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To shed light on the problem of guns, national officials have designated this week as National Gun Violence Survivors Week.

"I want everyone to know that the NYPD vows to never let up on our enforcement efforts," said NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey.

"I want everyone to know that the NYPD vows to never let up on our enforcement efforts," said NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey.

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott is off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. hardly a day passes that we don't show you pictures of the great drought of 2012. but the government put out a report today that brings home just how severe it really is, and it's not just farmers and stockmen who are affected. it's going to mean higher priceses for everyone. nearly one quarter of the country is now in extreme or exceptional drought. today for the second month in a row the agriculture department said that means corn and soybean production will be dow...

concealers in any way, shape, or form but manageable, i think. >> reporter: manageable because the u.s.d.a. says the prices of farm products like corn and soybeans make up only about 14% of the average retail food purchase. even if all farm products doubled, retail food prices would increase just just another 14%. but the drought is increasing demand around the world. the global price of corn jumped 23% last month. >> so you can see volatile prices and higher-than-normal prices until we get a good crop from our own farmers here next year. >> reporter: that's if we get a good crop. th...