CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2004-10-13

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Dan Rather. Welcome to the

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

[0:05] ahead, how are they doing? We'll give

[0:07] you the inside story on how residents of

[0:10] Hurricane Ravage, Florida, are still

[0:12] fighting to cope. Also, one state may

[0:15] rewrite the electoral vote rules. We

[0:18] examine how that might change the way

[0:20] America elects a president and the

[0:23] simple shot that some claim dissolves

[0:26] fat. You won't hear about it anywhere

[0:28] else, but don't sign up for one till you

[0:31] see our report. It's all starting now on

[0:34] the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.

[0:38] Another powerful force of nature is

[0:40] still having a major impact on Florida.

[0:43] Four major hurricanes this season killed

[0:45] 75 people there. Property damage was

[0:48] widespread, but there remains an unseen

[0:51] toll as well. CBS's Lee Cowan gives you

[0:54] the inside story.

[0:56] The cameras are gone. The politicians

[0:58] have stopped visiting. The shelters are

[1:00] closed. But for Florida residents like

[1:03] Ellis Coleman, every day since is just

[1:05] like the eye of a hurricane.

[1:08] >> Just seems so hopeless.

[1:11] >> A self-described tough guy, a former Air

[1:13] Force special operations officer. Mr.

[1:15] Coleman is like so many victims here,

[1:18] wondering what's to become of him after

[1:19] his last memory is shoveled into a

[1:21] wheelbarrow. We were just so

[1:25] content,

[1:27] happy,

[1:29] had it made. This year's brutal

[1:32] hurricane season has damaged one out of

[1:34] every five homes in Florida. At least 22

[1:37] billion dollars in damage. Cleanup is no

[1:39] longer precise. It's crude and quick.

[1:42] >> You know, it's not much. It's certainly

[1:44] not expensive, but it was my little

[1:46] world.

[1:47] >> It's a world that's being battered by a

[1:49] mental tempest, too. one that could be

[1:51] just as destructive as the storms

[1:53] themselves and health experts fear may

[1:55] be just as fatal.

[1:56] >> They get tired, they drink more, they

[1:58] may take their pills, they may actually

[2:00] physically hurt themselves because they

[2:01] just it's easier to check out than it is

[2:03] to keep trying.

[2:05] >> And it's not just adults.

[2:07] >> How many of you you lay in bed at night

[2:10] and you think about what are you going

[2:11] to do now?

[2:12] >> At Warrington Elementary School,

[2:14] >> we didn't have anything to eat. Classes

[2:17] finally resumed after 3 weeks, but show

[2:20] and tell these days is different.

[2:22] >> All of our shingles are off and our

[2:24] walls are starting to cave in.

[2:26] >> Lawyers have set up free legal hotlines.

[2:28] This one jammed up the day it opened.

[2:30] Most callers simply unsure who to trust.

[2:33] >> We've got stuff going on in this

[2:35] community. Adjusters that have uh been

[2:37] trained for 3 weeks that don't really

[2:39] know what they're doing.

[2:40] >> Ellis Coleman worries he's beyond help

[2:42] now.

[2:43] >> I won't be happy and peaceful again. I

[2:46] don't think

[2:47] >> yes.

[2:48] >> If home is where the heart is, both here

[2:51] are still bruised and broken. Lee Cowen,

[2:54] CBS News, Grand Lagoon, Florida.

[2:57] >> Palm Beach County, Florida is trying to

[2:59] avoid another election day debacle, but

[3:01] it's run into some trouble testing the

[3:04] new electronic voting machines about

[3:06] which many people are suspicious and

[3:08] nervous. A test had to be postponed this

[3:11] week because a computer server crashed.

[3:14] There's some concern the presidential

[3:15] election could again wind up in the

[3:17] courts. Not because of Florida. No. As

[3:20] CBS's Jim Aosta reports, this time it's

[3:23] Colorado.

[3:25] Both presidential campaigns are bracing

[3:27] for some Rocky Mountain high drama if

[3:29] voters here pass a little known

[3:31] referendum on their state ballot.

[3:34] No hanging chads at issue here, but the

[3:36] national election could hang in the

[3:38] balance. If this had been in place in

[3:40] 2000, what would have been the result?

[3:42] If Colorado had had this uh in 2000, um

[3:46] uh Al Gore would have been president of

[3:47] the United States.

[3:48] >> Democratic operative Rick Ritter is

[3:50] behind the referendum for a split

[3:52] electoral vote system in Colorado. If

[3:54] passed, Colorado's nine electoral votes

[3:56] would be divided proportionally. So, if

[3:58] the president wins the state by a thin

[4:00] margin, Mr. Bush would only pick up

[4:03] five, while John Kerry would claim a

[4:05] four vote consolation prize. So, why

[4:08] should the rest of the country worry

[4:09] about what happens in Colorado? Here's

[4:11] why. If the measure passes, it is

[4:13] supposed to take effect right away. And

[4:16] that just might have a direct impact on

[4:18] the outcome of the election.

[4:20] >> I've come back to ask for your vote.

[4:22] >> The initiative is a threat to the

[4:23] president, who's battling to hold on to

[4:25] a state he won in 2000.

[4:27] >> Well, obviously, I'd like to win uh all

[4:29] of Colorado's uh electoral votes, but

[4:32] >> it could also hurt Kerry, who could pull

[4:34] off an upset here.

[4:35] >> The bottom line is it hurts whoever wins

[4:37] Colorado. Republican strategist Katie

[4:39] Atinson is fighting the measure.

[4:41] >> Instead of Florida duh, it could be

[4:43] Colorado duh.

[4:44] >> It could be. It could be not duh, but do

[4:49] >> if the race comes down to Colorado,

[4:51] legal challenges could go all the way to

[4:53] the Supreme Court.

[4:54] >> If they don't take the case, they're

[4:55] going to be criticized because someone

[4:57] is going to say, "Hey, wait a minute.

[4:59] Why would why' you take the case in 2000

[5:01] if you're not going to take the case in

[5:02] 2004?"

[5:03] >> It could be a November surprise for the

[5:06] country. one that may send the

[5:07] candidates back to the place where some

[5:09] say Mr. Bush won the presidency the last

[5:12] time. Jim Acasta, CBS News, Denver.

[5:16] CBS's final story tonight is about a

[5:18] possible, mark the word please, possible

[5:21] solution to the fat problem. Injections

[5:23] touted to melt away fat and make you

[5:26] look fit. Do they work? And are they

[5:28] safe? CBS News contributing

[5:31] correspondent and medical doctor Malaga

[5:33] Marshall looked beyond Skin Deep for

[5:35] answers.

[5:38] >> Actress Amy Evans says she's not

[5:40] suffering.

[5:41] >> This is really nothing

[5:42] >> to be beautiful.

[5:43] >> Where the saddle bags were, it's it's

[5:46] completely gone.

[5:47] >> It's called misotherapy. a cocktail of

[5:50] drugs, plant extracts, and vitamins

[5:53] injected directly into the miso or

[5:55] middle layer of skin where in theory it

[5:58] dissolves fat.

[5:59] >> Each site we're delivering one drop of

[6:03] medication.

[6:04] >> Dr. Lionel Bassoon says the procedure is

[6:06] highly effective because the treatment

[6:08] targets the problem areas directly and

[6:11] he believes it's much safer than

[6:12] cosmetic surgery.

[6:14] >> The biggest side effect is black and

[6:16] blue marks.

[6:17] >> Dr. Bassoon began practicing misotherapy

[6:19] in France 5 years ago where it's been in

[6:21] use for over half a century. When he

[6:24] started, there were only two

[6:25] misotherapists in the US. Now he says

[6:27] there are over 500. Critics like Dr.

[6:31] Leroy Young say fat chance that it

[6:33] really is effective.

[6:35] >> I don't think it qualifies as medicine.

[6:37] This is more snake oil than medicine.

[6:40] >> But Joselyn Herman Sachio swears by the

[6:43] treatment. After hormone therapy, she

[6:45] gained weight around her face.

[6:47] >> Oh god, look how horrible that looks

[6:49] from the side. So

[6:50] >> So she signed on to reduce fat around

[6:52] her jawline.

[6:54] >> And I saw a huge difference within 3

[6:56] days. I couldn't believe the difference

[6:57] when I would look in the mirror.

[6:58] >> Does it really work? To date, no

[7:01] scientific study has been conducted,

[7:03] which Young says is part of the problem.

[7:05] >> If this is so good, why doesn't someone

[7:08] do a study and prove its efficacy?

[7:10] >> These studies will be done. These

[7:12] studies are being worked on right now.

[7:14] >> Bassoon says that within 5 years almost

[7:16] every physician in America will be doing

[7:19] some form of misotherapy. Perhaps by

[7:22] then we might even know if it really

[7:24] works. Dr. Malikica Marshall, CBS News,

[7:28] New York.

[7:29] >> More stories are just a click away, but

[7:31] don't forget to join me on television

[7:33] for the on air edition of the CBS

[7:35] Evening News. On Thursday's broadcast, a

[7:38] postdeate wrap-up. We'll take a detailed

[7:41] look at how the candidates did in their

[7:43] last faceoff before election day.