Syrian refugee camp filled with isis fighters and their families. This is like an idol. They still worship isis here. Odonnell plus panic on board as a delta flight plunges nearly 30,000 feet in a matter of minutes. And three young entrepreneurs whose business shines a light for others. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. Thank you so much for joining us. This is our western edition. Six Million People are in the path of a deadly and catastrophic storm tonight. 13 counties in Southeast Texas are officially disaster zones. A storm that exploded ashore more than 48 hours ago has dumped more than 40 inches of rain in some areas and up to a foot more could fall tonight. Imelda has also unleashed tornadoes and more than 500,000 lightning strikes. And one killed a man. Buckets of rain poured down today. More than 1,000 people were rescued from flooded homes and roads. Hundreds more are still stranded, including one of our news crews. Janet shamlian is trapped by floodwaters in beaumont, texas. Janet . Xas. Janet . Reporter heavy rain was predicted, but few expected what happened here today. Floo reporter norah, heavy rain was predicted, but few expected what happened here today. Floodwaters poured into homes, people begging for help, and eighborhoods and parts of the city cut off, including where we are now. Beaumont is a city submerged after a steady drenching, more than three feet of rain in just 24 hours, the the fact there are cars stranded and people are getting highwater rescue, thats never happened in the time we lived here, even after harvey. Ev reporter our team was m waped, too. The water shows no sign of receding because the rain is still falling. In fact, the floodwaters here are rising. He storm closed interstate 10. Waivers stranded on the highway e r more than nine hours. This coast guard chopper flying in to rescue someone with heart issue. Lets go, guys we got to go. H reporter the life threatening flooding overwhelming first responders. There was a child back there. Reporter in the beaumont area they lost count after 700 calls for help. I have never seen this amount of flooding in this amount of time. Reporter dr. George davis was evacuated by boat so he could work emergencies at st. Elizabeths hospital. Houston was also hit hard, people wading through floodwaters, cars submerged, the airport shut down and homes surrounded. Cao years after Hurricane Harvey drowned Southeast Texas, some day imelda is even worse. We never flooded before, and weve had a lot worse rain than this and its never been this bad. Reporter the governor has hclared a state of emergency, the help here is coming from mostly unofficial sources right oow, people with boats and big wirts, neighbors and strangers helping each other. Norah. Odonnell janet, you need see of those big cars. And if you could take interstate 10, which you cant tonight, about 25 miles southwest of beaumont is the town of winnie. It was slammed by Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Folks there tell Mireya Villarreal imelda is even more isstructive. E. Reporter 80 of winnie, texas, is under 43 inches of fater and counting. More than 300 people stranded in cars and homes had to be rescued by boats and military trucks. We rode along on a rescue mission with Chambers County sheriff brian hawthorne. A lot of people are comparing his to harvey. Oh, no, this is worse than harvey. We have homes and businesses and the hospital that never even got hter in harvey that got flooded on this storm. Reporter this part of winnie is known as teacherville, ofcause a lot of the teachers that work in this area live here. A lot of these homes were flooded out during hurricane rvrvey. Some of them just got back into their homes. People like gene leblanc and his 12yearold son adam lost almost everything two years ago. They said it would never happen again, but here we are. Reporter what makes you feel nervous . The thought of losing everything in my house and veryarting everything again. R reporter the rain has slowed down and the water is starting to recede, but officials tell me it could take two to three days before all of this is out of here and out of peoples homes. And even then it could take several months before all of this mess, like this car is cleaned up and out of here. Norah . Odonnell mireya, those eictures are unbelievable. Thank you. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn from wcbs in new york started tracking imelda long before it elew up. Lonnie, how much longer is this storm going to last and where is re headed . Tomorrow night things should start to calm down significantly, but youre not done with the rain threat. Ernsider this norah, this is not a tropical depression, its not a tropical storm, its not just a remnant low. Ndnds are 10, 15mph. But its a huge rain maker still pulling in a lot of rain. Take a look at the rain totals. We were focusing on winnie, texas, with 42 inches of rain, but there is a swath of rain dsat extends from i45 all the way over to the louisiana border. Thats 98 miles. Winnie picked up more than two feet of rain. By tomorrow morning, maybe a little break. Dont let your guard down, i think it will continue to suck on some gulf moisture. It sparks up again in the afternoon. Ready for this . Ter the next seven to ten days, ks looks like every day well have a chance for more rain to be added to these crazy totals. Norah . Y odonnell thats why were covering this story. Lonnie, thank you. Tonight, canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau is doing serious gemage control after one picture teter another emerged showing him in blackface. Jericka duncan reports this comes as trudeau is locked in a hough reelection battle. This is something that obviously i deeply regret, and i never should have done. Reporter canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau faced a barrage of questions surrounding images of him dressed in blackface, including this latest video that appears to show peudeau wearing dark makeup as he raises his hands in the air and smiling for the camera. Darkening your face regardless of the context or the exrcumstances is always unacceptable. Reporter but pressed hard by reporters, trudeau would not say exactly how many times hes worn blackface. Next question . More than three times . N . Next question. More than three times . Next question. Bo reporter yesterday when confronted about this photo taken in 2001, trudeau admitted r was him and apologized. He also recalled one other time in high school that he dressed in blackface but never mentioned any video. The son of one of the countrys most popular Prime Ministers hknowledged he grew up iivileged. I now need to acknowledge that that comes with a massive blind spot. Reporter as the leader of gnadas governing liberal uarty, trudeau built his reputation on supporting diversity. His first cabinet had a Record Number of minorities and an equal balance of men and women. Election day is a little over four weeks away. Now, trudeau is facing demands from his main rival that he step oown. Before this controversy, the race was close, so norah, now it may be even closer. Odonnell all right. Jericka, thank you so much. New tonight, one of americas oldest gunmakers is suspending production of the ar15 rifle. E at model has been used in a s mber of mass shootings. Jeff pegues tells us whats behind the companys decision. [gunfire]. Reporter the ar15 is among the most lethal and most popular guns you can buy in america with 11 million currently on the streets. But in a statement today, colt, the west hartford, connecticut basedcompany that manufacturers cturrifle, announces that it was suspending production for the civilian market because there ale already so many of the weapons out there. Ste ar15 style weapon is the mn of choice for many mass shooters. From the massacres at newtown to parkland to las vegas. But in the wake of these shootings, there has been a backlash against the military style weapons which can kill anveral people within seconds. Like this gunman in dallas three years ago who killed five policemen. [gunfire]. Edmilies of the newtown victims have sued other gunmakers and democratic president ial candidate beto orourke, who tepresented el paso in congress, recently called for the guns to be confiscated. Hell, yes, were going to take your ar15, your ak47. Reporter colts decision comes as many mass retailers have announced they would stop selling guns and ammunition that can be used in assaultstyle weapons. Weun rights advocate we spoke to today dismissed the idea that colts decision will affect the sale of ar15s. R spokesman for the national ohooting Sports Foundation said today that americas appetite s r the rifle remains strong. Norah . Odonnell all right, jeff aegues, thank you. P new battle is brewing between the Trump Administration and house democrats. Nancy cordes reports it started with a mysterious complaint from a government whistleblower apparently over communication between the president and a foreign leader. Reporter the whistleblowers warning has to do with the president S Communications with fforeign leader, but congress has been blocked from learning much more. That whistleblower material must be made available to congress. Er reporter the intelligence communitys Inspector General determined last month that the tnformation provided by an employee met the definition ofte conveyed to congress within seven calendar days. But the president s acting director of National Intelligence refused. House intelligence chairman adam schiff. Do you believe that the white puse or the president himself are pressuring the acting hirector of National Intelligence not to hand this dformation over to you . We do know they are making some claim that a privilege may apply. Well, that narrows the category who may be intervening here. Reporter mr. Trump speaks to a range of leaders, including the president s of russia, d,raine, and china. Reday he tweeted, i understand that there may be many people listening. Ug anybody dumb enough to believe that i would Say Something inappropriate . Republicans backed him up. This is not something i would ever see the president doing. I would instead of jumping to henclusions actually get the facts first. Ap odonnell nancy joins us from capitol hill. Fo, nancy, what justification is there for not turning over this ngformation . Reporter well, the acting director of National Intelligence says that he consulted with the department of justice and determined that he seesnt have to inform cgres in this case because the subject t the complaint, who we now know is the president , doesnt work for him, isnt part of the intelligence community. Chairman schiff disagrees, norah, and hes now threatening to go to court over this or to withhold key intelligence funds. T. Odonnell all right. There will be more on this story. Nancy, thank you. A stark warning today from aans foreign minister. O said any attack on iran by the u. S. Or saudi arabia will spark an allout war. Iran continues to deny it was behind the missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Speaking in the region today, secretary of state mike pompeo said hes more interested in diplomacy. President trump has vowed to slap additional sanctions on iran. And now a cbs news exclusive. Holly williams goes inside a sprawling refugee camp in northeast syria that is described as a breeding ground for isis and a ticking time bomb. A few hundred u. S. Allies guard ahe al hol camp where the strict laws of isis are followed. Heres what holly found. Reporter the guards call this syrian refugee camp the tlamic state, because while tey control the fence, inside they told us isis is in charge. 10,000 foreigners live here, the wives and children of accused esis fighters, the men are mostly dead or in prison. Allah is the one that put me in this camp and in this prison, and he will take me out of here. Reporter these women wont say where they come from, but they sound british, and they defended isis terror attacks in europe and the u. S. This is isis ideology, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a foth. Thats what it is. Reporter youre saying those terrorist attacks were an eye yer an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Basically. Reporter and therefore justified under islamic law . Yeah. Reporter when there is violence here, and there have been several murders, its almost impossible to find the perpetrators, because the women all cover their faces. In an isis propaganda video, these women sent a message from the camp. Tere a ticking bomb, says one , them, just you wait and noe. An another video, young boys chant that theyll crush the heads of nonbelievers. There are no real schools here, but one guard told us the entire namp is effectively an isis academy. Many women here say theyre repentant. This pair from france and belgium told us they want to go ntme if their governments will have them. They say isis hardliners have ehreatened to burn their tents down at night. Isis is like an idol for them. Reporter they still worship isis . Yeah, too much. Reporter these women dont aant to go home. They came here to live under islamic law. We are in favor in what allah sent upon us. R he says an adulterer should be stoned, then its said and i have to accept it. Thats it. Reporter and what about people who are gay, how should they be treated . Yeah, they get chucked off a building. Reporter thrown off a building . Yeah. Reporter isis may have been defeated on the battlefield, but it still commands the hearts and minds of its followers. Holly williams, cbs news, al onl, in syria. Odonnell that is incredible sporting. There is still much more ahead right here on tonights cbs evening news. Delta passengers panic when deir jet suddenly drops nearly 30,000 feet. What caused it . Yter, yet another death linked ao vaping as federal investigators are looking for a cause. Cc1 even when im spending, im earning 1. 5 cash back on everything i buy. shouting earning on headphones huh . Earning. Earning. Still earning. Always earning. I dont know where youre pointing. Not that one the big one. You cant sneak a good earning opportunity past me. In fact. Ive got a hand modeling gig that starts right now. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. 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