04] decided, hey, wait a minute. The

[9:07] government is pumping a ton of money

[9:09] into this problem. Whether it means to

[9:11] help credit markets loosen up lending,

[9:13] whether it means helping the banks get

[9:15] out of this bad spot, the government is

[9:17] injecting enormous amounts of money. So

[9:20] investors were looking forward and

[9:21] saying, "Oh good, that's great for

[9:23] stocks." Now, when you look at

[9:26] unemployment data, that's

[9:27] backwardlooking. So backward looking,

[9:30] forwardlooking, the truth is probably

[9:31] somewhere in between. We are still in a

[9:33] nasty recession. It's going to take some

[9:35] time to get out. And don't be surprised

[9:37] if some of these unemployment figures

[9:39] and some housing numbers are are still

[9:41] pretty rotten before they get a lot

[9:43] better.

[9:43] >> Good signs, but not all good. Jill

[9:45] Slesinger, thank you once again.

[9:47] >> Thank you.

[9:48] >> Pope Benedict paid a visit to a mosque

[9:49] in Aman, Jordan today before heading to

[9:52] Israel and the West Bank on Monday. The

[9:54] top Muslim religious leader thanked the

[9:56] Pope for apologizing for a 2006 speech.

[9:59] At the time, Benedict quoted a medieval

[10:01] text which called some Muslim teachings

[10:03] evil and inhuman. The Pope who was not

[10:06] asked to remove his shoes today

[10:07] customary in a mosque had a moment of

[10:09] quiet reflection instead of praying.

[10:12] Still ahead on tonight CBS Evening News.

[10:15] 26 miles in two weeks. A winning time

[10:17] for a wounded Iraq war veteran. And when

[10:20] we come back, from farm to kitchen,

[10:23] fresh produce for your home with no

[10:25] middleman.

[10:29] >> What's your seal moment? When she gives

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[12:00] >> Rebuilding America's economy will take

[12:02] energy from all sources. And here's some

[12:05] good news. Increased production of

[12:07] domestic oil and natural gas will also

[12:09] create well-paying jobs, drive our 21st

[12:12] century economy, and generate more than

[12:14] a trillion for federal, state, and local

[12:16] budgets. Money for better schools,

[12:18] public safety, and community needs.

[12:21] Maybe that's why most people support

[12:23] putting more of America's oil and

[12:24] natural gas to work for Americans. Log

[12:28] on to learn more.

[12:30] Mom was diagnosed with moderate

[12:32] Alzheimer's.

[12:34] It was tough news to hear.

[12:37] Everything changed.

[12:42] I didn't know what to do. Right about

[12:45] then, our doctor mentioned the Exalon

[12:47] patch. He said it releases medicine

[12:49] continuously for 24 hours. He said it

[12:52] could help with her cognition, which

[12:54] includes things like memory, reasoning,

[12:56] communicating, and understanding. The

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[13:18] because serious stomach problems such as

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[13:21] >> Mom's diagnosis was hard to hear, but

[13:23] there's something I can do.

[13:25] >> Ask your doctor about the Exalon patch.

[13:27] Visit excelon patch.com to learn more.

[13:30] >> It's the Air Force's secret weapon

[13:32] that's killing insurgents and saving

[13:34] American lives.

[13:35] >> This is the Reaper over here

[13:36] >> and 60 Minutes is cleared to show it to

[13:38] you Sunday.

[13:41] A doctor at the Centers for Disease

[13:43] Control said today the official number

[13:45] of H1N1 swine flu cases is likely a

[13:49] significant underestimate. At least

[13:51] 4,200 cases are reported worldwide with

[13:54] more than 2200 cases and two deaths

[13:56] confirmed in the US. Mexico reports 1300

[13:59] cases and 45 deaths. Canada has 281

[14:03] cases. Costa Rica today confirmed its

[14:05] first flu death. Consumers seeking a

[14:08] healthy lifestyle are increasingly

[14:10] skipping the supermarket these days and

[14:12] going straight to the farmer for fresh

[14:14] fruits and vegetables. Kelly Kobier now

[14:17] has more on the trend of buy local that

[14:19] is growing despite the recession.

[14:24] On this small farm in Palm Beach County,

[14:26] Florida, it's harvesting season. They're

[14:29] picking and packing. Only this bounty

[14:31] isn't headed for a big warehouse or

[14:33] grocery store.

[14:34] >> You can taste them if you want. It's

[14:36] going from Nancy Rose Fields straight to

[14:39] Florida kitchens.

[14:44] >> Wow.

[14:45] >> It's called communityup supported

[14:46] agriculture or CSA, part of the buy

[14:49] local movement. Customers pay row

[14:52] directly and she sends them a box of

[14:54] fresh produce every week of the growing

[14:57] season. How's business these days? Our

[15:00] business really is better than most

[15:01] people's businesses. It can cost

[15:03] anywhere from $25 to $50 a week, while

[15:06] the average family spends under $12 on

[15:09] fruits and vegetables. Still, demand far

[15:12] outweighs supply.

[15:14] >> So, even with the recession, you're

[15:16] still doing well. Were you surprised by

[15:18] that? That's right. Yeah, I was a little

[15:20] surprised. Last year when we had our

[15:22] sign up period that starts in August, we

[15:24] were full in six days.

[15:26] >> That kind of success isn't limited to

[15:28] growers in warm winter climates like

[15:30] Florida. Consumers across the country

[15:33] are signing up in record numbers.

[15:35] >> There are 2500 CSAs and the movement is

[15:39] growing with subscriber numbers in the

[15:41] tens of thousands. People will just

[15:44] really want that connection to know

[15:46] where their food comes from.

[15:47] >> Agricultural economist Jim Hansen says

[15:49] the popularity is in part an outgrowth

[15:52] of food scares like salmonella linked to

[15:55] spinach two years ago to jalapenos last

[15:58] year and this year peanut butter. I

[16:01] don't have to go into the store and

[16:03] wonder, okay, where did this come from?

[16:05] You know, how many airplane trips did

[16:07] this uh package of lettuce take?

[16:09] >> There is a different kind of risk

[16:11] involved. If the farmer has a bad

[16:13] season, the customer still has to pay.

[16:16] >> I'm not always perfect at it by any

[16:18] means. Uh 2007, the drought of 2007

[16:21] definitely reminded me of how imperfect

[16:22] I was.

[16:23] >> Even so, growers like Brett Grosgale

[16:25] have a waiting list to join every year.

[16:28] There are so many more people who want

[16:29] to buy local than there are farms

[16:30] willing to deliver.

[16:31] >> Of course, I see it as the beginning of

[16:32] a growth spurt and and it is.

[16:35] >> So Nancy Row is already plotting what

[16:37] she'll grow next year. Kelly Kovette,

[16:40] CBS News, Boon Beach, Florida.

[16:43] >> Hall of Fame NBA basketball coach Chuck

[16:46] Daly died today from pancreatic cancer.

[16:48] Daly took the bad boy Detroit Pistons to

[16:51] consecutive NBA championships in 1989

[16:53] and 90. And then for an encore, he

[16:56] coached the first Olympic dream team of

[16:58] NBA stars to the 1992 gold medal. Chuck

[17:01] Daly was 78 years old. Just ahead on

[17:04] tonight's CBS Evening News, he was

[17:06] wrongly convicted of a terrible crime.

[17:08] Now his story may help change the rules

[17:11] for others.

[17:14] >> Okay, maybe it was my fault.

[17:16] >> He told me to kill the wheat.

[17:17] >> And you did along with the grass.

[17:19] >> I used the wrong stuff.

[17:21] >> Oh, there were dead spots everywhere.

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[17:47] I don't always let my bladder problems

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[18:47] Tim, nobody ever asked me what I want to

[18:51] be when I grow up.

[18:53] Maybe it's your name. Richard? No.

[18:56] Smucker.

[18:58] >> When your last name is Smucker and you

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[19:05] You're going to make the world's best

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[19:44] the better night's sleep. Former Vice

[19:46] President Dick Cheney talks with Bob

[19:48] Chaffer on the interrogation question of

[19:50] Republican party and Iran. A CBS News

[19:53] exclusive on Face the Nation Sunday.

[19:57] >> Police in Georgia said today that a body

[19:59] found 10 miles west of Athens fits the

[20:01] description of fugitive university

[20:03] professor George Zinc. Zincan was

[20:06] accused of shooting his wife and two

[20:07] other people outside a community theater

[20:09] two weeks ago. The Texas House yesterday

[20:12] passed something called the Tim Cole

[20:14] Compensation Act, named for a wrongly

[20:17] convicted man exonerated earlier this

[20:19] year. The law increases payments to

[20:21] those wrongfully imprisoned from $50,000

[20:23] to $80,000 a year. But that is only part

[20:26] of what his family is fighting for now.

[20:29] Here's Dant Teague. Timothy Brian Cole

[20:32] was and is innocent.

[20:35] >> It was the decision Timothy Cole's

[20:36] family had waited two decades to hear.

[20:39] >> How do you as a mother deal with what

[20:41] happened to your son?

[20:43] >> It was hard all of those years.

[20:46] >> In 1985, a serial rapist attacked five

[20:49] white women near Texas Tech University.

[20:52] Among his victims, then 20-year-old

[20:54] sophomore Michelle Min.

[20:55] >> It's like, you know, constantly in the

[20:57] forefront of my mind all the time. Cole,

[20:59] a 25-year-old college student, was

[21:01] arrested and convicted, largely because

[21:03] Malin identified his picture in a photo

[21:06] lineup.

[21:06] >> I honestly thought it looked like him.

[21:08] >> A DNA test in 2008 revealed Timothy Cole

[21:11] did not commit the rape. And in his

[21:13] final opinion, Judge Charles Baird

[21:15] concluded Cole was convicted because

[21:17] evidence was downplayed or deliberately

[21:20] ignored by prosecutors.

[21:22] But Timothy Cole wasn't in court to hear

[21:24] his name cleared. In 1998, after 13

[21:28] years in prison, he had an asthma attack

[21:30] in his cell and died.

[21:32] >> What kind of kid was Timothy?

[21:33] >> Timothy was caring. He loved family and

[21:37] he had high hopes for the future.

[21:39] >> In the courtroom, justice may have

[21:41] finally been done for Timothy Cole, but

[21:43] for his family, it's not nearly enough.

[21:46] Now, they're working the halls of the

[21:47] state capital to make sure what happened

[21:49] to Cole doesn't happen to someone else.

[21:52] my brother uh

[21:55] he didn't die in Bane. He just didn't.

[21:58] >> They're pushing reform of the witness

[22:00] identification process, videotaping of

[22:02] police interviews, and independent

[22:04] review of cases, but some officials

[22:06] believe the measures are unnecessary.

[22:08] There's probably not any

[22:11] particular public servant who is subject

[22:15] to more scrutiny and someone else

[22:18] looking at their work before, during,

[22:21] and after it's done than a prosecutor.

[22:25] >> Since 1989, there have been more than

[22:27] 230 DNA exonerations nationwide. In at

[22:31] least 33 of those cases, prosecutorial

[22:33] misconduct was cited as the reason for

[22:35] the wrongful conviction. My feeling was

[22:37] was that somebody had just kicked me in

[22:39] the stomach.

[22:40] >> Jim Bob Darnell, who prosecuted the Cole

[22:42] case, maintains he acted properly.

[22:44] >> I wish we could undo it, but we can't.

[22:47] >> I haven't the slightest idea what Jim

[22:50] Bob Darnell was thinking when he was

[22:52] trying that case.

[22:54] >> I do know he wanted a conviction.

[22:56] >> I'm Rick Perry.

[22:57] >> What the family wants now,

[22:58] >> I love you, too.

[22:59] >> Yes, ma'am.

[23:00] >> Is aostumous pardon from the governor of

[23:03] Texas.

[23:04] >> Dante, CBS News. Austin, good to see you

[23:07] again.

[23:07] >> How are you?

[23:08] >> Coming up on tonight's CBS Evening News,

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[26:00] President Obama welcomed two special

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[26:03] Captain Richard Phillips and his wife

[26:05] Andrea. Phillips, of course, was captain

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[26:17] Almost two weeks after the start of the

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[26:23] British Army veteran of the Iraq War,

[26:26] and no winner of this race ever heard

[26:28] such cheers. Mark Phillips has more.

[26:34] The few hours it takes to run a marathon

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[26:42] thousands who set out on London's

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[26:52] British Army had been told after a

[26:54] rocket attack in Bassra 15 months ago

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[27:02] walking the more than 26 miles of this

[27:05] marathon and intent on trying to raise a

[27:08] million British pounds, about a million

[27:10] half dollars.

[27:11] >> You're doing brilliantly

[27:13] >> for an injured soldiers charity called

[27:15] Help for Heroes. He'd done the

[27:17] arithmetic.

[27:18] >> It was £15 a step. I think that would

[27:21] 25,000 people watching. £15 a step will

[27:23] get me to the million and I'd be

[27:24] absolutely delighted.

[27:25] >> Anyone who knows Packer knew he wouldn't

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[27:30] skydiving

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[27:37] pulling as hard as the other men in the

[27:39] boat. So, when Major Packer finally

[27:41] crossed the marathon finish line today,

[27:44] no one was surprised at his tenacity or

[27:46] his humility,

[27:48] >> just remembering exactly what it's

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[27:52] injured servicemen and supporting health

[27:53] for heroes. And I think that's where the

[27:55] attention and focus should be, not on

[27:57] me. That's not what his mother thought.

[27:59] >> It was just the most amazing feeling to

[28:02] see him on his feet crossing that line.

[28:07] >> Major Packer has accomplished his

[28:08] marathon objective. His fundraising

[28:11] objective is about 3/4 of the way to its

[28:14] target and closing. Mark Phillips, CBS

[28:17] News, London.

[28:19] >> Good for him. And Major Packer now

[28:21] reportedly has his sights on climbing

[28:22] Yeused's 30,000 ft tall El Capitan. That

[28:27] is the CBS Evening News tonight.

[28:28] Tomorrow on Face the Nation, former Vice

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[28:33] tomorrow night. I'm Jeff Glor. CBS News

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