Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
back here in the u.s., the horrific scene. the rookie police officer fired from the force after shooting an unarmed teenager who was in his car eating a burger at mcdonald s. the disturbing body camera video showing the officer opening the car door and then opening fire. the uproar tonight involving the los angeles city council. the council president now resigning as president 24 hours after a leaked recording. what she is heard saying about a white councilman s black son. other council members also heard on that audio. the urgent search tonight for a missing 14-year-old girl in boulder, colorado. last seen with two older men at a high school football game. the alleged messages from another state to her friends. and what authorities are now saying tonight. the concern at several major airports in the u.s. after hackers based in russia targeted laguardia, l.a.x., o hare, hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. hacking their websites. if they can do this, what else can they do? gi
manuel bojorquez reports on how much it could cost to rebuild. reporter: what s it looking like in there right now? it s probably the worst we could have ever thought. o donnell: and, cbs news health watch: colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. pdr. jon lapook joins us to talk about a new study on colonoscopies. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. well, tonight, the world s most powerful western nations are convening an emergency meeting tomorrow to address the increasingly dire situation in ukraine, after russia targeted civilian areas throughout the country. major cities were rocked by more than 80 russian missile strikes during the busy morning rush hour, in what appears to be the largest wave of attacks since the opening week of the war. one of the targets included a l
theest eastern city of dnipro and zaporizhzhia as well. officials say at least five people have been killed, at least 12 injured. we re still waiting for more numbers on that. video here, this is a pedestrian bridge in kyiv, a nearby strike damaging it with this explosion here. a missile also hit a children s playground. you can see the crater that it left here. the mayor of kyiv is warning people to shelter in place. this morning the russian president, vladimir putin, held a national security council meeting after accusing ukraine of carrying out a terror attack that damaged that bridge that links russia and russian occupied crimea. take a listen. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility. meanwhile, there is growing concern that russia is gear
bojorquez reports on how much it could cost to rebuild. reporter: what s it looking like in there right now? it s probably the worst we could have ever thought. o donnell: and cbs news health watch: colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. dr. jon lapook joins us to talk about a new study on colonoscopies. what you need to know. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight, the world s most powerful western nations are convening an emergency meeting to address the increasingly dire situation in ukraine after russia targeted civilian areas throughout the country. major cities were rocked by more than 80 russian missile strikes during the busy morning rush hour in what appears to be the largest wave of attacks since the opening week of the war. one of the targets included a landmark pedestrian bridge located