Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley tonight the Nations Capital and the nations largest city are struggling to recover from a blizzard they will be talking about for years. The storm is blamed for at least 45 deaths in 11 states, mostly from Car Accidents and snow shoveling. Nearly 27 inches of snow rose on the sidewalks of new york. Parts of washington got 22. But glengarry, west virginia, population 277, takes the prize at 42 inches. We have a team of correspondents on the blizzard of 16 and well go first to kris van cleave in d. C. Be careful. Reporter washington, d. C. ,s government says its using everything its got to dig the city out of nearly two feet of snow. Man, machine, even bigger machine to scoop it up and haul in some areas its barely made a difference. People were told to stay home, and many schools will remain closed until at least wednesday. Some streets have yet to be touched by snowplows. D. C. s metro worked to clear th
Well today president obama all but endorsed Hillary Clinton. Seven days before the first votes are cast in the race for president. This may be one reason why our new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll in iowa shows clinton and Bernie Sanders essentially in a dead heat. Here is nancy cordes. Lets go get them. Reporter with a week to go, Bernie Sanders is trying to emulate president obamas winning formula from eight years ago down to the feelgood ads, and army of young volunteers. We are from the Bernie Sanders campaign. Reporter in a pod cast president rejected the comparison. No, i dont think that is true. And gushed about his former secretary of state. Saying her skills are being overlooked. She has been in the public eye for a long time and in a culture in which new is always better. Right. And you know, you are always looking at the bright, shiny object that people dont, havent seen before. Reporter that bright, shiny object has convinced 85 of Iowa Democrats that he understand how
Yesterday. Since friday the blizzard forced cancellation of more than 13,000 flights. Throughout the country. It may be that the biggest destruction was along the jersey shore. Which was inundated at high tide. And Jericka Duncan is there. Reporter this is what West Wildwood avenue looked like when the storm hit. 2 feet of water flooded homes and businesses. Record tides. More than a half a foot higher than when Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012. So you lost everything . Yes. Wildwood says she ran to a neighbors house. I could hear gurgling, and the water rushed up, didnt come in, it came up. Reporter all along the shore, the powerful storm surge slammed many coastal drivers were left stranded as chunks of ice floated down the close to 100 people were evacuated. Even army humvees at times the only vehicles that could roll through. On sunday, governor Chris Christie gave an early assessment. The high tide this morning was survived very well by the people in cape may county. Only minor to mod
[ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] well today president obama all but endorsed Hillary Clinton. Seven days before the first votes are cast in the race for president. This may be one reason why our new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll in iowa shows clinton and Bernie Sanders essentially in a dead heat. Here is nancy cordes. Lets go get them. Reporter with a week to go, Bernie Sanders is trying to emulate president obamas winning formula from eight years ago down to the feelgood ads, and army of young volunteers. We are from the Bernie Sanders campaign. Reporter in a pod cast interview with politico, the president rejected the comparison. No, i dont think that is true. And gushed about his former secretary of state. Overlooked. She has been in the public eye for a long time and in a culture in which new is always better. Right. And you know, you are always looking at the bright, shiny object that people dont, havent seen before. Reporter that bright, shiny obj
We believe in the mission of telling the world what is this is your eye opener to this day. Cbs this morning, week days. The Obama Administration is overhauling the security clearance system used to screen federal workers and contractors. It is opening a new office called the National Background Investigations Bureau which will be designed and run by the pentagon. The overhaul comes after last years huge data breach where hackers working for a Foreign Government believed to be china downloaded nearly 22 million personnel files. There is no word on when the new system will come online. Meantime, private u. S. Companies are also feeling the heat from chinas online espionage. Lesley stahl reports for 60 minutes. Theyre targeting private companies. Not a fair fight. A private company cant compete against the resources of the reporter the assistant attorney attorney general for cyberattacks and increasingly economic espionage. This is a serious threat to our national security. Our economy d