Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2014-02-24

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Scott Pelley (New York)

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:31:10 pm

• Mexico / Druglord Arrest

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  05:31:10 pm — 05:36:10 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Bob Orr) The arrest in Mexico of druglord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman†, the head of the Sinaloa cartel who had been on the run for 13 years, reviewed; scenes shown of the hotel where he was captured and his escape tunnel; details given about the role of US law enforcement; map shown.

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Chicago: Dean Reynolds) Guzman’s drug business in Chicago examined; statistics on drug use among men arrested in Chicago cited. [Chicago Crime Commission director Joseph WAYS††- comments.]

• Ukraine / Unrest

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  05:36:10 pm — 05:39:40 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The revolution in Ukraine introduced; photos shown.

  (Kiev: Holly Williams) The situation in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych†† fled from Kiev featured; details given about the arrest warrant issued for Yanukovych for the mass murder of protestors; scenes shown of masked men guarding Ukraine’s parliament, the barricades in the square, a shrine to the fallen, and Yanukovych’s palatial home. [PROTESTORS, opposition leader Arseniy YATSENYUK††, Ukrainian Dimitri SALENKO‡– comment.] The absence of looting and mass violence after the fall of the government discussed.

• Military / Force Cuts

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  05:39:40 pm — 05:40:10 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s plan for shrinking the Army reported.

• Winter Weather / Cold

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:42:00 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The deep freeze in the northern half of the country noted; temperature map shown.

  (Minneapolis: Jamie Yuccas) The impact of the cold snap featured; scenes shown of ice-clogged rivers and the snow-covered Edinburgh Golf Course in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; details given about the threat to a bridge along the Kankakee River in Illinois from ice blocks; polar vortex animation shown. [Golf course general manager Dan JACOTT††- comments.]

• Dingell Retirement

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  05:42:00 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The announcement of the retirement of Representative John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress ever, reported.

  (Capitol: Nancy Cordes) Dingell’s political career reviewed; photos & footage shown. [DINGELL – comments.]

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:47:00 pm

• Medicine / Mystery Illness

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:48:20 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

  (Studio: Jon LaPook) A mystery polio-like illness striking children in California and leaving them paralyzed examined; details given about the symptoms. The transmission of the virus discussed.

• Airplanes / Bird Strike

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  05:48:20 pm — 05:49:00 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The surprise in Florida for private pilot Rob Weber†† when a bird struck the windshield of his plane noted; scenes shown of the bird shattering the glass.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Nexium; Lyrica; Lipo-Flavonoid; NewsChannel 5.

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  05:49:00 pm — 05:51:40 pm

• Internet / Schmidt & Cohen

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  05:51:40 pm — 05:54:20 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The view of Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, who traveled around the world with Google’s ideas director Jared Cohen††, that the internet is a force for liberation that cannot be stopped noted. [SCHMIDT – says the internet allows individuals to see and hear things they’ve never seen before; comments on government censorship.] [COHEN – comments on the future of China; says the ability to create a totalitarian society has been eliminated.] Schmidt’s announcement of a donation to organizations that spread the internet and the book by Schmidt & Cohen called “The New Digital Age” noted.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Panera Bread; Osphena; Aleve; USAA; Sunsweet; NewsChannel 5.

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  05:54:20 pm — 05:57:10 pm

• Ramis Death

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  05:57:10 pm — 05:58:40 pm

  (Studio: Scott Pelley) The death of actor/director/writer Harold Ramis reported.

  (Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) A look back at Ramis’s films presented; clips shown. [RAMIS – talks about his writing.]

• Good Night

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  05:58:40 pm — 05:58:40 pm