Reporter while the two sides remain deadlocked president obama is taking his case to the American People trying to drum up support. Republicans are complaining that instead of being out campaigning he needs to sit down with them and work out a deal. Its a short drive up pennsylvania avenue from the capital to the white house but Congressional Republicans and president obama are getting farther apart in their effort to keep the nation from veering off the socalled fiscal cliff. A series of tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in at the end of the year. Seems like our friends on the other side is having difficulty turning off the campaign. Reporter the white house says the Campaign Gives the president support from the American People. The election was conclusive in terms of which path a majority of the American People want to take. Reporter president obama will try to build more support when he meets with middle class americans here in washington today. Hell ask them how the fiscal cl
Middle of town floods at about 13 feet. Youre looking at video from 2005. When that happened, damaging hundreds of buildings and causing millions of dollars of damage. Now the level is about 2 feet but you can bet that people will be keeping a very close eye on those levels as the series of storms roll in. Lets head to cate caugiran with more storm coverage. Reporter Elissa Harrington, now the rain is actually showed up, seeing a little bit of let up for a little bit but the wind is definitely here for sure. Take a look at those trees and the flag. High strong winds are here at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. The National Weather service says wind will pick up to 45 to gust of 65 miles an hour. The combination of wind and rain is dangerous especially with the cars on the road and officers say its best to drive slowly like youre in fog and ice. Trucks and highprofile vehicles should be careful on the bridges. The roads change with these conditions. We are expecting a large amount of wat
Captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsor this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. This i pelley good evening. Were beginning with breaking news in the crash of asiana flight 214. The pilots of that aircraft have now told federal investigators that they set the automatic throttle controls on the plane for a proper landing speed and then discovered to their surprise at the last moment that the plane had slowed far beyond that setting. Late today, the head of the National Transportation safety board gave us new details about the four pilots who were on board the boeing 777 and what they were doing in the seconds before it crashed late saturday morning while attempting to land at the San Francisco airport. John blackstone in San Francisco has the latest on the investigation. John . Reporter scott, n. T. S. B. Chairman Deborah Hersman has just completed briefing us interviews with these pilots. Of the four pilots three of them were on the flight deck at the time of the landing.
The night sky as bloody protests ripped through ukraines capital. A lot is at stake for the European Union. At least 14 people are dead and americans are being warned to stay indoors. Phil black is joining us from kiev right now. Phil is on the phone. What is the latest . Because these pictures have been so dramatic all day. It reminds me of Tahrir Square in cairo. Reporter it certainly has a revolutionary feel to it. Im standing across from the fires and that live feed and im surrounded by thousands of people. The forces tried to force their way through here earlier this evening. They broke through some of their lines and barricades. And now they are rebuilding those barricades. They have lit those bonfires to create really burning embers across roads. Its part of an attempt to keep back the Security Forces. Certainly the language coming from the Ukrainian Government clearly blames them for the violence that are taking place on the streets of kiev. The people surrounding me refute tha
The epochal transformations in the Arab world offer a historic opportunity for Muslims and Christians in these countries – and especially in Egypt – to establish a new, constitutional foundation for their relations. A commentary by Loay Mudhoon