Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2012-10-30

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Scott Pelley (Lower Manhattan)

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:31:00 pm

  NOTE: Special expanded edition

• Hurricane Sandy / East Coast

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  05:31:00 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) The impact of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast introduced; map shown of the affected area; scenes shown of damage, flooding in the streets and subway tunnels of New York City, a boat on the railroad tracks, the fire in the Breezy Point neighborhood in Queens, New York, downed trees; death toll and figures for power outages and evacuees cited. [New York Governor Andrew CUOMO††- says the Hudson River was coming over from the west and the East River was coming over from the east.] [New Jersey Governor Chris CHRISTIE – says there are houses in the middle of Route 35.] [President OBAMA – says we will do everything we can to help you.]

  (Moonachie, New Jersey: Elaine Quijano) The storm’s impact on New Jersey reviewed; scenes shown of the flooding from the Hackensack River in Moonachie and Little Ferry, rescue boats, cars in the water. [Moonachie resident Christina BARICEVIC††, Little Ferry resident Seneida TOMASETTI††- comment on what happened.] [National Guard Katie CATALDO††- comments on the rescues.]

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Somers Point, New Jersey: Chip Reid) The damage along the Jersey shore featured; scenes shown of the flooded streets, wrecked houses and boats on Long Beach Island, houses half-buried in sand in Seaside Heights.

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) The water in a tunnel in New York City shown. The power outage there noted; satellite photo of lower Manhattan in darkness after an explosion at a Con Edison electrical substation shown.

  (New York: Jim Axelrod) The disaster for New York City’s transportation system featured; scenes shown of city workers removing boards and sandbags, water in the tunnels and being pumped; details given about the chaos from the traffic lights not working. [MTA WORKER, workman John O’NEAL‡, cab DRIVER – comment.] [MTA chairman Joseph LHOTA††- says Sandy wreaked havoc on the entire transportation system.]

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Breezy Point, New York: Michelle Miller) The fire in Breezy Point featured; scenes shown of the burning homes last night, firefighters in the flooded streets, the charred, smoldering ruins today. [Volunteer fireman Danny McKEEFREY††- says there was nothing they could do.] [Resident Catherine SULLIVAN††- reacts.] Previous disasters in this area mentioned.

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Weather map shown.

• Upcoming Items (Manhattan: Scott Pelley)

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:43:00 pm

• (Commercial: Humira; E*TRADE; Move Free; Dr. Scholl’s; Prego; One-A-Day.)

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  05:43:00 pm — 05:45:30 pm

• Hurricane Sandy / East Coast

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:47:50 pm

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Stonington, Connecticut: Seth Doane) The impact of Hurricane Sandy in Stonington, Connecticut featured; scenes shown of utility workers and residents cleaning up, firefighters pumping water out of homes, downed trees. [Residents David STEVENSON, Amy NICHOLAS, David FORREST, Susan CROW, utility contractor Rusty MAXWELL – comment on the power outage.]

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Map of refineries affected by the storm shown; the view that gas prices will not increase noted.

• Upcoming Items (Manhattan: Scott Pelley)

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  05:47:50 pm — 05:48:10 pm

• (Commercial: Oral-B; Medicare; Cymbalta; Aleve.)

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:50:40 pm

• Hurricane Sandy / East Coast

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  05:50:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Earlier interview held with New York police commissioner Ray Kelly about the response to Hurricane Sandy; scenes shown from the emergency command center. [KELLY – cites the number of people without power; says we’re still in a rescue mode; says there is lots of devastation; comments on the Breezy Point fire; says it’s the worst thing to happen to this city since 9/11.] The Coast Guard search for Capt. Robin Walbridge†† of the HMS Bounty, which sank off North Carolina, noted; photos shown of Walbridge, the sinking ship and crew member Claudine Christian††, a descendant of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the famed mutiny on the Bounty, who was killed.

• Upcoming Items (Manhattan: Scott Pelley)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:54:00 pm

• (Commercial: CBS News; Cialis; Nexium; Discover; Campbell’s Soup; Phillips’; NewsChannel 5.)

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  05:54:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm

• Hurricane Sandy / East Coast

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:59:00 pm

  (Manhattan: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (New York: Jon LaPook) The blackout after Hurricane Sandy that prompted the evacuation of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City featured; scenes shown of floodwater inside the building, patients being evacuated, ambulances lined up. [Hospital CEO Dr. Robert GROSSMAN††- says all the backup systems failed.] [Dr. Mark POCHAPIN††- comments.] [Patient Christine CHEN‡- describes her experience.]

• End of first half hour

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  05:59:00 pm — 05:59:00 pm