Uptick in violent crime. Because i dont think that makes people safe. Sometimes id rather take the bus because its its not safe. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night, and we do want to begin tonight with a rising crime rate in new york on americas largest subway system. With millions of commuters and tourists writing every day. Well, now, next ordinary new approach by the governor there to bring down crime in the big apple. The democratic governor announcing a major crackdown, hundreds of National Guard will begin Tonight Patrolling Subway platforms and checking riders bags. The show of force comes after a recent spike in crime in the underground transit, including three killings since january. And even today, just hours after the announcement, a Train Conductor reported that she was hit in the head with a glass bottle. Cbss Elaine Quijano spoke with subway riders about the new security. Reporter
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a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to find survivors, but as night fell, the official number of those killed or injured began to rise inexorably. sirens did sound several times during the afternoon here in dnipro. people were advised to go to their shelters but it s been months since something like this happened here, so it s likely that plenty of people were in their apartments not underground. this all came on a day when russia once again launched attacks all over ukraine, clearly aimed at disabling the country s power grid. with a piece of the country s energy infrastructure not that farfrom here, it s possible that that and not the apartment block was the target of this strike. but it s been two weeks since the last wave of russian attacks on critical infrastructure and people here and in the west had started to wonder if russia might be running out of missiles or thinking of changing its strategy. it se
ground. we are still here. litterant is still here and as long as the carbon is in the ground this is not over. russia has launched missile strikes across ukraine, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of the country into an emergency blackout. at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck in dnipro on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. 0ur correspondent paul adams is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst attacks here in dnipro in many months. we don t know what russia was aiming at or even exactly what caused the damage, but whatever it was, a russian missile or perhaps something intercepted overhead by ukrainian air defence, it tore into this apartment building, carving a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to