This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell, and this is our western edition. The worst fire to hit tennessee in 100 years has killed at least three people and sent more than a dozen to the hospital. 14,000 fled, as a wall of flames closed in on gatlinburg. One resort was destroyed. The dollywood theme park, named for dolly parton, was spared. Demarco morgan is in tennessee. Hit the gas reporter youre watching cell phone video taken by two brothers as they escape from a vacation resort area in the mountains of gatlinburg, tennessee. They say they had no warning as the wall of flames surrounded them last night, and their only choice was to ride through it or die. Please, lord, let us get off this mountain. Reporter by early evening, wind speeds suddenly doubled, turning into hurricaneforce winds that topped 87 miles per hour. Burning embers blew and toppled trees ripped down power lines. This community is at the edge of
Of the of the violence that dylann roof caused killing nine innocent victims, ranging in age from 26 up to 87. He just appeared in court via a video link. And he went before a judge. His bond was set at 1 million on a weapons charge. Hes also facing nine murder charges. Hes likely to ultimately face the Death Penalty in this case. There he is appearing before the judge, our first real look at him now almost two days since the shooting happened. We also learn in just the past few hours that he confessed to the crime with investigators, admitting that he bought the gun, a 45 caliber gun and fired into each of those individuals. We are also learning more about the weapon. Theres a lot to discuss in the next hour of newsroom. First, i want to take you back inside the courtroom appearing just a few minutes ago where we also heard from members of the victims families. Listen. Susie jackson . Is there a representative of the family of Susie Jackson . No. No. Sharonda singleton . Will you plea
His First Court Appearance. Family members of the victims speaking in court emotionally. Describing the loved ones they lost and in many cases telling the accused killer, we forgive you. We will have those powerful video moments in its entirety Just Moments Away from now. But first were hearing the voice of the accused killer for the very first time. What is your age . 21. Youre 21 years ol. Are you employed . No, sir. Youre unemployed at this time . Yes sir. He is charged with nine counts of murder. Each one for a victim. A source telling fox news, dylann roof confessed and the South Carolina governor is saying she will push for the death penalty. Were learning more about why police say he committed mass murder in the house of god. A survivor said the gunman told the victims that black people were take over the country and he wanted to start a race war. Friend says he was openly racist. His friend said he said somebody needs to do something quote nor white race. That friend says the t
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell, and this is our western edition. The worst fire to hit tennessee in 100 years has killed at least three people and sent more than a dozen to the hospital. 14,000 fled, as a wall of flames closed in on gatlinburg. One resort was destroyed. The dollywood theme park, named for dolly parton, was spared. Demarco morgan is in tennessee. Hit the gas hit the gas reporter youre watching cell phone video taken by two brothers as they escape from a vacation resort area in the mountains of gatlinburg, tennessee. They say they had no warning as the wall of flames surrounded them last night, and their only choice was to ride through it or die. Please, lord, let us get off this mountain. Reporter by early evening, wind speeds suddenly doubled, turning into hurricaneforce winds that topped 87 miles per hour. Fires quickly spread in this droughtstricken area when burning embers blew and toppl
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