Good evening. There was encouraging news today about the condition of an american doctor infected with the ebola who returned to this country yesterday from liberia surrounded by shiicated biocontainment measures. Its hoped the patient Kent Brantley and another american aide worker returning here soon will face a better chance at recovering here in the u. S. Than they might in africa where an Ebola Outbreak killed more than 700 people. And even as medical teams race to contain the spread of the disease over there, in this age of rapid global travel, Health Officials here are increasing their vigilence. Nbcs kate snoe w is outside th hospital where dr. Brantley is being treated. Reporter good evening. Some late news this afternoon. Telling us why, perhaps, the family of dr. Brantley is so encouraged and hopeful. We knew that his colleague nancy rightboll received some kind of experimental serum while in liberia against ebola. Now were finding out that doctor as well got some kind of a e
Good evening, in for diane. Its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. We have several major stories tonight. But first the chaotic scene still unfolding at this hour in new yorks times square where millions of families visit every year as you know. Two double deckers involved in a crash at the cross roads of the world. Teeming with tourists not far from where you line up to get broadway tickets. Passengers stunned, downed lamp posts, one bus crashing into another. There were more than a dozen injured, most of them pedestrians who had been walking on the sidewalk. Abcs ryan smith is there tonight and he leads us off. Ryan . Reporter good evening, david. Right over my shoulder, the front of a tour bus nearly dell demolished in one of the busiest intersections in the world. Chaos tonight in the beating heart of new york city, times square, right by the famous broadway tickets booth. I saw it shoot across and i started screaming. Reporter a blue double decker tour bus crashing
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Much of the news toot about plagues flight 17 crash was broken by president obama. He told us at least one u. S. Citizen was among the 298 who died. He said the plane was shot down by a surfacetoair missile fired by a part of ukraine controlled by prorussian rebels. These rebels are fighting to break away from ukraine, and while the president stopped short of saying the kremlin was blind the flight of the downed flight 17, list to what he said about rebels who boasted about shooting down at least three Ukrainian Military planes. A group of separatists cant shoot down military transport planes or, they claim, shoot down fighter jets without sophisticated equipment and sphis quaitd training and that is coming from russia. Pelley we have a team of correspondents on this story. First, we go to Mark Phillips at the crash site in Eastern Ukraine where the reality of what has happened can be diffi
Good evening, in for diane. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. The first hurricane set to hit hawaii a little more than 24 hours from now. Right behind it a second hurricane thats going to hit next. A one two punch and theyre scrambling tonight. You can see them on the map, hurricane iselle and julio. More than 700 families expected to get hit, the big island, maui as well. Theyre already canceling school. This is the scene on the ground right now, the mad dash to the supermarkets there, the race for supplies. For so many this is what theyre finding, empty shelves. Tonight a dangerous threat. Its been more than 20 years since a hurricane sit hawaii and now there are two of them. Abcs meteorologist ginger zee here with us and shes been tracking it all day long. Weve got max sustained winds inside, greater than 90. The reason hawaiis big island is under hurricane warning tonight. Reporter our latest view from space two hurricanes swirling over the pacific ocean. Their ta
World news begins now. Good evening. In for diane, great to have you here on this friday night. We begin with the investigation into the jet shot down. 298 lives lost, and tonight, the stunning images. One man standing there, rescuers overcome with what they saw at the scene all day. And tonight, reminders everywhere of the lives lost. A deck of cards, a childs drawing. And heres what we know. One american victim, and president obama saying hes confident the plane was brought down by a surfacetoair missile. We begin with terry moran, and the new clues coming in tonight. Reporter the grim work of recovery in ukraine. A disney backpack, a baseball cap. Testifying silently to the unspeakable loss here. They look for bodies in a field of sunflowers and found some. A local described the terrible sight. There was an explosion, and then people started falling from the sky. Late today, an International Team of investigators arrived, but they were stopped before they got to the crash site. It i