Destroyer, crashed into an oil tanker near singapore. At least five sailors were injured in the collision, which the navy is currently treating as an accident. Nbc news global editor kyle perry is in seoul, south korea, this morning. Kyle, whats the latest on this crash . Reporter well, phillip, as you said, that search and rescue is still under way. An hour left before darkness falls. Its a joint rescue mission between the navy and the navy in singapore. This comes on the heel of an another accident, the uss fitzgerald, seven u. S. Sailors killed in that. An eerily similar incident. The question that everybody has for the seven fleet, how could this have happened . They carry these now famous surface to air batteries. They also carry with them the latest in navigational equipment. There will be an investigation. For now the priority is finding those ten sailors. The ship itself uss john mccain is back in port. Four of those five sailors are in the hospital. None of those injuries are
Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news, im elaine quijano. Exactly seven months into his presidency with domestic agenda ee clims eclipsed, President Trump is shifting focus to americas longest war to. Night the president will address the nation with a strategy for the war in afghanistan an include sending thousands of u. S. Troops. During his campaign, mr. Trump repeatedly criti t lgth of the conflict. Since 2001, more than 2,400 u. S. Troops have been killed in afghanistan. Another 20,000 wounded. The 16year war has cost american taxpayers more than 800 billion. Here is errol barnett. Reporter sources tell cbs news the strategy allows for deploying around 4,000 aditional troops. And aggressively pushing pakistan to stop acting as a safe haven for terrorists. The general, head of u. S. Central command is visiting pakistan and afghanistan this weekend to brief them on the plans. The u. S. Currently has fewer than 10,000 troops in afghanistan. Many of th
At least ten american sailors missing after a us. Navy warship collided with a tanker. Uss john s. Mccain collided early this morning. Suffered significant damage and five sailors were injured. Its the second collision involving a u. S. Navy ship in just two months. Good morning, the uss john s. Mccain arrived at a Singapore Naval base this morning. It happened in one of the worlds busiest ports. The injured sailors were evacuated but the search for ten more missing sailors continues. Since the uss john s. Mccain collided last night with an oil tanker while heading to singapore on a routine port call in the south china sea. Video shows a gaping hole in the port side of the guided missile destroyer. Its hard to invision exactly how crowded a waterway like that can be at night in the dark waiting to come or go and trying to stay out of everyone elses way. President trump tweeted his support writing, thoughts and prayers are with our u. S. Navy sailors aboard the uss john s. Mccain where
Is at the Nasa Space Center where theyre holding a viewing party today. Reporter this is for people who have preregistered. Scientists in nasa across the United States using all sorts of ways to try to view this with High Altitude balloons and especially modified telescopes to get the best images that they can and it is a great opportunity to learn about the atmosphere of the earth. And biologist working with the laboratory in pasadena is sending up balloons for research and says for the moment the atmosphere becomes like the one on mars. These are some of the heartiest microorganisms we have found here on earth taking measurements to understand atmospheric phenomenons caused by the eclipse. Reporter a group from Southern California is releasing balloons. And there is a viewing party today for group preregistered guests only because it is already listed online as having reached capacity. They say the big moment in the eclipse will happen about 10 15 this morning. Nasa is sending up a c
And people all over the bay area gearing up for this event today. We have some video from berkeley yesterday with people at the Lawrence Hall of science and Staff Members explain how size and distance have to line up just right with the sun about 440 times the size of the new moon but it is further away and that is why it looks like it is the same size. We knew that it was coming and we just love the chance to see the spectacle in here in berkeley we get a partial eclipse. Reporter it will be at about 10 15 this morning. We lost 40 clubs in north america was in 1979. Nasa is having this viewing event later on today handing out the safety glasses was definitely do not look at the eclipse unless you have that. Also inside they will be having a live feed for people to check out with some nasa jets flying around today they expect to bring back about 29,000 images of the eclipse. Sandra osborne, kpix 5. Eclipse wadis watching is planned so lets check in with roberta about the weather. We ar