kris van cleave on the summer travel nightmare, made worse by the storm. could the government force airlines to pay back fliers? and, how schools are working to keep kids safe as they return to the classroom. cbs carter evans tonight shows the new normal. reporter: covid hasn t gone away, but it appears the fear of it has in schools. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, we re learning new information about the f.b.i. search at former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, giving us a glimpse into what kind of classified materials were allegedly kept at the 45th president s florida home. cbs news had previously reported that classified documents were found in boxes the national archives got back in january. but the trump team shared a letter from the archivist that has new details inside those 15 boxes were doc
once-in-a-thousand year storm. cbs omar villafranca is there. firefighters are here, and they re going to try to help him balls the house at this point is not livable. o donnell: plus, cbs kris van cleave on the summer travel nightmare made worse by the storm.m. coululd the govovernment force airlines to pay back fliers? and how schools are working to keep kids safe as they return to the classroom. cbs carter evans tonight shows the new normal. reporter: covid hasn t gone away, but it appears the fear of it has in schools. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. well, tonight, we re learning new information about the f.b.i. search at former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, giving us a glimpse into what kind of classified materials were allegedly kept at the 45th president s florida home. cbs news previously reported classified documen
residents. they rescued 65-year-old nolen williams yesteay.rd the fire department people carry meade out. reporter: were you worried at any point? yes, i got a trash bag and put my medications in it and a couple of change of clothes in it. o donnell: we are praying for those people. that was omar villafranca reporting from texas tonight. now as the storms recede, travel nightmares continue. and now the federal government is signaling that airlines will be held to a higher standard and could be forced to pay back travelers for their troubles. here s cbs kris van cleave. reporter: since sunday, more than 19,000 flights delayed, nearly 3,000 more canceled. severe weather, coupled with airline and air traffic control staffing issues, made paul thompson s flight from l.a. to new york a three-day trerek. > it s incrediblbly f frustr. i mean, you can t rely upon anything. reporter: cancellations in denver had airlines rolling out cots for stranded fliers. in new york, joby palat
his wife and toddler, got stuck trying to get to tampa. delayed another hour. delayed another hour. and now today, the same thing is happening again. reporter: this summer, nearly a quarter of flights by u.s. airlines have been delayed on average by almost an hour. we are still seeing far, foor too many delays and cancellations. reporter: do airlines need to be held to a higher standard? i think so. reporter: pete buttigieg sent a thrort airlines last week calling their performance unacceptable. airlines say they ve thinned their schedule and increased hiring trying to keep pace. it doesn t take nearly as long to qualify somebody to get into a call center as it does the cockpit. we need to make sure that passengers have a clear understanding of their rights. reporter: and in celtics, a different kind of disruption on an alaska airlines flight to san diego as the plane s engine cover ripped off during takeoff. there were no injuries.