CBS Evening News - 1999-08-30

Channel: malgent

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] One station in middle Tennessee.

[0:04] >> Hurricane Dennis. The eye passes by, but

[0:07] North Carolina takes a lashing from the

[0:09] storm's powerful wind and heavy rain.

[0:12] Tonight, what Dennis did and where it

[0:14] may be headed. The summer amusement park

[0:17] toll rises after yet another fatal

[0:19] accident. And a mystery at the doorstep

[0:22] of the CIA. A puzzle waiting for a

[0:25] solution.

[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan

[0:34] Rather.

[0:36] And good evening. Dan is off tonight.

[0:38] I'm John Roberts. Hurricane Dennis has

[0:40] spared the Southeast a direct hit, but

[0:42] it's still churning up the surf and

[0:44] kicking up the winds for hundreds of

[0:46] miles of Atlantic coastline. Right now,

[0:49] the eye is off of the coast of Cape

[0:50] Hatteris, North Carolina, and moving

[0:52] slowly out to sea. A hurricane warning

[0:55] is up along much of the North Carolina

[0:57] coast. Heavy surf advisories are up as

[0:59] far north as Long Island, New York,

[1:01] where swimming at Ocean Beaches is

[1:03] banned. Dennis is blamed for at least

[1:06] three deaths. Byron Pitts in Atlantic

[1:08] Beach, North Carolina, begins our

[1:10] coverage

[1:14] this morning. Like a schoolyard bully,

[1:16] Hurricane Dennis swaggered down streets,

[1:19] scared a few people, and pushed a few

[1:22] more.

[1:24] You tell him.

[1:26] >> But bullies are usually more wind than

[1:28] fury. And so was Dennis in Atlantic

[1:31] Beach. He battered buildings and

[1:33] interrupted breakfast.

[1:34] >> I was upstairs. I was having a piece of

[1:36] toast and cream cheese. And the whole

[1:38] back deck just blew over the house. I

[1:41] heard it crash. It hit my truck and my

[1:44] boat on the Outer Banks where there were

[1:46] reported wind gust of at least 100 mph.

[1:49] The Coast Guard made an emergency

[1:51] rescue. Four people airlifted off a

[1:53] fishing boat stranded near Rowanoke

[1:55] Island. They, like this whole region,

[1:58] survived.

[1:59] >> The storm just basically brushed us and

[2:01] that was it. It could have been much

[2:03] worse.

[2:03] >> There was some flooding and power

[2:05] outages as far inland as Raleigh. At

[2:07] least 41,000 people were without

[2:09] electricity most of the day. Tourists by

[2:12] the thousands saw their vacations cut

[2:14] short.

[2:15] >> We have beer. It's all the time.

[2:17] >> But locals have a bigger worry. The 60

[2:19] to 70 mph sustained winds along the

[2:22] Carolina coastline chewed away a

[2:24] cherished resource.

[2:26] >> My concerns are beach erosion. We are in

[2:30] such a precarious situation anyway

[2:32] because our beaches are so damaged that

[2:35] this could be a really bad thing for us.

[2:40] >> According to this wind meter, we're

[2:42] still getting wind gust of 20 to 25 mph.

[2:45] In the end, forecasters say Hurricane

[2:47] Dennis could dump six to eight inches of

[2:49] rain on parts of North Carolina. And

[2:51] after a long dry summer, that's good

[2:53] news for farmers. John

[2:55] >> Byron Pitts in Atlantic Beach, North

[2:57] Carolina. Thanks. The big question

[2:59] tonight is where does Dennis go next?

[3:01] Our weather consultant, Brian Norcross,

[3:03] is tracking the storm at the CBS News

[3:05] Hurricane Center in Miami.

[3:08] >> John, I think it's very clear what the

[3:10] immediate future is going to be. Here on

[3:11] our radar sequence, we can see the eye

[3:13] of the hurricane moving on offshore.

[3:16] That's going to improve the weather,

[3:17] although it is still going to be kind of

[3:19] squalally right there along the coast.

[3:21] Now, the future is the big question here

[3:24] because what we have going now is a

[3:26] little dip in the jetream that's taking

[3:27] Dennis away, but that itself is going

[3:30] away. High pressure is going to build to

[3:32] the north and that's going to leave a

[3:33] persistent wind coming around from the

[3:35] high and the hurricane there along the

[3:37] east coast. Brian, what might bring

[3:39] Hurricane Dennis back toward the coast?

[3:41] >> Well, that high up to the north, John,

[3:43] could go anywhere here. It could

[3:45] actually turn to the north, could push

[3:47] it back toward the Carolas. That's going

[3:48] to be unclear. We're going to have to

[3:50] watch for a few days before that wraps

[3:52] up.

[3:52] >> We'll keep our eyes on it. Brian

[3:53] Norcross, thanks. A big casualty of this

[3:56] storm is North Carolina's tourist

[3:58] industry. Countless vacationers had to

[4:00] pack up early and go home. Even Vice

[4:02] President Gore and his family cut short

[4:05] of vacation on Figure 8 Island. The Jim

[4:07] Axarrod found those who make a living

[4:09] from tourism are staying focused on

[4:12] what's really important.

[4:14] On the North Carolina coast tonight,

[4:16] there are a lot of folks toasting their

[4:18] good news. Hurricane Dennis has come and

[4:20] gone, and they hardly knew he was here.

[4:23] >> So, how much did this little visit of

[4:26] good news cost you?

[4:28] >> I would say 10,000 a day.

[4:30] >> Then again, there's more than a few like

[4:31] Eva Cross, who's been selling groceries

[4:33] on Writesville Beach for 55 years. Even

[4:36] when the storms miss, she gets hit. The

[4:39] melted ice cream adds up.

[4:41] >> They cut the power, we lose merchandise,

[4:44] and uh being closed, you know, is

[4:48] expensive. This hurricane that missed

[4:51] still managed to drain the entire

[4:53] $200,000 New Hover County budgets for

[4:55] these emergencies each year.

[4:57] >> You've got to mobilize personnel. You've

[4:59] got equipment. You've things to rent.

[5:01] You've got supplies to bring in

[5:03] >> even when a storm doesn't hit.

[5:05] >> Exactly. This part of the Carolina coast

[5:07] has been hit by three hurricanes in the

[5:09] past four summers. So even though they

[5:11] lost just under $3 million this past

[5:14] weekend from tourists who never filled

[5:16] these spaces, they've got the kind of

[5:18] perspective here that stands strong

[5:20] through the storms.

[5:21] >> Everybody's just kind of jubilant

[5:23] really. I mean, you know, it's hard to

[5:24] say, oh well, we went out and lost $2.8

[5:27] million, but gosh, we're so happy about

[5:29] it, you know, cuz it could have been a

[5:30] whole lot more.

[5:31] >> It could have been worse. The regional

[5:33] motto up and down the barrier islands of

[5:35] North Carolina tonight.

[5:37] >> If you lose a life or something like

[5:39] that, you can't replace it. But that ice

[5:42] cream and frozen food, we can replace.

[5:46] >> A needed reminder perhaps when you've

[5:48] lost $10,000 in 24 hours from a storm

[5:52] that barely brushed by. Jim Axelrod, CBS

[5:55] News, Wilmington, North Carolina. The

[5:58] rain soaking North Carolina would be

[5:59] welcomed by firefighters battling

[6:01] western wildfires. Fastmoving fires have

[6:04] burned more than 200,000 acres from

[6:06] Washington state to southern California.

[6:09] A fire in San Bernardino County

[6:11] northeast of Los Angeles has destroyed

[6:13] about 50 buildings. Residents fled and

[6:16] animals had to be taken to safety. Still

[6:18] ahead on tonight's CBS Evening News, how

[6:21] safe is that airplane? The government

[6:23] investigates airline maintenance. Terror

[6:26] attacks from the 70s could be an issue

[6:28] in New York in campaign 2000. And

[6:31] fathers and kids together. How to cut

[6:34] the risk of drug abuse by

[6:40] >> No, this isn't a jeans commercial. It's

[6:42] about constipation. You're bloated, not

[6:44] yourself. Your size 10 feel like twos.

[6:47] >> Fibercon has natural fiber action to

[6:49] relieve bloating constipation.

[6:50] >> I'm myself again.

[6:51] >> Fibercon. Be regular. Be yourself. If

[6:54] you wear dentures, imagine how nervous

[6:57] teaching teenagers could make you feel.

[6:59] What if your dentures slipped? But

[7:01] thanks to the all day hold of Super

[7:03] Polygrip, those days are over. I think

[7:05] that says a lot about the power of

[7:07] Polygrip.

[7:11] >> You're nothing.

[7:11] >> Shannar, please always talking trash.

[7:14] >> You're paying baby.

[7:15] >> He's always trying to get inside your

[7:16] head.

[7:17] >> You don't know your elbows from your

[7:18] >> And sometimes he can get downright

[7:20] nasty.

[7:20] >> I bet you pay transaction fees on your

[7:22] mutual funds. Your mama pays full

[7:24] commission. You know how to calculate a

[7:25] PE ratio?

[7:26] >> When we created a smarter kind of

[7:28] investment firm.

[7:28] >> How diversified is your portfolio?

[7:30] >> We created a smarter kind of investor.

[7:32] >> You can't even spell Dow Jones.

[7:35] >> Okay guys, let's get this right. To

[7:36] calculate a PE ratio, you divide the

[7:38] stock price.

[8:06] Ask your doctor about Viagra.

[8:11] Two people were killed and at least

[8:12] three others wounded in suburban Los

[8:14] Angeles today in what may be a gang

[8:16] related shooting at an auto parts store.

[8:18] Police in Garden Grove say a gunman

[8:21] entered the store and began shooting.

[8:22] One of those killed was shot in the

[8:24] store, the other in the parking lot. The

[8:26] shooter, described as an Asian male, is

[8:29] still at large. For millions of

[8:31] Americans, it's an annual ritual, a trip

[8:33] to the amusement park for some summer

[8:35] fun. But all too often recently, the fun

[8:37] has turned to tragedy. Randall Kingston

[8:40] reports on the latest roller coaster

[8:42] accident.

[8:43] Instead of riders, inspectors were on

[8:46] the tracks of the Wild Wonder roller

[8:47] coaster today, trying to unravel what

[8:50] went wrong Saturday night. The Ocean

[8:53] City, New Jersey amusement park was

[8:55] turned into a scene of terror when a

[8:57] woman and her young daughter were thrown

[8:59] from a car. As the ride went up the

[9:01] opening 30-foot incline, a chain

[9:03] apparently disengaged, a safety

[9:05] mechanism failed, and the cab plunged

[9:08] backwards, slamming into other cars

[9:10] behind it. 39-year-old Kimberly Bailey

[9:13] and her 8-year-old daughter Jessica were

[9:15] killed.

[9:15] >> The brand new ride, which was

[9:17] manufactured in Italy, opened here less

[9:19] than two months ago. It had been

[9:21] inspected twice by state authorities and

[9:23] passed both times. Investigators say

[9:26] there are a number of things that could

[9:27] have gone wrong.

[9:28] >> Could be a a defective design. Uh it

[9:31] could be something having to do with the

[9:33] way it was constructed and the materials

[9:35] used in it. Uh could be maintenance or

[9:37] it could be the way it was operated. It

[9:39] all makes a lot of parents and some

[9:40] young riders nervous.

[9:42] >> It makes you think, you know, it could

[9:45] have been any one of these kids, but

[9:48] they definitely don't want to do it

[9:49] again. If

[9:50] >> it could happen on one, it could happen

[9:51] on anyone. I guess

[9:52] >> this summer across the country, it seems

[9:54] to be happening a lot, including

[9:56] Saturday night's accident. Five people

[9:58] have been killed. More than 70 injured

[10:00] in amusement park mishaps. A spokesman

[10:03] for amusement parks and attraction says

[10:05] the industry is saddened, but insists

[10:07] the industry is remarkably safe. This

[10:10] New Jersey amusement park reopened late

[10:12] today, but a spokesman says this ride

[10:14] won't be running here again this summer

[10:16] and maybe not ever. Randall Kingston,

[10:19] CBS News, Ocean City, New Jersey.

[10:22] >> The safety of a more conventional form

[10:23] of transportation is the subject of an

[10:26] investigation begun today by the

[10:27] National Transportation Safety Board.

[10:29] CBS's Bob our reports. The agency is

[10:32] investigating the quality of work done

[10:34] by outside contractors hired by many

[10:37] airlines to maintain their planes.

[10:41] It's a place passengers never see. But

[10:43] what happens here inside this cavernous

[10:45] hanger at Denver International Airport

[10:47] directly affects air safety. Mechanics

[10:50] for Frontier Airlines are stripping down

[10:52] an old Boeing 737.

[10:53] >> So if it's leaking anywhere slamming,

[10:55] it's probably going to be right in here.

[10:57] They'll spend more than 6,000 man hours

[10:59] over 19 days to make sure the jet is

[11:01] safe for passengers. Again,

[11:03] >> this engine is off. We can inspect. We

[11:05] can inspect all the the attaching

[11:07] hardware.

[11:08] >> John Bartra, who's been working on

[11:10] airplanes for 40 years, runs the

[11:12] operation.

[11:13] >> After 4 years of paying outside

[11:14] companies to do this work, Frontier just

[11:17] hired 100 mechanics to do the job in

[11:19] house.

[11:20] >> I think uh that we do a better job with

[11:23] doing it oursel. We use our people are

[11:25] dedicated.

[11:26] >> But not all airlines operate like

[11:28] Frontier. About half of all of the

[11:30] maintenance work done on US airplanes is

[11:32] done not by the airlines themselves, but

[11:35] by independent repair stations. And

[11:38] accidents have raised doubts about some

[11:40] of the independents. Investigators found

[11:42] shoddy work by outside repair stations

[11:44] contributed to the Value jet crash in

[11:46] 1996 and the crash of this Atlantic

[11:49] Southeast commuter plane the year

[11:50] before. In that accident, a repair

[11:52] contractor failed to find a crack in the

[11:54] plane's propeller. The FAA was hit hard

[11:57] for lacks oversight. In response,

[11:59] hundreds more inspectors were hired and

[12:02] training was tightened.

[12:03] >> The quality of work in in the airlines

[12:06] maintenance facilities, the quality of

[12:08] work at contract maintenance facilities

[12:10] have drastically improved. But the fact

[12:13] is the FAA does not have enough

[12:15] inspectors to check every panel, bolt,

[12:17] and wire on the thousands of planes that

[12:20] continuously cycle through hundreds of

[12:22] repair shops.

[12:23] >> The FAA cannot be looking over every

[12:25] inspector's shoulder.

[12:26] >> Aviation safety analyst Michael Boyd

[12:28] says that means it's up to the airlines,

[12:30] their mechanics and inspectors to ensure

[12:32] that all repair work is properly done.

[12:35] >> The scope of the job is so huge that

[12:37] airlines have to operate on the honor

[12:39] system. Some of them do very well. Some

[12:40] of them, as we've seen in the last few

[12:42] years, do very poorly.

[12:43] >> It's a system that demands that airlines

[12:45] know how each plane is being maintained.

[12:48] At Frontier, John Bartram knows.

[12:50] >> We know it's safe. We know it's

[12:52] airworthy. And in some cases, when

[12:54] you're depending on other people to do

[12:55] that, it's a little bit uh sometimes you

[12:58] you don't know.

[12:59] >> But that uncertainty has not slowed an

[13:01] industry trend. Outside maintenance is

[13:03] up 30% in the '9s, and it continues to

[13:06] grow. Bob, CBS News, Denver.

[13:11] Straight ahead on the CBS Evening News,

[13:13] Hillary Clinton in New York taking heat

[13:15] for presidential policies.

[13:18] >> This is a variety pack.

[13:22] >> There are certain things your body is

[13:24] going through that the chemo is doing to

[13:26] you.

[13:30] I was tired, very, very tired.

[13:34] One time my grandchildren were all over

[13:37] and they all went out and got ice cream

[13:40] and they're all lined up on the porch

[13:42] all with ice cream. They start from the

[13:45] age of three all the way up to 18 years

[13:47] of age. What a photograph that had to

[13:50] be. I did not have the energy to go

[13:54] upstairs to grab the camera. I missed

[13:56] the photograph. to me a once in

[13:59] a-lifetime opportunity.

[14:14] Go out, live your life. That's what I'm

[14:17] doing now.

[14:22] >> A lot of people have allergies. I have

[14:24] multi-ym nasal allergies. It's the

[14:26] sneezing, itchy, runny nose, the nasal

[14:30] congestion. It's all of it. I told my

[14:32] doctor, "I've had it. I've had it. I

[14:34] want an allergy medicine made for my

[14:36] kind of allergies." He prescribed multi

[14:38] symptom Fllonise.

[14:40] >> Fllonise nasal spray once a day relieves

[14:42] all nasal allergy symptoms all day and

[14:44] night.

[14:45] >> All it takes is Flise,

[14:47] >> the number one prescribed nasal allergy

[14:49] spray. Even kids as young as four can

[14:51] use Flise. For best results, use daily.

[14:53] If side effects occur, they are

[14:55] generally mild and may include headache,

[14:56] nose bleed, or sore throat. Call to

[14:58] learn more. Ask your doctor about multi

[15:01] symptom flown.

[15:03] >> When you get it all, all it takes is

[15:05] flown.

[15:06] >> Vogue eyewear exonica. What do you want

[15:09] people to see?

[15:10] >> I want you to see where it all started.

[15:13] >> Growing up doesn't equal growing bold.

[15:16] >> I want you to see next year's trend. Ask

[15:18] for the latest book styles by exotica.

[15:23] >> President and Mrs. Clinton went to the

[15:25] state fair today, the New York State

[15:27] Fair in Syracuse. Hillary Clinton was

[15:30] introduced as someone New Yorkers could

[15:32] soon call their own. The first lady

[15:34] talked like a candidate, saying upstate

[15:36] New York has been left behind in

[15:38] economic growth. Mrs. Clinton still has

[15:40] not said officially whether she will run

[15:42] for the US Senate from New York. Whether

[15:44] or not the first lady is running,

[15:46] Republicans have pounced on a new issue

[15:47] to use against her. It involves a

[15:50] decision made by her husband. Jim

[15:52] Stewart has the latest on that. Several

[15:54] imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalists

[15:56] recently offered a presidential clemency

[15:59] have reportedly been tape recorded

[16:01] making new terroristic threats during

[16:03] phone calls from prison. One senior

[16:05] lawman described the calls as explicit

[16:07] and said the inmates talked of

[16:09] committing additional violent acts when

[16:11] released from prison. When the calls

[16:13] were allegedly made, however, remains

[16:15] unclear. House Republicans seized on

[16:17] news of the tapes today, saying they

[16:19] would subpoena them and suggested the

[16:21] whole thing boils down to politics. A

[16:24] number of people have said that the

[16:26] first lady may be running for the United

[16:28] States Senate in New York and a large

[16:31] number of Puerto Rican-Americans live in

[16:33] New York and they thought that this

[16:35] might be uh something that would help

[16:37] her politically.

[16:38] >> Urged owned by former President Jimmy

[16:40] Carter and Kretta Scott King, President

[16:42] Clinton made the clemency offer earlier

[16:44] this month. It applies to members of a

[16:46] Puerto Rican independence group accused

[16:48] of several bombing attacks during the

[16:50] 1970s and 80s. The 16 inmates offered

[16:53] the clemency, however, were not linked

[16:55] to any crimes resulting in death or

[16:58] injury. Former New York policeman

[17:00] Richard Pastoella lost his sight to one

[17:02] of the group's bombs.

[17:04] >> The clemency offer without a doubt

[17:07] should be rescended.

[17:09] I think President Clinton was very badly

[17:12] informed and I think he exercised very,

[17:16] very poor judgment in this issue. What

[17:18] has federal law men so exercised about

[17:20] this case is that they feel the White

[17:22] House isn't listening to them. How do we

[17:24] fight a war on terrorism? One complained

[17:27] when they turn around and grant clemency

[17:29] to terrorists. Jim Stewart, CBS News,

[17:32] Washington.

[17:33] >> On the CBS Market Watch, the tobacco

[17:35] industry today raised the price of

[17:36] cigarettes by 18 cents a pack. Analysts

[17:39] say this will cover tobacco settlement

[17:41] costs and boost profits. AT&T jumped

[17:44] into the long-distance telephone price

[17:46] wars today with a plan that offers a

[17:47] rate of just 7 cents a minute all the

[17:50] time, plus a monthly fee of $5.95.

[17:54] The government says that despite rising

[17:56] mortgage rates, new home sales rose in

[17:58] July to the second highest level on

[18:00] record.

[18:17] He didn't save me any.

[18:19] >> It wasn't enough.

[18:20] >> Quaker toasted oatmeal squares. You

[18:22] haven't wanted a cereal this badly since

[18:24] you were a kid.

[18:25] >> It's time. Time for your heartburn to

[18:28] kick in because your heartburn relief

[18:29] gave out. It happens two or more days a

[18:32] week even though you've treated it and

[18:33] changed your diet. That frequent

[18:35] persistent heartburn may be due to acid

[18:37] reflux disease, potentially serious.

[18:43] It's Pryloc time. Time to see your

[18:46] doctor about prescription Pryloc. Your

[18:48] results may vary, but for many people,

[18:50] Pryloc provides 24 hours of complete

[18:53] heartburn relief with one daily dose.

[18:55] Ask your doctor for more information

[18:57] about Pryloc and if it's right for you.

[19:00] The most common side effects are

[19:01] headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

[19:04] 24 hours of complete heartburn relief is

[19:06] possible. It's Pryloc time.

[19:10] >> To be the best takes strength, speed,

[19:13] endurance. Now the best way to cure

[19:15] athletes foot has it all. New Lamicil

[19:18] AT. Strength. Full prescription strength

[19:21] to stop the itching and burning. Speed.

[19:23] These take four weeks of treatment to

[19:25] kill the fungus. Only Lamil AT cures

[19:27] athletes foot with just one week's use.

[19:30] Endurance. A study showed most users

[19:32] were still athletes foot free whole

[19:34] months later. Get it all in new Lamol

[19:37] at, the best way to cure athletes foot.

[19:40] Staples presents the Staples Coach of

[19:42] the Week program. It's our salute to

[19:45] leaders on the field and in the

[19:47] classroom. And it's your chance to win

[19:50] $5,000 in school supplies for your

[19:52] school, plus a visit from your local NFL

[19:55] head coach. To enter, visit a Staples

[19:57] near you. Register at www.st staples.com

[20:02] or send your entry to Staples Coach of

[20:04] the Week. Watch NFL Today, Sundays on

[20:07] CBS for winners.

[20:11] New research out today confirms that

[20:13] light to moderate drinking is good for

[20:15] your heart and may in fact save your

[20:18] life. The study found that two to four

[20:20] alcoholic drinks per week reduced a

[20:21] man's risk of dying from sudden cardiac

[20:24] death by 60%. Five to six drinks reduced

[20:27] it by 79%. The benefit did not extend,

[20:31] however, to heavier drinkers who have 14

[20:33] or more drinks a week. They run about

[20:34] the same risk as non-drinkers. Another

[20:37] study out today focuses on families and

[20:39] the risks of teenagers using drugs. It

[20:42] points to a key character often missing

[20:45] from family life. Dear old dad,

[20:49] the study was the first to look at

[20:51] family structure as an influence on

[20:53] substance abuse and found that the most

[20:56] important factor is not just the

[20:57] presence of fathers, but how connected

[20:59] they are to their children.

[21:01] >> Too many dads in America are AWOL

[21:04] as far as their kids are concerned. And

[21:07] that greatly increases the risk that

[21:09] their kids will use substances, drink,

[21:12] smoke, and use illegal drugs.

[21:14] >> How great is that influence? Teens in

[21:16] two parent families who have only a fair

[21:18] or poor relationship with their father

[21:21] were 68% more likely to drink, smoke, or

[21:24] use drugs than those with two supportive

[21:26] parents. In fact, a poor relationship

[21:29] was worse than none at all. Teens raised

[21:31] by a single mother had only a 30% higher

[21:34] tendency to substance abuse.

[21:36] >> Fathers have got to get engaged. They

[21:38] are a critical missing element in our

[21:41] battle to keep the kids drug-free.

[21:44] The father factor is so important,

[21:46] advocates say, because of their position

[21:48] as role models and rule setters.

[21:51] >> Those fathers who not only set rules and

[21:53] enforce them, but also have a good,

[21:55] warm, loving relationship with their

[21:57] children are the most effective at

[22:00] setting rules and ensuring that their

[22:02] kids follow them.

[22:03] >> So, these new results say the surveys

[22:05] authors should be a wakeup call to the

[22:07] nation's dads. What the fathers of

[22:10] America should do tomorrow morning is

[22:12] look in the mirror and say, "How often

[22:14] do I eat meals with my kids? How often

[22:17] do I help them with homework?"

[22:19] >> There was some good news in the report.

[22:20] It found that fewer teens thought drugs

[22:22] were the number one problem that they

[22:24] face. More teens said they didn't expect

[22:27] to use drugs in the future, and more

[22:28] said they had serious discussions with

[22:31] their parents about drugs. However, most

[22:33] of those discussions were with mom. And

[22:36] coming up next on the CBS Evening News,

[22:38] one of the bestkept secrets of the CIA.

[22:45] >> If you can do this, you can make wood

[22:48] beautiful with Minwax. And if you can do

[22:51] this, you can give wood lasting

[22:53] protection. Turning a house into a

[22:56] beautiful home is as easy as turning to

[22:58] Minwax.

[23:00] >> My feet are killing me.

[23:01] >> You need new Podiasin soak and massage

[23:04] gel. Only Podiasin dissolves in water

[23:06] for instant pain relief. Then rubs into

[23:08] open pores for deep lasting relief.

[23:10] >> The pain is gone.

[23:11] >> New Podiasin soak and massage gel.

[23:14] >> My dentures always fit fine. I never

[23:17] thought of them as a problem until I saw

[23:19] the video of my son's wedding. It was

[23:21] then that I decided to try fixed

[23:23] >> because Fixedent adjusts to the unique

[23:25] contours of your dentures and gums,

[23:27] forming a thin, powerful seal for a

[23:29] better hold than you ever thought

[23:31] possible.

[23:31] >> It was like a whole new feeling. So snug

[23:34] and secure. For once, I actually forgot

[23:36] that I even wore dentures. So now I like

[23:39] what I see.

[23:40] >> Find out for yourself what it feels like

[23:42] to fix it in and forget it.

[23:45] >> Nancy will have to see from near to far

[23:47] almost a thousand times. Today her eyes

[23:50] will focus on 40 labels, 60 charts, and

[23:52] 100 smiles. And in all that time, she'll

[23:55] never once think about the science that

[23:56] allows her to focus instantly at all

[23:59] distances. Nancy just knows that her

[24:02] Verarilux lenses help her see better.

[24:04] And for her, that's a very comforting

[24:06] thought. Verilux, the comfort of better

[24:09] vision. For more information, call

[24:11] toll-free 1 800 Verilux.

[24:15] >> I just bought every overnight laxative I

[24:17] could find.

[24:18] >> Why?

[24:18] >> To prove nothing's gentler than Philips

[24:20] Milk of Magnesia, XLax, Cynicot, every

[24:23] one of these others contain stimulants.

[24:25] Thatman says on the label, "It may cause

[24:27] abdominal discomfort, faintness, and

[24:29] cramps." Phillips is the only one that's

[24:31] stimulant free. Nothing's more

[24:33] effective. Nothing's safer. Does that

[24:36] explain everything?

[24:37] >> Yeah, except who's taking these back.

[24:41] >> Phillips safe, effective relief without

[24:43] harsh stimulants.

[24:46] Finally tonight, a mystery so deep that

[24:49] America's top secret agents have been

[24:51] unable to penetrate it, even though they

[24:53] walk past it every day. Eric Angberg is

[24:56] covering the case of a sculpture with a

[24:59] secret. In the courtyard of CIA

[25:02] headquarters outside Washington stands a

[25:04] large copper sculpture that is also a

[25:06] secret code. For nine years, it has

[25:09] challenged all who pass to reveal its

[25:11] message.

[25:12] >> I'm the only person whose answer. Artist

[25:14] Jim Sanborn, a sculptor with a flare for

[25:17] code, spent two and a half years carving

[25:19] 1,76

[25:21] characters into the sculpture. He named

[25:23] it Crypto Greek for Hidden. He's rooting

[25:26] someone will crack it.

[25:28] >> I didn't necessarily want this to be a

[25:29] mystery forever. I mean, it wasn't the

[25:31] idea when I did it.

[25:32] >> Between subtle shading and the absence

[25:34] of light lies the nuance of illusion.

[25:37] >> Some of it has been cracked.

[25:39] >> Notice illusion is misspelled with a Q.

[25:41] That is that is correct. That is

[25:42] >> David Stein is a physicist for the CIA.

[25:45] A scientist, not a spook.

[25:47] >> I didn't know very much about codes at

[25:48] all. Uh I had done simple monoalphabetic

[25:50] substitutions as a child with my mother

[25:52] actually.

[25:53] >> Though he's not a professional

[25:55] codereaker, the methodical Stein

[25:57] approaching the task like a scientific

[25:58] problem has solved all but the last 97

[26:02] letters. He does it all without

[26:04] electronic aids of any kind.

[26:05] >> And one day I just started playing

[26:07] around with pencil and paper. And once

[26:09] you get into it, then it's hard to put

[26:10] down. My brother and I used to try to

[26:13] make uh codes to stump my father.

[26:15] >> Across the country in California, Jim

[26:18] Galobi, who is not CIA and hasn't even

[26:21] seen Cryptos in person, is also within

[26:24] 97 letters of a solution.

[26:26] >> On the last part, the 97 characters,

[26:29] I've I've spent um most of the evenings

[26:32] for a month and haven't made any

[26:34] progress on it.

[26:35] >> But Gobli's decoding, unlike Stein's, is

[26:37] high-speed, high tech. A computer

[26:40] scientist, he writes programs that

[26:42] subject the secret message to billions

[26:44] of combinations in the search for

[26:46] answers. Plus, the cryptos mystery is

[26:48] now something of a contest between man

[26:51] and computer.

[26:52] >> The code was designed uh to be broken

[26:54] with pencil and paper. That was done on

[26:55] purpose.

[26:56] >> The whole idea of breaking a cryptogram

[26:59] is to find the solution. And if if the

[27:03] best to tool to do that is a computer,

[27:06] then you might as well use it. But let's

[27:08] not get ahead of ourselves. Those last

[27:10] 97 letters, when deciphered, may still

[27:12] not yield the final answer.

[27:14] >> Once it's deciphered, it's still going

[27:16] to retain a mysterious aspect. It's not

[27:19] going to be easy.

[27:21] >> Like any good spy story, it seems

[27:23] Kryptos may not reveal a clear-cut

[27:26] answer, but will end in the shadows of

[27:28] enigma and intrigue. Eric Angberg, CBS

[27:32] News at CIA headquarters, Langley,

[27:34] Virginia. And that is the CBS Evening

[27:37] News. Here's Dan Rather now with a

[27:39] preview of tonight's 48 hours Monday

[27:42] mystery. A child is missing without a

[27:45] trace.

[27:45] >> Please let my little girl go.

[27:47] >> She's the third child to vanish.

[27:49] >> These little girls are all abducted in

[27:50] broad daylight.

[27:51] >> Now an entire town is on the case.

[27:53] >> How could this happen again?

[27:55] >> Missing tonight on 48 hours. And for Dan

[27:58] Rather, I'm John Roberts, CBS News in

[28:00] New York. Thanks for joining us. Have a

[28:03] good night.

[28:05] For news 24 hours a day, cbs.com on the

[28:08] internet and on our interactive partner

[28:10] America Online at keyword CBS News.

[28:31] Hurricane Dennis, unpredictable and

[28:33] moving out to sea. But could its big

[28:35] punch come back? And with the hurricane

[28:37] season off and running, what else is

[28:38] coming our way? Weather watch. Plus,

[28:41] summer jobs. This team is making major

[28:43] money and getting stock options. What

[28:45] does he know that you don't? Find out

[28:47] tomorrow on the CBS Evening News with

[28:49] Dan Rather.

[28:51] >> Martha Stewart shows you how to jazz up

[28:53] dinner tomorrow on This Morning CBS

[28:56] News.

[28:59] I'm losing my mama keep her. This man

[29:02] just started off her.

[29:03] >> Three young children in East Nashville

[29:05] try to save their dying mother. Tonight,

[29:07] you'll hear new evidence against the man

[29:09] accused of killing her.

[29:11] >> Metro police are making the arrest, but

[29:13] there's no place to put the criminals.

[29:15] Is the solution an early release for

[29:16] inmates?

[29:18] >> And we'll tell you why your morning

[29:20] routine is about to change. We'll have a

[29:22] sneak peek inside the new look of the

[29:25] Tennessian. News Channel 5 is just

[29:28] seconds away.