CBS Evening News - 2007-02-20
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[0:01] I'm Russ Mitchell America's Chief Ally
[0:03] in the war in Iraq is reportedly getting
[0:05] ready to pull a lot of its troops out
[0:08] announcement of a timetable for
[0:09] withdrawal is just hours
[0:11] away also tonight the Supreme Court just
[0:14] made it harder for people to hurt by big
[0:16] corporations to collect big Awards
[0:19] JetBlue says it will pay customers when
[0:21] a plane is late or canceled will other
[0:23] airlines do the same will Congress force
[0:25] them to there's big money at stake as
[0:28] Hollywood holds auditions for the role
[0:30] of a lifetime in Obama they have found a
[0:33] leading
[0:38] man this is the CBS Evening News with
[0:42] Katy
[0:44] kurck and good evening Katie is off
[0:46] tonight since the very first day of the
[0:48] war in Iraq Britain has been America's
[0:50] number one Ally now nearly four years
[0:52] later prime minister Blair is ready to
[0:54] announce a major troop withdrawal so
[0:57] we'll begin in London tonight with
[0:58] correspondent Mark Phillips Mark good
[0:59] even what's the latest good evening Russ
[1:02] well the British have been hinting for
[1:03] some time of a withdrawal timetable for
[1:05] their troops in Iraq and are now about
[1:07] to announce one right now the British
[1:09] have about 7,000 troops in the country
[1:11] controlling an area in the extreme South
[1:14] around Basra Tony Blair is now expected
[1:16] to announce he we begin to pull out,
[1:18] 1500 of those troops the first of those
[1:21] to start coming out in the next few
[1:22] weeks following that the plan would be
[1:25] to pull a further 1500 out by the end of
[1:27] the year leaving just 4,000 still in the
[1:30] country the Bist say this withdrawal is
[1:33] possible because they've b