from ukraine, as fears grow about retaliation. back-to-school spending skyrockets. cbs janet shamlian talks to a single mom struggling to check off her preschooler s supply list. i would probably put it around $50 to $75. reporter: and it s not complete. it s not complete, no. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from new york city. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us, as we start a new week together. tonight, millions of americans in the southwest are under flood warnings, after monsoon rains drenched communities across parts of six states, north texas getting worst of it. the dallas-forth worth area, suffering from a months-long drought, was pummeled with more than nine inches. that s the second heaviest rainfall in the city s history. it was the equivalent of a summer s worth of rain in one 24-hour period. floodwaters rushed through the streets, submerging vehicles. and, we re learning t
ukraine as fears grow about retaliation. back-to-school spending skyrockets. cbs janet shamlian talks to a single mom struggling to check off their preschooler s supply list. i would probably put it around $50 to $75. reporter: and it s not complete. it s not complete, no. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, rank tonight from new york city. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, millions of americans in the southwest are under flood warnings after monsoon rains drenched communities across parts of six states, north texas getting worst of it. the dallas-forth worth area suffering from a months-long drought was pummeled with more than nine inches. that is the second heaviest rainfall in the city s history. it was the equivalent of a summer s worth of rain in one 24-hour period. floodwaters rushed through the streets, submerging vehicles, and we re learning tonight, a woman was swept off a bridg
black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. we of tulsa of an undetermined number, it should have not taken any nine years. anyone who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak does not have the ears to hear. the earth is shaking. i came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade, so that has been well, i don t know how many years. my mother is from oklahoma. and there was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. these people were the core of black entrepreneurship. and they would help you get your business started. 1920 greenwood was booming.
Say they were trying to stay indoors as much as possible to try to break the heat. As you can see, the employees who work at car washes like here in springfield. They just have to learn how to deal with it the best way they can. No matter what language you speak its really hot. Muy caliente. Or what you are doing. Its hard to ignore the heat. You just want to get to air conditioning. Jump from one to another. For those like Daniel Cortez running in the a. C. Isnt an option when you work on a roof for several hours a day. The key is to take frequent breaks. Drink water. Sunday was the hottest day of the year from Reagan National airport. Monday was a close second starting a mini heatwave in the area. I went out and took the dog for a walk. It was just walking into a wall. It was so stifling that you could hardly breathe. Rochelle is visiting from out of town training for the Marine Corps Marathon and she is trying to work around mother natures schedule. The heat index was over high 90s.
The hearing will come to order. First of all we want to thank all of you for being here today. I want to thank my friend, Ranking Member card and his staff for the possibility with the scheduling of todays hearing. Its interesting because been card and i i maybe three of the last remaining of the class of 1987. We have smith in a couple of more. Its funny, were on opposite sides and a lot of issues but we are always together in friendship as well as in infrastructure. Et is this weeks infrastructure week its a great opportunity to highlight the critical needs in this country. Tomorrow the committee will have a chance to question secretary chad on the administrations priorities and i hope todaysin hearing will be a productive lead into her visits. Last congress the Pediatric Committee led the charge to pass the past act a six highway reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This was the largest since 1998. Nobody believed we could get it done and others that would only get an 1