Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. The worst fire to hit tennessee in 100 years has killed at least three people and sent more than a dozen to the hospital. 14,000 fled as a wall of flames closed in on gatlinburg. One resort was destroyed. The dollywood theme park, named for dolly parton, was spared. Demarco morgan is in tennessee. Hit the gas hit the gas reporter youre watching cell phone video taken taen by two brothers as they escape from a vacation resort area in the mountains of gatlinburg, tennessee. They say they had no warning as the wall of flames surrounded them last night, and their only choice was to ride through it or die. Please, lord, let us get off this mountain. Reporter by early evening, wind speeds suddenly doubled, turninturning into hurricanefoe winds that topped 87 miles per hour. Fire quickly spread in this droughtstricken area when burning embers blew and top
Trum is meeting with mitt romney for a second time. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Oh, my gosh. This is not good. Go, go, go. I cant see. Raging wildfires tear through tennessee. The fires continue to be unpredictable. The National Guard has been deployed to the area. Tourists and People Living near mountain towns evacuate. Im a chartered plane carrying 81 people including a professional Brazilian Soccer Team has crashed in colombia. Donald trump will announce his choice for health and Human Services secretary. The president elect is holding a second meeting with mitt romney. Forces appear on the brink of crushing aleppo. Sources say 10,000 people have fled the area. Ohio State University is being seen as a possible act of terrorism. People were crying. Tens of thousands of cubans continue to the pay their respects to fidel castro during this nineday period of national mourning. A passenger taken into custody after jumping outside
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. The worst fire to hit tennessee in 100 years has killed at least three people and sent more than a dozen to the hospital. 14,000 fled as a wall of flames closed in on gatlinburg. One resort was destroyed. The dollywood theme park, named for dolly parton, was spared. Demarco morgan is in hit the gas hit the gas reporter youre watching cell phone video taken taen by two brothers as they escape from a vacation resort area in the mountains of gatlinburg, tennessee. They say they had no warning as the wall of flames surrounded them last night, and their only choice was to ride through it or die. Please, lord, let us get off this mountain. Reporter by early evening, wind speeds suddenly doubled, turninturning into hurricanefoe fire quickly spread in this droughtstricken area when burning embers blew and toppleled trees ripped down power lines. This commu
We do say hello on what is turning out to be a busy Tuesday Morning. Im kendis gibson. And im drjashton in for diane macedo. Fast moving wildfires forcing evacuations in a popular resort area of tennessee. This video from inside one popular hotel, you can see the flames surround the building. The dry and windy weather there fueling the fires overnight. One fire now on the edge of dollywood where people are being brought to safety. Blinding smoke racing across the tennessee mountains. Oh, my god. We need to leave. Reporter the wildfires engulfing the resort towns of gatlinburg home of dollywood. We relocated 19 families that were staying with us in our Cabin Properties and then relocated about 50 of our guest reporter officials ordering everyone to leave calling the fire unpredictable. Were dealing with a situation here that is very dynamic. Its changing every moment. Reporter dramatic video posted online showing people evacuating. The roads barely visible from the smoke and the flames
Aroundmidnight. Then slight chance of light rain and snow aftermidnight. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance ofprecipitation 30 percent. Thursday. Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light rain and snow inthe morning. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday night. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Friday. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. 3 3 3 watch for slick spots as you hit the roadswatch it on the interchanges as well as those on and off ramps. The i41 us45 sb will be closed at bluemound rd. Through the zoo interchange for roadwork. The i894 i41 nb stretch will be closed at greenfield ave. Through the zoo for road and electrical work. Drivers take note that the water st. Bridge leading into the Historic Third Ward is now closed until happening now. Thousands of workers here locally and across the country. Are expected to strike this morning and throughout the day. Demanding better pay and benefits. This is a live look at a mcdonalds resturant