Happening now, cleanup efforts continue from the mass that attacked several hundred thousand pilgrims to the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Commuters will have a lot of to be thankful for as road restrictions are lifted. Tragedy for a local teen overnight, curiosity over heavy machinery left him crushed to death. Good morning, 4 30, september 28, good to be with you. We survived. So did karen rogers and david murphy. Reporter we dont have any rain out there, were getting back to normal around the region. We might have sunshine always the thicker clouds roll in, rain over pittsburgh, sprinkle popping up there. Around here, 66 degrees is the current temperature, wind are light. If youre heading out to get the cargoing and getting back to work today. Partly cloudy and cool, 62 by 6 00 a. M. , 63 by 8 00 a. M. It may feel humid this morning, thats part of the afternoon call. 78 by noon, high of 83 about 3 00 p. M. , the humidity levels are going to be going up in the afternoon, it will feel mo
24 hours from now we will begin getting the very first results. Well start to see the very first trends emerging from across the country. The republicans believe they are on the verge of taking over power in the u. S. Senate. And as is often the case with a sitting president , the democrats are preparing to see evidence of the president s unpopularity at the polls. And today we started hearing that several big races have perhaps tightened. We begin all of it tonight with our political director, moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Thats what we want to change. Reporter as candidates around the country rush to make their final push, control of the senate hangs in the balance. And voters are conflicted. If i say washington, what do you say right now . Fighting and poor performance. Just a plain mess. Absolute mess. Reporter that feeling is why eight of the most Competitive Senate races are within four points. And a whopping half of the nations 36 governors races are also too close to
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today, the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in june to 3100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq, but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now, u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in anbar province, where some of the bloodiest battles of the iraq war took place. 830 of the a
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in june to 3100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in Anbar Province where some of the bloodiest battles of the iraq war
8900 block of brookville road a large neighborhood of industrial businesses. Suzanne kennedy is live on the scene with a look at how it all started and ended. Suzanne, tell us about it. Leon, this is the area on brookville road where it all took place. It happened back here in had this industry area. There are a number of businesses located back here. Used car lot. Several landscaping companies. This started to unfold around 8 00 this morning. Authorities say an employee of a Landscaping Company showed up for work and he was very agitated. Coworkers say he went to a car and grabbed a shotgun. He fired off one round into a mulch pile and then pointed the gun at a coworker. Police responded and shut down all roads surrounding the business which left many trying to figure out how to get to work. And other businesses on lockdown. Weve locked all the doors and obviously, nobody is coming in or out. Theres no immediate threat. Theyve got the swat teams in our parking lot so theyre certainly