At home. The rock icon talks politics, family, and beauty of workinwith people hes loved for decades. Its friday, october 25th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The wind coming down the canynyon from here, is sounded like a rocket. I could see the whole structures on fire. Im not getting stuck behind that. Thousands flee from californias wildfires. It was outpacing us, and we just couldnt really keep ahead of it. Mike pence weighs in on the nba versus china saga. In silencing free speech, the nba is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime. Reporter the Houston Astros have fired their general manager for a locker room outburst at female reporters. The truth is the comments were inappropriate, and we werent going to tolerate that. Confronted by two young performers at a new york bar. I would to stand four feet from a [ bleep ] rapist and nobodys going to say anything. Attorney general william barr has launched a criminal investigation int
Felony conviction, and in many place, police are closing cases and marking them as solved without making an arrest. In tonights eye on america, Nikki Battiste tells us how a woman in austin, texas is fighting back against a system she says has failed her. You never lose hold of who you are. Reporter emily barchardts art illustrates how she says she was treated after she reported being raped by a stranger. Last year when she was 21, borchardt says she was returning to her austin, texas home when two men abducted her. The man behind me grabs my throat, and i go unconscious. Reporter she was brought to this motel where she says a third man raped her multiple times over 12 hours. According to borchardt, the man gave her cigarettes and whiskey, and demanded that she shower with him. Borchardt managed to escape, call police, and have a rape kit done. This man, who was on parole after serving 20 years for murder first claimed he did not know her, but when his dna came back as a match, he said
On america investigates why are rape cases closed, even when theres enough evidence to make an arrt . Plus, rare Snow Leopards make a comeback after hunters are turned into nature photographers. And taking a stand. A top education official quits. Hear his plan to wipe out nearly 1 trillion in Student Loan Debt. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. And thank you so much for joining us. This is our western edition. A huge portion of california is under a fire alert tonight. The warnings cover 25 million of the states 40 million people. Were talking about hot, dry, windy weather that is whipping up extremely dangerous fire conditions. A new fire broke out today in a canyon about an hour north of los angeles. Its threatening about 300 homes. Some have already burned. Another explosive fire is burning in sonoma, wine country, that is north of San Francisco. Homes are destroyed there as well, and thousands had to actually run for safety. The states Largest
11Alive's investigative series "An Exceptional Problem" examines how police are clearing rape cases without making arrests. Here's an explanation of the methodology.