Message for the occupiers today. He said if theyre here to help the people of this county, its time for them to go home. John blackstone reporting tonight. John, thank you. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares theres more ext
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley weve learned tonight how president obama intends to tighten gun sales without the approval of congress. The president , frustrated by mass murders that seem to come every month, has decided in his last year to test the limits of his power. Chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford has the breaking news from the white house. Jan . Well, scott, Senior Administration officials just moments ago outlined the executive actions the president will announce tomorrow which he says will help keep guns out of the wrong hands,. A major focus are what Officials Say are flaws and loopholes in the nations system of background checks. Among the recommendations are requiring gun dealers, including those who sell firearms on the internet or at gun show, to be licensed and conduct background checks for gun sales. Changing federal privacy rules to help keep people with Mental Health restrictions from hiring more than 230 additi
The plot was uncovered december 12 g9. The tip said that the two 16yearold girls had planned to launch an attack. More details of the attack have not been released, but the da says that threats reel. The details havent come out yet, but i mean, suffice it to say there is enough out there that i think people can conclude that this has the potential to be something that is of extreme significance to members of this community. I live in this community as well. And i think its important that i remain intimately involved in the front end of this process, you may end up seeing me all the way through trial, if it ever gets that far, but this is important to get right, this is not a case that we went to guess wrong on, either for the juvenile or for the community. Reporter now, the other teen was in court today, her case was continued to next week. Da says hell meet with us after the live shot and talk to us and much more on this developing story tonight. Were live in douglas county, cbs4 news
Powerless to get the United States congress to tighten gun control laws. The president was announcing what he would do by executive action without congress when the memories of these victims, 20 first graders from newtown, connecticut, six or seven years old, choked mr. Obama in midsentence. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And, by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. Pelley there have been 13 mass killings during the obama presidency. Each time republicans voted against gun legislation. But last month, after san bernardino, mr. Obama decided to act on his own. Given the limits of his power, his actions today are not the most significant simply expands background checks for gun sales online or at gun shows. Currently, about 40 of sales have no background checks at all. Chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford is at the white house. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Re
Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares theres also been an arrest in the shooting death of a College Student in den ton, texas, in what m m been an act of road rage. The suspect is a marine corporal, eric johnson, arrested today in yuma, arizona. Hes accused of gning down a 20yearold early newew yearssay as she drove with friends home from a party. In another big story today, floodwaters are reseeding along some parts of the mississippi, but rising in others. Tonight, 23 illinois counties areas. This is where the Mississippi River is p pring into one of the poorest counties in the state of illinois Alexander County. Im standing on a small levee which failed four days ago, andd now that breach is nearly a mile wide. More than 125 properties in Alexander County have been flooded. Vid willis owns three of them. The Mississippi River i