CBS Evening News - 2006-09-05 - Couric debut
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[0:00] Mr. Bee's air duct cleaning, call
[0:01] 244-1785.
[0:03] That's 244-1785.
[0:07] I'm Katie Couric. Tonight, it was the
[0:09] first front in the war on terror, and in
[0:12] Afghanistan now, the Taliban are back
[0:14] with a vengeance. Lara Logan has an
[0:16] unprecedented encounter with Al-Qaeda's
[0:19] best friends.
[0:20] A gusher in the Gulf, the biggest US oil
[0:23] find in years, but does that mean you'll
[0:25] find cheaper prices at the pump?
[0:29] Free speech. Everyone is entitled to his
[0:31] or her opinion, and we're giving folks a
[0:33] chance to express them right here.
[0:36] Nobody wants to hear what we have to
[0:37] say, because we don't foam at the mouth,
[0:39] call your mama names, or say anything
[0:41] that's going to juice the ratings. And
[0:43] in something we're calling snapshots,
[0:45] Vanity Fair has the baby picture
[0:46] everyone has been waiting for, and
[0:49] tonight, so do we.
[0:55] This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:58] Couric.
[1:02] Hi everyone. I'm very happy to be with
[1:04] you tonight. For many Americans today,
[1:06] it was back to work and back to school,
[1:09] but in the war on terror, you have to
[1:11] wonder, is it back to the drawing board?
[1:13] It's easy to forget Afghanistan is where
[1:16] that war began, and that 21,000 US
[1:19] servicemen and women are still there.
[1:21] Now, nearly 5 years after US forces
[1:24] defeated the Taliban and scattered the
[1:26] Al-Qaeda terrorists they were
[1:28] protecting, the Taliban and their terror
[1:30] tactics are back. This year, roadside
[1:33] bombings are up 30%, suicide bombings up
[1:37] 100%. More than 100 US and NATO troops
[1:40] have been killed. In response, the
[1:42] allies have launched a counteroffensive
[1:45] against the Taliban, k