CBS Evening News - 2004-10-12 (partial)

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[0:31] He sided with the insurance industry as

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[0:37] He asked oil lobbyists to shape his

[0:39] energy plan. Under Bush, record gas

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[1:01] >> And that's our news for now. Thanks for

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[1:03] >> We'll see you right back here at 11 for

[1:05] CBS4 News Tonight. Now it's time for the

[1:06] CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.

[1:08] >> Good night.

[1:10] >> Tonight, gasoline prices on the rise,

[1:13] heading back toward $2 nationally as

[1:16] world oil prices hit another all-time

[1:19] high. The presidential candidates get

[1:21] ready for their final television

[1:23] showdown. We'll give you a look at what

[1:24] you can expect and give you the latest

[1:26] poll numbers. The government begins

[1:29] rationing flu vaccine. Will you be able

[1:32] to get it? If so, where? We'll give you

[1:34] the inside story. And it's the latest

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[1:48] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan

[1:51] Rather reporting from CBS News

[1:53] headquarters in New York.

[1:55] >> Good evening. The price of gasoline is

[1:58] heading up again. Numbers just out from

[2:00] the energy department show it's up 14

[2:03] cents in just the past month to a

[2:05] nationwide average now of $1.99 a

[2:08] gallon, the highest in four months. In

[2:10] some places, it's a lot higher. In New

[2:13] York State, $2.15.

[2:15] California, 237 a gallon on average.

[2:18] Drivers are feeling the effects of

[2:20] higher crude oil prices, which today hit

[2:23] a record 54.45 a barrel on the world

[2:25] market before falling back some on

[2:28] profit taking. CBS's Anthony Mason has

[2:30] more about what's driving fuel prices

[2:32] and the impact on you and the US

[2:35] economy.

[2:37] Gas prices took another painful bump up

[2:39] at the pump this week

[2:41] >> and uh it doesn't look like it's going

[2:43] to stop anytime soon.

[2:44] >> The reason, of course, is oil. In the

[2:46] trading pits today, crude prices dropped

[2:48] back to $52 a barrel. But since last

[2:51] November, when it was just $27, the cost

[2:54] of oil has nearly doubled. OPEC has

[2:57] opened its spiggots, but global demand

[2:59] is surging, led by China, which imported

[3:02] 50% more fuel oil in the first half of

[3:04] this year. The market is so tight even a

[3:07] change in the weather can drive up the

[3:09] price of crude.

[3:10] >> Hurricane Ivan has been incredibly

[3:12] significant.

[3:13] >> The damage to oil rigs in the Gulf of

[3:15] Mexico after Hurricane Ivan was so bad,

[3:17] says oil analyst John Kingston, that

[3:20] even now, 3 weeks later, more than a

[3:22] quarter of the crude production in the

[3:23] Gulf is still shut down.

[3:25] >> In a market this tight, it just simply

[3:27] can't afford to lose that much

[3:29] production.

[3:30] >> So, is it slowing the economy? Not at

[3:33] Kansas City based Yellow Roadway, where

[3:35] they pass rising fuel costs for the

[3:37] company's 20,000 trucks onto their

[3:39] customers.

[3:40] >> We adjust fuel search charge every week

[3:42] based on published fuel prices and it

[3:44] goes right on the customer's invoice.

[3:46] >> So far, CEO Bill Zer says those

[3:48] customers aren't complaining about the

[3:50] 10% search charge because the economy is

[3:52] strong and they're shipping more goods.

[3:54] But if gas prices keep rising, he

[3:56] worries

[3:57] >> at some point it does start to impact

[3:58] the economy, impacts our customers, and

[4:00] then of course impacts us as a result of

[4:02] that.

[4:03] >> Of course, most drivers can't pass on

[4:05] their gas costs. They just have to pay.

[4:08] >> When you go and buy gas like I have to

[4:09] buy gas, it hurts.

[4:11] >> He's a limousine driver and he's looking

[4:13] for relief, but it may be a while before

[4:15] he gets it. Analysts say it's simple

[4:17] economics. The price won't come down

[4:19] till demand does. Dan

[4:21] >> Anthony Mason, thanks. Energy policy is

[4:24] likely to come up tomorrow night when

[4:25] the presidential candidates hold their

[4:26] third and final joint appearance in

[4:29] Arizona. Exactly three weeks before the

[4:31] election, a CBS News poll of likely

[4:34] voters finds President Bush three points

[4:37] ahead of Senator Kerry nationally with

[4:39] the margin of error that's considered to

[4:41] be a virtual tie. CBS's John Roberts has

[4:44] more about the poll and the final

[4:46] debate.

[4:48] It's one last chance for voters to

[4:50] sample the candidates head-to-head, and

[4:52] President Bush says he can't wait.

[4:55] >> Those debates have highlighted the clear

[4:57] differences

[4:59] between the senator and me on issues

[5:01] ranging from jobs to taxes to healthcare

[5:04] to the war on terror.

[5:05] >> With John Kerry off the trail preparing

[5:08] for tomorrow night, the pre-debate spin

[5:10] fell to his running mate.

[5:11] >> John Kerry is going to win that debate

[5:13] tomorrow.

[5:17] And one of the reasons he's going to win

[5:19] is because George Bush is out of touch.

[5:23] >> In truth, there are advantages on either

[5:25] side. Our new CBS News poll found voters

[5:27] believed Kerry is more likely to create

[5:30] jobs and the majority now disapproves of

[5:32] the president's handling of the economy.

[5:34] >> His time is up and it is time for John

[5:37] Ky to be in the White House. However,

[5:40] voters think John Ky is more likely to

[5:42] raise taxes than President Bush,

[5:44] underscoring one of the president's

[5:45] central arguments.

[5:47] >> You can't have it both ways.

[5:49] To pay for all the big spending programs

[5:51] he's outlined

[5:53] during his campaign,

[5:56] he's going to have to raise your taxes.

[5:59] >> Both candidates are looking to break

[6:00] out. Can they do it at the last debate?

[6:03] Former Reagan political director Frank

[6:04] Donatelli says the huge television

[6:07] audience certainly gives them the

[6:08] chance.

[6:09] >> And in a tight race like this, even very

[6:12] slight changes in perceptions on the

[6:15] candidates's personal qualities or the

[6:17] ability of candidates to handle

[6:18] particular issues can have a dramatic

[6:21] impact on the final result.

[6:23] >> And watch for both candidates to use

[6:25] questions about homeland security to

[6:27] bring up Iraq and the war on terror.

[6:29] It's still the president's strongest

[6:31] line of attack against Kerry. But with

[6:33] our poll showing support for Mr. Bush's

[6:35] handling of the war on terror slipping,

[6:37] it's an issue Democrats believe may

[6:39] prove the president's ultimate undoing.

[6:42] >> And for President Bush tomorrow night,

[6:44] his challenge is to try to make all of

[6:46] those issues stick to talk about issues

[6:49] in ways that he hasn't before. Uh but it

[6:52] seems as though with his 43% job

[6:54] approval rating, the president has a

[6:55] tough road to hope.

[6:57] John Roberts reporting live from

[6:58] Scottsdale, Arizona. Thanks, John. Also

[7:00] in the presidential campaign, there's a

[7:02] whole new twist tonight to negative

[7:04] campaigning on television. CBS's Jim

[7:07] Axelrod reports. In this case, the

[7:09] broadside is being delivered at the

[7:12] behest of a well-connected major

[7:14] broadcaster.

[7:17] If you ask the people at Sinclair

[7:18] Broadcasting, one of the nation's

[7:20] largest owners of television stations,

[7:22] >> this man committed an act of treason,

[7:26] >> showing this documentary critical of

[7:28] John K's Vietnam record, is a simple

[7:30] matter of free speech and good

[7:32] journalism.

[7:33] >> He raised Vietnam as a campaign issue.

[7:35] It's the foundation of his campaign run.

[7:38] And certainly, if he's discussed it,

[7:40] everything ought to be open to scrutiny.

[7:41] And this is one of those issues. But

[7:42] when you own or operate 62 television

[7:44] stations reaching just about one quarter

[7:46] of all US households, and when you want

[7:48] to air what amounts to an extended

[7:50] attack ad inside two weeks of election

[7:52] day, maybe it's not so simple.

[7:55] >> What they're doing is they're taking

[7:56] political propaganda and trying to

[7:58] present it as news. That's not

[8:00] impartiality, one of the hallmarks of

[8:02] journalism. And I think it's fair to be

[8:03] called on that.

[8:06] picture, if you will, what would happen

[8:08] if a liberal group of station owners

[8:10] preempted their prime time schedule to

[8:12] show the anti-bush documentary

[8:13] Fahrenheit 9/11 two weeks from election

[8:16] day.

[8:17] >> Uh I think what Sinclair has decided to

[8:20] do is demonstrate that they're really a

[8:24] conservative company whose news uh

[8:27] programs uh should be looked on with

[8:29] suspicion that they're really not fair

[8:31] and balanced. Let's face it, objectivity

[8:33] is in the eye of the beholder. Liberals

[8:35] say Fox News and talk radio spin the

[8:38] news to the right. Conservatives say the

[8:39] mainstream press and the networks,

[8:41] including this one, spin it to the left.

[8:44] But there's another agenda at play that

[8:45] could influence things. Money.

[8:48] >> I think there's a risk of really

[8:49] alienating a lot of potential viewers.

[8:52] >> So, it could be this controversy will

[8:54] not be so good for business and

[8:56] advertisers could pull commercials.

[8:58] Sinclair says it'll stand on principle,

[9:00] but don't underestimate either side when

[9:03] politics and profits end up in conflict.

[9:06] Jim Axarrod, CBS News, Santa Fe, New

[9:08] Mexico. Elections in Iraq are planned

[9:10] for January, and that country's powerful

[9:13] chief Shiite Muslim cleric issued a

[9:15] statement today urging Iraqis to

[9:17] register. Ayatollah Sistani said that

[9:20] includes all Iraqis, quote, both male

[9:22] and female, but security is essential to

[9:25] the elections. And CBS's Alan Pizzy

[9:28] reports fighting today was intense in

[9:30] the so-called Sunni Triangle north and

[9:32] west of Baghdad.

[9:35] >> As efforts to root out insurgents in the

[9:37] Sunni Triangle escalated, an operation

[9:39] by a combined US Marine and Iraqi force

[9:41] in Rammani and the nearby town of Hit

[9:44] took a dangerous turn. A hotel was hit

[9:47] and up to seven mosques were damaged.

[9:49] The US military accused insurgents of

[9:52] using mosques as firing points and said

[9:54] only Iraqi troops had entered the

[9:56] buildings. But Muslim clerics accused

[9:58] the American troops of cowboy behavior.

[10:01] And in what is becoming a ritual, US war

[10:03] plananes launched a strike early this

[10:05] morning against what they said was a

[10:07] terrorist site in Fallujah. The target

[10:09] was one of the insurgentridden city's

[10:11] best known restaurants. Rescuers who

[10:14] rushed in to fight the blaze and search

[10:15] for survivors and bodies made their

[10:18] normal counter claims that only

[10:19] civilians were killed. Neither side can

[10:22] prove they are right. But one man summed

[10:24] it up with a question no one seems able

[10:26] to answer. When will the Fallujah

[10:28] tragedy end, he cried, and that tragedy

[10:31] of all Iraq finish? It is hope that

[10:33] handing over more operations to Iraqi

[10:36] forces will be the answer. Iraqi Prime

[10:38] Minister Ayad Alawi told new military

[10:40] graduates that the US was fulfilling

[10:42] promises to give them all the equipment

[10:45] needed to do the job. Getting weapons

[10:47] out of the hands of militia men in the

[10:49] Baghdad slum of Solder City went into

[10:52] its second day with a steady flow of

[10:54] weapons in and cash out. So far, the

[10:57] Pentagon says it has taken in 2,000

[10:59] mortar and artillery rounds, as well as

[11:01] small arms and ammunition, grenades,

[11:03] rocket launchers, and explosives. Alan

[11:06] Pizzy, CBS News, Baghdad.

[11:08] >> The US Supreme Court has agreed to take

[11:10] up a sensitive issue of church and

[11:12] state. The justices say they will decide

[11:15] whether it violates the US Constitution

[11:18] to display the Ten Commandments on

[11:20] government property. Lower courts have

[11:22] disagreed on the matter. Coming up next

[11:25] here on the CBS Evening News, rationing

[11:27] flu vaccine. Will people who need it be

[11:30] able to get it? If so, where? We'll give

[11:32] you the inside story. Then later, the

[11:35] estate tax. Some call it the death tax.

[11:37] Should it stay or should it go? The

[11:40] presidential candidates take out their

[11:41] positions in CBS's election series. What

[11:44] does it mean to you? But first,

[11:49] >> CBS News honors fallen heroes. Eliah

[11:53] Fontakio is described as a good kid who

[11:55] grew into an incredible man. He had a

[11:58] great voice. His solo in a school

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[14:49] >> The US government said today the recent

[14:51] loss of half the nation's flu vaccine

[14:54] due to possible contamination means the

[14:56] rest of the supply will essentially be

[14:58] rationed. High-risisk groups go to the

[15:00] top of the list. That's good news for

[15:02] some, bad news for others. CBS News

[15:05] medical correspondent Elizabeth Kaledan

[15:07] gives you the inside story.

[15:11] A small supply of flu vaccine drew an

[15:13] anxious crowd to this Los Angeles area

[15:15] drugstore today.

[15:16] >> I came early. I came prepared. I came

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[15:21] >> Dozens of elderly people, some quite

[15:23] frail, lined up in the hot sun for hours

[15:26] just to get a shot at getting a shot.

[15:29] >> We called three doctors. All are out.

[15:33] >> The scene is being played out across the

[15:35] country. We're going to take a hundred

[15:36] of you into the store right now.