cbs evening news starts now. tonight, 62 million americans are under threat of severe weather from alabama to new york. good evening and thank you for being with us on this memorial day. i am maurice dubois in for norah o donnell. tonight, storms a part of the same system that brought deadly tornadoes to the central u.s. this weekend. this is valley view, texas, where tornadoes bulldozed through, turning homes into unrecognizable piles of lumber and metal. at least 23 people have been killed, including two children, in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kentucky, and virginia. the force of the winds clear from the sheer scale of the damage tonight. now that system is drenching parts of the northeast, slowing down returning travelers, more than 5,000 flights have been delayed, and major hubs like atlanta, chicago, new york, with alerts posted up and down the east coast. cbs s meg oliver starts us off with more on these catastrophic storms. reporter: shattered homes and eve
tropical cyclone, tens of thousands flee coastal villages for concrete storm shelters. the conservatives say they will bring back mandatory national service for 18 year olds if they win the general election. national service for 18 year olds if they win the general election. my name is francis bourgeois. i m a railway enthusiast, and i use my social media to share my passion with the world. train horn blows. what a legend. i have 5.4 million followers in total. it s been a pretty wackyjourney. as the uk prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world s first passenger railway, i ve taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of england. did your ears pop? ..to the northern coast of scotland. we just passed the highest point of the uk network. i ve decided to only use trains made here. honks whistle. along the way, i ll cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great british railway. i wanted to bring us down
us a king that changed the course of history. it inspired the painter that started a movement that took the art world by storm. claude monet never painted any water lilies. what?! yes! he painted the light on top of the lilies. whilst 80 years ago its coastline was at the forefront of a fight for freedom. i want to say an enormous thank you to all those who have taken part. it was a team effort. this is the region that s seen it all. and its stories have all been woven into the tapestry of time. whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. yeah, 0k. ..until the sail is flapping. just. you can release, yes. so the flapping starts. yes. ..and then from the flapping, we bring it injust. a little bit. just to stop. yes. that s perfect now. two centimetres. yes. ah, look at me! you see, the sail is stable. perfect. fantastic. i m a sailor! france and england may be neighbours, but in the middle ages they were bitter rivals. mainly thanks to this man, william, the duke o
..but if you come here and explore, you re going to fall in love with this part of france. it s the place that gave us a king that changed the course of history. it inspired the painter that started a movement that took the art world by storm. claude monet never painted any water lilies. what?! yes! he painted the light on top of the lilies. whilst 80 years ago its coastline was at the forefront of a fight for freedom. i want to say an enormous thank you to all those who have taken part. it was a team effort. this is the region that s seen it all. and its stories have all been woven into the tapestry of time. whoa ho! this is so cool! you have to release the rope. yeah, 0k. ..until the sail is flapping. just. you can release, yes. so the flapping starts. yes. ..and then from the flapping, we bring it injust. a little bit. just to stop. yes. that s perfect now. two centimetres. yes. ah, look at me! you see, the sail is stable. perfect. fantastic. i m a sailor! france and engla
Here at hay festival. Founded in 1987, around the Kitchen Table in wales, the hay festival has been bringing readers, writers, and fingers together for 30 years. And it has evolved into a global celebration of literature, culture, and science. Thinkers together. Tonight, i am delighted to be speaking to Sebastian Barry. He is one of irelands finest writers. In his fiction is often rooted in stories passed down through his family. His latest novel, it days without end, is set in america in the mid 19th century. Novel, days. Iam i am delighted to be hit today to talk to Sebastian Barry, who, lets be honest, does not need an introduction from me. He is a prolific poet, playwright, and novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize or fiction. Novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize orfiction. And the winner of countless other prizes and plaudits for his nine novels and 1a players. Not bad for somebody who could not read or write until he was nine. So, Sebastian Barry, given