Country and talk about that. Hes calling it weather from the white house. The interviews come as a stunning National Climate assessment is being released by the government, and it does not paint a pretty picture. Chad myers has a copy of that report. Jim acosta is at the white house, and he can tell us if president obama can actually do anything about Climate Change. Lets begin with chad an that report. Reporter it breaks down the United States regions and says heres whats happening and heres what we can do. Not just, youre responsible, stop driving bad cars. It actually has response and whats going on, how its working and what is going to have to happen in the future. The north east will have more heat waves. Increased coastal flooding and severe inland flash flooding, because of heavy rainfall. Weve already seen that. Fresh water issues for the southeast, because theres going to be more people here, and it may not rain as much. Also increased surge from flooding here with tropical sy
The wheels locked up, and next thing i know, i was airborne. Dubois and an ark in a park leaves a flood of visitors i swear its the bible. I absolutely believe that. Dubois and criticism. Its clearly a religious point of view that says science is false. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois. This is our western edition. The federal government is moving with unusual speed in the death of alton sterling. The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation just a day after he was shot by the police in baton rouge, louisiana. The shooting was captured on video, and we caution you, it is graphic. David begnaud is in baton rouge. Reporter cell phone video shows a Baton Rouge Police officer taking 37yearold alton sterling down to the ground. A second video, just released, offers a much closer look. Here an officer is straddled over sterling, while a second officer appears to be kneeling o
Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor along side him called him commodore basically as a way of teasing him, and it stuck. Then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass
Transportation. He got into the business of shipping by sea and also by land. By the civil war era Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of americas Great Railroad tycoons. Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to va vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who
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