And our own dr. Jon lapook on whats behind a troubling rise in colon cancer among young people. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell this is our western edition. We begin tonight with breaking news. Protesters are outside the Governors Mansion in puerto rico. They are demanding Ricardo Rossello step down but he remains defiant. Earlier today, hundreds of thousands filled the streets in what is one of the biggest demonstrations puerto rico has seen in decades. They are protesting government corruption and leaked chatroom messages in which the governor and his advisors mocked victims of Hurricane Maria. David begnaud has been covering the response to the storm and is at the Governors Mansion in san juan. David. Reporter good evening, these people protesting today, the governor made a surprise appearance on television and said the reason he hasnt resigned is because he respects rule and order and democracy. Ive got to tell you, from interviewing hundreds of people wh
hired by the organization in 2019 as a hitting coach in the minor leagues. she s believed to be the first woman hired as a full-time hitting instructor by a big league team. and now the first manager in this job. very cool story. we are wish her luck. time now for the weather and bill karins for the forecast, bill what do you got? a lot. if you have plans for this upcoming weekend, we ve got a big storm track moving through the country. let s begin with today, the end of arctic outbreak in the northeast. a frigid morning out. d.c. is not too bad at 25, windchills at 16. once you get to boston northward it is still very cold. boston negative 2. look at caribou, maine, negative 30. not too bad in the great lakes. we will see improvement, 40 in new york city, boston at 39. if we get through the morning, it will return back to what we typically expect for this time
billionaire end up on a ranch in montana, and how exactly were bison going to help save the planet anyway? the story starts a long, long time ago, long before the world first came to know ted turner. driving, trip it, lower the pole! he sailed on the scenes in the 1970s as captain courageous a bare chested businessman who won america s cup. by that point, a young ted had already leveraged his family s business to buy a struggling tv station, turning it into the first satellite super station. and with his signature arrogance, he bought a losing baseball game and branded it america s team. come see the big league team, and hey, we re in atlanta. reporter: he liked to win, take risks, and he could
choppers, the first since navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens was killed in a raid. it is part of a gloves off approach by the trump administration. an lgbt community in new orleans is on edge after two transgender women were killed in less than one week. police are investigating but say they do not think the two deaths are related. senator rand paul went on a mission thursday to find the houses obamacare replacement bill after getting word a committee was gathering. the senator brought his own copy machine to obtain a copy of the proposal. a house staffer had to meet the senator at the door to tell him the bill wasn t there. who travels with a copy machine. check this out, players making amazing catches. a mets shortstop prospect did one better, making a casual one-handed catch as a bat went flying toward the dugout, despite the amazing grab, he s not expected to make the big
brand new details from the autopsy painting a very sad picture of the night whitney houston died. snipers, s.w.a.t. teams, the fbi, weapons locked in on an armed bank robber with a female hostage. we ll show you how this one ended. wait until you see the full video on this. these folks were sent home crying. college students pepper sprayed at a school board meeting, some of them hospitalized. they say they did not get a warning that the pepper spray was coming. the school says they were an angry mob. did police overreact? we talk to a tune who the was there. one minute past 5:00. conflicting stories are emerging about the night trayvon martin died in florida and the racially charged shooting tens to spark harsh words and protests. martin s parents were among the many people who gathered in miami to mark the 44th anniversary of dr. martin luther king s assassination as well as to remember the death of the unarmed florida teenager. zimmerman s father is defending his so