This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal government to stop using the phone, because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. Heres don dahler. Reporter in the three weeks since samsung released the galaxy note 7 phone, there haveh been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithiumion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathan dornachers jeep caught fire, after he left his new phone inside it to charge. Thats the last thought in my head, is that a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car. Reporter earlier this week, some airlines urged passengers note 7 phones while on board. And last friday, samsung issuedn a voluntary recall for
Once again in geneva. We will take you to geneva as a have anys soon as we developments. John kerry and labrador of expected to speak in the next few minutes. \ good evening, we begin in paris where the authorities have been building up a clearer picture of those behind a foiled attack in the heart of the french capital. This the day after three women were arrested in connection with that incident last weekend, in which a car loaded with gas cylinders was abandoned near notre dame cathedral. The trio had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and more details are starting to emerge about them, such as the fact that one of the women had been engaged to two other extremists, both of which had been killed by police in two separate incidents. Security in and around the paris area is much tighter this friday evening. Been following events at the Paris Prosecutors Office and has the latest on what was said there the paris central courthouse. Was clearly to commit a terrorist attack, t
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