CBS Evening News - 2009-06-08
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[0:03] Tonight, fast tracking the stimulus. The
[0:05] president funnels tax dollars to
[0:07] projects that are ready to go to create
[0:10] or save 600,000 jobs stat.
[0:14] I'm Katie Couric. Also tonight, deal
[0:16] delayed. The sale of Chrysler to Fiat is
[0:19] put on hold on orders from Supreme Court
[0:22] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
[0:24] Angioplasty is one of the most common
[0:26] medical procedures, but a new study says
[0:29] a cheaper alternative is just as
[0:31] effective.
[0:33] >> I'm Snow White.
[0:34] >> And a cultural milestone, Disney's first
[0:37] black princess and the producers take
[0:40] extraordinary steps to get it right.
[0:47] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:50] Couric.
[0:54] >> Good evening, everyone. It's been nearly
[0:55] 4 months since President Obama signed
[0:58] that $787
[1:00] billion stimulus into law and the
[1:02] economy is continuing to hemorrhage
[1:04] jobs. So today the president gave the
[1:07] plan a jump start putting hundreds of
[1:09] public works projects on the fast track
[1:11] with the goal of creating or saving
[1:13] 600,000 jobs in 100 days. Our chief
[1:17] White House correspondent Chip Reid has
[1:19] the latest.
[1:20] >> The president today took credit for
[1:22] keeping the economy out of a tail spin,
[1:24] but said he's still not satisfied with
[1:26] the pace of the recovery.
[1:28] >> Now we're in a position to really
[1:29] accelerate.
[1:30] >> He said the stimulus, which he claims
[1:32] created 150,000 jobs in the first 100
[1:35] days, will create four times that number
[1:37] of jobs in the second 100 days. There
[1:40] was even a PowerPoint presentation in
[1:42] the briefing room by a White House
[1:43] economist with maps intended to show
[1:45] that job creating projects are sprou