CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-11-07

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Bob Schaefer and welcome to

[0:02] the CBS Evening News online edition.

[0:05] Just ahead, escalating violence in

[0:07] France. Sheila McVicker has details on

[0:10] the continuing riots. Also,

[0:12] old-fashioned but effective in

[0:14] earthquake ravaged Pakistan. You'll see

[0:17] how mule teams are helping in the rescue

[0:20] effort. We'll have details on what

[0:21] happened aboard that cruise ship that

[0:23] was attacked by pirates. And Eye on

[0:25] America gives you a surprising look at

[0:28] just how much small children know about

[0:30] liquor and cigarettes. It's all starting

[0:33] now on the CBS Evening News online

[0:36] edition.

[0:38] The French government ordered a curfew

[0:40] tonight and called out 1,500 police

[0:42] reserves to back up thousands of police

[0:45] and troops already on the streets. But

[0:47] still, the riots continued. Last night

[0:50] 1,400 vehicles were burned. One person

[0:52] is now dead and 36 police officers have

[0:56] been injured. The trouble is reported

[0:58] now in 274

[1:00] towns across France. It all began last

[1:03] month when two young men who thought

[1:05] they were being chased by the police

[1:08] were accidentally electrocuted. That set

[1:10] off simmering anger among poor Muslims

[1:13] who believe that they're victims of

[1:15] racial discrimination. Our first report

[1:17] tonight comes from Sheila McVicker in

[1:20] Paris.

[1:22] This was the response hours after the

[1:23] French government said Sunday restoring

[1:26] public order was the highest priority.

[1:28] Another night of escalating violence,

[1:30] even with thousands more police on the

[1:32] streets, and more than a thousand

[1:34] protesters arrested. In just a few

[1:37] hours, marauding gangs burned 1,400

[1:40] cars, a new record since the riots

[1:42] began. Schools, community gyms, shops,

[1:46] police stations torched. Most

[1:48] worryingly, for the first time, police

[1:51] were shot and wounded too seriously.

[1:54] What began on October 27th in the Paris

[1:56] suburb of Kiche Suba has spread beyond

[1:59] control. It is a contagion of violence

[2:02] fed by long simmering tensions that now

[2:04] infects nearly 300 French communities

[2:07] from Malce in the south to Mets in the

[2:10] north and over the weekend hit Paris

[2:12] itself. The French, including those in

[2:14] the immigrant communities, are both

[2:16] exasperated and afraid.

[2:19] >> We're afraid for ourselves and our kids,

[2:21] she says. It's gone too far. It's got to

[2:23] stop. The question is how. Police claim

[2:27] at least some of the violence is being

[2:29] orchestrated by teenage criminal gangs.

[2:31] Members of the governing party suggest

[2:33] France may have to take drastic steps.

[2:36] >> There's a lot of people who are asking

[2:38] for the intervention of the army.

[2:40] >> Is that appropriate? At some point, I

[2:42] think it will be.

[2:44] >> The prime minister went on TV again,

[2:46] this time saying local mayors could

[2:48] impose curfews if they thought it would

[2:50] help. The risk is if the government

[2:53] cracks down without fixing the real

[2:55] underlying problems, that anger will

[2:57] grow and perhaps drive some to dangerous

[3:00] extremism. There's more violence here

[3:02] tonight and more evidence that

[3:04] increasingly it's being organized via

[3:06] cell phone and the internet. There's

[3:08] evidence too that disenfranchised

[3:10] communities elsewhere are watching what

[3:12] happens here. Arson attacks have been

[3:15] reported in Belgium and Germany. Sheila

[3:18] McVicker, CBS News, Paris.

[3:20] >> It has been almost a month now since

[3:22] that big earthquake killed about 80,000

[3:24] people in northern Pakistan. And the

[3:26] United Nations said today aid still has

[3:29] not reached about a 100,000 survivors,

[3:32] many in remote villages reachable only

[3:35] by mule train trekking over the

[3:37] mountains. Mark Phillips went along to

[3:39] get the inside story.

[3:43] The four-legged rescue workers of

[3:45] Pakistan's 72nd Animal Transport unit

[3:48] can go where nothing else can. Up past

[3:52] the graves of the tens of thousands who

[3:54] died. Up into the wild high country

[3:57] where survivors cling to the mountain

[3:59] sides as they cling to life. Up through

[4:02] five, 7, even 9,000 ft. And where the

[4:05] trail ends, they make one. This is the

[4:08] reason the only way up here is by mule

[4:11] train. Fresh rock slides overnight still

[4:13] coming down off these hills. They've got

[4:15] to clear a path every time they come up

[4:17] here. For the mountain people, where the

[4:20] terrain is too steep for helicopters to

[4:22] land, the mule train is their lifeline.

[4:25] In this tiny hamlet, where the quake

[4:27] killed 60, winter now threatens the

[4:30] rest. The destination is this village

[4:32] called Satani, or what's left of it. And

[4:34] the mule train has brought in these

[4:35] tents and this food. Fine for now,

[4:38] except that in a few weeks there'll be

[4:40] snow up to here. And the government says

[4:42] that these people will be much better

[4:44] off down in the valleys where it can

[4:46] care for them. Even the president has

[4:48] pleaded with them.

[4:49] >> The people in the mountains need to come

[4:52] down to live in tents in the plains.

[4:55] >> You have to relocate population down to

[4:56] the hell.

[4:57] >> Not permanently, but for the winters.

[5:00] >> But it's advice many are ignoring. The

[5:02] Nim family of 10 huddles under the

[5:05] leanto they've built and says they'll

[5:07] stay no matter what. In the winter, when

[5:09] the snow comes, can you stay in this

[5:12] shelter?

[5:13] They'd rather take their chances here,

[5:15] they say, than go down to the towns. And

[5:18] they may be right. The nearest center,

[5:20] Balacott, has been completely flattened

[5:22] itself and can't cope with its own

[5:25] survivors, let alone with the masses

[5:27] who've thrown down from the hills. The

[5:29] quake left more than 3 million people

[5:31] homeless. But especially for those

[5:33] scattered in the mountains, there's now

[5:35] a race against time. Winter will stop

[5:38] even the mule train. If there's snow,

[5:41] can the mule train come? No, no. All

[5:44] roots are closed. The snow is coming.

[5:47] All roots are closed.

[5:49] >> Already the nights are cold. The

[5:51] earthquake was one disaster. Winter may

[5:54] be the next. Mark Phillips, CBS News,

[5:57] Satani, Pakistan. And how about this

[6:00] one? Pirates. That's right. Pirates

[6:02] intent on boarding and armed with heavy

[6:04] weapons attacked the Miami based cruise

[6:07] ship Seaborn Spirit off the east coast

[6:10] of Africa this weekend. and the ship was

[6:12] damaged by weapons fire before the

[6:15] captain managed to outmaneuver them and

[6:17] escape. The Seaborn Spirit arrived in

[6:20] the Sey Shells Islands this morning

[6:23] under US Navy escort. It was an

[6:25] unscheduled stop after heavily armed

[6:28] pirates attacked the ship off the coast

[6:30] of Somalia on Saturday. These photos

[6:33] taken by a passenger show mass gunmen

[6:36] firing at the US-owned ship in an

[6:38] assault that went on for 90 minutes.

[6:41] There was a woman in her cabin and she

[6:44] was fortunately in in her bathroom

[6:46] trick, but a rocket grenade went right

[6:48] through, threw the whole cabin off.

[6:50] >> Another passenger told the CBS early

[6:53] show he was awakened by the pinging

[6:55] sound of bullets hitting the ship's

[6:57] hole.

[6:57] >> I saw the flash of flame from the

[6:59] bazooka and the shell hit about four

[7:03] stateaterooms in front of me and two

[7:05] decks above. Very, very close. The

[7:08] passengers took refuge in the ship's

[7:10] dining room as the captain maneuvered

[7:12] farther out to sea, eventually

[7:14] outrunning the pirates.

[7:15] >> We had a wonderful captain and he knew

[7:18] exactly what to do

[7:20] >> and he was fantastic.

[7:21] >> He got us out of harm's way.

[7:24] >> None of the 200 passengers, and most of

[7:26] them were Americans, was hurt. But one

[7:28] of the crew members was hit by shrapnel.

[7:30] The ship is now headed to Singapore. Two

[7:33] cargo ships, by the way, also came under

[7:35] attack in the same area this weekend.

[7:38] And we end tonight with a reminder that

[7:40] it is never too soon to start teaching

[7:42] children good habits because kids are

[7:44] learning the good and the bad just by

[7:47] watching and a lot sooner than many of

[7:49] us realize. Mika Brzinski now with

[7:52] tonight's Eye on America.

[7:57] It looks like fun and games, but these

[8:00] preschoolers are really taking part in a

[8:02] Dartmouth Medical School alcohol and

[8:04] tobacco study.

[8:05] >> That they're going to watch TV and spend

[8:07] the evening together.

[8:08] >> The assignment, a shopping trip for

[8:10] Barbie and Ken's big evening. Some of

[8:12] the choices kids made

[8:13] >> cookies

[8:14] >> were cute.

[8:15] >> Ice cream

[8:16] >> and some Where's the beer? Beer beer.

[8:19] >> Well, not so cute. The percentage of

[8:22] children that bought cigarettes and

[8:24] alcohol was amazing to me.

[8:26] >> Maline Dalton, who conducted the

[8:28] research, says this is the first study

[8:30] of attitudes toward alcohol and smoking

[8:32] in children this young.

[8:34] >> What is this chicken?

[8:36] >> Right. Do you know what kind?

[8:38] >> Marble, right?

[8:40] >> That's Julie Gatipy's six-year-old son,

[8:42] Alexander, talking. I was surprised. I

[8:45] was surprised that he was able to pick

[8:46] out Marble cigarettes.

[8:48] >> Did you smoke Marbor? Do you smoke

[8:50] Marlboro?

[8:51] >> Yes, I do.

[8:51] >> That brand.

[8:52] >> That brand.

[8:53] >> So, he nailed it.

[8:54] >> Yep,

[8:55] >> he did.

[8:56] >> 62% of the children purchased alcohol at

[8:59] the play store. 28% bought cigarettes

[9:01] and 24% bought both. Researchers say

[9:05] there is no question here that very

[9:07] young children are getting the message,

[9:09] not just from marketers and movies, but

[9:11] first from mom and dad.

[9:14] >> Are we going to have anything to eat or

[9:15] drink while we watch the movie?

[9:17] >> Yeah.

[9:19] Aha.

[9:20] >> Aha. What's that?

[9:23] >> Here's what some of the other kids said

[9:24] in the role playinging scenarios. As

[9:26] soon as they returned to the apartment,

[9:27] a 5-year-old girl poured wine for the

[9:29] dolls. Later, she poured a little more,

[9:31] saying, "Another half a glass."

[9:34] >> What's that telling us?

[9:36] >> That comes right out of her mother's

[9:37] mouth to me. I don't know where else she

[9:40] would have gotten that one. That's

[9:41] pretty funny.

[9:42] >> Funny.

[9:43] >> This is beer. You want beer?

[9:45] >> Yes.

[9:46] >> And a little scary, too. The study

[9:48] concludes children as young as three are

[9:50] making a connection between adult fun

[9:53] and smoking and drinking

[9:54] >> beer. Some more beer.

[9:57] >> The advice since their kids are thinking

[9:59] about it, parents should be talking with

[10:02] them about it, too.

[10:03] >> Some more beer.

[10:05] >> Ice cream.

[10:06] >> In Hanover, New Hampshire, I'm Mika

[10:08] Bzinski for Eye on America.

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