Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2014-02-20

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Scott Pelley (New York)

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:31:20 pm

  NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen throughout broadcast.

• Ukraine / Unrest

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  05:31:20 pm — 05:35:20 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The crisis in Ukraine introduced; photos shown from Kiev. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Kiev: Holly Williams) The violence in the streets of Kiev and the end of the truce featured; scenes shown of the fighting between protestors and police in Independence Square, injured people in a makeshift clinic set up in a hotel, dead bodies, and captured policemen being led away by protestors. [Protestor Dima YURINOV††- comments.] The chances for a peaceful resolution discussed.

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The background to the uprising, including anger with President Viktor Yanukovych†, reviewed.

• Medicine / Flu

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  05:35:20 pm — 05:37:20 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Flu deaths in California this year and last year compared. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Los Angeles: Carter Evans) The toll of this flu season on people under age 64 examined; photos shown of Brad Kersey††, who died; CDC statistics cited. [Brother Mark KERSEY††, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Joseph BRESEE††- comment.]

• Severe Weather / Flood Threat

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  05:37:20 pm — 05:39:10 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The severe weather introduced; maps of tornado threats and the storm track shown. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Wheaton, Illinois: Dean Reynolds) The threat of flooding from melting snow and pouring rain featured; scenes shown of water in South Bend, Indiana, a wrecked semi-truck in Sioux City, Iowa, ice being blasted with dynamite in Huron, Michigan, warm water being pumped from a nuclear power plant into the Kankakee River in Morris, Illinois, frozen snow drifts and sand bags in Wheaton, Illinois. [Wheaton director of public works Vince LAOANG††- comments.]

• Military / Missing Remains

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  05:39:10 pm — 05:39:40 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s order for a plan to reorganize the Pentagon’s Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command {JPAC} agency, which is in charge of finding, returning and identifying American MIAs, reported. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

• Terrorism / Airline Threats

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  05:39:40 pm — 05:41:30 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley; Washington: Mike Morell) The warning about the threat of shoe bombs on airplanes discussed; details given about the suspicion that the threat is coming from Al Qaeda in Yemen and the danger from Saudi bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri††. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Viking River Cruises; Sleep Number; Windows Phone; Chantix.

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:44:20 pm

• Autos / GM Recall

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  05:44:20 pm — 05:48:10 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Studio: Jeff Glor) The investigation into GM’s recall of vehicles with ignition switch problems examined; scenes shown of the accident that killed teenagers Natasha Weigel†† & Amy Beskau†† in St. Croix County, Wisconsin in 2006; details given about charges from the family of Chevrolet Cobalt driver Brooke Melton†† that GM knew about the defect 10 years earlier; GM statement quoted. [Mother Margie BESKAU††, Natasha’s stepfather Ken RIMER††, former NHTSA director Joan CLAYBROOK††- comment.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Tums; Symbicort; Lifestyle Lift; Alka-Seltzer.

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:50:50 pm

• Business / Facebook

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  05:50:50 pm — 05:53:20 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley, Jill Schlesinger) The messaging app WhatsApp, which is being bought by Facebook for 19 billion dollars, discussed. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Some details about WhatsApp presented; photos shown of co-owners Brian Acton† & Jan Koum†.

• Russia / Olympic Games

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The defeat of the US women’s hockey team by Canada at the Sochi Olympics noted; medal count outlined. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Victoza; NewsChannel 5; Bayer; Coricidin; “CBS This Morning.”

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:56:30 pm

• Aviation / Artifacts

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  05:56:30 pm — 05:59:00 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced. NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen.

  (Chantilly, Virginia: Chip Reid) Efforts to preserve US aviation artifacts at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s new facility featured. [Spacesuit curator Cathy LEWIS††- explains what is being done to preserve the spacesuit worn by Owen Garriott† on the Skylab space station in 1973.] [Chief Conservator Malcolm COLLUM††- comments on a watch that belonged to Charles Lindbergh.]

• Good Night

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  05:59:00 pm — 05:59:00 pm