Makes people safe. Sometimes id rather take the bus because its its not safe. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night, and we do want to begin tonight with the rising crime rate in new york on americas largest subway system, with millions of commuters and tourists riding every day. Well, now, an extraordinary new approach by the governor there to bring down crime in the big apple. The democratic governor announcing a major crackdown, hundreds of National Guard will begin Tonight Patrolling Subway platforms and checking riders bags. The show of force comes after a recent spike in crime in the underground transit, including three killings since january. And even today, just hours after the announcement, a Train Conductor reported that she was hit in the head with a glass bottle. Cbss Elaine Quijano spoke with subway riders about the new security. Reporter new york governor Kathy Hochuls plan is aimed
california. as the storm battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes, the former u.s. president weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus a major step for the mideast as iran and saudi arabia establish a deal to restore diplomatic ties, the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. i ll break down what it all means. we begin in california where at least two people have died in massive storms hitting the state. the result of yet another atmospheric river. nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders shelters set up to help those forced out because of intense flooding. more than 40,000 homes and businesses are without power. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks turned into raging rivers and roads washing out, stranding thousands. the worst is now expected to impact the foothills of the central and southern see as. all of this led the weath
sparked police investigation, the criminal case in a family torn apart. teacher took her own life when her school was downgraded. welcome. from security to diplomacy and us presidentjoe biden open remarks to canada s wednesday with a bond short to canada before getting down to business. he spoke of the long standing partnership between the two nations in the need to work together on issues like climate change and trade. president biden and his counterpartjustin trudeau also agreed to a deal to stop asylum seekers seeking to move across the border by unofficial crossings. 0n global security president biden said that china has not yet delivered arms to russia. 1 don t take china lately. i don t take russia lately. but i think we vastly exaggerate. i would, i have been here now for the past three months about how china is going to provide significant weapons to russia. they haven t yet. does not mean that they will not. but they have not. and if anything has happened the west ha
expected to reach hurricane strength when it reaches puerto rico later today. we are live in the cnn weather center. gruesome discoveries in kharkiv, and accusations of depravity from a fleeing russian military, we will have that story coming up here in a second. japan issues a tsunami warning for an outlying area. right now we are looking at live pictures of the queen lying in state in westminster. it s 9:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 tomorrow morning, that s when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for the funeral. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as their parents are done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday king charles did a walk ab
tropical storm that could strengthen to a hurricane. we will take you to the cnn weather center for the latest. it is 10:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 monday morning when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for her state funeral at westminster abbey. those who were in the hall at 1:00 p.m. yesterday witnessed the queen s eight grandchildren holding vigil. have a look. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as hair parents had done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday the king took some time to personally greet people waiting in the queue and to thank them for their support. as we ve been reporting global leaders are traveling to london to h