Mission. There are real superhero world war ii vets out there, and i want to meet them. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Were going to begin tonight with a security scare at the white house. The president and the australian Prime Minister were inside when a driver rammed a minivan into a metal security barrier. Jeff pegues is on the scene with more on this. Jeff. Reporter jeff, this crash into the White House Security perimeter down the street, it was intentional, and it shatterredly the calm this afternoon, putting all of washington on a tense alert. Everybody, weve got to walk this way now reporter tourists, including the woman who shot this video, were diverted after this white minivan slammed into a security barrier at the southwest entrance. Secret service quickly arrested the female driver. The vehicles windows were shattered, but officers didnt have to fire a shot. Federal Law Enforcement sources say the suspect has been on their radar for some tim
Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Todays hearing is the first of two on Emergency Alert systems. The near future will ho
Alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Today
Good morning. Im phillip mena. Great being with you. Im frances rivera. This morning puerto rico and florida are under states of emergency and the u. S. Virgin islands are facing hurricane warning as Hurricane Irma, a category 4 storm, continues to grow stronger. Residents in florida are already stocking up on supplies like food, water and gasoline before irma hits the main land. One home depot already running out of key supplies. Governor rick scott said he spoke to President Trump who promised full federal resources. In puerto rico, the head of the islands Power Authority says it could take up to six months for electricity to be fully restored after irma sweeps through. The power of irma was captured by Hurricane Hunters from the ocean Atmosphere Administration as they flew directly into the storm to check the strength and very ross it of the center of the hurricane. Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants could see the ground shift beneath them today when the white house announces
Concert say at first, they couldnt see what they were hearing and seeing. People on stage started scrambling. Where did you go . I actually stayed local in the convert venue, hid behind, like, a little table until everybody cleared. Swat came in, and i left, and then i went out and started there were a couple bodies there. First responders say, because the concert venue was crowd crowded, numbers may go higher. Police say theyve located a person of interest in the shooting rampage. Her name is marylieu danely. They want to question her about the shooting. Its believed she may have been the suspects roommate. They say they found two cars they were searching for in connection with the case. Time is 5 01. At one point, First Responders were looking for any vehicle to bring victims to the hospital. Right now, we need your truck. We just need to get people over to the hospital. Okay. Go ahead. As you can hear, a woman who was driving down the street volunteered her truck to drive the wounde