This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley congressman Steve Scalise had a third surgery today as doctors worked to save the life of the thirdranking republican in the house. Scalise is one of four people shot yesterday when a gunman opened fire on republicans practicing for tonights Charity Baseball game against the democrats. Scalise, who is 51, remains in critical condition. Our chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. Hes in some trouble. Reporter President Trump issued a sobering update today after visiting House Majority whip Steve Scalise last night. Hes a great fighter, and hes going to be okay, we hope. Reporter scalise underwent his third surgery today. Democrat Cedric Richmond is a close friend and fellow louisianaian. Its no secret that the bullet split up, and that vital organs are were hit. Reporter another victim, lobbyist matt mika, has been upgraded frogradedgraded from cn to serious, but his family warns, matt was shot multiple t
Id be talking to you right now. Reporter agent crystal griner was shot in the ankle. A 2006 graduate of marylands hood college, she was a star basketball player, known for her strength and athletic ability. A teammate told us she was very aggressive and was not at all surprised how she responded in a dangerous, highpressure situation. Retired Capitol Police chief kim dine. She is amazing, and shes a hero. She epitomized what being a heros all about. Reporter agent david bailey injured his ankle during the chaotic gun battle. Hes from brazil and graduated from North Carolina Central University in 2007. He always talked about becoming a police officer. Reporter friend rachael brooks says he just wanted to help people. As soon as i heard that, the first thing i thought was, that is definitely just like david to do. Reporter there were some other heroes too, scott. Henry cabrera, a special agent with the Capitol Hill Police department, also exchanged gunfire with the shooter, as did some o
Right now at 11 00, a hit and run leaves a woman in south jersey critically injured. The new clue police hope will help them solve the mystery. Robo calls on the rise. Why these annoying calls are increasing and what you can do to stop them. But first, wicked storms role through the region leaving their mark. Heavy winds knock down trees and powerlines and lightning sparks fires. Tonight the cleanup is under way. Im ukee washington. And im jessica dean. Authorities in Chester County say five homes were struck by lightning. This one of the homes believed to be hit. Since there are no fire hydrants in that area, firefighters had to get water from ponds and water tankers were called in to help. The owners were away at the time. A house sitter escaped unharmed. Also in Chester County heavy winds knocked over trees and powerlines. This was the scene in devon. Lauren casey has a closer look at where the storms hit hardest. We had numerous storm reports. You can see all of these symbols indic
Store. Looking like a total turn around today. In the wake of frontal boundaries we tend to see humidity drop off and temperature do the same a little behind this particular front. Theres a little hint of moisture out there and this is all that is left. You can see how the skies are beginning to clear off west already. And so that is promising as the day progresses it brightens up nicely for us. We see more sunshine and turns whats humid. And will look pleasant outsid outside. Expect breeze, however, lets talk temperatures quick limit we started off in similar territory yesterday at the same time. What you will notice is place like reading, allentown, mount pocono especially cooling off readily here. So we should see more green contour on the map over take the rest of the region as cooler air nudges back n were at 71 willow grove and wake quakertown back to upper 60s. It still feels a touch humid. Man, perception is everything. How did it feel one day to the next. When you walked out t
Gloucester by about 5 04. Evesham by five com ten. Waterford, new jersey, 51 00 agent winslow by 5 23. Hammonton by 5 29 and in eagle by 5 35. A line of severe thunderstorms moving east at 50 miles an hour heading in to cherry hill as we speak. Already in upper darby along the i95 corridor and moving into jersey in a matter of minutes. Right now youre seeing the heavy rain in philadelphia. Port richmond along 95. Crossing over the bridge the walt whitman and also you can see the ben franklin into south jersey the rain already in camden and moving quickly into pennsauken. So if youre on the jersey side and you havent seen the rain just yet, just wait a couple of minutes. These rain rates at about 3inches an hour some about two and a half inches an hour. This rain is many can down really hard. Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of delaware and also our suburbs in philadelphia to the north and west into new castle county, delaware are and now spreading into Gloucester County