CBS Evening News - 2009-05-10

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[0:00] and terrorized in a foreign country by

[0:01] her husband. Coin Local 6 Monday at 11.

[0:06] >> Tonight, flash floods destroy homes and

[0:09] close roads across much of West

[0:11] Virginia. We'll have a live report from

[0:13] the flood zone.

[0:14] >> Just start cleaning up, starting over.

[0:17] It's all you can do.

[0:18] >> I'm Russ Mitchell. Also tonight, the

[0:20] shuttle Atlantis is poised for launch

[0:22] tomorrow on a tricky mission to tune up

[0:24] the Hubble Space Telescope.

[0:27] Cancelled coverage. how insurance

[0:29] companies can revoke your policy after

[0:31] you've seen the doctor and stick you

[0:33] with the bill.

[0:34] >> I had cancer. My life was on the line

[0:36] and these guys did not care. Did not

[0:38] care at all.

[0:40] >> And on this Mother's Day, we'll take a

[0:42] look at the first grandmother, Marian

[0:44] Robinson, who's thriving in her new role

[0:46] in the White House.

[0:53] This is the CBS Evening News with Russ

[0:57] Mitchell.

[0:58] >> And good evening. The battle continues

[1:00] this Sunday in West Virginia where flood

[1:02] waters have forced thousands of

[1:03] residents from their homes after heavy

[1:05] rains, closed roads, knocked out power,

[1:08] and sent at least one mobile home

[1:10] downstream. West Virginia is the worst

[1:12] hit of five states socked by severe

[1:14] weekend weather. And Kimberly Doer is in

[1:16] the town of Gilbert, West Virginia

[1:18] tonight. Kimberly, good evening.

[1:20] Russ, the people who live here tell me

[1:22] that the waters and the mud hit early

[1:24] Saturday morning and went all the way up

[1:26] to that second window. They have been

[1:28] digging out ever since, but they don't

[1:30] know if their home will ever be

[1:32] habitable again.

[1:35] The rains hit hard and kept going,

[1:38] saturating the ground. By Saturday

[1:40] morning, the water had nowhere else to

[1:42] go.

[1:43] >> We've been through this before, but

[1:44] never this badly.

[1:45] >> More than 500 homes have been wiped out.

[1:48] A thousand more flooded, some partly

[1:50] destroyed.

[1:51] >> But this is the worst I've seen around

[1:53] here in a long time. It's the fastest

[1:55] I've ever seen this creek come up since

[1:56] we've been here.

[1:58] >> This area has been hit before in 2004,

[2:01] but the damage this time is much worse.

[2:03] Two people were injured when floods

[2:05] knocked over their trailer home. Others

[2:07] managed to stay just ahead of the wave,

[2:09] taking shelter on high ground.

[2:11] >> We got my mother out there, got her out.

[2:14] >> As the waters recede, the National Guard

[2:16] is bringing in supplies. But there are

[2:18] still some areas out of reach with 20

[2:20] bridges damaged or washed away.

[2:22] >> The roads are completely blocked. You

[2:24] can't travel nowhere this time.

[2:25] >> The governor has declared a state of

[2:26] emergency in six counties to bring

[2:28] immediate relief. It'll take a lot more

[2:30] than that to recover here. This part of

[2:32] the country is famous for coal mines,

[2:34] the Hatfield and McCoy Trail, and

[2:37] massive unemployment. 18% across the

[2:39] state and up to 30% here.

[2:42] >> Lost pretty much my bedroom. Lost

[2:44] everything. For Mingo County, West

[2:46] Virginia, this is one more sucker punch.

[2:49] >> Just start cleaning up. Starting over.

[2:51] It's all you can do.

[2:52] >> As we drove in here, there were people

[2:54] out in their front yards like this with

[2:56] pickaxes and shovels. There was a church

[2:58] volunteer group that had come from the

[3:00] neighboring town to help. So, they're

[3:02] not waiting for the government. They're

[3:03] all just pitching in. Russ

[3:04] >> Kimberly Doer in Gilbert, West Virginia.

[3:06] Thank you. The weather is cold, clammy,

[3:09] and foggy in Santa Barbara, California,

[3:11] where those wildfires that destroyed

[3:12] 31's homes are now 55% contained. Just

[3:16] 350 people are still out of their homes.

[3:18] The wet weather has put a damper on the

[3:20] fires that burn more than 13 square

[3:22] miles and force some 30,000 from their

[3:24] homes at their peak. Former Vice

[3:26] President Dick Cheney addressed the

[3:27] Republican party's future during an

[3:29] appearance on the CBS broadcast Face the

[3:31] Nation. Kenny was asked by Bob Schiffer

[3:33] if he agreed with talk show host Rush

[3:35] Limbaugh that the party would be better

[3:36] off if former Secretary of State Coen

[3:39] Powell left it.

[3:41] >> Well, if I had to choose uh in terms of

[3:44] being a Republican, I'd go with Rush

[3:45] Limbo. I think I think um my take on it

[3:49] was Coen had already left the party. I

[3:50] didn't know he was still a Republican,

[3:52] >> you know. So, you you think that he's

[3:54] not a Republican? Uh, I just noted he uh

[3:57] endorsed um the Democratic candidate for

[4:00] president this time, Barack Obama. I

[4:02] assume that um that's some indication of

[4:04] his loyalty and his interest.

[4:05] >> And and you said you'd take Rush Limbbo

[4:08] over Colon Pow.

[4:09] >> I would.

[4:09] >> All right.

[4:10] >> Politically,

[4:11] President Obama called this weekend for

[4:13] passage of his credit card consumer

[4:15] protection bill by the end of the month.

[4:17] According to a recent survey, four out

[4:19] of five Americans are paying lots more

[4:21] since December. The Center for

[4:23] Responsible Lending found that an

[4:25] estimated 10 million users were hit by

[4:27] rate increases of at least 10%. And it's

[4:30] not just consumers who are paying a

[4:32] price. Nearly half of all small business

[4:34] owners have seen interest rates higher

[4:36] than 15% during the past four months.

[4:39] And that has many of them stretched to

[4:41] the max. As Michelle Miller reports,

[4:45] >> Doris McMillan runs a consulting

[4:47] business from home. The economic

[4:48] slowdown has made it impossible for her

[4:50] to get traditional lines of credit, so

[4:53] she's turned to her credit cards.

[4:54] >> I primarily use my credit cards to take

[4:56] care of the office expenses, supplies,

[5:00] or whatever I might happen to need.

[5:02] >> Payments from customers are drying up,

[5:04] so she's piled up a mountain of debt on

[5:06] her cards.

[5:07] >> I had probably charged about $10,000,

[5:12] >> and that's becoming more costly. A

[5:14] National Small Business Association

[5:16] survey set to be released Monday shows

[5:18] nearly 60% of small businesses are using

[5:21] credit cards more over the last four

[5:23] months with 79% saying the terms of

[5:26] their credit cards has gotten worse in

[5:28] the same time period.

[5:29] >> Our survey is showing that small

[5:30] business owners often don't feel like

[5:33] they even have time to turn the bill

[5:34] around in some cases and get it paid on

[5:36] time.

[5:37] >> Banks, which received big bailouts, are

[5:39] among the worst offenders. Twothirds of

[5:42] all card issuers have lowered credit

[5:44] limits and raised fees for credit card

[5:47] transactions along with higher penalties

[5:49] for late payments. The new terms have

[5:51] brought in $18.1 billion to financial

[5:54] institutions.

[5:55] >> I'm in business to make money just like

[5:57] they are. But I'm not gouging.

[5:59] >> You shouldn't have to fear that any new

[6:01] credit card is going to come with

[6:02] strings attached.

[6:03] >> President Obama is pushing Congress to

[6:05] pass credit card reform by Memorial Day.

[6:08] The House has already passed a version

[6:10] which puts a cap on interest rates. A

[6:12] Senate bill could be voted on this week

[6:14] that would help individuals and small

[6:16] businesses alike.

[6:17] >> Small business community uh always leads

[6:20] us out of these economic uh downturns.

[6:23] >> That's Doris McMillan's plan.

[6:25] >> I've been in business 23 years and I'm

[6:27] not going out of business anytime soon.

[6:30] >> As long as her plastic holds out.

[6:32] Michelle Miller, CBS News, New York.

[6:36] Jailed American journalist Roxanna Saber

[6:38] had her second chance in an Iranian

[6:40] court today. Her lawyer expects a ruling

[6:42] soon that could reduce the 8-year

[6:44] sentence she received last month for

[6:45] spying. And he said he is optimistic

[6:48] that there will be a quote remarkable

[6:49] change in the sentence. Pope Benedict's

[6:52] historic journey to the Middle East is

[6:54] underway. Tomorrow he travels to Israel.

[6:56] But today the Pope addressed the flock

[6:58] in Jordan where Christians say they

[7:00] remain under attack. Richard Roth has

[7:02] more from Aman.

[7:05] Celebrating mass at a soccer stadium,

[7:08] Pope Benedict acknowledged the hardship

[7:10] faced by his followers here. He urged

[7:12] them to hold on to their faith.

[7:15] >> The Catholic community here is deeply

[7:18] touched by the difficulties and

[7:22] uncertainties

[7:23] which affect all the people of the

[7:26] Middle East.

[7:27] >> He told them to build bridges to other

[7:29] faiths. That's his ambition, too. His

[7:32] host at Jordan's biggest mosque thanked

[7:34] Benedict for expressing regret over

[7:36] remarks he made in 2006 when he quoted

[7:40] an ancient text that called Islam

[7:42] irrational and Muslims were insulted.

[7:45] Here the Pope stressed he has deep

[7:47] respect for Islam at the same time he

[7:50] denounced what he called the

[7:51] manipulation of religion for political

[7:54] purposes that's led to violence. The

[7:57] Vatican called his trip to the Middle

[7:59] East a journey of hope and faith. But

[8:02] what Benedict's encountering in this

[8:04] part of the world is more like a mix of

[8:06] opportunity and risk. Plenty of both lie

[8:10] ahead. Benedict infuriated many Jews by

[8:13] recently welcoming back to the church a

[8:15] bishop who denies the Holocaust took

[8:18] place. Tomorrow, he'll lay a wreath at

[8:21] Israel's memorial to the millions who

[8:23] died. To some survivors of what's called

[8:25] the showa, it's an important gesture,

[8:28] especially from a pope who is German.

[8:31] >> I am very glad that is coming to Israel,

[8:34] to Jerusalem, to Yadvashm, recognizing

[8:37] the fact that the Shaw has been a major

[8:41] event in Jewish life.

[8:45] >> The Pope says this is a pilgrimage to

[8:47] the Holy Land, but it's a journey

[8:49] through a political minefield, too. And

[8:52] every stop's a reminder of what he calls

[8:54] the burden of religion's common history.

[8:57] So often marked by misunderstanding.

[9:00] Richard Roth, CBS News. Aman.

[9:03] >> And still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[9:06] News, the first grandmother settling

[9:08] into her new White House home. And when

[9:11] we come back, countdown to a mission to

[9:13] repair the Hubble telescope.

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[12:20] >> It is not Star Trek. It is the real Star

[12:23] Treker that's about to get some

[12:24] attention. NASA is readying the space

[12:26] shuttle Atlantis to fly tomorrow

[12:28] afternoon toward the Hubble telescope

[12:30] for a muchneeded tuneup. Science and

[12:32] technology correspondent Daniel Seabourg

[12:34] is at the Kennedy Space Center with

[12:35] more. Daniel, good evening. Good

[12:38] evening, Russ. Just a short time ago,

[12:40] NASA rolled back the protective gantry,

[12:42] revealing Atlantis poised and ready for

[12:44] launch tomorrow at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

[12:47] And with just a handful of shuttle

[12:48] launches left, this is NASA's last

[12:50] chance to repair and upgrade the Hubble

[12:52] in the hopes it will continue to educate

[12:54] and inspire.

[12:57] >> And liftoff of the space shuttle

[12:59] Discovery with the Hubble Space

[13:00] Telescope, our window on the universe.

[13:03] >> Launched in 1990 amid great fanfare,

[13:06] Hubble was designed to examine the

[13:08] deepest recesses of space, probing the

[13:10] origins of the universe. several.

[13:13] >> But a disastrous manufacturing flaw

[13:15] hobbled the Hubble's ability to focus,

[13:17] and it became a public relations

[13:19] nightmare.

[13:20] >> NASA says the trouble with Hubble is a

[13:22] tangled antenna.

[13:24] >> In 1993, an unprecedented repair mission

[13:27] set out to rescue the telescope.

[13:29] >> We have a goal for relief

[13:31] >> and NASA's reputation. future of the

[13:33] agency, the future of our space program

[13:35] hung in the balance on the ability of a

[13:38] team of seven astronauts, men and women,

[13:40] to ride to the rescue of Hubble to

[13:43] repair and restore the vision.

[13:45] >> It worked. And NASA's been delivering

[13:47] groundbreaking science and amazing

[13:49] imagery ever since.

[13:51] >> I mean, it went from being perhaps

[13:52] NASA's greatest embarrassment when they

[13:55] launched it with a mirror that was

[13:56] improperly ground to perhaps its second

[13:59] greatest success. And I'm saying second

[14:01] only in relation to the Apollo moon

[14:03] landings.

[14:03] >> This fifth and final repair mission is

[14:06] extremely tricky. Astronauts will make

[14:08] five lengthy and complex spacew walks,

[14:11] adding a new camera and installing more

[14:13] powerful batteries.

[14:14] >> The clock is ticking from the moment we

[14:16] launch. And we have to try and get

[14:18] everything done. So there's a lot of

[14:20] pressure to get out the door on time to

[14:23] start the spacew walks. There's not much

[14:25] time to mess around. Hubble's orbit

[14:27] creates a higher risk of collision with

[14:29] space debris. That orbit also makes the

[14:32] International Space Station unavailable

[14:34] as a safe haven. So, a backup shuttle,

[14:36] Endeavor, sits on the launchpad, ready

[14:38] for possible rescue.

[14:40] >> Has this ever happened before? NASA's

[14:42] never prepared a second shuttle for

[14:43] rescue duty. This is unprecedented in

[14:45] that sense.

[14:46] >> The upgrade, if successful, could extend

[14:48] Hubble by 5 to seven years, giving

[14:50] Hubble huggers plenty more eyepopping

[14:53] imagery. You know, I think that

[14:54] scientific exploration, human

[14:56] exploration of space is absolutely, you

[14:58] know, the most important thing uh for

[15:00] certainly my life, but also for people

[15:02] to do. And so, in that sense, it's worth

[15:04] taking a great risk.

[15:07] This dramatic Hubble mission comes as

[15:09] the shuttle program is winding down.

[15:11] There are only nine shuttle missions

[15:13] left, but there are many questions about

[15:14] the future of man space flight. Just

[15:16] last week, President Obama ordered a

[15:18] major budget review from NASA. Russ.

[15:21] >> Okay, Daniel Seabourg in Florida. Thank

[15:23] you very much. Young Joshua Childers

[15:25] owes Troy, his grandmother's dog, a

[15:28] great big hug. The three-year-old was

[15:30] released from the hospital last night,

[15:31] doing fine. He's the young man who

[15:33] wandered away from his Missouri home

[15:35] after two cold, rainy nights. Volunteers

[15:38] found him. The dog had stayed with the

[15:40] boy, probably saving his life. And just

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[18:48] The healthcare industry tomorrow

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[18:58] some individual insurance policies have

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[19:02] Hughes has the unhealthy details.

[19:05] But it doesn't.

[19:06] >> When Karen knee decided to get back in

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[19:13] Since she had insurance, she didn't

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[19:58] insurance policies. In a written

[20:00] statement, Anthem Blue Cross responded

[20:02] saying invalidating a policy back to its

[20:05] effective date is not a frequent

[20:07] practice. In fact, it affects roughly 1/

[20:10] half of 1% of new applicants each year.

[20:13] Rocky Delg Goodado says some insurance

[20:15] companies even review policies after

[20:18] claims have been made with the intention

[20:20] of cancellation.

[20:22] >> You make a claim, your insurance policy

[20:23] will be sent to a secret unit where

[20:26] somebody there will be given a bonus if

[20:28] they figure out a way to cancel your

[20:31] policy.

[20:32] >> The Los Angeles city attorney also went

[20:34] after Blue Shield for allegedly

[20:36] cancelling 850 policies it shouldn't

[20:38] have canled. and Healthnet settled a

[20:40] lawsuit with 800 policy holders over

[20:43] cancellations, though the company

[20:45] admitted no wrongdoing.

[20:47] In total, the insurer has paid more than

[20:49] $40 million in various cases related to

[20:52] retroactive cancellations. In one of

[20:55] those cases, the insurer was forced to

[20:57] pay $9 million to Paty Bates, a breast

[21:00] cancer patient who had her policy canled

[21:03] in the middle of treatment.

[21:05] >> I had cancer. My life was on the line.

[21:07] And these guys did not care. Did not

[21:10] care at all.

[21:11] >> Our health care system is broken in

[21:13] America. This is a symptom of that. In

[21:15] fact, I believe it's at an emergency

[21:17] level. I mean, it's our healthcare

[21:18] system has flatlined.

[21:19] >> In Karen N's case, the company claims

[21:21] she had a chronic back condition,

[21:24] something she didn't disclose on her

[21:25] application, but she says she doesn't

[21:28] have a chronic condition, just a

[21:30] one-time injury.

[21:31] >> You know, just one of those things you

[21:32] just stand up the wrong way, you go,

[21:34] "Oh, that didn't feel good." and um you

[21:37] know just just pulled a muscle. It was a

[21:38] little back spasm. Couple days later, I

[21:41] was all better. No problem.

[21:42] >> But her one-time problem highlights what

[21:44] some call a chronic flaw in the health

[21:47] care system. Sandra Hughes, CBS News,

[21:50] Newport Beach, California.

[21:52] >> Coming up on tonight's CBS Evening News.

[21:55] There are two moms celebrating today at

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[24:55] a Mother's Day survey says a

[24:57] stay-at-home mom does work that's worth

[24:59] $122,000

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[25:09] experience Michelle Obama's mother,

[25:11] Marian Robinson, is having at her new

[25:13] house. White House correspondent Bill

[25:15] Plant explains.

[25:17] That's Mary and Robinson at a White

[25:19] House concert in honor of Black History

[25:21] Month.

[25:25] And with the president, her daughter,

[25:27] and granddaughters at the Easter egg

[25:29] roll. But those are among the few public

[25:31] glimpses of the first grandmother. And

[25:34] that's just the way she likes it.

[25:36] >> She's not recognized anywhere. So, she

[25:38] actually doesn't live in a prison the

[25:41] way the president and the first lady do.

[25:43] >> The 71-year-old Mrs. Robinson moved here

[25:46] with the family from Chicago in January.

[25:49] Reluctantly. This was, she told CBS News

[25:52] in a recent interview, way out of her

[25:54] comfort zone.

[25:55] >> And they're dragging me with them, and

[25:58] I'm not that comfortable. But I'm doing

[26:01] exactly what you do. you do what has to

[26:04] be done.

[26:05] >> And that's what she's done here, just as

[26:07] she did in Chicago, taking care of

[26:09] granddaughters Malia and Sasha, and

[26:11] making her daughter and son-in-law feel

[26:13] at home. And guess what? Says Sally

[26:16] Quinn, who recently had lunch with the

[26:18] family.

[26:19] >> I think she loves it here. I think she

[26:21] is really enjoying it, much to her

[26:23] surprise. So much so that the first lady

[26:25] told a group last week that her mother

[26:27] has such a full social life that she and

[26:30] the president sometimes have to plan

[26:32] their schedule around Mrs. Robinson's.

[26:35] >> It's been reported that that Michelle

[26:37] Obama is now having to hire babysitters

[26:39] because her mother is going out so much.

[26:42] >> Of course, the first grandmother has

[26:44] more time to go out living here. But I

[26:46] think the biggest part of it for her has

[26:48] to be being able to be with the family,

[26:50] particularly on a special day such as

[26:52] this. Russ,

[26:53] >> what a new life. Okay, Bill, let's talk

[26:54] about the White House correspondents

[26:55] dinner last night. I know you've been to

[26:57] a to a couple of these. How do you think

[26:58] the president did last night?

[27:00] >> Well, presidents are expected to offer

[27:02] some self-deprecating humor at this

[27:04] annual event, and President Obama did

[27:06] that and more. But he also took a jab at

[27:08] former Vice President Cheney, and he

[27:10] joked about the recent low-level flight

[27:12] of a presidential aircraft over lower

[27:14] Manhattan, which scared the daylights

[27:16] out of thousands.

[27:18] Now, Sasha and Malia aren't here tonight

[27:21] because they're grounded.

[27:24] You can't just take Air Force One on a

[27:26] joy ride to Manhattan. I don't care

[27:29] whose kids you are.

[27:32] Dick Cheney was supposed to be here, but

[27:34] he is very busy working on his memoirs

[27:37] tentatively titled How to Shoot Friends

[27:41] and Interrogate People.

[27:44] Finally, I believe

[27:46] that my next 100 days will be so

[27:48] successful I will be able to complete

[27:49] them in 72 days.

[27:53] And on the 73rd day, I will rest.

[27:57] >> Well, it may not be quite that easy, but

[27:59] at least last night the president left

[28:01] him laughing. Russ

[28:03] >> and Bill, I joke you'd been to a couple

[28:04] of these. Actually, how many have you

[28:06] attended?

[28:07] >> About 30, I think.

[28:09] >> Just a few. Just a few. All right, Bill

[28:11] Plan at the White House as always. Thank

[28:13] you so much.

[28:14] And that is the CBS Evening News. Later

[28:16] on CBS 60 Minutes, Laura Logan reports

[28:18] on the military's use of unmanned drone

[28:21] aircraft. Thanks for joining us on this

[28:23] Sunday evening. I'm Russ Mitchell, CBS

[28:25] News New York. Katie's back tomorrow

[28:27] night. I'll see you again first thing

[28:28] tomorrow on the Early Show. Happy

[28:30] Mother's Day. Good night.

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