what we learned about the power of the former president s support after voters went to the polls in five states. tonight s other top headlines: the c.d.c. s summer travel warning about testing. the latest from ukraine as the u.s. embassy opens in kyiv, even as war rages on. plus, eye on america : why these women are taking a leap of faith to raise awareness about mental health issues facing female veterans. and one nation, one team, one pay: the game-changer as a deal is reached to make sure the women s national soccer team is finally paid the same as the men. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from new york o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we want to begin tonight with some breaking news; the president just announcing new actions to try and ease the pain of the baby formula shortage. there are two major measures, first, to help with supply chain issues p
of the former president s support after voters went to the polls in five states. tonight s other top headlines: the c.d.c. s summer travel warning about testing. the latest from ukraine as the u.s. embassy opens in kyiv, even as war rages on. plus, eye on america : why these women are taking a leap of faith to raise awareness about mental health issues facing female veterans. and one nation, one team, one pay: the game changer as a deal is reached to make sure the women s national soccer team is finally paid the same as the men. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from new york o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on thissed with night. we want to begin tonight with some breaking news. the president just announcing new actions to try and ease the pain of the baby formula shortage. there are two major measures, first to help with supply chain issues president biden is invoking the defense production act to get ingredients
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to a fox weather alert, at least six people including a child are dead and dozens more hurt after two tornadoes barreled through parts of tennessee, kentucky and mississippi yesterday. oh, [bleep] oh, my god. rachel: searching through the rubble for any known survivors, nashville s mayor says the city s left completely upside e down as the area is suffering from extensive damage. pete: residents are waking up in the dark this morning as tens of thousands of people are without power, more than 40,000 without electricity in tennessee alone. let s turn now to our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: yeah, so pretty dynamic situation yesterday, we ll tell you we had forecast storms, but i think even we didn t see this coming to be this significant like what we saw yesterday. right now 23 reports of tornadoes from this storm. that ll whittle down a little bit once they get out and do some of t
Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr
First pga championship victory. Day finished 20 under par. The first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on fifrths and forced evacuation of camp grounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Scorched ground. Helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the ground safe, but resources are stretched thin. In some parts of the state, the only way to survey the damage is by boat. Oh, my god. These homes sitting right on a lake now just blackened, smolderi