CBS Evening News - 2008-09-29

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[0:02] Tonight, a shocking defeat for the

[0:04] bailout plan. The

[0:05] >> yays are 205, the naysay are 228.

[0:09] The motion is not adopted.

[0:10] >> That sets off the biggest decline in

[0:12] stock prices ever. Republicans and

[0:15] Democrats are blaming each other, but

[0:17] what do they do now? I'm Katie Kurrick.

[0:20] Also tonight, a CBS News exclusive.

[0:23] >> Some Republicans have said, "You're not

[0:25] prepared. You're not ready for prime

[0:27] time." Sarah Palin and John McCain

[0:29] defend her credentials to be vice

[0:31] president.

[0:33] >> And this is how he was known.

[0:35] >> I'm back.

[0:37] >> But this is how he wants to be

[0:38] remembered. The legacy of Paul Newman.

[0:43] [Music]

[0:47] This is the CBS Evening News with Katie

[0:50] Kurrick reporting tonight from Columbus,

[0:52] Ohio.

[0:54] >> Good evening everyone. We came here to

[0:56] talk to John McCain and Sarah Palin and

[0:59] we'll have part of that exclusive joint

[1:00] interview later in the broadcast. But

[1:03] we're beginning with a stunning

[1:04] developing development in Washington,

[1:07] the defeat of President Bush's financial

[1:09] bailout plan. By a vote of 228 to 205,

[1:12] the House rejected the plan to have

[1:14] taxpayers spend as much as $700 billion

[1:17] to relieve banks of their bad mortgages.

[1:20] Wall Street watched the vote on TV and

[1:22] investors ran for the exits. The Dow

[1:25] plunged 777 points, the biggest 1-day

[1:28] drop ever. That amounts to 7%, the

[1:31] largest percentage loss since the market

[1:33] reopened after the 9/11 attacks. How did

[1:36] this happen and what happens next? We

[1:39] have extensive coverage, beginning with

[1:40] Bob War in Washington.

[1:43] >> Thank you, Madam Speaker.

[1:44] >> Democrats and Republicans tru

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