Riding cases of rape of indias women and young girls. A double dose of violent settings, remnants of the strongest hurricane to hit the hemisphere. An unrelated storm so fierce it derailed a freight train. Jonathan betz is in colima state mexico with a look at what is it left of the hush. We begin with jonathan martin, where the main route between dallas and houston is closed tonight. Thats right, you know its a significant situation when crews shut down i45, the main way to get from dallas to houston. Its been shut for hours. I talked to a crew member with the fire democrat. And he told me the interstate. 20 miles from here, is completely underwater. That is the area where they had some 20 inches of rain over the last couple of days, this is not just an isolated situation in one community in texas, but from waco, houston to dallas, its been a rough 24 hours or so, where some areas got 5020 inches of rain. You mentioned the train derailment. We want to show you video of that. A train t
That hawkish image that he wished cheney had not had as much influence. Dick cheney should have had his own state department. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the crash of a russian jetliner in egypt morphed into an international dispute today, on whether a bomb was behind it. All 224 people on board were killed when the plane broke up saturday, just 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm Elsheikh. Now, the leaders
Terrorism suspects and unfairly targeting american muslims. The United States announced late today that it will send 47 million in aid to help people in gaza displaced by the fighting. About a third of the money will go to a United Nations shelter, as gazans run out of places to hide. A israeli shell hit a hospital,alaxa hospital, the Gaza Health Ministry says over 551 People Killed since the fighting began. Nick schifrin reports. Nick i understand you were at the alaxa hospital. Tell me what you saw . A tower that looms over the hospital and then the hospital itself, one of the main walls that led to the postsurgical word and so the hospital was hit at least twice, according to medical officials there, that one tower hit was first and then that hit right in that room was well it was a direct hit. Into a room with two or three patients, at least one person died in that room according to doctors. And it was really a scene of windows smashing, rocks everywhere, the entire top floor of wh
Anger boils over as washingtons budget battle drags on. National park police clash are protesters, many of them veterans angry that the budget impasse is shutting down american war memorials. Weekend talks between the president and House Republicans failed. That has now shifted the focus to the senate. If it the market perceives theres going to be no deal, the market will absolutely give back the gains. You may see stocks do a sharp 180. The fbi is investigating an apparent dry ice explosion at Los Angeles International airport. Flights were delayed and a terminal was evacuated. A foot of rain falling in just 12 hours triggering flash flooding in the austin, texas, area. Swallowing up cars. Officials had to make a number of water rescues. Police investigating Madeleine Mccanns disappearance have released images of the man they want to speak to as a matter of what they term vital importance. A woman had to be rescued from a railroad drawbridge. She apparently ignored a number of no tres
The governor of missouri is promising changes to deal with with the unrest in ferguson. Jay nixon spoke about the protest and how it would be handled going forward. I think we are all about making sure we allow peaceful and appropriate protest, that we use force only when necessary, that we step back a little and let some of the energy be felt in this region, appropriately. The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take over security in teferguson, the protests aft the shooting death of a black teen. Diane eastabrook is live for us in ferguson. The governor has been criticised for not doing enough here in ferguson, and he is hoping this move will bring about a measure of peace. Reporter the governor promised to set about changing. The security will be overtaken by patrol. Who have proven themselves. Reporter frustrated protesters vented anger, demonstrating outside police headquarters. Police chief jackson promised change. We started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us and a molot