South carolina trey gowdy. Well talk us through the complicated story that got washingtons full attention. Theres breaking news as well this morning as amtrak passenger train collide with a Freight Train in South Carolina. Well have the very latest. Well have plenty of analysis on the National Security implications of the memo and as always, our Political Panel weighs in on the news of the week. Its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, welcome to face the nation im margaret brennan. We begin this morning with some breaking news overnight an amtrak passenger train collided with a csx trait train just outside of colombia, South Carolina. Cbs news transportation correspondent kris van cleave is in our newsroom. Good morning. Margaret, good morning, the amtrak train was heading south from new york bound for miami when around 2 30 it collided with that Freight Train at least two people are dead. Authorities are reporting 116 patients including at least two
Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Severe weather killed at least four people this weekend in the south. A wave of storms from texas to canada unleashed floods, devastating wind, lightning, hail, and tornadoes. A week of heavy rain and melting snow has caused flood emergencies in several states, and the threat is expected to continue into the week. Heres tony dokoupil. Reporter scenes of destruction like this motel shredded by a possible tornado in northeastern arkansas guided the central and Southern United States this weekend. As pounding rains, rising rivers and at least eight possible tornadoes ravaged the country. The roof of this home near bowling green, kentucky caved in, killing a 79yearold woman. It was an elderly female which was located in the kitchen part of the house. Reporter the ohio river swelled to nearly three times its normal level in louisville, kentucky and spilled its banks further north, where cincinnati, o
South carolina trey gowdy. Well talk us through the complicated story that got washingtons full attention. Theres breaking news as well this morning as amtrak passenger train collide with a Freight Train in South Carolina. Well have the very latest. Well have plenty of analysis on the National Security implications of the memo and as always, our Political Panel weighs in on the news of the week. Its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, welcome to face the nation im margaret brennan. We begin this morning with some breaking news overnight an amtrak passenger train collided with a csx trait train just outside of colombia, South Carolina. Cbs news transportation correspondent kris van cleave is in our newsroom. Good morning. Margaret, good morning, the amtrak train was heading south from new york bound for miami when around 2 30 it collided with that Freight Train at least two people are dead. Authorities are reporting 116 patients including at least two
Lets go to the state house where omar is standing by. Supporters say this is a symbol of southern pride. Critics say its a symbol of hatred and racism is. Both sides have turned out. Reporter youre absolutely right. The people that want to see it down outnumber the people who want to see it up. Its expected to come down in the next few minutes. Were waiting for governor nikki haley. Several streets have been shut off. We went from a crowd of few hundred to few thousand in a matter of minutes. Very very Police Presence Walking Around here trying to make sure security is top of line. I understand omar the pole to which the flag is attached appears to have month mechanismc have no mechanism. How is that brought down . It is inside the crank. We saw the department of safety go up and open the crank box. They did a few dry runs to make sure it was well oiled. This is going to be solemn and quick as well. The second the flag is taken down, it will be put in the happens of the Museum Curator
Underground. Inside the plan to converts the underground subways to concert theaters and art venues. But we begin this morning with your world in 90 seconds. The gunman charged in the Charleston Church massacre should have never been able to buy the gun. A startling admission by the fbi. According to the fbi, background check error allowed dylann roof to buy the gun used in the attack. Meanwhile the Confederate Flag was removed in front of the state house. The Greek Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to back the governments new bailout program. The next move belongs to the euro group. This is going to be a very physical deal. Involving more than 21 million americans. U. S. Office of Personnel Management chief Katherine Archuleta resigned. The pope was greeted at the airport with a color display. Donald trump doubling down. Were housing people from all over the world that other countries dont want. Atticus finch a racist . Thats from the New York Times. All that hes on deck and the bal