Reporter tensions are increasing. They are taunting each other. Temperatures flare outside a trump tempers flare outside a trump rally california. Unbelievable the debate between donald trump and Bernie Sanders, not going to happen. Trump called it off. I hope that he changes his mind again. Well, mr. Trump, what are you afraid of . An estimated 38 Million People will travel this holiday weekend. The busiest memorial day in a decade. Tropical storms up for South Carolina. It will bring heavy rainfall to the eastern seaboard heading into memorial day. Flooding in south texas led to a frantic rescue. Ranchers had to round up 800 head of cattle. In new york city, the pilot of a vintage world war ii fighter plane crashed into the hudson river. Could see the guy trying to gut oat of the plane. Just couldnt make it out. A Police Officer had a brush with death. Wasnt a suspect. It was a tree. There it goes. Spacex has pulled off another rocket launch and landing. [ cheers ] all that johnny de
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pauley and good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jane pauley. The memorial day weekend is off to a rough start in parts of texas. Over the past 24 hours, more than a foot and a half of rain has left homes and roads under water. At least one person has died. Several others are missing. Theres also a tropical system threatening beach communities from georgia to the carolinas this weekend. But we begin with don champion in bastrop county, texas. Reporter for the last 24 hours, rescue choppers have been plucking desperate people off rooftopes of homes and submerged cars in several texas towns. Near austin, there have been at least 75 people rescue. In brenham, rain poured down in buckets, more than 18 inches in a days time. Quicklyrising waters washed out roads and washed cars away. 21yearold Darren Mitchell posted this haunting facebook as water topped the roof of his truck. He wrote, all i wanted to do was go ho
Phone. And, america strong. The new images tonight from the top of the world. Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. As we come on tonight, just as millions begin their memorial day weekend, were tracking several dangerous storm systems. Just a short time ago, a Tropical Storm warning in effect. The map shows the possible track of this over the holiday weekend. And across the south, the relentless rain. Near waco, this car catching fire in the middle of the flash floods. Dozens of rescues. And a police cam capturing this. Just an incredible moment, the lightning across several states. Lets go to phillip mena. Reporter tonight, Severe Weather turning deadly in texas. This chopper in Travis County searching for two people trapped in their vehicle feared swept away by fastmoving flood waters. At least three missing and two dead across the state, and dozens of rescues. In conroe, Good Samaritans using a ladder to rescue a woman stuck in her van, holding on to each other to ke
Phone. And, america strong. The new images tonight from the top of the world. Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. As we come on tonight, just as millions begin their memorial day weekend, were tracking several dangerous storm systems. Just a short time ago, a Tropical Storm warning in effect. The map shows the possible track of this over the holiday weekend. And across the south, the relentless rain. Near waco, this car catching fire in the middle of the flash floods. Dozens of rescues. And a police cam capturing this. Just an incredible moment, the lightning across several states. Lets go to phillip mena. Reporter tonight, Severe Weather turning deadly in texas. This chopper in Travis County searching for two people trapped in their vehicle feared swept away by fastmoving flood waters. At least three missing and two dead across the state, and dozens of rescues. In conroe, Good Samaritans using a ladder to rescue a woman stuck in her van, holding on to each other to ke
We are still working to find out why. Dominic simons is charged with robbing, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting a 16yearold boy. It happened monday at 3 00 in the afternoon. The teen says simon struck up a conversation with him at the bethesda metro station and borrowed his phone, but then wouldnt give the teenager his phone back. When the teen chased after this guy to get his phone, thats when the suspect allegedly told him he had a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didnt do what he told him to do. He forced that teen to board a metro train and then get off the Friendship Heights administration. Then he forced the teenager to go to the chevy chase pavilion bathroom where he was sexually assaulted. We spoke to riders today who were very concerned about safety on metro. It is very scary. Its sad that were on Public Transportation and theres all i would say they need to bump up police, but if they dont have Police Officers to bump up, then it is kind of hard. We just have to be ver