CBS Evening News - 2006-01-23
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[0:00] Wednesday, February 8th.
[0:01] >> Get an earlier start on the day. News
[0:03] Channel 5 at 4:30 a.m. weekdays.
[0:07] >> Good evening, I'm Bob Schiffer. Ford
[0:09] Motor Company is losing money and today
[0:12] it announced a huge cut back in its
[0:15] workforce as it prepares to shut down
[0:17] plants from Michigan to Georgia. We
[0:20] start there tonight and we'll cover
[0:22] these stories. Government eavesdropping.
[0:25] The president goes on offense. It's not
[0:27] unauthorized snooping, he says, but a
[0:30] terrorist surveillance program. I'm John
[0:32] Roberts.
[0:33] >> The companies can afford it, but
[0:35] thousands of miners are without a simple
[0:37] technology that could save lives. I'm
[0:40] Sharon Alonsy.
[0:42] >> And I'm Mark Phillips in London, where a
[0:44] spy scandal has left no stone unturned,
[0:47] literally.
[0:52] This is the CBS Evening News with Bob
[0:56] Schiffer.
[0:57] >> Well, when a company loses more than
[0:59] $1.5 billion dollars, you can expect it
[1:02] to take drastic action and that is what
[1:04] Ford lost here in America last year and
[1:07] today the drastic action came. It tried
[1:11] to reinvent itself. The nation's second
[1:13] largest automaker announced it will
[1:16] close 14 of its plants over the next six
[1:19] years. and cut as many as 30,000 jobs.
[1:22] Here's Anthony Mason with the details.
[1:25] >> Ford will cut more than 20% of its
[1:28] workforce in the sweeping restructuring
[1:30] plan.
[1:30] >> These cuts are a painful last resort,
[1:34] and I'm deeply mindful of their impact.
[1:37] >> The 14 manufacturing facilities to be
[1:39] closed include seven assembly plants
[1:42] like this one in Atlanta.
[1:44] >> I'd really hate to see this job go.
[1:47] I mean, because it's going to