Transcripts For KYW CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20150

KYW CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley January 19, 2015

Mr. King said, now, bernard the next thing we have to do. This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Most folks never saw it coming patches of ice, all but impossible to see, covered walkways and roadways across the northeast, knocking pedestrians off their feet and sending cars and trucks skidding. There were hundreds of accidents. Tonight the death toll reached nine as three more people died in vermont and massachusetts. Jericka duncan has our report. Reporter they looked like scenes from a movie a tractortrailer sliding out of control on i95 near new brunswick, new jersey, barely missing cars as it jumped a divider. This s. U. V. Slid for more than 50 years on a street in yonkers, new york. In the northeast on sunday, more than 5,000 incidents were reported due to black ice. Bijal patel arrived just after a deadly 60car pileup in philadelphia. Shaken up. It easily could have been me. Reporter meteorologists say the rain froze almost immediately when it hit the cold roadway. Today some are asking why it seemed to catch state and local road crews by surprise. Gene blaum is with the Pennsylvania Department of transportation. I dont think anyone expected that we were going to have the massive frozen roadways that we did have here in the region. Reporter the problem may have been the forecast. For example in philadelphia, the National Weather service issued a freezing rain advisory at 6 58 sunday morning but that was too late. 911 calls about icy roads and accidents had already started coming in. Sarah johnson is a meteorologist with the National Weather service. We do try to get several hours of lead time. Unfortunately, with the event yesterday, it didnt unfold the way we expected. Reporter the icy storm has moved north to vermont where scott, dozens of accidents have been reported there. Pelley Jericka Duncan for us tonight. Jericka, thank you very much. The New York Times reported today that u. S. Intelligence managed to plant spy wear into the Computer Systems of north korea, and that is one of the reasons the u. S. Has confidence that the korean dictatorship was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures entertainment. Heres our Homeland Security correspondent bob orr. Reporter long before blaming north korea for the attack on Sony Pictures and its film the interview, Officials Say u. S. Intelligence was monitoring north koreas attempts to hack into Computer Systems of american companies. Part of that effort according to the New York Times involved a secret 2010 infiltration carried out by the u. S. National security agency. The n. S. A. Reportedly hacked into north korean Computer Networks and inserted malware allowing analysts to track the norths cyber operations. Other time the u. S. Was able to identify specific addresses used by hackers working for the north korean government. Now those same computer i. D. S have been linked to threats sent to tony, said f. B. I. Director james comey. We can see the i. P. Addresses being used to post and send emails were coming from i. P. S that were exclusively used by the north koreans. Reporter comey revealed the evidence this month to a new york cyber conference to publicly bolster the u. S. Case against north korea. The regime has denied the attacks and independent cyber analysts have questioned the f. B. I. s conclusion, but comey is not backing down. I have very high confidence about this attribution, as does the entire intelligence community. Reporter its in the clear whether u. S. Intelligence was able to watch the attack against sony play out in real time, but the hackers scott were able to destroy computer system, steal sensitive documents and download several unreleased movies. Pelley beenor in our washington newsroom tonight. Bob orr thanks very much. Security this evening is tighter around Vice President bidens home near wilmington delaware, as the Police Investigate an incident there. Gunshots were fired from a vehicle saturday evening several hundred yards from the house. The bidens often spend weekends at the home, but they were not there at the time of the shooting. The Vice President will be sitting right behind the president tomorrow when mr. Obama delivers his state of the Union Address. And if there are any surprises well, that will be a surprise. Because the white house has taken the unusual step of rolling out the president s ideas in advance. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Reporter over the weekend the white house proposed 320 billion in new tax achieved by raising the tax rate by investments for the top 1 of earners and closing inheritance loopholes for the wealthy. The white house says the new tax revenue would pay for all the president s new spending plans. Among them, free tuition for Community College students, who maintain a 2. 5 grade point average. Total cost 60 billion. The doors of Higher Education shouldnt be a democratic issue or a republican issue. This is an american issue. Reporter in the runup to tomorrows speech, the president has called for six weeks of paid family leave reductions to federal mortgage insurance fee new subsidies for Broadband Access and a new push for secure cyber connections. If were going to be connected, we need to be protected. As americans we shouldnt have to forfeit our basic privacy when we go online to do our business. Reporter Top Republicans who now run congress have branded the tax plan dead on arrival. Florida senator marco rubio. The notion first of all that in order to some people to do better someone has to do worst is just not true. Raising taxes on people that are successful is not going to make people that are struggling more successful. Reporter the white house unveiled these proposals in hopes of overshadowing the new Republican Congress and conveying some sense of policy and political momentum. Scott, republicans say theyre still waiting for what they describe as serious ideas and signs of cooperation from the white house on trade tax reform and energy. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house tonight. Thank you major. Cbs news will bring you live coverage of the state of the Union Address and the republican response at 9 00 eastern time, 8 00 central. Thats 6 00 in the west. Today the first family honored the legacy of Martin Luther king, jr. , by visiting the boys and girls club in washington. The president , the first lady and daughter malia helped children with a reading project. There were marches around the country in memory of dr. King. Tens of thousands turned out in los angeles. In many cities, including st. Paul minnesota marchers protested Police Tactics that they claim unfairly target african americans. Tonight theres an International Manhunt for suspects wanted for plotting to kill police in belgium. The police say with a series of raids last week, they prevented the attacks, which they say were imminent. Investigators have their eye on one man in particular and Charlie Dagata tells us about him. Reporter belgian media have identified him as Abdelhamid Abaaoud a belgian citizen of moroccan dissent and a suspected ringleader of the terror plot to kill police. Hes wellknown to Security Forces and last year he appeared in this amateur video purportedly from syria. Last month social media sites said abaaoud had been killed fighting with isis. So it came as a shock to police when they turned up recent phone calls made by abaaoud very much alive. Foreign minister didier reynders. For those people to say on the internet and tweet on facebook that they are dead and we are sure, 50 dead people from the belgian commune any syria but are we sure . We have seen for some dead people its possible to come back. Report to come back from the dead . To come back to the dead. Reporter he told us that tracking the more than 300 belgians that have joined the jihad is difficult enough. Tracking those that return is almost impossible. Abaaoud, like many others who left for syria, lived in poor neighborhoods like these. Many muslim immigrants couldnt find work and had trouble fitting in. We wanted to speak with his father in brussels, but he wouldnt let us in. This weekend Belgian Police tracked other suspects who may be linked to the terror cells in greece. They admit that others have simply disappeared. While hundreds of belgian troops remain on a high state of alert. The challenge of tracking potential islamic extremists topped the agenda at a meeting of european Foreign Ministers here in brussels today scott and for the first time theyre proposing building an alliance with arab countries to figure out a better way to share more intelligence. Pelley Charlie Dagata reporting for us tonight from belgium. Charlie, thank you. There was a terrible fire in annapolis, maryland where a mansion went up in flames overnight and six people are unaccounted for. The waterfront home, said to be worth at least 9 million was destroyed, the structure is unstable and firefighters have not been able to get inside to search for the occupants. The cause of the fire is still unknown. A jetblue pilots Quick Reaction may have been the only thing that prevented a tragedy at new yorks j. F. K. Airport on saturday night. Jeff pegues tells us about the close call. The passengers on board jetblue flight 1295 were headed for austin, texas. The plane was cleared for takeoff, but as it picked up speed, air Traffic Controllers realized another aircraft was in its path. Hold. Hold. Reporter Caribbean Airlines flight 526 arriving from georgetown, guyana, was crossing the runway, and the pilots on board that flight were not responding. 526 stop. Aboard takeoff. Reporter before it was too late, the jetblue pilots heard the warning and hit the brakes. Passenger Krista Hollis felt the jolt. It was like a huge whiplash, and it was terrifying. Reporter they are called runway incursion and according to federal Aviation Administration data, they are happening more often. In 2011, there were a total of 954 incidents. In 2014, the numbers were up to 1,264. The f. A. A. Says saturdays incident is being investigated and that the closest proximity of the two aircraft was more than 2,800 feet, but based on average takeoff speeds, that would have given the jetblue plane approximately 40 seconds to avoid a collision. Passenger brandon card. We were heading full speed down the runway and the plane came to a screeching stop. Reporter there were no injuries. Scott, the f. A. A. Is investigating whether the Caribbean Airlines flight was on the wrong air Traffic Control frequency. Pelley jeff, thanks very much. Today indonesian investigators have found no evidence of terrorism in the crash of airasia flight 8501. The cockpit voice recordings indicate no threats were made and there was no one other than the pilots in the cockpit. The a320 went down in the java sea last month during a severe thunderstorm. 162 people were on board. A new study finds a link between prolonged sitting and illness. And lindsey vonn breaks a record while tiger woods breaks a tooth. When the cbs evening news continues. [ hoof beats ] i wish. Please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all. Is health. So we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. Expanded minuteclinic for walkin medical care. 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Multivitamins expertly designed with nutrients people dont get enough of from food alone. Centrum. For the most important parts of you. Pelley are you sitting down . Well, you may want the stand up after you see our next story. Dr. Jon lapook has details of a study out today says too much sitting raises your risk of serious illness. At the headquarters of Bayer Health Care in new jersey, people are hard at work just standing around. When the building opened a year and a half ago employees like kim jongun were told their desks would be designed so they could sit or stand. Your very first reaction when you told about this idea was. Interesting, nice perk the company is giving us and i really dont have any interest in trying it. Reporter and now . I wouldnt want to give it up . How does it make you feel bet center. My energy level is much more consistent. I dont have ups and downs when i was more sedentary. Reporter in a review published today in the annals of internal medicine, doctors found sitting for long periods of time said sitting for long periods of time increased cardiovascular does by 13 tct, cancer by 14 and nearly double the risk of diabetes. The double whammy of prolonged sitting and no exercise increased the risk of early death by 40 with regular exercise, that increased risk fell to about 10 . How do we get people off their duffs and do physical activity . Reporter dr. Michael roizen runs the Wellness Institute at the cleveland clinic. We know when you sit you increase your insulin resistance. That means you dont take the sugar thats in your blood and move it into your cells as well. Reporter roizen is passionate believer in the Health Benefits of staying active. He holds his meetings while walking and his standing desk includes a treadmill. The human body is this wonderful thing where we get to postpone or diminish chronic disease just by getting out of our chair once every half hour. Reporter one of the authors of the study said risks begin to increase sitting four hours or more in a day. One tip, monster how much time you spend sitting and reduce it each week. For example, stand or exercise but dont snack during next commercial. Pelley so simple. So important. Doctor, thanks very much. In football, some defeats are more deflating than others, but were the colts the victims of cheating . Thats next. Thank you for being a sailor and my daddy. Thank you mom, for protecting my future. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. Military families are thankful for many things. The legacy of usaa Auto Insurance could be one of them. Our worldclass service earned usaa the top spot in a study of the most recommended Large Companies in america. 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