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The CBS EVENING NEWS posted its best February sweep deliveries in both viewers and households since 2007, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the February 2013 sweep.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) tells CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley it's outrageous that detained immigrants are being released from U.S. detention centers because of budget cuts from the pending sequester. Pelley sat down with Boehner in Washington, D.C for an interview that will be broadcast tonight, Feb. 26 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on CBS. Check out a clip below.

Tony Mendez, the retired CIA spy who inspired the Academy Award-winning film 'Argo,' discusses the film's Oscar win and describes the undercover mission to rescue six Americans from Iran. The report will be broadcast tonight, Feb. 26 on the CBS EVENING NEWS with SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added +880,000 viewers compared to the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Feb. 22.

Scott Pelley will sit down with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) tomorrow, Feb. 26 for an interview to discuss the package of automatic spending cuts, known in Washington as the "sequester," expected to take effect this week and the potential impact of those cuts. The interview will be broadcast tomorrow, Feb. 26 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

CBS News Foreign Correspondent Clarissa Ward reports that an ancient community of Christians may be the next casualty of the civil war in Syria. The report will be broadcast tonight, Feb. 21 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted year-to-year ratings gains among households (4.9/09 from 4.5/08, +9%) and viewers (7.20m from 6.83m, +5%) for the week ending Feb. 15, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) last night announced the winners of the 2013 Writers Guild Awards.

Few have changed the lives of people the way the volunteers on the Africa Mercy have. Serving aboard the world's largest civilian hospital ship, they have restored sight to thousands of people suffering from cataracts and returned smiles to victims of facial tumors and cleft palates whose deformities made them social outcasts. Scott Pelley goes to Togo on Africa's West Coast to report on the Africa Mercy's patients and the dedicated doctors and nurses who have made the ship and its mission a way of life. Pelley's report will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Feb. 17 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS, in the week ending Feb. 8, posted its best deliveries in both households and viewers since the week ending Jan. 30, 2009 and its best delivery in adults 25-54 since the week ending Nov. 9, 2012, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan tells CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley that the College of Cardinals will look for a pope able to 'articulate the truths of the faith' to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. The interview will be broadcast tonight, Feb. 11 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will broadcast live from Washington, D.C., for primetime coverage of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address and the Republican Response on Tuesday, Feb. 12 (9:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. He will also anchor the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) live from Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Additionally, Pelley will conduct a broad-ranging interview with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for the broadcast.

CBS News Senior Correspondent John Miller reports that the FBI found explosives inside the bunker where a five-year-old was held hostage in Alabama. The report was broadcast tonight, Feb. 5 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. Check out the report below.

CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer speaks with a resident of Timbuktu, Mali, who saved thousands of priceless Arabic artifacts. The report will be broadcast tonight, Feb. 5 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added nearly half a million viewers (+490,000) compared to the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Feb. 1.

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will interview President Barack Obama live from the White House at 4:30 PM, ET on THE SUPER BOWL TODAY today, Feb. 3 during CBS Sports' pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on the CBS Television Network.

CBS announced today that 60 MINUTES will not be broadcast on Sunday Feb. 3 due to Super Bowl XLVII coverage this weekend.

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will interview President Barack Obama live from the White House at 4:30 PM, ET on THE SUPER BOWL TODAY on Sunday, Feb. 3 during CBS Sports' pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted year-to-year ratings gains among viewers (+8%, 7.23m from 6.69m) and households (+9%, 4.9/09 from 4.5/08) for the week ending Jan. 25, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" to meet a teenager who "hatched" a rescue plan to save her family. The report will be broadcast tonight, Jan. 25 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.