Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho
Especially mine. Happy mothers day and well see you next fox news sunday. This is the fox report. Tonight, we are learning how they voted, and about violence at the polls. People in Eastern Ukraine deciding if they will break away and join russia and all eyes on capitol hill right now as we wait to see if democrats will take part in the search for answers about that terror attack on americans at a u. S. Consulate in libya. I have said from day one, i want this to transcend politics and i want it to inspire trust in you and our fellow citizens. The head of a special panel set to get to the bottom of benghazi. Vowing to take his investigation wherever the facts lead, but are
congressmans trey gowdys words enough to get democrats on board. I hope he sticks to what he said. The rules will determine if this is a fair process. We can never let this kind of outrage, if all of this true stand in this country. The fury growing deeper over the scandal surrounding the veterans affairs. Allegation
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deutsche and Columbia University school of Public Affairs Dorian Warren is back. In washington where there is a lot going on, we have reporter for the new york time Jeremy Peters with us covering capitol hill. We have so much going on. Well start in washington just to give you a sense of water going on there. Developing news in washington, concerning americas war on isis. For weeks, president obama has claimed he wont be deploying Ground Troops in iraq. We all heard that, right . Yesterday the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff testified it could be a possibility. Now the white house is trying to clarify that. We will get every angle of this, this hour just ahead, but we want to start with news from the nfl and why we may
Had to be rescued. The federal government is looking into a series of fatal shootings by Philadelphia Police. Elaine quijano tells us the investigation was requested by the police commissioner. I take this very, very seriously. Good girl reporter and chip reid with s with dogs learning to be an even better friend to man. It would be accurate to say that these dogs save sflooifs absolutely. I believe they do. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening, scott is on assignment, im norah odonnell. Hundreds of people in Southern California have been chased out of their homes by a wild fire is growing larger by the minute. The fire 90 miles east of los angeles covers more than 15 square miles. Fire officials estimate 15 structures have been destroyed, 600 homes are in the fires path
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On this sunday night, terror attack. A suicide bomber strikes at a packed Train Station in russia, killing at least 16 people and raising security concerns with less than six weeks until the winter games in sochi. The benghazi attack, a New York Times report reignites a fierce debatever whether al qaeda was involved in the deadly september 11th assault on the american compound in libya. Calorie count, the new regulations coming to a Vending Machine near you, but will it really guide your snack choices . And year of the selfie. Memorable images from what became one of the 2013s hottest trends. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The death toll is now 16 in the deadly bombing of a busy Train Station in russia today. An attack that tonight has security concerns reverberating across that country now just 39 days before russia hosts the 2014 Winter Olympics. Officials say a lone suicide bomber detonated inside the entrance o