This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. There is a killer on the loose tonight, and police say he is this man, eric frein, charged with ambushing two Pennsylvania State troopers last fridays night, shooting them with a rifle. One was killed. The other remains in critical condition. The Police Describe frein as a selftrained survivalist with a grudge against Law Enforcement who has talked about committing mass murder. Hundred of officers have looking for him in a heavily wooded area of pennsylvania, and don dahler is following the hunt. Don. Reporter yes, scott, this is the rugged terrain these searchers are having to make their way through. It has thick underbrush, hills and she its heavily wooded, and the man theyre looking for is said to be very familiar with these woods. He is heavily armed and extremely dangerous. Wearing full camouflage and body armor, grimfaced officers geared up for a sixth day of searching the dense forest. Today, they hunt a man wh
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition firefighters who are out in force tonight, where there are 11 large wildfires burning. In the town of weed, more than 100 buildings have been destroyed. Throughout the state, nearly 200,000 acres had burned. John blackstone shows us what the crews are facing. Reporter it is one of the worst combinations for firefighters bonedry timber, rugged terrain, hot and windy weather, and homes scattered in the forest. This one, called the king fire east of sacramento, exploded cr overnight threatening more than 1,600 homes. Holy moly reporter fueled by Late Afternoon wind gusts and dry brush, the fire ran up steep suntain sides and into deep canyons. Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to slow the blaze, eventually holding the fire from jumping over the main road, highway 50. Captain barbara rabisky, is with the u. S. Forest service. It is the end of summer, but fire season is far from over. A
Im john vause. Youre watching cnn newsroom. A clufter of severe storms ripped through the southeast of the United States, killing at least 23 people, including children, and leaving behind a trail of devastation from alabama to florida to georgia. Lee county, alabama accounts for the entire death toll for now on what was the deadliest day for tornadoes in the u. S. Since 2013. The small town of beauregard seemed to be hit by a onetwo punch when two tornadoes are believed to have touched down within an hour of one another. Weve done everything we feel like we can do this evening. The areas just very, very hazardous to put anybody into it at this point in time. Debris everywhere. And its just a as mentioned previously this evening, just some mass damage to structures, residences in the area. Houses completely destroyed, homes basically just slabs left where once stood a home. Massive damage. Some of the area, specific areas, contents of one residence we know for a fact was located over 1
A clust of severe storms ripped through south eastern United States killing at least 23 people including three children and leaving devastation from alabama to georgia. The small town of beauregard. Just completely slammed. Massive damage. Some of the area has specific areas the contents of one residence we know for a fact was located over 1,000 yards away. So weve got a wide, very wide storm track that went through the area. Maybe even two storms. Were not sure. But massive damage. A digital procedure for the opelika auburn news in alabama, she joins us now on the lines. Sarah, search and rescue has been scaled back overnight. Do you know what the plan is come first light . Is there one area in particular where they plan to focus resource snz and how concerned are authorities at this time that by tomorrow the official death toll will be higher . Theyre probably going to back off for most of the night because the damage is too extensive and its dangerous for crews, but they plan to hit