CBS Evening News - 2009-01-27
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[0:02] Tonight, thousands of Americans are in
[0:04] the dark as an ice storm moves across a
[0:06] wide swath of the country, knocking out
[0:09] power and making travel very dangerous.
[0:11] The storm is already a killer. I'm Katie
[0:15] Couric. Also tonight, Madoff horror
[0:17] stories.
[0:18] Congress hears how victims of the
[0:20] alleged swindler lost their retirement
[0:22] nest eggs, while federal regulators say
[0:24] they don't have the resources to do
[0:26] their job.
[0:28] A rare presidential visit to Capitol
[0:30] Hill, but did he persuade Republicans to
[0:33] back his economic package?
[0:36] >> All right, Francis, we're off.
[0:37] >> And it is easy being green. The young
[0:40] generation out to save the world.
[0:47] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:50] Couric.
[0:53] >> And good evening, everyone. It's one of
[0:55] the most dangerous storms of the season,
[0:57] turning highways into sheets of ice and
[0:59] snapping tree limbs and power lines.
[1:01] Tonight, three states, Missouri,
[1:03] Oklahoma, and Kentucky, have declared
[1:05] emergencies as ice and snow spreads from
[1:08] the southern plains on its way to the
[1:10] northeast. At least nine people have
[1:12] died in accidents caused by the weather.
[1:14] The storms knocked out power to more
[1:15] than 150,000 customers, and thousands of
[1:19] schools were closed today. More now from
[1:21] Dave Price.
[1:25] >> The storm that stretches from Texas to
[1:27] the East Coast is already a killer,
[1:30] making roads a slippery mess and
[1:32] littering highways with scores of
[1:34] wrecked cars.
[1:35] >> My car flipped 180°.
[1:39] >> The governors of Missouri, Oklahoma, and
[1:41] Kentucky have all declared states of
[1:43] emergency, with ice 3 in thick in some
[1:47] parts o