This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is a western edition of the broadcast. Northern california and the Pacific Northwest are getting muchneeded rain this weekend. The rain comes with a heavy price in terms of flood and wind damage. Heres carter evans. Reporter that was a 90foot pine tree in the Berkeley Hills east of san francisco. Blown down by powerful winds up to 50 miles an hour. Ken renworth says his neighbors were lucky. When you went back there and looked at it, what did you think . Oh, it was incredible. I mean, its a huge tree, and the roots failed. Its scary. Reporter while Northern California got pounded with up to four inches of rain, the wind did the most damage, uprooting dozens of trees and bringing down power lines. Over the past 24 hours, more than a quarter Million People were in the dark. Electricity was restored for most, but flights are still delayed in san francisco. The National Weather service didnt expect much snow from
Several Major Department stores now accused of making you believe youre getting a better deal than you actually are. We have the list. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with the passing of a true american hero. Former astronaut, war hero and u. S. Senator from ohio, john glenn, has died. The First American to orbit the earth. He was the last surviving member of the original mercury 7 astronauts. A symbol of the american spirit. His nearly fivehour flight solidifying americas place in the space race with the soviet union. Giving the country a muchneeded victory at the time. Once asked how hed like to be remembered, glenn said hell, quote, leave that to the other people. And so, we begin with abcs david wright. Ten, nine reporter he was a pioneer and a patriot. Launched into history with this iconic sendoff from mission control. Godspeed, john glenn. Reporter later, john glenn confessed he actually didnt hear that phrase, as friendship
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