That he will not be perched on a box this evening. Its not clear if they were bragging about that or not. In fact, bloomberg shouldnt be on the stage at all. For a full year the Democratic Party maintained clear rules about who qualified for their debates. Candidates needed to meet a polling threshold. They also needed donations from a large pool of people and that was on purpose. The point was to ensure that candidates had actual grassroots support and werent, say, using their vast personal fortunes to buy name recognition with slick tv ads during judge judy and rise mechanically in the polls. They didnt want that candidates like cory booker and Julian Castro complained bitterly about these rules and asked for them to be changed. The dnc wouldnt budge. It wouldnt be fair to make exceptions, they said. And then mayor mike arrived. First he sent a 300,000 bribe to the dnc last november just two days before entering the race. And then he sprayed cash on every living democrat willing to w
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pauley good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jane pauley, and this is our western edition. The memorial day weekend is off to a rough start in parts of texas. Over the past 24 hours, more than a foot and a half of rain has left homes and roads under water. At least one person has died. Several others are missing. Theres also a tropical system threatening beach communities from georgia to the carolinas this weekend. But we begin with don champion in bastrop county, texas. Time for extraction. Reporter for the last 24 hours, rescue choppers have been plucking desperate people off rooftops of homes and submerged cars in several texas towns. Near austin, there have been at least 75 people rescued. In brenham, rain poured down in nuckets, more than 18 inches in a days time. Quicklyrising waters washed out roads and washed cars away. 21yearold Darren Mitchell posted this haunting facebook photo as water topped the r
Republicans in power. America is booming. And america is winning. We are finally putting america first. [cheers] steve i was in absolutely the worst seat in the house when Rolling Stones came to kansas city and i heard them sing this song. Pete you heard them . Steve i heard them and it was lifechanging. Ainsley first concert ever . Steve no but with the stones. Pete i have never been to a Rolling Stones concert. Probably never going to happen. Steve reason we are playing start me up is you have four days to go out and vote. Midterms are going to be consequential. Have you heard . Pete i was down in florida yesterday. Almost every Single Person in that diner had already voted. The amount of early voting happening across the country is indicative. Steve im voting tomorrow. Pete the amount of enthusiasm. People are paying attention walltowall. Ainsley wonderful that states allow to you go out to the states and vote earlier and early so your voice can be heard. You heard the Rolling Stone
And because housing facilities are overflowing and because of legal limits on how long Migrant Children can be held, Border Agents are no loading migrants into vans and buses and driving them 150 miles away to a Greyhound Bus station in San Bernardino. We saw the dropoffs first hand in San Bernardino last week. The migrants are released pending court dates, but of course the vast majority never show up for court. Critics say the migrants shouldnt be dumped at the bus station with no resources im about migrants interviewed by reuters say they feel safe in the u. S. And were treated well by Border Agents. Remember, it is 1 of 9 sectors along the u. S. Mexico border and its like this at all of them. If the customs and Border Protection because the situation both a humanitarian and operational crisis. Meantime, about 30 miles from San Bernardino, an unknown number of migrants were flown to the Border Patrol facility in murrieta, california, but some members of the community were quick to s
On how long Migrant Children can be held, Border Agents are now loading migrants into vans and buses and driving them 150 miles away to a Greyhound Bus station in San Bernardino. We saw the dropoffs firsthand in San Bernardino last week. The migrants are released pending court dates but you, of course, the vast majority never show up for court. Critics say the migrants shouldnt be dumped at the bus station with no resources. But migrants interviewed by reuters say they feel safe in the u. S. And retreated well by Border Agents. Remember, el centro is one of nine sectors along the u. S. Mexico border and its like this at all of them. Customs and Border Protection calls the situation both a humanitarian and operational crisis. Meantime, about 30 miles from San Bernardino, an unknown number of migrants flown to the Border Patrol facility in marietta, california. Some members of the community were quick to stand in front of the Border Patrol gates to let the migrants know they were not wel