Changed. The lawsuit just filed and announced late this morning that could change the u. S. Armed forces forever. Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. The issue of lating women frontline in combat, the suit is being filed on behalf of active military women. Brian flores joins us live from the city with new information at noon to explain what is at stake. Good afternoon, brian. Reporter good afternoon, tori. Whats at take for these women they say is the chance to serve on the front lines, be recognized for their efforts. For years, women were not allowed on the front lines of military coomb bat. But a recentry filed combat but a recently filed lawsuit changes that. This directly contributes to the notion that women do not belong in the military that they, in fact, weaken the armed forces. Reporter these women representing all branches of the military along with the aclu have filed a lawsuit. The enemy doesnt distinguish between gender. When i was going out on missions in iraq and my vehicl
They react differently. The signature suspension span here with the to you yir, the model survived speeds up to 150 miles per hour. Real thing here is expected to move only a maximum of six inches in any given direction. Skyway expected only to vibrate and then, beyond that, the oakland touched down is so low to the ground. Theyre not worried about wind,. High water is a problem at eastern end of the bridge with a possible deal youth expected tonight, contractors are getting ready. Theyre expecting some heavy rains over next five days. So. We dont want weather to impact construction schedules so we do as much as we can comes were ready for it and work can go on according to plan. In dry weather, hoses pump waters off a site one section at a time for concrete borers. Engineerers worried they can undermine the wall so today, more hoses were brought in. Its a;i61 worried about controlling polluted runnoff. We have a prevention plan. And it maps out how were planning to do deal with heavy
Unloaded before this storm. Crab cams in by boatful today. Workers at fishermans warp rushed to hall in before the storms hit. Any time theres a storm it means cant go out and work. Coast guard is aid ad advicing boat owner nots go out and that they are secured. This is going to be a pretty good storm. You have to be young or crazy to go out in weather like this. Winds as high. A 96 means hour. 134 315foot wave coming through. But once you add that anyone it really makes everything steep. Reporter the coast guard also is advising people to stay wayaway from the shorelines where large waves could sweep someone away. A small part ocean beach remains close where a storm last week caused a sewage spill. Crews were out there today bolting and welling a manhole that bursted. Crews also empties the under Ground Holding tanks to hopefully prevent another spill. With the coming rain that kind of impacts our efforts but were figuring out a plan to clean this and is up and get the beach reopened.
Than anything else was hugo. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The blazing summer heat is threatening the health and safety of millions of americans from coasttocoast. In the eastern half of the country more than 141 million are under a heat warning or advisory. In the far west, thousands have been forced to flee wildfires fed by the heat. The areas in dark red are where the heat and humidity combine to make it feel as if its in the 90s or triple digits. Its called the heat index and it was over 100 in new york, philadelphia, washington, baltimore, and chicago. On the west coast, a wildfire 100 miles east of los angeles is threatening more than 4,000 houses and other structures. At least six homes have been destroyed and 6,000 people have been forced to leave the area. Bill whitaker is there. Reporter the mountain fire grew quickly as high winds, high temperatures and dry brush fed flames that now have devoured more than 35
Shocked and devastated over what happened. A lot of them were trying to crack a little bit of a smile for that picture but they are very upset this morning. They are making sure the fire does not sparked back up again. Fire will look into what caused the fire. They do not know at this time. The red cross is on scene helping them as well. We willor to get some updates as we go through the morning. Astronomers are all abuzz this morning after three cosmic events in the last 24 hours. The latest one spotted right here in the bay area. Youtube video on the left of your screen shows a blue flash across the sky. It was taken by a driver along interstate 280. On the upper right. An asteroid that was expected 11 last night. The football field sized asteroid passing the earth within 17thousand miles. Thats closer than some satellites. And on the bottom right, a meteorite that exploded friday in russia. It sent a shockwave over the Ural Mountains. 900 miles east of moscow. Windows on some four t