caitlin bernard, the indiana ob/gyn, who according to state documents, provided a non- surgical abortion to a 10-year- old rape victim. o donnell: chaos at the airport. the shooting at dallas love field captured on video. the new footage that shows the moment officers stopped the female suspect. florida police sergeant seen gripping another officer s throat. tonight, what led to the alleged assault. army recruiting falls short. why obesity is one of the top reasons we can t fill the military s ranks. the generosity of strangers, and it s all starting with a wedding dress. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. on this busy tuesday night. we want to begin with what s being described as a catastrophic extreme weather event in the midwest where record rainfall caused deadly flash flooding in the st. louis area. r at least one perso
interview tonight with dr. caitlyn bernard, the indiana ob/gyn, who according to state dowct of documents provided a nonsurgical abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim. o donnell: chaos at the airport. the shooting at dallas love field captured on video. the new footage that shows the moment officers stopped the female suspect. florida police sergeant seen gripping another officer s throat. tonight, what led to the alleged assault. army recruiting falls short. why obesity is one of the top reasons we can t fill the military s ranks. the generosity of strangers, and it s all starting with a wedding dress. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. on this busy tuesday night. we want to begin with what s being described as a catastrophic extreme weather event in the midwest where record rainfall caused deadly flash flooding in the st. louis area. at least one per
their recruiter, staff sergeant jimmy vanderhall. i lost almost 70 pounds, and joslyn s lost quite a bit of weight as well. i went from 190 to 160. reporter: so about 100 pounds between you. yeah, we lost a whole person. reporter: they are finally scheduled to report to basic training in two weeks, but it took them over a year of heavy lifting to qualify. it s a small victory in what pentagon officials s call the mt difficult recruiting year since the all volunteer force was created nearly 50 years ago. o donnell: still ahead on tonight s cbs evening news, russia gets set to bail out of the international space station. we ll tell you why. and new developments in the trial of w.n.b.a. star brittney griner as she prepares to testify.
year. so far across the south and the eastern part of the united states, we couple the heat and humidity, there s no escaping it. reporter: how hot is it? yesterday, the asphalt tripped at 160. reporter: temperatures that can scald in a meat of seconds. there s no shade. no place to hide. reporter: whether you work or play in the sun there s no escape. across much of the country, temperatures and heat indexes shot well into the triple digits. with the oil, you know it s hot. reporter: pushing people and power grids to the limit. in arkansas, officials say the brutal heat buckled concrete and firefighters were busy with more than a dozen wildfires. it s pitiful. it s hard on us. hard on the grass. it s just too hot. reporter: water lines burst in tulsa. and in the nation s capital, officials cut the speed of commuter trains in fear that the metal tracks might bend.
grids to the limit, southwest the human body. nine people have died because of his heat wave across the south and midwest. our rob marciano is live in atlanta. he s in piedmont park, in fact, as people down there also trying stay cool. reporter: yes, they are, across much of the southeast, as a matter of fact. we said it yesterday, we ll say it again. believe it or not, the heat is the number one related weather killer. so just do what you got to do to stay cool. especially in the humidity. it s tough for your body to cool down. certainly look after your neighbors if they are elderly or infirmed. across the southeast the heat and humanity, it doesn t cool down. it seems like there s no escaping this heat. reporter: how hot is it? yesterday, the asphalt tripped at 160. reporter: temperatures that can scald in a meat of seconds. there s no shade. there s no shade, no place to hide. reporter: whether you work or play in the sun there s no