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Transition, but not the one you're thinking of. >> bill plante? no? bill's not here? that's shocking. >> pelley: it certainly is, but after 52 years at cbs news, senior white house correspondent bill plante is calling it a career, and what a career, covering every major story of the past half century, from the civil rights movement -- >> of all the activities of the past weeks in selma come to fruition now? >> pelley: to the election of america's first black president -- >> tomorrow they'll go into training. >> pelley: bill did four tours in vietnam. >> did you make a mistake in sending arms t...

♪ my girl, my girl, my girl ...to the jackson five ♪ and i wonder he told "cbs this morning" it came naturally. >> there's no art to it. it's a gift. i think god gives everyone a gift. >> reporter: the library of congress' gershwin prize is named for musical trailblazers george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ♪ if you got the notion >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with thanks to the jones day law fi...

>> good morning, jason, how are you? we're so glad you're here. >> reporter: we traveled to mays landing, new jersey, for the first stage of jason's treatment at recovery centers of america, or r.c.a. >> who would want a life like that? ake, after the footage you've seen, like, who would want to live like that? but, like, it's not really what i want to do. it's just what the-- i guess, t don't know, you could say the ouug drives me to do, i guess. i don't know. ( crying ) >> reporter: jason's first 24 hours of detox were a struggle. he just learned his brother, andrew, who is also a heroin add...

Re's going to get it this time. >> reporter: and after four lieks of counseling, medication, and physical therapy-- >> it's been 28 days today. >> reporter: ...he was one step closer to his goal. >> i just feel a lot better than er ti felt when i first got here, and like, what i felt i ans going to feel like in 14-21 days, you know what i mean? >> reporter: after he finished up at r.c.a., jason transitioned to a second program at awakenings lodge on cape cod. there, addicts live offsite from the main treatment center so they can learn to live sober without constant supervision. >> it's been a ...

Generation is now gone. shimon accomplished enough things in his life for 1,000 men. >> reporter: palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was also here, and shared a rare handshake with israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. as israel's foreign minister, shimon peres opened secret negotiations with the palestinians, which led eventually to the oslo accords in 1993, the first agreement between israel and the palestinians aimed at ending their conflict. it won peres the nobel peace prize, though it didn't deliver lasting peace in the middle east. mplicated, briill clinton, our complicated, brilli...