CBS Evening News - 2005-10-09

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[0:00] Evening, I'm John Roberts. Scenes of

[0:02] unimaginable destruction in Pakistan

[0:04] where the death toll from that massive

[0:06] earthquake is now climbing into the tens

[0:09] of thousands. We'll begin there tonight.

[0:11] And we'll have these stories.

[0:14] I'm Byron Pitts. A new video tape and a

[0:16] new round of trouble for the New Orleans

[0:18] Police Department.

[0:20] Preparing for bird flu. I'm Randall

[0:22] Pinkston with some lessons from a long

[0:24] ago epidemic that could help today.

[0:28] Hundreds of thousands of contaminated

[0:30] cars. I'm Joie Chen in New Orleans on

[0:32] where they could end up.

[0:36] >> [music]

[0:39] >> This is the CBS Evening News

[0:44] with John Roberts.

[0:47] It's [music] bad, perhaps the worst

[0:48] ever. And today authorities were racing

[0:50] to get search and rescue crews into the

[0:52] remote mountains of Pakistan. The

[0:54] earthquake that hit early on Saturday

[0:56] was a monster, magnitude 7.6.

[1:00] Its effects were felt all the way from

[1:02] Afghanistan to northern India. But the

[1:04] hardest hit area was in Pakistani

[1:06] Kashmir through the foothills of the

[1:08] Himalaya.

[1:09] CBS News correspondent Richard Roth is

[1:12] there tonight.

[1:14] The government is calling it the worst

[1:15] devastation in Pakistan's history and

[1:18] the deadly earthquake hit hardest in

[1:20] some of the country's hardest places to

[1:22] reach.

[1:24] Shovels and picks and desperate bare

[1:26] hands were struggling to free more than

[1:28] 800 children buried in the collapse of

[1:30] two schools in this town called Balakot.

[1:34] Small voices called save me from beneath

[1:37] the rubble to parents who could hear but

[1:39] could not help.

[1:41] A landslide blocked the road in and has

[1:44] blocked heavy rescue equipment for two

[1:46] days. Everywhere along the earthquake's

[1:49] trail of destruction now, time has

[1:51] become the crucial factor for survival

[1:54] of people who are still trapped. But the

[1:56] landscape here doesn't help their odds.

[1:59] Okay.

[2:01] Remote Kashmir in the Himalayan

[2:03] foothills may have been hardest hit with

[2:05] 17,000 dead according to local officials

[2:08] who fear that number could double.

[2:11] This man says there are bodies all over

[2:13] and the government's not paying

[2:14] attention.

[2:16] Government helicopters are flying in

[2:18] aid, but Pakistan's president says he

[2:20] needs more. The US says it will help

[2:23] provide them. And rescue experts from

[2:25] abroad are already working in Pakistan's

[2:27] capital Islamabad, where two apartment

[2:30] buildings collapsed. 150 people were

[2:33] still buried here after 80 had been

[2:36] pulled out. We found them within an hour

[2:38] and rescued them within 3 hours.

[2:39] And so that's gives you hope with the

[2:41] size of the building and the type of

[2:42] voids involved.

[2:44] Uh

[2:45] yeah, so I think there's we've got a

[2:47] feeling there's more people alive in

[2:48] here.

[2:49] With floodlights illuminating the

[2:51] wreckage, the rescue work is paying off

[2:53] to a chorus of prayers and seemingly to

[2:55] his own amazement, this man was pulled

[2:58] out alive.

[3:00] Yet in most of the earthquake zone,

[3:02] there's no idea how many may be trapped

[3:05] and still alive.

[3:07] Carrying bodies on bed frames this

[3:09] evening, people were pouring out of

[3:11] isolated towns here over one rickety

[3:13] single-lane bridge. Beyond it, they

[3:16] said, everything has been flattened.

[3:19] One man coming out of his village

[3:21] tonight told me it looked like a field

[3:23] of sugarcane that had simply been

[3:25] crushed. John. Richard, among the

[3:28] survivors typically after an earthquake,

[3:29] we'll see a lot of crush injuries which

[3:31] require specialized treatment and urgent

[3:34] hospitalization. What are the chances

[3:36] people up there in those mountains are

[3:37] going to get that kind of treatment? Uh

[3:39] very slim, it seems. We've been told of

[3:41] a lot of people who have been trying to

[3:43] leave but can't because of broken bones.

[3:46] Um many people that we've seen carried

[3:48] out of one area in uh northwest Pakistan

[3:52] have been carried out on uh

[3:54] on on beds uh made into stretchers. Um

[3:57] there are a few people who are managing

[3:59] to get out in cars, but most people are

[4:01] really just stuck. It's remote, the

[4:03] roads are closed. Um there's very little

[4:06] opportunity to get out or to get medical

[4:09] care.

[4:10] Terrible situation there. Richard Roth

[4:11] for us tonight in northern Pakistan.

[4:13] Richard, thanks.

[4:14] There was death and destruction as well

[4:16] on the Indian side of Kashmir, the

[4:18] disputed region that has been the

[4:20] flashpoint for three wars between India

[4:22] and Pakistan. Tonight, the two nations

[4:25] are united in their shock and suffering.

[4:28] Reporter Ranjan Gupta is in the Kashmiri

[4:30] capital of Srinagar. I spoke with him by

[4:32] telephone a short time ago and asked him

[4:34] what it was like there.

[4:37] You see a lot of injured people, entire

[4:39] wards filled with people with broken

[4:41] legs, shoulders. But more than that, if

[4:45] people traumatized. I saw four boys

[4:48] uh between the ages of 12 and five, and

[4:51] they looked blank and tragic. They

[4:53] couldn't talk, they wouldn't respond. Uh

[4:56] they just were in a daze. Much of the

[4:58] damage, Mr. Gupta, that we've been

[4:59] hearing about has been from Azad Kashmir

[5:01] on the Pakistani side. How widespread is

[5:04] the damage there on the Indian side?

[5:07] Uh in Indian Kashmir, uh the villages of

[5:10] Uri and Baramulla have been uh badly

[5:13] hit. Uh many houses have been flattened.

[5:16] Mr. Gupta, when you get up into the

[5:18] northern part of Kashmir there up toward

[5:19] the line of control, the uh terrain gets

[5:22] very, very rugged, very high mountains.

[5:24] How difficult is that making rescue

[5:26] efforts?

[5:27] Very difficult, John, because we got to

[5:30] remember, now these are mountainous

[5:31] villages, remote even at the best of

[5:34] times. And here in Srinagar, it's fairly

[5:36] cold, and up in the mountains get even

[5:38] colder, particularly the nights. And if

[5:40] help doesn't get to those people soon

[5:42] enough, they're going to die.

[5:44] CBS News reporter Ranjan Gupta in

[5:46] Srinagar, President Bush today called

[5:48] Pakistan's President Musharraf and

[5:50] promised eight helicopters and an

[5:52] unspecified amount of cash

[5:54] to help with earthquake relief.

[5:56] More than 500 people are reported dead

[5:58] in Guatemala from flooding and mudslides

[6:00] triggered by Hurricane Stan. Hundreds

[6:03] more are missing.

[6:04] And officials said some villages buried

[6:07] in deep mud will be declared cemeteries

[6:09] and the bodies there will not be

[6:11] recovered.

[6:13] As New Orleans struggles to get back on

[6:14] its feet in the wake of Hurricane

[6:16] Katrina, another storm has hit the Big

[6:19] Easy tonight. This one a storm of

[6:21] negative publicity. It centers around an

[6:23] arrest that police made last night in

[6:25] the city's historic French Quarter.

[6:28] Byron Pitts joins us now from New

[6:29] Orleans. And Byron, what happened?

[6:32] Well, John, the New Orleans Police

[6:33] Department's had its share of

[6:35] controversy since the hurricane hit.

[6:37] What happened last night only adds to

[6:38] it. Take a look at these images taken by

[6:40] TV news crew.

[6:43] This 64-year-old man was accused of

[6:45] public intoxication. At first glance,

[6:47] the two New Orleans police officers

[6:49] appear to have him restrained under

[6:50] control.

[6:52] But suddenly one officer starts punching

[6:54] him, at least four blows to the head.

[6:57] Moments later, more police arrive.

[6:58] Appearing to resist, the suspect Robert

[7:00] Davis was tackled to the ground.

[7:03] And watch closely as it appears he's

[7:04] punched in the head two more times.

[7:07] Police Department brass called these

[7:08] images troubling and it and it wasn't

[7:10] over yet.

[7:12] Later, another police officer confronts

[7:14] the television producer accompanying the

[7:16] camera crew.

[7:17] The officer shoves the producer against

[7:19] a parked car and curses him repeatedly.

[7:22] So, John, this is under investigation by

[7:24] the police department, but it's one more

[7:25] black eye they don't need in light of

[7:27] the other things that have happened

[7:28] since Katrina hit. Byron, Byron, what

[7:30] are police officials saying about that

[7:31] incident?

[7:34] Well, they took quick action. The three

[7:35] officers involved have been suspended.

[7:38] Uh police say they will be arrested at

[7:40] some point today and charged with simple

[7:42] battery. According to the police

[7:44] department spokesman, striking a suspect

[7:46] in the head is not a part of department

[7:48] training. John? That's right. Byron

[7:50] Pitts in New Orleans for us tonight.

[7:52] Byron, thanks.

[7:53] With Romania and Turkey this weekend

[7:55] reporting their first outbreaks of bird

[7:57] flu, fears are spreading about the

[7:59] possibility of a global flu pandemic.

[8:02] Scientists say the United States is

[8:04] ill-prepared to handle an epidemic of

[8:06] bird flu among humans, so President Bush

[8:08] has made it a top priority to get the

[8:10] nation prepared just in case.

[8:13] Randall Pinkston reports for us tonight

[8:14] there is no shortage of ideas on how to

[8:17] do it.

[8:19] 97-year-old Patricia Wilson remembers

[8:22] her mother's remedy for the influenza

[8:24] pandemic of 1918. I was real young

[8:27] child. I was about 10 or whatever and my

[8:31] mother was so careful about keeping us

[8:34] away from everybody in the backyard with

[8:37] a fence around us. She wouldn't let us

[8:39] out. That flu epidemic was caused by a

[8:42] bird flu virus that mutated and quickly

[8:44] spread from person to person. In just a

[8:46] few months, 50 million around the world

[8:49] had died.

[8:51] Scientists see strong similarities

[8:53] between the 1918 virus and the current

[8:56] bird flu virus in Asia and worry it

[8:59] could become another killer superbug.

[9:01] The thing about flu is that it's so

[9:04] mutable.

[9:05] Dr. Doris Booker, who helped prepare the

[9:07] vaccines for the upcoming flu season,

[9:09] believes the key to preventing a

[9:11] pandemic is to speed up vaccine

[9:13] production and to move quickly if an

[9:15] epidemic begins. You would want to rush

[9:18] the vaccine and ring immunize people in

[9:21] that area. We'd want to use all of our

[9:24] resources to help whichever country

[9:27] where we where we see the virus flaring

[9:29] up.

[9:30] >> The best way to deal with a pandemic is

[9:31] to isolate it and keep it isolated in

[9:34] the region in which it begins. Another

[9:36] measure under consideration is to

[9:38] quarantine any part of the US where the

[9:40] virus surfaces, but some public health

[9:42] officials say it might be too late by

[9:44] then. Unless we catch it very early and

[9:47] very localized,

[9:49] um it's going not going to be practical

[9:51] to talk about quarantine measures or

[9:54] even serious travel restrictions.

[9:56] Instead, experts say the focus should be

[9:58] to boost health systems around the

[10:00] world, which would surely be pushed to

[10:02] the limit should the virus begin to

[10:04] spread. Many of the health care

[10:06] providers, if they weren't immunized,

[10:08] might themselves become victims. None of

[10:11] us got it. Patricia Wilson and her

[10:13] family dodged a bullet back in 1918. The

[10:16] tremendous tragedy instead strengthened

[10:19] her family ties. We all grew up caring

[10:22] about one another.

[10:24] My mother was a good mother, you know.

[10:27] She kept the bugs away.

[10:30] Back in 1918, it took a while for public

[10:32] health experts to determine the source

[10:34] of the epidemic. If it happens this

[10:36] time, they know how to respond and

[10:38] hopefully how to keep it contained.

[10:40] John. Well, Randall, is there anything

[10:41] that might suggest that there won't be a

[10:44] global pandemic of this type of bird

[10:46] flu? Well, if we compare it to 1918,

[10:48] what we know about that virus is that it

[10:49] was very contagious. This one,

[10:51] fortunately, has not shown a

[10:54] probability of jumping from the bird to

[10:56] humans and so far it doesn't spread

[10:58] easily from human to human. So, that's

[11:00] good news.

[11:01] >> Right. So, somebody contracts it and you

[11:03] get in their vicinity, there's not a

[11:04] great chance that you'll pick it up from

[11:06] >> Not as great as it was in 1918.

[11:07] >> Oh, well, that's good. Thank you. That's

[11:08] comforting to know. Randall Pinkston,

[11:09] thanks very much. Still ahead on

[11:11] tonight's CBS Evening News, the cars of

[11:14] New Orleans, recently [music]

[11:15] underwater, now possibly heading to a

[11:17] dealer near you.

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[11:32] Cholesterol's down. Well done. That's

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[11:35] >> [music]

[11:35] >> Hello, Dr. Sacks.

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[11:40] Mr. Decker?

[11:42] I told you we'd get it down. [music]

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[12:21] >> Beef and mushroom diet.

[12:22] >> You've got to try it.

[12:23] >> Counting calories never tasted better

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[12:56] If you ran a [music] drug company, what

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[14:28] The flood waters of Hurricane Katrina

[14:30] left thousands of vehicles damaged

[14:32] beyond repair, yet many of them could

[14:35] wind up on used car lots in your

[14:37] community.

[14:38] And Joey Chen tells us consumers won't

[14:41] suspect a thing.

[14:42] >> [snorts]

[14:43] >> The red Montero is this record's 253rd

[14:46] hookup in the flood zone.

[14:49] And though some vehicles don't look too

[14:51] bad, driver Kelly Bouvier says they are

[14:54] Total.

[14:56] Total? Yeah, all of them are total. On

[14:58] every street here, cars, SUVs, even

[15:02] hearses, abandoned on what drivers

[15:05] thought would be high ground.

[15:07] But the fish on the seats are proof it

[15:09] wasn't. Ugh.

[15:12] As many as half a million vehicles in

[15:14] South Louisiana were so badly soaked

[15:16] they shouldn't be driven again. But

[15:19] shady dealers often buy salvage vehicles

[15:22] and make them look good enough to sell.

[15:25] Could you clean this up? Yes, you could

[15:26] clean this car. You clean the outside,

[15:29] power wash the outside of the vehicle.

[15:31] You can wash all this off? Louisiana's

[15:33] lead fraud investigator, Lieutenant Alan

[15:36] Carpenter, shows how the scammers do it.

[15:38] Change the wires, replace the carpet,

[15:41] clean the leather. Sold to consumers as

[15:43] perfectly good used vehicles when in

[15:45] fact they're badly damaged because of

[15:47] water exposure.

[15:49] And people are going to get ripped off.

[15:51] There's a loophole in Louisiana law that

[15:52] could make the problem even worse. An

[15:55] owner is allowed to keep a wrecked

[15:56] vehicle even after the insurance company

[15:58] declares it totaled.

[16:01] In a first-ever attempt to head off

[16:03] scammers, insurance investigators teamed

[16:05] up with police to log IDs, catalog, and

[16:09] publish the numbers of vehicles which

[16:10] were underwater. Boy, 82. But even they

[16:14] admit it's impossible to get them all.

[16:16] Water. And the best advice for used car

[16:19] buyers is, as always, beware.

[16:22] In the next 6 months, 1 year, would you

[16:24] buy a used car?

[16:28] Probably not. Little comfort for those

[16:30] who want to avoid getting taken for a

[16:32] bad ride.

[16:34] Jeff Glor, CBS News, New Orleans.

[16:36] Something else to look out for. There

[16:38] was a pot of gold at the end of this

[16:39] weekend's race of robotic vehicles in

[16:41] the Mojave Desert. The $2 million

[16:44] Pentagon prize went today to Stanley,

[16:46] Stanford University's driverless

[16:47] Volkswagen Touareg SUV. Of 23 vehicles

[16:52] that entered the race, only five of them

[16:54] finished the 132-mile

[16:56] course.

[16:58] Just ahead of tonight's CBS Evening

[17:00] News, how people power is beating high

[17:03] prices at the pump.

[17:06] >> [music]

[17:09] >> There's never been a better time to talk

[17:10] with your doctor.

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[17:38] Hey,

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[18:12] Hi, Jay Bush and our family chili expert

[18:14] cousin Drew. For Bush's homestyle chili.

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[18:26] So, how do you like working out of your

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[19:14] He's a master thief. I am the best. Who

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[19:25] This week there's a hidden fire hazard

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[19:37] Six weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the

[19:39] devastation in New Orleans is there for

[19:41] all to see. And for many people who call

[19:44] the Big Easy home, all that's left are

[19:47] memories of what the city was like and

[19:49] questions as to whether it will ever be

[19:52] the same.

[19:53] That's tonight's Sunday cover, Voices of

[19:55] New Orleans after the storm.

[19:59] It's like a dream. It's like [music]

[20:00] it's not real.

[20:03] It's real sad.

[20:06] It's real sad.

[20:10] It's the atmosphere. You have Mardi

[20:12] Gras, Jazz Fest. The lights were bright

[20:15] all the time because it's a 24-hour

[20:17] city. And

[20:20] at night, it's so, so dark.

[20:25] Right now, it's it's really kind of a

[20:27] ghost town. It's very strange that way.

[20:29] It's just [music]

[20:31] devastation.

[20:32] And it That breaks my heart. Like on St.

[20:35] [music] Charles Street, when you the

[20:37] trolley is driving, you know, up and

[20:39] down the track and it's not running

[20:41] anymore.

[20:43] This people, [music] you know, just

[20:44] waving their hands out of the street car

[20:46] at people they don't even know and um

[20:48] the New Orleans responding back with a

[20:50] wave and we don't have that right now.

[20:53] >> [music]

[20:54] >> It's like I don't feel like going to do

[20:57] a second line down Bourbon Street

[20:59] [music] or anything today

[21:01] and probably won't for a good while.

[21:03] >> You don't see the little Lucky Dog carts

[21:05] anymore.

[21:06] Uh you don't see the carriages with the

[21:09] mules pulling them. Those are memories

[21:10] that stick with you for a lifetime. All

[21:12] of the friends and families that you

[21:15] used to just being able to call on a

[21:17] phone or just getting in your car and

[21:19] just drive in another neighborhood of

[21:22] the city and they're all not there.

[21:27] >> [music]

[21:27] >> The local restaurants, like you know,

[21:29] the the cafes,

[21:31] you know, the city life that existed

[21:32] previously is really what's what's

[21:34] missing [music] for all of us. I used to

[21:36] have friends that would come here and

[21:37] say, "Hurry up and eat so we can decide

[21:39] where we're going to eat next." That's

[21:40] one thing that I'm waiting to do.

[21:42] Have a poor boy, a roast beef poor boy

[21:44] with the gravy all over it.

[21:52] This is just stuff.

[21:55] We have lost stuff. We have not lost our

[21:58] hearts.

[21:59] >> [music]

[22:03] >> And that's what New Orleans is built

[22:05] around.

[22:10] It's going to always be home to me.

[22:13] I don't care where I'm living. This is

[22:15] going to be my home. God bless New

[22:17] Orleans.

[22:19] Take care of it.

[22:21] Bring it back to life again.

[22:22] >> [music]

[22:24] >> A sampling of voices and a little bit of

[22:27] music from New Orleans. When we come

[22:29] back, booming bicycle sales fueled by

[22:31] higher gas prices.

[22:36] >> [music]

[22:38] >> My new grandson should always feel safe

[22:40] in my hands, arthritis pain or not.

[22:43] [music] That's why I trust Advil. Even

[22:45] after 20 years, nothing has been proven

[22:47] more effective on tough pain. Not

[22:49] Tylenol, not Aleve.

[22:51] >> Advil, [music] fast, strong, trusted.

[22:54] Burning, itching, but the pain's the

[22:56] worst. I should have used Preparation H

[22:59] cream. Burning, itching plus maximum

[23:01] strength pain [music] relief on contact.

[23:03] The most complete Preparation H relief

[23:05] ever. Preparation H cream, pain relief

[23:07] on [music] contact.

[23:08] >> Hello, my darling. Your lush blossom

[23:10] beckons.

[23:12] I am so congested.

[23:13] >> [music]

[23:13] >> If only my medicine could treat and help

[23:15] prevent these seasonal nasal allergy

[23:17] symptoms. Only Nasonex [music] is

[23:19] clinically proven to both treat and help

[23:21] prevent most seasonal nasal allergy

[23:23] symptoms, including congestion. Only

[23:24] Nasonex. Side effects were generally

[23:26] mild and included headache, [music]

[23:27] viral infection, sore throat,

[23:29] nosebleeds, and cough.

[23:30] >> I have returned, my flower, a changed

[23:32] me. For seasonal nasal [music] allergy

[23:34] symptoms, Nasonex is the one to treat

[23:36] and help prevent congestion. Talk to

[23:38] your doctor.

[23:38] >> Nature fanatic, health nut. Grapenuts

[23:41] eaters have been called many things.

[23:43] There.

[23:47] Fortunately, they haven't heard a word

[23:48] of it. The unique nutty crunch and

[23:50] delicious taste of Grapenuts. Live life

[23:52] your own way.

[23:54] You've waited. You've dreamed. And now,

[23:57] [music] it's finally back. Endless

[23:59] shrimp at Red Lobster. The only time of

[24:01] year to enjoy all the shrimp you can

[24:03] eat. Don't miss [music] endless shrimp

[24:05] right now, only at Red Lobster.

[24:09] Why wait? Why wait? Osteoporosis, easy

[24:13] to ignore, but [music] it could be

[24:14] there, even if you don't look, feel, or

[24:16] act your age. Fortunately, you can do

[24:19] something about it. Bone loss can be

[24:21] reversed. Fosamax is a hormone-free

[24:23] [music] tablet for postmenopausal women

[24:25] at risk for or with osteoporosis.

[24:28] In 10 years of clinical research,

[24:30] [music] Fosamax has been proven to help

[24:32] reverse bone loss. And Fosamax helps

[24:35] prevent fractures of both [music] the

[24:36] hip and spine.

[24:38] You should not use Fosamax if you have

[24:39] certain disorders of the esophagus,

[24:41] [music] are not able to stand or sit

[24:43] upright for 30 minutes, have severe

[24:44] kidney disease, or low blood calcium.

[24:47] Before use, talk [music] to your doctor

[24:48] if you have stomach or digestive

[24:50] problems. Stop taking Fosamax and call

[24:52] your doctor right away if you develop

[24:54] new or worsening heartburn, difficult or

[24:56] painful swallowing, [music]

[24:57] or chest pain, because these may be

[24:59] signs of serious upper digestive

[25:00] problems. I'm not putting it off [music]

[25:02] a minute longer. Talk to your doctor

[25:05] about Fosamax, because bone loss can be

[25:07] reversed.

[25:09] Iraq. [music] It's one of the most

[25:10] pressing issues facing the nation. But

[25:12] how do Americans really feel about it?

[25:14] For the next 2 weeks, we'll be going

[25:16] cross country [music] to find out. Join

[25:18] Sharyn Alfonsi on a CBS News road tour,

[25:21] The Home Front, beginning Monday on

[25:23] [music] the CBS Evening News with Bob

[25:25] Schieffer. Experience you can trust.

[25:29] Gasoline prices jumped another 10 cents

[25:32] a gallon over the last 2 weeks, and

[25:34] bicycle sales are on track for their

[25:36] biggest year since the Arab oil embargo.

[25:39] Could there be a connection?

[25:42] Sharyl Attkisson tells us a little bit

[25:44] more. Cindy Highland is going out for

[25:46] one last test ride,

[25:48] despite the pouring rain. It's good

[25:51] practice. She'll be riding in all kinds

[25:53] of weather when she starts commuting by

[25:55] bike. About 2 and 1/2 miles to work, and

[25:57] 2 and 1/2 miles home. She thought about

[25:59] buying a car, but when it comes to you

[26:01] looking at gas prices, $3 a gallon,

[26:05] they're hearing that complaint a lot at

[26:06] this Maryland bike shop, and it's

[26:08] translating [music]

[26:09] into sales. So many people are buying

[26:11] commuter bikes, the store's bringing on

[26:13] a new mechanic next week to help build

[26:15] them. Business at the shop is busy

[26:17] pretty much all the time. Nationally, it

[26:20] could be the best year for bike sales in

[26:22] decades, since the early '70s, in fact,

[26:25] the last time we all talked this much

[26:26] about high gas prices. Industry analysts

[26:29] expect close to 20 million bikes will be

[26:31] sold this year.

[26:33] Only a tiny percentage of people ride

[26:35] their bikes to work, but urban planners

[26:37] say governments are trying to make

[26:39] commuting bike friendly. The

[26:41] infrastructure is is in place and ready

[26:43] for people to improve on uh bicycle

[26:46] commuting or increase the amount of

[26:47] bicycle commuting that they're doing. Up

[26:49] to $4 billion in new federal funds are

[26:52] on the way for bike paths and trails,

[26:54] but it'll take more than money to

[26:56] convince many commuters to give up their

[26:57] cars. A lot of things that are working

[26:59] against bicycle commuting um include the

[27:02] distances between where people live and

[27:04] where they work, where they live and

[27:05] where they go to school, and also the

[27:07] number of stops that they have to make.

[27:09] Bike experts have some tips to make the

[27:11] ride easier. Get your safety equipment

[27:13] in order. Uh make sure you wear bright

[27:14] clothing. Uh wear a helmet. Uh make sure

[27:16] you have lights, especially this time of

[27:18] year. And it probably wouldn't hurt to

[27:20] have some waterproof gear, just in case.

[27:23] Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, Washington.

[27:26] And just think how good it is for you.

[27:28] And that's the CBS Evening News for this

[27:30] Sunday. Later on CBS, 60 Minutes, former

[27:32] FBI Director Louis Free on the Clinton

[27:35] administration. Tomorrow on The Early

[27:36] Show, the latest on the South Asia

[27:39] earthquake.

[27:40] I'm John Roberts in New York. Thanks for

[27:42] making CBS your choice for news. We do

[27:44] appreciate it.

[27:45] Have a good night.

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[30:11] >> Mhm.