CBS Evening News - 2007-04-06
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[0:01] I'm Russ Mitchell. Tonight, dire new
[0:03] predictions about disappearing species.
[0:05] Melting glaciers, shrinking continents,
[0:08] and more. Scientists say all the results
[0:10] of global warming.
[0:12] Also tonight, a threat from the sun to
[0:14] those GPS navigation systems more and
[0:16] more of us have in our cars. John
[0:19] McCain's controversial visit to Baghdad.
[0:21] 60 Minutes went along. We'll have an
[0:23] exclusive preview of Sunday's Scott P
[0:25] report.
[0:27] And can your dog do this? Tonight, some
[0:30] of the greatest athletes on four legs.
[0:38] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:41] Kurig.
[0:43] And good evening. Katie is off tonight.
[0:45] We are beginning this evening with the
[0:46] dramatic changes that are coming to our
[0:48] world, at least according to scientists.
[0:50] Out tonight with their latest
[0:51] predictions. They say heat waves will
[0:53] cut food production and increase
[0:55] wildfires. By 2020, as many as 250
[0:58] million more people could go thirsty.
[1:00] And if average temperatures increase
[1:01] just two degrees, it could put 30% of
[1:03] the world's species at a greater risk of
[1:05] extinction. We have two reports this
[1:07] evening on our changing climate.
[1:09] Beginning with Mark Phillips.
[1:11] >> We're now over uh the Hollywood Freeway.
[1:14] >> The Hollywood sign had a narrow escape
[1:17] in a recent California brush fire. It
[1:19] may not be so lucky in the future. More
[1:22] heat, more drought, and more frequent
[1:24] fires are in the forecast for the West
[1:26] Coast. According to the UN Climate
[1:28] Change Panel's latest report, all caused
[1:31] by the diminished mountain snow pack
[1:33] that global warming is predicted to
[1:35] bring. There'll be