CBS Evening News - 2011-06-05
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:02] protesters in Yemen cheer the departure
[0:03] of their president for Saudi Arabia. But
[0:06] does the continuing turmoil open the
[0:07] door to al-Qaeda? I'm Russ Mitchell.
[0:10] Also tonight, new drugs appear to hold
[0:12] promise in the fight against melanoma
[0:14] and other cancers. On this 30th
[0:16] anniversary of the first reported case
[0:18] of AIDS, the story of a former HIV
[0:20] positive man who doctors say has been
[0:23] functionally cured. And preschool
[0:25] painter. She's four years old with a New
[0:28] York Gallery show of her own.
[0:31] [Music]
[0:35] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Russ
[0:39] Mitchell.
[0:40] >> And good evening. We begin tonight with
[0:42] the turmoil in Yemen, the longtime US
[0:44] ally on the Arabian Peninsula whose
[0:46] future is now very much in doubt. Here's
[0:48] the latest. President Salah has had
[0:50] surgery in Saudi Arabia after being
[0:52] wounded in an attack on his palace. A
[0:55] truce agreed to by major tribes is not
[0:57] holding everywhere. And the US
[0:58] ambassador has met with the country's
[1:00] new acting president. The shock waves
[1:02] are being felt all the way to Washington
[1:04] where Whit Johnson begins our coverage.
[1:09] >> Elation in the streets of Yemen's
[1:11] capital. Anti-government demonstrators
[1:13] celebrated the exit of President Ali
[1:15] Abdullah Salah.
[1:18] The embattled leader who clung to power
[1:20] for almost 33 years is being treated in
[1:23] Saudi Arabia after being injured in a
[1:25] rocket attack on his presidential
[1:27] compound Friday. Reporter Iona Craig is
[1:29] in Yemen and says reaction to his
[1:31] departure is mixed.
[1:33] >> Certainly been celebrating over the last
[1:34] 24 hours of the news spread that
[1:36] Pre