The countdown is on. After nearly 70 years open championship golf returns to royal portrush this time tomorrow. And while the some rain input rose, todayit and while the some rain input rose, today it stays dry and fairly warm, here in sydney. See you in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday, july 17. Our top story comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for the women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal on the floor of the Nations Capital after the president was accused of racism. The comments from the white house a disgraceful and disgusting and those comments are racist. Senior republicans have since
Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
Meanwhile enjoyed their first Training Session since arriving in australia, following their 2 1 victory against sweden in auckland. Like england, they are seeking to be crowned World Champions for the first time come sunday. Arsenal manager mikel arteta says that Defenderjurrien Timber is in good spirits despite facing the prospect of missing the rest of the season after suffering ligament damage in their 2 1 victory over Nottingham Forest on the Opening Weekend of the season. Arteta also admitted that the dutchmans absence is a loss for the club. A huge blow. Especially for him. Afterjoining the club to have the injury that he has, it is a huge disappointment for him. It is a big blow because we are a team with clear intentions and bringing him into the team it was evident. And we are always open and we have to be open to react. If something happens, with the injury early market as well, that is what we are doing. And with the Rugby World Cup just a few weeks away australian head coac
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Then everybody was like, oh. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We begin tonight with a series of tense moments for a u. S. Airline just as spring break travel is getting underway. With tens of millions of passengers expected to fly over the next six weeks, its raising Safety Concerns for some travelers. The latest incident took place today at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in houston, when a united flight veered off the runway after landing. The nearly 170 people on board were forced to depart the plane using air stairs on the open runway after the plane ended up in the grass. Fortunately, no one was injured. Its the fourth such mishap involving a Passenger Jet this week alone, including yesterdays united flight that lost a wheel during takeoff. Cbss Roxana Saberi will start us off tonight. Oh, my goodness, look at the back of the plane, man. Reporter United Airlines flight 2477 rolled off the runway. It just