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This is the cbs evening news. Glor good evening, everyone, im jeff glor. This is the western edition. This is the week, if congress cant agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling by thursday the u. S. Loses its ability to pay some very big bills. Today members of the senate are talking and there is optimism. But its still day 13 overall of the partial Government Shutdown. Four days until the debt ceiling deadline. We begin tonight with jeff pegues on capitol hill. Usa usa reporter a grou...

With scott pelley. Pelley good evening, the longawaited opening of obamacare was accompanied today by the longthreatened closing of the federal government. Well have complete coverage of the Government Shutdown in a moment. But, first, americans began shopping online today for Health Insurance on those new state exchanges created by the Affordable Care act. There were major problems. All over the country. Web sites were slow or crashed all together, leaving a lot of folks angry and frustrated. T...

Downgrade, lowering americas sterling financial status in the world. And all because hard line members of congress have brought the u. S. To the brink. So, what does this mean for a frustrated nation tonight . We have two reports, starting with abcs chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. Reporter it is a warning shot to the nation. Fitch, one of the major agencies that judges americas financial health, saying tonight that americas aaa credit, among the best in the world, is now in danger ...

This is a western edition of the broadcast. We begin tonight in West Virginia where a Chemical Spill nine days ago contaminated the water supply in and around charleston. This week 300,000 people are affected by the spill. They were told their water was once again safe enough to drink. One problem the people there can still smell the chemical odor, so if you were living there, would you think the water was safe enough to drink . Heres jeff pegues. Reporter late today in buffalo, West Virginia, t...

Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Today, water managers in california were taking a look at the historic drought trying to figure out how much relief the state got from a weekend storm. A weather phenomenon known as the Pineapple Express brought moisture from hawaii. In some places, more moisture than they can handle. John blackstone is by the river side in marin county. John . Reporter scott, after 14 months of virtually no rain here, the Pineapple Express turned out to be the p...

With scott pelle this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley goo pelley good evening. They are the ingredients that make cookies, and cakes taste better and piecrusts flakier. Today, the food and Drug Administration said transfats are no longer recognized as safe, and the f. D. A. Intends to ban them. Chip reid caught up with the f. D. A. Commissioner dr. Margaret hamburg. Transfats increase your risk for heart disease. It turns out that they elevate the socalled bad cholesterol, l. D...

Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod with a western edition of the broadcast. President obama spoke to the American People from the rose garden this afternoon, pressing his case for a military action against the Syrian Regime and calling the chemical attack that claimed more than 1,400 lives in syria 10 days ago a menace that must be confronted. But the president also made it clear he does not want to proceed alone and will seek authoriza...

When something breaks on the International Space station, there is no repairman to call so today, two astronauts suited up for the second time this week to complete the job of fixing a critical cooling system. A pump broke earlier this month, and Todays Mission was to swap out the old one with the new one. Bill whitaker has the story. Reporter traveling almost 18,000 miles per hour, 260 miles above the earth, astronauts mike hopkins and rick masstrachio stepped outside the International Space st...

And now, why she argues certain groups have what it takes. Do you agree . Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a sunday night. And the map right here behind me says it all this evening. If you thought it was cold, just look at whats coming. Windchills early this week, more than 50 degrees below zero. Minneapolis, minus 52 this week. All the way down to atlanta, where it will feel like minus 12. And its been a deadly weekend in the middle of all this. A Small Plane Crash at the ...

The clock is running down to thursday when americas credit could start to run out. American credibility around the world hanging in the balance. So is the manmade crises about to end and how fast . Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has been talking to his sources. Reporter in washington peace could be at hand. Democratic and Republican Leaders in the senate have struck a tentative deal that would end the shutdown and prevent default, but it is not a done deal. There is no guaran...