This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal government to stop using the phone because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. Reporter in the three weeks since samsung released the galaxy note 7 phone, there have been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithium ion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathans jeep caught on fire. Thats the last thought in my head is a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car. Reporter earlier this week, some airlines urged their galaxy no 7 phones while on board. And last friday, samsung issued a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones. Lithium ion batteries have been touted as the future but they have also overheated in
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal government to stop using the phone because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. Heres don reporter in the three weeks since samsung released the galaxy note 7 phone, there have been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithium ion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathans jeep caught on fire. Thats the last thought in my head is a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car. Reporter earlier this week, some airlines urged on board. And last friday, samsung issued a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones. Lithium ion batteries have been touted as the future but they have also overheated in everything from popul
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal s government to stop using the phone because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product safetyafet commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. N heres don dahler. Since samsung released theg galaxy note 7 phone, there have been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithium ion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathan dornachers jeep caught on fire. After he left the phone inside to charge. Thats the last thought in my head is a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, to avoid charging their galaxy b note 7 phones while on board. And last friday, samsung issued a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones. Lithium ion batteries have beenp touted as the future but they have also overheated in ever
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. On board. And last friday, samsung issued a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones. Lithium ion batteries have been touted as the future but they have also overheated in everything from popular hover board toys to ecigarettes. In 2014, boeing was forced to groundits dreamliners for three months because of problems with their lithium batterys. Jay whitaker is a professor of material science and engineering at carn ge melon university. Whats interesting aboutlicateiom ion batteries is theyre full of flammable material. Reporter samsung estimates approximately 1 of every 42,000 phones have a faulty battery but is not taking any chances. Matt novak writes for the tech web site gizmotto. Samsung will obviously recover but i think its obviously bad press. I think samsung will take hit with this one because it doesnt look good. Reporter samsung release aid statement saying it is cooperating with the recall and has stopped a shipment of tho
Members were lost after the container ship left florida for puerto rico heading sprite the teeth of hurricane joaquin. Three of the crew members had ties to massachusetts. Federal investigators are now looking for that ships black box. Its data recorder. Its a type of recorder known as a simplified recorder which records the audio on the bridge as well as basic navigation information, such as course and speed. The ships captain apparently intended to steer around the storm but the el faro lost power as it neared the hurricane, recovering it is certainly no sure thing. They hope they will find something on the data recorder that will explain why that massive ship lost power in the first place. A man is facing federal charges for allegedly sending bomb threats to several schools. 24yearold anthony ray is accused of sending multiple false bomb threats to schools in massachusetts, rhode island, illinois, and north carolina. Several Public Schools in norwood were among those targeted as wel