Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2012-05-26

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Nancy Cordes (New York)

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:31:10 pm

• Holiday Weather

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  05:31:10 pm — 05:33:30 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Terrell Brown) The record heat wave, a snowstorm warning in Montana, Hurricane Bud and Tropical Storm Beryl examined; scenes shown of the wildfires in New Mexico and California. [Californian Trish COPELAND, National Weather Service Chris VACCARO†, Indy 500 fan Ann HOYA†- comment on aspects of the weather.]

• Syria / Crackdown / Massacre

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  05:33:30 pm — 05:35:30 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) Report introduced.

  (London: Charlie D'Agata) A massacre of children in the uprising in Syria featured; scenes shown from Houla of the sheet-wrapped bodies, shelling in the town, the bodies, the U.N. observers, demonstrations and shooting. [UMSMIS chief Gen. Robert MOOD†- calls this unacceptable.]

• Egypt / Presidential Election / Military Rule

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  05:35:30 pm — 05:38:00 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) The runoff in the presidential election in Egypt reported; phtoos shown of Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq.

  (Cairo: Elizabeth Palmer) The potential for change in Egypt with these elections with the ruling military government still in place examined; scenes shown of unrest; details given about the crackdown by the military after President Hosni Mubarak was forced out. [Refusing to vote, activist Iman NUR‡- comments on the "system"; states we were stabbed in the back.]

• Vatican Scandal / The Butler

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) Report introduced.

  (Rome: Allen Pizzey) The scandal at the Vatican with the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele††, accused of leaking secret papal documents examined; details given about charges he had secret documents in his possession that were leaked to the Italian press; photos of the butler with the pope shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Nancy Cordes)

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:40:10 pm

• (Commercial: Pradaxa; Zyrtec; 1-800-steemer; Air Optix; Cialis; "60 Minutes")

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:43:20 pm

• Afghanistan War / Homecomings

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  05:43:20 pm — 05:46:30 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) The arrival home in the US from the war in Afghanistan of wounded L/Cpl. Sean Adams††, who lost both legs in an IED explosion in February, shown.

  (Vancouver, Washington: Barry Petersen) The problems facing soldiers when the come home examined; scenes shown of the life of one military family; details given about the emotional disconnect. [Veteran Navy Cmdr. and wife Randy and Lori VOLKMAN††- outline their family problems after mobilizations and the need to give things time.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Nancy Cordes)

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:46:40 pm

• (Commercial: Prolia; Campbell's Soup; Capital One; Nexium; "Face the Nation".)

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  05:46:40 pm — 05:49:20 pm

• Space: Private Spaceship / SpaceX

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  05:49:20 pm — 05:51:30 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) Report introduced.

  (New York: Elaine Quijano) The supply work at the International Space Station by the private spacecraft sent by the SpaceX company featured; scenes shown of the SpaceX Dragon that can replace the space shuttle system. [Flight engineer Don PETTIT††- describes the Dragon.] [SpaceX founder Elan MUSK - talks about the future for space travel.] [Commercial Space Flight Foundation Michael LOPEZ-ALEGRIA†- talks about using US hardware for space.]

• Dog's Story

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  05:51:30 pm — 05:51:50 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) The stray dog who along ran for 20 days with Chinese cyclists shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Nancy Cordes)

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:00 pm

• (Commercial: Listerine; Air Optix; Allegra; Frosted Flakes; Cymbalta; "CBS Evening News")

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  05:52:00 pm — 05:54:40 pm

• Baseball / College Catch

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  05:54:40 pm — 05:55:00 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) The baseball game-saving catch by Washington state Lower Columbia College outfielder Derrick Salberg†† shown.

• College Commencement

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  05:55:00 pm — 05:58:50 pm

  (Studio: Nancy Cordes) Some college commencement speeches sampled; scenes shown including Alison Krause leading a choir and the cadets at the US Military Academy throwing their hats in the air. [At Virginia Tech, First Lady Michelle OBAMA; at Hampton University, Newark Mayor City BOOKER†; at Colby College, former British Prime Minister Tony BLAIR; At Spelman College, Oprah WINFREY; at Smith College, actress Jane LYNCH; at Syracuse, producer Aaron SORKIN†; at New England Inst. of Technology, actor Martin SHEEN†; at Harvard Business School, Facebook COO Sheryl SANDBERG†; at Northeastern University, former Secretary of State Colin POWELL; at Catholic University, Cardinal Timothy DOLAN†; at Liberty University, Republican presidential candidate Mitt ROMNEY; at NYU, Supreme Court Justice Sonia SOTOMAYOR†; at Barnard College, President OBAMA - give advice to the graduates.]

• Good Night

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  05:58:50 pm — 05:58:50 pm