News updates are always on cbssf dot com. All right, guys, that would do it for us here at 5 pm. We will see you back here at 6 pm. Ninan state of emergency. Thousands of firefighters on the front lines in california battling more than a dozen dangerous wildfires. Also tonight, countdown to the midterms. President trump says hes hitting the campaign trail. Many farmers are not giving up on the president , even though theyre being devastated by the trade war with china. Im a good american. I believe that we all have to toe the line. Ninan an unprecedented move by pope francis, stripping Cardinal Theodore mccarrick of his rank over allegations of sexual abuse. When it comes to sex abuse, you are going to be held accountable. Ninan and in nicaragua, more antigovernment protests, and
doctors say theyre being threatened for helping injured demonstrators. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. We begin in california, where the death toll stands at five from a Massive Wildfire burning north of s
Whats going on and whats going on with the Ferguson Fire near yosemite, all that coming up at 6 pm. Captioning sponsored by cbs glor on the cbs evening news this monday we are in redding, california, on the front lines of the battle against the largest and deadliest of 17 california wildfires. The carr fire is already the size of denver. Its burned more than 700 homes. Thousands more are threatened. We have extensive coverage tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. State of emergency in california. The carr fire has already claimed six lives. Tens of thousands of people have been asked to evacuate. This is what many californians are returning to. Every one of these homes up on this ridge is gone. 99 days before the midterm elections. The president reiterating that he is willing to shut down the government. If we dont get border security, i would have no problem doing a shutdown. Boy, here we go again. There are now two wrongful death lawsuits filed in the deadly duck boat c
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. 18 times this month, 64 times in the last three months. I lay those numbers out because this is at the same time that the American Public sort of approval of the Mueller Probe is declining. It was 48 approval in on how mueller is handling it in march. Now its 41 , the lowest it has been. Is the president s strategy working . Well, if his strategy is to undermine confidence in the Justice Department and the institution of the legal process, then, yes, its working in some ways because he keeps calling this a witch hunt. He has the biggest bully pulpit on the planet. He is misinforming the public by saying mueller is employing 13 angry democrats. We dont necessarily know that any of these people are actually angry. The president is using his pulpit to punch down at the investigation. We are seeing the public react
to that. Mueller, because he cant respond, thats why you see the numbers go down. The president is
Heartbreaking situation. Ellison barber is in washington following the response and federal officials and the white house. Less big with jeff paul on the ground in seattle with the very latest. What is the latest on the situation on the suspect that apparently killed himself behind the controls of the stolen airplane . Reporter i want to give a little bit of a better idea what it is like at our location. We are in washington, behind us is the entrance to the ferry. That is we have to take over to get to the site. Now Authorities Say it is sparsely populated island with very few people and they do not believe anybody on the ground was hurt. During the plane crash. We are also learning more about how, a little more about the man that stole the plane. Authorities say is with the airline for more than three years and passed all extensive
background checks. The fbi tells us he was allowed to be in the Security Area and they do not believe any security safeguards were compromised. They say w
President and the secretary of state. The president says he knows whod win. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The fires are spreading, and the toll is rising. Reinforcements are coming in for the battle against 17 major wildfires burning out of control in california. At least 15 people have been killed, as many as 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed. Well over 100,000 acres have been burned by flames fanned by powerful winds. John blackstone is in Sonoma County. Reporter with some neighborhoods still burning and others all ready reduced to ashes, santa rosa is a city transformed by fire. Michael everidge lost his home. Armageddon. Its just gone. Everythings gone. Reporter the flames consumed mobile home parks and comfortable hilltop subdivisions, Luxury Hotels and fast food restaurants. In all, some 1,500 buildings have been destroyed in and around this city of 175,000. Jimmy hendrix could barely recognize the street h