CBS Evening News - 2001-05-15
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[0:03] a nationwide shortage of wattage now the
[0:07] plug is pulled in the Midwest and their
[0:10] dire new predictions of Summer blackouts
[0:13] Coast to Coast Dr Greenspan shot in the
[0:16] arm for the US economy I on America
[0:20] should children be getting a powerful
[0:22] antis psychotic drug meant for adults
[0:26] and
[0:28] Locomotion a freight train run wild and
[0:31] a Hollywood style
[0:38] rescue this is the CBS Evening News with
[0:42] Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:44] headquarters in New York good evening
[0:47] there are new warnings tonight that
[0:49] America's energy problems could soon get
[0:51] a whole lot worse an industry group that
[0:54] monitors electricity supplies says
[0:57] California could see even more rolling
[0:59] black blackouts this summer than State
[1:01] officials were expecting blackouts are
[1:04] also possible in the Northeast including
[1:06] New York City and today power outages
[1:09] were not a prediction but a reality as
[1:11] the plug was pulled in parts of three
[1:14] Midwestern states Illinois Iowa and
[1:17] Wisconsin again tonight CBS News has
[1:20] complete coverage of what's fast
[1:21] becoming a national energy crunch we
[1:24] begin with correspondent Bill
[1:26] Whitaker it's a sign of the times
[1:29] unexpected blackouts oh with three power
[1:32] plants down for repairs the lights have
[1:34] gone off here three times in 2 weeks
[1:37] closing down schools building up
[1:39] frustrations and I only have seven days
[1:41] left and you know I want to make the
[1:43] best of the seven days and learn the
[1:44] most I can I can't do that with uh them
[1:47] uh letting us out of school early this
[1:50] isn't California it's Iowa schools and
[1:53] businesses in neighboring Minnesot