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
Said he does not plan to resign. Elaine . Omar, thank you. Up this weekend by the u. N. Security council has yet to take hold in sy there was more fighting sunday bombing that killed at least 50. A massive refugee crisis that started six months ago continues to grow. Every week hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are still crossing over the border from myanmar, formerly burma, into bangladeshe fled their homes, escaping their brutal military crackdown. Our digital network, cbsn, investigated the crisis and found social media is being used as a weapon against the rohingya. The new cbsn documentary, weaponizing social media the rohingya crisis, premieres on our streaming network, cbsn, at cbsnews. Com. Coming up, insights on gun control from a country that has nearly eliminated shooting deaths. And later, when they look at their diets with Virtual Reality goggles, they see the light. Growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. I thought all asians were good at math. You all
dr. Jackson,s board of trustees, thank you so very much for this great honor and privilege. ] rowd boos secretary devos im honored to become a wildcat, and it is a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the birth and Cookman University thune of 2017 the be Cookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. In addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. Parents. I would like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] secretary devos and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] devos grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. ,irst Lady Florence jackson ,hairman, members of the Board Members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the cookmanethune community, thank you for the Important Role you play in making today possible for all these students. Ma
dr. Jackson,s board of trustees, thank you so very much for this great honor and privilege. ] rowd boos secretary devos im honored to become a wildcat, and it is a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the birth and Cookman University thune of 2017 the be Cookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. In addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. Parents. I would like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] secretary devos and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] devos grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. ,irst Lady Florence jackson ,hairman, members of the Board Members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the cookmanethune community, thank you for the Important Role you play in making today possible for all these students. Ma
I am honored to become a wildcat. [shouting] and its a real honor and privilege to be with you as a celebrate the Bethunecookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. [shouting] in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today, parents, grandparents i like to ask all the moms here celebrating the graduates to stand right now and be recognized. Moms, please stand up. [applause] and all the dads, please stand up. [applause] grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. First Lady Florence jackson, chairman petrock and members of the board, provost walrond and members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the entire bethunecookman community, thank you for the Important Role you all play in making today possible for these students. Mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words, and thank you and the other state and local elected officials for being here