This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening, scott is off tonight, im anthony mason. After another day of air strikes and rocket attacks, israel and hamas are inching closer to a ground war in gaza. The Palestinian Militant Group has fired more than 450 rockets at israel this this week. Three israelis have been killed in the attacks. In response, the Israeli Air Force has pounded hamas targets killing at least 28 palestinians, including some children. Air raid sirens sounded today in major cities, including jerusalem and tel aviv. Allen pizzey is there. Reporter nearly 100 rockets fired from gaza made it into israel today, sending people running for shelters. And for the first time ever, a missile reached the edge of jerusalem. The growing threat from hamas is pushing israel closer to a ground war. Israeli troops and armor are massing along the board we are gaza. 16,000 reservists have already been called up and the cabinet approved plans that could raise that to
Axelrod tonight a big week, a big storm, slow ice and rain blanket it is southwest and the system slowly moves east, just as we hit the businessth travel week of the than 24 hourn Historic Nuclear Agreement with iran, the a feedback comes from around the world. Margaret brennan has the reports. The vat scan revives 2000yearold mystery, publicly unveiling the bones of a st. , alan pizzey is in rome. And the bocus library, the look of future in one citys present. It doesnt look like a library. Thats the point. This is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, in dallas tonight officials declared something they are calling Ice Force Level 1, that may sound odd but this early season storm is not a joke. Eight people have died so far and tens of millions of facing potentially dangerous weather this week. Already, 300 flights have been canceled, here is a look at where the storm ise m te than a foot of snow in parts of new m
San diego north into l. A. County. Southern california is in store for another day of high tides and flooding. The socalled king tides are formed by the alignment of the sun, moon and earth. This happens once every 30 years. Former South African president Nelson Mandela is said to be making progress as he battles a lung infection. It started with trash talking and ended with gunfire. Surveillance cameras capture a shooting wounding two people. All that okay. We need the jaws of life. Final in philadelphia, 3413 cincinnati. The Houston Rockets latest effort to sing is pretty embarrassing. And dradle i shall how do i even know youre a nun . You dont have the thing on. I know, i know but i have my medal on. Is that your nun badge . Thats my nun badge. Barbara walters most fascinating person of the year is disgraced cia former director david petraeus. I was thinking if this guy was a little less fascinating, hed probably still have his job. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to welcome to cb
Sales are down compared to this time last year despite the fact that some stores have been open nonstop since friday. Drama 200 miles above the earth. Astronauts on a Christmas Eve space walk to replace a critical cooling pump on the International Space station. Christmas eve travelers from the midwest into the northeast face headaches this morning. Roads remain icy following a messy storm that swept across the country. Edward snowden in an interview with the Washington Post, the former nsa contractor now says his mission is already accomplished. Americans have until midnight tonight to sign up for Health Insurance coverage that would begin january 1st. Because of delays caused by record high traffic on healthcare. Govs site on monday. Doesnt seem like theres a plan right now to fix the issues. Target is still reeling from the Data Security breach. The government is now investigating. Targets shares have dropped almost 3 . A 106yearold water main burst in philadelphia yesterday. It flo
Obviously, youre going to want to know exactly what the president knew and when he knew it. The white house under fire for nsa spy secrets. President obama saying that he was not aware until recently of spying on heads of state. But the Los Angeles Times reports the white house signed off on the program. But the president did not know that raises serious questions. Ive been imprisoned by Allegiant Airlines or over eight hours. Passenger aboard the allegiant 1032 had to be on three different flights because of mechanical problems at Oakland International airport. Yes, maam. The white house acknowledging there are some individual existing Health Care Plans that do not qualify for obama care. What is the political fallout when the other guys committing suicide get out of the way. Today marks one year since Superstorm Sandy ripped through the northeast. People still picking up the pieces. Does not a day go by without thinking about it. Big storm in colorado and portions of nevada. Ten inch