7 ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (May 24, 2021) – With the recent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District opened up Cheatham Lock despite restrictions during scheduled maintenance so barges destined to fuel Middle Tennessee could navigate up the Cumberland River to Nashville terminals.
Officials with the Nashville District and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, which is performing maintenance at Cheatham Lock, coordinated with Marathon Petroleum Corporation on site May 12 to gain an understanding of the industry’s critical need to move fuel via barges through the navigation lock to lessen the impact of the gas shortage. Additional communication took place with Exxon Mobile the same day to discuss their requirements.
couric: tonight, a new strategy for afghanistan. the president considers shifting the focus from the taliban to al qaeda, even after a deadly new taliban attack. our correspondent was there when it happened. continuing coverage of afghanistan, the road ahead. i m maggie rodriguez. also tonight, the h1n1 flu phase two. not as bad as expected in some places, but in this hospital, it s as bad as can be. is there water on the moon? nasa s about to crash a spacecraft into the lunar surface to find out. and an incredible ancestral journey that leads from slavery in the south to the white house. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. good evening, katie is off. the taliban struck again today in the heart of afghanistan s capital. a devastating suicide bombing outside india s embassy in kabul. tls the second taliban attack on that building in a year. 17 people were killed today, and at least 76 others were wounded. most of the victims, afbeg
war council, the president appears to be getting ready to settle on a war strategy and it s already drawing fire. white house officials say the focus of the president s strategy will be on defeating al qaeda in pakistan while downplaying the need to completely eliminate the taliban in afghanistan. the taliban, the white house argues, simply does not threaten u.s. security the way al qaeda does. the taliban are, obviously, exceedingly bad people that have done awful things. their capability is somewhat different, though. reporter: the strategy would turn the remote mountains of pakistan into the center of the war. the white house says while there are only about 100 al qaeda in afghanistan, there are thousands in pakistan. including osama bin laden and his top deputies. using special forces, pilotless drones, and a more aggressive effort from the pakistani army, the strategy has recently led to a series of successful attacks on al qaeda. because of our efforts, al qaeda a