This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. We begin with breaking news. Another Missile Launch by north korea. National security correspondent david martin is following developments at the pentagon. David, what do we know . Reporter anthony, we know that now for a second time, north korea has fired a missile over japan. They did one late last month. This one is said by japanese officials to have gone about 1,500 miles past japan, which is further than the last test went. Now, u. S. Intelligence had been expecting a test of either an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or an intermediaterange missile. We dont know yet which this was. If it was an intercontinental missile, it could have been fired at a high enough angle to keep it well short of the united states. If it was an intermediaterange missile, it would have had the range to hit american bases in guam, but it was not fired in that direction. But either way, it seems like no
Reporter we have been doing that, chris. We spent a couple of text messages. The last time i communicated with him the eye of the storm they were in the thick of it and he had described that they had they were on backup radio power. They had lost power. No water. But and they were on backup using backup radios to communicate to the 80 First Responders that had stayed behind and were riding out the storm. I have not heard back. Ive sent him a couple of messages. Hoping to hear back from him to get a better sense. He was confident that they would be able to withstand the worst of this storm but obviously this is a very important time for them that eye is chance for them to survey and work quickly to figure out what kind of damage and what kind of situation that theyre in, so hes got much more important things to do right now. I suspect if he can, he will get back to us as quickly as possible. This is the scene here in Downtown Naples. You can see what a chain saw this storm was, were a c
Unclear. Floridas governor rick scott said this morning, we pray everybodys alive. Across state, 15 Million People are without power. We have latest details on the damage, on the human toll, and what it will take to bring back life to normal in the affect yards. Our team of reporters spread out throughout irmas impact zone from the keys to south carolina. We start in those hardhit keys are Gadi Schwartz was able to made it to cudjoe key where the hurricane first hit. This is really ground zero for where the hurricane hit. You can see those winds just rip through this home. The concrete structure is Still Standing. This is called jolly roger road. But you see, thats a washing machine over here. If we take a look over here, there are two others. Theres a washer and dryer over here. Showing you just how strong those winds were. Heres another one. Over here in the marina, there are couches floating in this marina. There are beds floating in this marina. There are some boats that have been
Adam housley has more. How is it looking in. The estimation of one in four homes, that doesnt count smaller damage. A lot of businesses have problems here like the gas station where the pumps are bent, the sign is down. You have the smaller price tags to the bigger price tag, it will be significant in florida to clean this up, not to mention the possibility of casualties out there. We had a chance to be at the bridge on the north part of key largo at 7 20 a. M. They opened the bridge and let locals back in for the first time. Along with locals came a plethora of folks coming in here to help, too. All sorts of companies coming from as for as wisconsin to help replace the power lines here, for example. Tree services. One after the other. Gas companies all coming to try to help people recover here and get back online. We had a chance to drive down to about mile marker high 40s or so, just outside of marathon, florida. Thats as far as you can go. They shut the road down there at that point
The bathroom in the hallways. For two days, it was hell. You didnt know if you are going to make it or not. And you look at damage to homes and rvs pushed on their side, you would think it was the wind but neighbors say it was the storm surge. They say the ocean rose up to their necks. It came in fast and it went out fast. Neighbors say they are stranded with little food, water, and zero ways to communicate with the outside world. This man put a sign on his driveway. It says sos. We hear. Need water. In case a helicopter anybody. No one has shown up. No one has come. Not yet. No one. I am on my own. Hurricane irmas wrath was the worst in the lower key is that there was plenty of damage in the upper keys. Water covered u. S. Highway 1. Votes on the side of the road. Once you get to big pine key, the damage gets more severe. This Mobile Home Park ripped apart. All thats left here is a toilet seat. Residents want the world to know they are alive but they need help. Coast guard helicopter.