reporter: the carnage you re describing sounds like something out of world war ii. yeah. o donnell: in tonight s eye on america, cbs ben tracy on how parts of the mighty mississippi now look like a desert and why that could impact the price of things you buy. and, the new york city bus driver being hailed a hero after a hijacking. 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. tonight, we return to a community still in pain, still searching for answers, and still wondering why it took police more than an hour to enter the classroom where a gunman was murdering fourth graders. at a hearing today, families had their first face-to-face confrontation with the texas public safety chief. he s the one in charge of the dozens of state troopers who waited in the hallway during the deadliest elementary school shooting in a decade. today, colonel s
john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this tuesday. i m john roberts. good to spend another hour with you. aishah: got it right. aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. betsy devos says democrats have simply not learned their lesson since governor youngkin pulled off an upset in virginia. ask her about that. also, the huge price tag on president biden s student loan handout. john: begin with breaking news of the major hurricane taking aim at the sunshine state. by and large, we are looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. inland flooding, interruptions in things like power, we cannot unring the bell if you stay and you end up getting washed away with the historic storm surge. john: florida governor ron desantis warning folks do not overlook ian as the tampa area braces for a storm not seen in a century. the category 3 hurricane moving north, 115 mile an hour winds after blasting cuba this morning.
and why she s resonating with voters there. and glenn youngkin will talk about how he was propelled into the governor s mansion last year. this has developed into a big storm, that means the impacts will be far and wide. it will bring heavy rain, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge, along with isolated tornado activity along florida s gulf coast. there is going to be an interruption of power, plan on that. understand that will happen. florida governor desantis warning people to prepare for the worst as hurricane ian inches closer toward the gulf coast of florida. hello, i m john roberts, good monday to you. jacqui: good monday to you, john. i m jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. the hurricane s exact path is uncertain but what s clear is the storm is rapidly intensifying as forecasters warn it could strengthen into a category 4 system by the time it reaches florida. john: churning west of jamaica and south of cuba, expecting catastrophic damage. this as the na
new york city. so far, texas has sent more than 1800 illegal immigrants to new york on over 35 buses. that sanctuary city is now struggling to find housing for them. meanwhile, the war of words heats up between texas governor abbott and new york city mayor adams. adams team is slamming texas for using wristbands with bar codes, which adams and others in new york are saying are used to track the illegal immigrants, but the texas governor is saying not so. in fact, he is ripping it as fearmongering. a guest on msnbc s ratcheting things up even more, calling those who support bussing migrants guess what they picked? they called it racist, just like segregationists. watch this. i speak of the conservative estimate is about $80,000 per bus trip, but we know that racists don t mind paying this money. we saw this with our parents and grandparents generations when schools were forced to integrate and they refused, so they would ship african americans to other states to attend col
Everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. You woke up, youre here. You didnt scare me off. It was intimidating but we made it. We want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. Will they be able to avoid a Government Shutdown . Plus, stranded in the desert. Tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the Black Rock Desert after torrential rain in the area. They are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. And those scorching hot temperatures just wont let up. How hot its going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. This week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. Congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. Senators are back in d. C. On tuesday followed by the house the next week. Both chambers are facing a time crunch on a number of key issues. On octo