CBS Evening News - 2007-10-30

Name: CBS Evening News - 2007-10-30
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[0:02] Tonight, showdown over consumer safety.

[0:05] >> I'm calling upon the President of the

[0:07] United States to ask for the

[0:09] resignation.

[0:10] >> The speaker demands the ouster of the

[0:12] head of the Consumer Product Safety

[0:14] Commission after a summer of toy recalls

[0:17] and a raging battle over government

[0:18] regulation and the safety of the

[0:20] products we use.

[0:22] I'm Katie Couric. Also tonight, on the

[0:24] eve of the most frightening day of the

[0:26] year,

[0:28] a preview of one of the most violent

[0:31] video games ever. Is make-believe

[0:33] violence a real danger to kids?

[0:37] And

[0:37] >> It's the Great Pumpkin.

[0:39] >> Actually, it's the Great Pumpkin Patch,

[0:42] the biggest one in the country.

[0:49] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie

[0:52] Couric.

[0:55] >> Good evening, everyone. We're beginning

[0:56] tonight with a battle between Congress

[0:58] and the Bush administration over the

[1:00] safety of the products we use and how

[1:03] much of the government should regulate

[1:04] the companies that make them. The

[1:06] Consumer Product Safety Commission

[1:08] oversees about 15,000 products from baby

[1:11] strollers to mattresses. But after the

[1:13] recall of more than 22 million dangerous

[1:16] toys, Democrats today demanded the

[1:19] acting chairman be recalled. Chip Reid

[1:21] is on Capitol Hill tonight. Chip?

[1:24] >> Well, good evening, Katie. The Bush

[1:25] administration and the Democratic

[1:27] Congress have very different ideas on

[1:29] how the federal government should police

[1:31] product safety and caught in the middle

[1:33] is the consumer.

[1:35] For months, US consumers have been

[1:37] deluged with wave after wave of toy

[1:40] recalls, from dolls to jewelry to toy

[1:42] cars. Today, key