To rig its vehicles to cheat on u. S. Emissions tests. Volkswagens c. E. O. , who is an engineer, apologized today, but sorry didnt cut it with investors, v. W. s stock dove off a cliff, down more than 17 in the u. S. The company saw more than 14 billion go up in smoke in one trading session, and it now faces billions in fines. Kris van cleave is following this. Reporter the e. P. A. Alleges the german automaker designed a socalled defeat device to allow cars to pass emissions tests they should have failed. Certain diesel models were designed with Sophisticated Software that used information including the position of the Steering Wheel and speed of the vehicle to determine the car was undergoing emissions testing. The car was rigged to bypass that when being driven. Emissions increased 10 to 40 times above acceptable e. P. A. Levels. Professor dan carter was among the researchers at West Virginia university that first reported the difference in emillses last year. Once we started the t
Plaza, and he arrived in washington, d. C. , on tuesday at a time when american catholics are feeling positive about the pope and the church. According to a cbs News New York times poll out today, 53 of american catholics say the church is in touch with the needs of catholics, the highest that figure has been since the question was first asked in 1987. 63 view pope francis favorably. 79 approve of the direction hes taking the church. We begin tonight with allen pizzey in havana. Reporter the arrival for mass was classic pope francis, as close to the crowd as possible, blessing and kissing children. The overall tone to cuba so far has been a little less exuberant. In his homily, the pope urged cubans to serve people, not ideas. Church policy seems to be to avoid controversy and win more religious freedom by capitalizing on goodwill from the vaticans role in softening relations between havana and washington. How well its working was highlighted by the pope personally giving first communi
Pope francis arrives in the United States tomorrow. His first trip ever to the u. S. A reordered battle to become the president. Carly fiorina has vaulted into second place in gnaw poll. Ben carson says a muslim does not belong in the white house. I would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of the white house. Valley fire keeps growing in california. Lets not forget what tonight is really about. Letting the internet weigh in on who looks the worst. Hbo dominated the night but the history making moment of the best drama actress award. The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. U2 concert in sweden is evacuated after a reported bomb threat. A man was arrested at the scene. This american rescued four people near this boat in flames near galveston, texas. A parent asks her 6yearold to just be nice. As nice as possible. Rodgers. It is caught for the touchdown. Going over the middle. And he loses the ball. There is your hero. And all that matters. G
Vanished from radar. David martin at the pentagon reports the infrared satellite recorded the flash, but it is not known whether the flash was caused by Something Like a failure in a fuel tank or perhaps a bomb. The metrojet wreckage is spread over miles, indicating that it came apart at high altitude. All aboard, more than 200 people, were killed. They were mostly vacationing russian families en route from a seaside resort in egypt to st. Petersburg. Today u. S. Intelligence director James Clapper said its unlikely that terrorism brought down the airbus a321. Investigators hope the flight recorders will tell them what did. Allen pizzey is in egypt. Reporter Sunny Isles Beach teams have finished combing a eightsquaremile area of the sinai december ertd where the airbus went down and will now widen the search. Most of the bodies have been found along with the planes two flight data recorders. Decoding them to discover what caused the plane to suddenly breck apart in midair is expected t
Gop. Christie, fiorina will not sign a debate reform. Donald trump has a new trump in his bag. This is how handsome he is, i dont know, i think im better looking than he is. Schools damaged from texas to georgia by winds up to 115 miles an hour. Meanwhile, a storm delivering an early taste of winter to. Ka, triggered a massive pileup. A u. S. Satellite detecting a heat flash, at the same time the russian passenger jet plummeted to earth over the Sinai Peninsula. A crash landing in pakistan, incredibly, only ten people suffered minor injuries. A pre flight at lax got people booted from the spirit plane. The passengers say its because of tear skin color. Why is it that black people get kicked off . Volkswagons emissions scandal, porsche and audi, 10,000 vehicles. A meteor blazing over thailand. Confused drivers hitting the brakes as the sky turned green. Repeling, they unfurl the banner with a protest message for a Liquified Natural Gas in the area. Overtime, redeems themself, kain carol