Captioning sponsored by cbs ptioning sponsored this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. With s pelley good evening. He changed the world. You cant say that about many people. But you can say that about Nelson Mandela. The man who lead south africas peaceful transition out of apartheid and became the countrys first black president. He died today at the age of 95. Mandela had been battling a lung infection for many months. Right after its official announcement tonight mourners began gathering at mandelas home in johannesburg to sing his praises. We have extensive coverage of Nelson Mandelas life and legacy. First well go to deborah in johannesburg tonight, deborah, how has this unfolded for us this evening . Reporter well, scott, for 26 weeks South Africans have lived with the knowledge that Nelson Mandela was gravely ill. First the three month hospitalization and then he was sent to his home to see out his final days because there was nothing more doctor could do for him. A few d
This is the cbs evening news. Brown good evening. Im james brown. This is our western edition. The United States warned today it will use military force if necessary against a growing Nuclear Threat from north korea. This followed the communist nations fourth of july test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching this continent. We begin our coverage tonight with National Security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. Ke reporter kim jongun had kept his countrys first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile hidden from spy satellites until just before it was rolled into launch position and aimed into space. Powered by a twostage rocket engine, it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to reach alaska had it been aimed in that direction. There is no question weve reossed a threshold here in the north koreans ability to develop an icbm. Reporter leon panetta was c. I. A. Director and defense secretary during the obama administration. It represents a very serious Nati
Promised to raise the topic of election meddling with putin, but a source tells cnn there is still no set organized agenda for the talks. They begin in a couple hours. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny joins me. Theres been a lot of political chaos certainly leading up to this meeting, jeff. Anderson, there sure has been. One central question looming over this summit, which starts tomorrow, is not whether election meddling is going to come up but whether the president is going to finally confront Vladimir Putin over it. There are no signs that he is going to do so, but the sheer fact, anderson, that theyre having the summit at all is an early victory for Vladimir Putin. I think id have a very Good Relationship with president putin if we spent time together. I may be wrong. Other people have said that, but im different than other people. Reporter President Trump is about to find out if thats true. Vladimir putin has stood the test of time through four u. S. President s,
Enriq north Korean Leader. That was a moment captured live on camera moments ago. Later, President Trump said this. I feel really great were going to have a great discussion, i think tremendous success, i think tremendously successfully. Its an honor and we will have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. Right after that, kim jongun going on to say this. Translator it has not been easy to come to this point, for us the pass has been holding us back. If all practices and prejudices have been covering our eyes and ears. We have been able to overcome everything to arrive here today. So, all of this is certainly one for the history books, but whats going on now could really make history. Anderson cooper is in singapore for us, as long as with christian know man pour jeff zeleny and our Global Affairs analyst, joseph young. Hello to all of you, its daytime there where you are. So anderson, historic day in singapore, what do we know there . What was said there . We dont know much at this
A 7yearold girl who is hit. She survives. She jumps back up, but police want to find that driver. Our team inside syria. Tonight, the Young American woman who left the u. S. To marry isis fighters, she had a baby boy, and tonight, her plea. Why she now wants to come home. Tonight, the husband and father under arrest for murder. Authorities discovering a possible dna match using a genealogy website. Following him to his daughters hockey game, pulling a napkin he used from the trash. The alarming new headline tonight involving the grand canyon. Were tourists exposed to radiation for years . Good evening. Its great to start another week with all of you at home. And we begin with that major winter storm now threatening 170 million americans tonight, just as so many of us head back to work tomorrow. And it comes after dangerous and deadly weather already. Several states seeing massive pileups. This 47car pileup turning deadly in missouri over the weekend. Well, tonight, new weather alerts s