friends. i know everybody has been hearing from loved ones. just shock. i got a note this morning from a friend in mississippi. his pastor wrote the congregation yesterday and said, as i write these words, the sun is rising on may 25th, 2022. another day of mourning in america after another mass shooting at another elementary school. as we pray yet again for those whose lives have been torn us under by a troubled soul wielding a deadly weapon, it seems important and necessary to me to say as a christian pastor that we try to find reasonable ways to reduce gun violence, and that is not political. it is moral. the church needs to have a moral compass which can tell the difference between that which is politically partisan and that which is moral. otherwise, our fear of being political may, at times, make us fall silent concerning matters which we should not be silent. as martin luther king jr. once widely said, the day we fall silent about the things that matter is the day our
Threat tonight. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, tens of millions of americans are in the path of dangerous storms from texas to vermont. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Its a fourth straight day of Severe Weather bringing destructive wind, flooding, and tornadoes. Several twisters touched down last night in the hawkeye state, including one with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. And the scope of the devastation is heartbreaking. This is what the small town of greenfield, iowa, looks like from above tonight. Home after home brought to the ground. Search and rescue operations are underway right now, with the governor revealing its unknown exactly how many people are dead or missing. Cbss Roxana Saberi is in greenfield tonight, talking to families who lost everything. Reporter the tornado that ripped through greenfield, iowa, left a trail of destruction several miles long. This is a Search And Rescue mission, and it will continue to be throughout t
Norah plus the new Tornado Threat tonight. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, tens of millions of americans are in the path of dangerous storms from texas to vermont. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Its a fourth straight day of Severe Weather bringing destructive wind, flooding, and tornadoes. Several twisters touched down last night in the hawkeye state, including one with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. And the scope of the devastation is heartbreaking. This is what the small town of greenfield, iowa, looks like from above tonight. Home after home brought to the ground. Search and rescue operations are underway right now with the governor revealing its unknown exactly how many people are dead or missing. Cbss Roxana Saberi is in greenfield tonight, talking to families who lost everything. Reporter the tornado that ripped through greenfield, iowa, left a trail of destruction several miles long. This is a Search And Rescue mission, and it will c
Pence. We all know he struggled for about 24 hours during the First Campaign after the access Hollywood Tape came out. Decided to stand by President Trump, has never wavered in the more than four years since then. He has been under tremendous pressure from the president to try to do something that would not be constitutional, to overturn the elections results. He made it clear that he could not and would not do that yesterday. Tonight those clear comments of condemnation from Vice President pence perhaps a final declaration of independence. And i am told that the president has not spoken to the Vice President since all this has unfolded. They have not spoken, if you can imagine that, even as the Vice President was whisked out of the Senate Chamber and taken to a secure location, no contact to the president of the no contact with the president of the United States. The break began earlier today when Vice President pence issued a letter or a rather lengthy letter explaining that he would
day of school, kids were getting awards. it was a day of celebration, parents were here and they left their kids to continue celebrating the last day. they were all having a good time and in just about an hour their lives would be changed forever. and in many ways things have not gotten better and when you say and ask about do the parents have the answers that they want? no. they re still fighting to this moment for accountability, for answers and trying to understand exactly how this failure, this law enforcement failure here occurred. obviously wanting to know how this individual was able to walk so easily inside this school and kill their kids. so, no, they do not yet have those answers, but today is really all about for them to try and remember their kids and try and have some sense of unity. that s what this community really needs right now is unity, and of course, accountability.