This is the cbs evening news. Captioning sponsored by cbs good evening, i am Elaine Quijano with a western edition of the broadcast. Three days after the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, outrage is growing around the world over how the rebels in Eastern Ukraine are handling both the victims bodies and the physical evidence. More on that in a moment. But first, this has been the deadliest day yet in the gaza conflict. 90 palestinians were killed today, as were 13 Israeli Soldiers. Two of them american citizens. That pushes the 13day death toll to at least 425 palestinians and 20 israelis. The white house says president obama expressed, quote, serious concern over the escalating death toll in a phone call today to israelipalestinian benjamin netanyahu. Secretary of state kerry will soon be heading to the region in search of a ceasefire. And the u. N. Security council is meeting on gaza tonight. We have two reports this evening, beginning with Barry Petersen in gaza. Reporter this wa
something that could really have an impact on crops and everything else in the state throughout the course of the next several months. yeah, and with regard to firefighting, they can t skimp on those efforts. but what is the update on that fire near glen dora area? just east of los angeles, that fire is getting a little bit under control. it s 30% contained right now. but because those santa ana winds have died down, that s giving firefighters a chance to really get ahead. most of the evacuations have been lifted. and the good thing with this proclamation that was signed yesterday, it means there will be more firefighting resources to help out if more fires break out during this unusual extended wildfire season. joe fryer in los angeles, thanks so much, joe. it was a game-changer in super power relations. more than 40 years ago. why it matters today, coming up. and shocker in a stroller. this is viral video marketing magic? that s right, no hidden fees. it s just that i m wor
0 with alex witt. let s go to the allegations levied against two officials in governor chris christie s administration. in an exclusive interview, the democratic mayor of hoboken, new jersey, accused the christie administration of blocking hurricane sandy relief money, because she did not approve a real estate development plan that had ties to allies of the governor. the governor came to hoboken, she pulled me aside in the parking lot. and she said, i know it s not right. i know these things should not be connected. but they are. and if you tell anyone, i ll deny it. the bottom line is, it s not fair for the governor to hold sandy funds hostage for the city of hoboken because he wants me to give back to one private developer. and it s important that i know it s very complicated for the public to really understand all of this. but i have a legal obligation to follow the law, to bring balance development to hoboken. that is hoboken mayor dawn zimmer. hey, what about us? so basic
0 amazing. wolf? you mentioned brian, the host of reliable sources. he will be broadcasting his program from sundance this sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. he is waving to all of us. he has a good show. we will look forward to that and more of your reports. thanks very much. i will be back at 5:00 eastern in the situation room. newsroom continues right yow with brooke baldwin. wolf, thank you. i m brooke baldwin. top of the hour. great to be with ow this friday. so, the president offered his answer today not only to us americans, but to people all-around the world who have rightly come to fear that the u.s. government knows way too much about us and can learn even more if it wants to. he didn t quite say it. other things reveal if they make a phone call. the super secret national security agency. a big moment this morning over at the justice department. the president is laying out changes designed to ensure that mass surveillance only gets used against the bad guys, the terr
0 right now, too far, not far enough. reaction pouring in about president obama s speech about spies. and a drought emergency. some cities see annual rain amounts 30 to 40 inches below normal. the danger is growing as wildfires spread. and right now with an aarp card and a dance party, the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, marks the big 5-0. hello, i m wolf blitzer, reporting from washington. we start with president obama s big announcement of sweeping changes to american surveillance. in his highly anticipated speech just a little while ago, he defended the vault collection of telephone records but also announced the program needs to be overhauled with changes to how and why those records are accessed. i have approved a new presidential directive for our intelligence activities, both at home and abroad. this guidance will strengthen executive branch oversight of our intelligence activities. it will ensure that we take into account our security requirements, but also