Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2012-08-19

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jeff Glor (New York)

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  05:00:20 pm — 05:01:10 pm

• WikiLeaks / Assange

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  05:01:10 pm — 05:03:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) Report introduced.

  (London: Kelly Cobiella) What WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in public about secrets made public by his Website featured; scenes shown from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has asylum to prevent his extradition to Sweden. [On the embassy balcony, ASSANGE - speaks out about the US witchhunt against WikiLeaks; defends Pvt. Bradley Manning.] Assange's living conditions at the embassy noted.

• Syria / Civil War / Assad

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  05:03:30 pm — 05:05:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor; Beirut: Clarissa Ward) A public appearance in Damascus by Syrian President Bashir al-Assad and what it means with the leaving of the U.N. observers, who had been monitoring the cease-fire that was never implemented, discussed; scenes shown of the Assad video; details given about whether the Syrian vice president has defected.

• Afghanistan War / Attacks

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  05:05:10 pm — 05:05:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) Another attack by Afghan forces on US/NATO troops in Afghanistan reported.

• Campaign 2012 / Obama vs. Romney / Convention

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  05:05:30 pm — 05:07:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) President Obama and Mitt Romney shown attending church services.

  (Studio: Jeff Glor, John Dickerson) The role of running mate Representative Paul Ryan in the Republican presidential campaign with Mitt Romney, the start of the convention in one week that will hold no surprises, how Romney will "sell" himself in this long commercial for the party discussed.

• Dallas, Texas / Floods

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  05:07:20 pm — 05:07:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The flooding in Dallas shown.

• Texas / West Nile Virus

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  05:07:30 pm — 05:07:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The delay in spraying in Dallas against mosquitoes that may carry the West Nile virus due to the flooding updated.

• West Wildfires

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  05:07:50 pm — 05:08:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) the wildfires ranging across the West reported; flames shown.

• Swimming / Nyad's Journey

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  05:08:10 pm — 05:10:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Tammy Leitner) The fourth attemp at a long-distance swim from Cuba to the Florida keys US by Diana Nyad amidst jellyfish updated; scenes shown from the water. [Swimmer Alex COSTIC‡, triathlete Siri LINDLEY††- talk about Nyad's attempted swim against all the odds.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeff Glor)

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  05:10:20 pm — 05:10:20 pm

• (Commercial: Allstate; Swiffer; One-A-Day; Air Optix; Just for Men; Nexium; Ensure.)

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  05:10:20 pm — 05:13:40 pm

• School Lunches

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  05:13:40 pm — 05:16:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) Report introduced.

  (Chicago: Sharyl Attkisson) The food fight over school lunches examined; video from two high school junior students about cafeteria food shown; details given about proposed nutritional changes backed by First Lady Michelle Obama and the food industry's objections that led to the USDA reining in proposals. [School filmmakers Michael BENSON††, Ivan ALSTON - talk about the problem of finding the food's nutritional value.] [USDA's Kevin CONCANNON††- states the food industry's view; comments on pizza as a vegetable and industry influence.] [Potato industry John KEELING†- defends French fries for kids.]

• Airplanes / Emergency Landing

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  05:16:10 pm — 05:16:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The emergency landing at the Newark airport for a United Airlines plane due to smoke in the cockpit reported.

• Space: Mars Rover

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  05:16:20 pm — 05:16:40 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The work by rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars reported.

• China / Car Protest

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  05:16:40 pm — 05:16:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The protest in China against Japanese-made cars shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeff Glor)

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  05:16:50 pm — 05:17:10 pm

• (Commercial: Enbrel; OurTime.com; Glucerna; Restasis; "60 Minutes"; "CBS Evening News")

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  05:17:10 pm — 05:20:00 pm

• Natural Gas / Fracking / New York

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  05:20:00 pm — 05:23:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The debate over the natural gas drilling process of fracking examined; scenes shown from the Lyons Hills Farm dairy farm in New York state. [Dairy farmers Teresa and John LYONS††- says we could lose the farm without fracking money.] Map of the Marcellus Shale Formation†† with natural gas underground that is extracted by the hydraulic fracturing process shown. The debate in New York state over hydraulic fracking outlined. [Environmental biologist Sandra STEINGRABER††- says fracking cannot be safe because poisonous hydrocarbons are released into air and water.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeff Glor)

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  05:23:10 pm — 05:23:20 pm

• (Commercial: Air Optix; Zantac; Ensure; Cialis; AARP; "CBS This Morning".)

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  05:23:20 pm — 05:26:10 pm

• USS Constitution

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:26:30 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The 17-minute sail of the USS Constitution in Boston's harbor on the bicentennial of the War of 1812 shown.

• Street violence / New York Program

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  05:26:30 pm — 05:28:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The spike this year in street violence in Chicago and Philadelphia noted.

  (New York: Ines Ferre) The New York City Still Waters in a Storm writing program to prevent kids from getting into street violence featured; scenes shown from a troubled Brooklyn neighborhood. [KID, Maria PEREZ - comment on what they write about.] [Program founder Stephen HAFF††- outlines what the kids write about in their daily struggles.] [Volunteer Modesto JIMENEZ‡- talks about the writing program.]

• Good Night

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  05:28:50 pm — 05:28:50 pm