Poultry instead of red or processed meat. It allows for seven or more glasses of wine a weak. The low fat diet also encourages fruit and vegetables but discourages all vegetable oils including all olive oil and nuts. Reporter by switching the type of fat you eat you can improve your t way your body handles cholesterol levels, improve the way you handle blood sugar, improve the health of the way the blood vessels function and potentially prevent clotting within those vessels. Reporter geraldine travali has a Strong Family history of high cholesterol. Last year she got a scare. I went to the doctor with a cholesterol of 335, which is outrageous. Reporter she began taking a cholesterollowering drug called crestor and is following a mediterranean diet. Its up to me to take care of myself. My physician can do so much but i need to do the rest. Reporter the findings were so dramatic that researchers stopped the study after five years. It would have been unethical to withhold the results any longer. Pelley so jon wine fish nuts olive oil. What is in these things that causes a protective effect. Nobody really knows. One of the theories, scott, is that the oil in the Virgin Olive Oil and also the oil in the nuts can somehow stabilize a tiny clot thats in a blood vessel and stop it from progressing and totally cutting off the blood supply, causing a heart attack or a stroke. Whatever the cause scott this study was very very well done and its a big deal. Pelley an important study. Jon, thank you. For the second time in a week a major winter storm is pounding the great plains whiteout conditions were reported in amarillo texas which could get a foot and a half of snow. Tonight the storm is heading east through oklahoma and kansas and michael shwankee is with our cbs affiliate in wichita. Michael, whats happening there . Reporter scott the snow has let up but were told do not expect that to last. More snow expected to come in tonight. Forecasters saying right now theyre expecting eight to ten inches. That is on top of a near recordbreaking snowfall we had just last week when we received more than 14 inches of snow. Its not just kansas go. To the south of here in oklahoma where eight highways are closed, including parts of i40. Take you down to texas texas experiencing whats being called an historic storm. Amarillo experiencing record snowfall possibly 14 to 20 inches. Were told road crews are trying to save stranded motorists along a stretch of highway near childress. Scott, the problem now for a lot of these communities becomes what do you do with all of this snow . As you can see in the wichita area, a lot of it is still piled up. Pelley michael you say you had 14 inch there is last week that must be making things much more complicated this week. Reporter much more complicated and a lot of these communities are struggling to find salt and sand. Wichita went to a plowonly method because they said they were out of sand. They did receive a delivery this morning. Hopefully to try to treat a lot of these roads going into tonight. Pelley michael shwankee with our affiliate in wichita michael, thanks very much. While the plains got that snow to the south theyre getting severe thunderstorms and the National Weather service says that storm system could spawn tornados tomorrow all the way from louisiana to the florida panhandle. Well political storm clouds in europe moved over wall street today. A strong showing in italian elections by groups that are opposed to Economic Reforms there sent stock prices plummeting here. The dow lost 216 points, the biggest decline in more than three months. Wall streets not likely to appreciate washington this week, either. Those big automatic cuts in the federal budget are very likely to happen starting on friday. Theres no progress on a deal. These cuts to address the budget deficit were designed to be so damaging that the white house and congress would be forced to compromise on a better way. But the president wants more tax revenue, republicans say no and Major Garrett is at the white house to sort it all out for us. Major . Reporter president obama continued to warn today that budget cuts could do real economic damage but was candid about when people would notice. These impacts will not all be felt on day one. But rest assured, the uncertainty is already having an affect companies are preparing layoff notices. Families are preparing to cut back on expenses. And the longer these cuts are in place, the bigger the impact will become. Reporter one republican governor, nikki haley of South Carolina said cutting federal spending without jeopardizing key services is so easy even her two children could do it. How many more times are we going to have to deal with these issues over and over again because of the finger pointing and the blame game that keeps on happening in washington . What i will tell you is we heard today a whole lot of no. Reporter mr. Obama has endorsed a Senate Democratic bill that seeks higher taxes on millionaires and unspecified cuts to defense and farm programs. House speaker john bane they are afternoon said republicans raised taxes in the fiscal cliff deal and will not again to avoid the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. The president says we have to have another tax increase in order avoid the sequester. Well mr. President you got your tax increase. Its time to cut spending here in washington. Reporter irritation with ever more frequent budget showdowns is growing and none of the key players are talking to each other. Theres every indication that washingtons string of dramatic 11th hour compromises will soon be broken. Pelley major, thank you. We thought youd like to see how much of a cut all of this really is. The whole federal budget is more than 3. 5 trillion. The budget cut that would start on friday is 85 billion so thats a cut of 2. 4 of the budget. But a lot of big programs such as Social Security are exempt from the cuts so the cuts will be focused in this way defense will be cut back 7. 7 and most other programs will be cut 5. 2 . Heres the trouble the law does not allow bureaucrats to decide where to take the cuts they must cut across the board cutting the useless as well as the vital. Wyatt andrews found that out at the National Institutesover health. Reporter at the Scripps Research institute in florida professor lauren needer ofer believes her team of 40 scientists will one day find a drug to diminish the impact of old age. The drug wont keep you young she says it will make the old less frail. My hypothesis would be that there will actually be drugs that you could use that will simultaneously dampen osteoporosis dementia maybe some fatigue and muscle wasting all at the same time. Reporter but her funding is in trouble because of automatic budget cuts. The n. I. H. , the National Institutes of health, is warned despite the promise of her research new grant money wont be approved. This line of research will be stopped. Theres no other choice. And this is not just my case, theres hundreds of other scientists who are in these exact same boats. We have these samples. Reporter dr. Francis colins is the director of the n. I. H. He calls the budget cuts sand in the engine in the search for medical discoveries in every area cancer aging alzheimers and diabetes. To reach 1. 6 billion in cuts collins says the n. I. H. Will turn down one thousand of the best new Research Proposals from the nations leading labs and medical schools. Medical research in america will be slowed by this. Advances that could have happened sooner will happen later or perhaps not at all. Reporter youre turning down more and more of the best new ideas . Im afraid we are. This is what wakes me up in the middle of the night. Reporter the cuts will impact collins directly. Hes still a Research Scientist on diabetes and on aging. I have to ask might your personal experiment be cut . Absolutely. Reporter absolutely . We are part of the n. I. H. So the sequester will hit this laboratory with a 5 cut. Reporter dr. Collins calls cuts to medical research shortsighted and, scott heres an example. Collins says the n. I. H. Is close to finding a universal flu vaccine that could stop every flu strain and last for three years. That kind of vaccine could save the economy tens of billions of dollars but might be delayed as the n. I. H. Saves 1. 6 billion. Pelley wyatt, thank you very much. Well be in washington tomorrow to talk to the House Speaker john boehner about the budget battle and well have that for you on tomorrows cbs evening news. Pope benedict has just three days left in office and today in one of his last acts before retiring he changed the church rules so that the election of his successor can begin sooner. Whoever that successor is allen pizzey tells us he will be inheriting a church in turmoil. Reporter the pope seems increasingly at peace as he says his last goodbyes. But he leaves behind the vatican beset by troubles for the next pope and those who will choose him. Today, britains most senior cleric scottish Cardinal Keith obrien, officially resigned and then took the unprecedented step of opting out of the conclave after he was accused of inappropriate contact with three priests dating back 30 years. Obrien disputes the accusation bus said he didnt want to be the focus of Media Attention in rome. The news came as the pope accepted a report into what is likely to be his successors greatest burden. An internal investigation into power struggles and corruptions within the vatican hierarchy. The pope ordered the investigation after his butler was found to have stolen papers off his desk. John thavis is author of the vatican diaries an inside look at the church. It all forms part of the burden i think, that was placed on Pope Benedict so i think it went into his decision to resign. Reporter and now goes into the decisions of choosing a successor. S has been lutely. I think the cardinals are going to want someone who is Strong Enough so that he wont be victimized by all the malfeasance that are going on around him inside the the vatican walls. Reporter benedict ordered that the report be kept secret and shown only to his successor. Cardinal Bishop Robert morlino of Madison Wisconsin says the church needs an effective manager. We need someone with very strong gifts for spirituality and holiness and very strong gifts for governance and administration right now. I dont think there would be any disagreement among catholics about that at the moment. Reporter finding someone who fits all these criteria as well as being able to get the churchs message out to an increasingly restive flock will require the kind of divine inspiration that cardinals say accompanies them into the conclave. Sdmot. Pelley allen, thanks very much. Theres been a recall at ikea but its not president furniture. Billions are at steak as b. P. Goes on trial for oil disaster. And they love the power and the speed, but how can you keep racing fans safe when the cbs evening news continues . My wife takes centrum silver. Ive been on the fence about it. Then i read an article about a study that looked at the Long Term Health benefits of taking multivitamins. They used centrum silver for the study. So i guess my wife was right. 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Debris tires flying up in your face not knowing if youre going to live or die. Reporter debris shattered turners shin bone and sliced her achilles tendon. Other fans suffered deep cuts and broken bones. Nascar and track officials investigating the wreck want to improve the safety of socalled catch fences at u. S. Speedways. Dale tone thats steel pole cable, and wire fence is the industry standard. At times it can be like a cheese grater. At some spaces it can shred the car apart and send debris into the stands. Reporter ryan hunterraey is the current champion of the indy car series where speeds typically approach 230 miles per hour. He races monoof the same tracks as nascar. This incident gives us an opportunity as an open forum for indy car and nascar to get together and come up with solutions. Reporter a grandstand redesign was already planned for daytona. Spectators could be moved back but being close to the action is part of the allure for fans like whitney turner. 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Reporter the film zero dark thirty starts with actual voices of victims in 9 11 recorded as they made their last phone calls. Theres no one here yet and the floors completely engulfed. It should never have happened. Reporter for mary and frank fete chet it brings back painful memories. One of those voices was their son brad who worked on the 89th floor of the World Trade Centers south tower. When i arrived home i found brads message on my phone. Of course, these were his last words in my view because i never heard from him again. Reporter as parents how significant is this message that brad left . The ongoing anguish weve gone through its a treasure to that he remembered us. Its a treasured message. Its ours. Reporter they say that treasured remembrance was used in the film without their permission. My first thought was isnt anything sacred anymore . Reporter you used this recording in testimony for the 9 11 commission. Its appeared in broadcast t. V. News reports. Whats different about having it played as part of this film . Well ive used in the situations where i wanted to convey brads story. None of those situations were used for commercial endeavors. Reporter the film has grossed more than 90 million worldwide. In a statement, the Film Distributor sony and the studio Annapurna Pictures say zero dark thirty is a tribute to the victims of 9 11 and before the films release they initiated contact with a number of family members of the victims of the 9 11 attacks. But to say weve reached out to families yeah reached out to say come toll the preview after the films already completed. Reporter so you were never given any notification . Reporter harry ongs sister betty was a Flight Attendant who was killed on American Airlines flight 111. Were asking that they apologize and recognize basically that they used bettys voice and brads and others at liberty. Reporter after the film was released, thing ons and the fetchet asked sony and annapurna for donations to their 9 11 charities in exchange for the use of their loved ones voices. But the filmmakers had already decided to donate to the national 9 11 memorial museum. The real driver of this is getting this record set straight. I think this should put a line in the sand that says its not right. Reporter the fetchets hope that by speaking out victims of other tragedys will not suffer similar surprises. Seth doane, cbs news new canaan connecticut. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs you watched the oscars. Now only e. T. Is with all the stars inside the vanity fair party. Im nancy odell. Im rob marciano. Entertainment tonights Vanity Fair Oscar party exclusive. The private photos. The candid video. Only e. T. Has the hottest ticket in town. Come on. 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