[bell tolls] this is this is the cbs evening news, reporting tonight from las vegas. Mason america is a nation in mourning tonight for victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Good evening. Tt happened late last night just be behind me. That is the 43story Mandalay Bay Hotel casino. Las vegas police say a heavily armed gunman broke windows on the 32nd floor and fired down on thousands of people attending an openair concert. Many fled down this street. Hats right behind me here. There is still crime scene tape up. You can see bloody footprints on the sidewalk and the clothes they left behind as they literally ran for their lives. At least 59 people were killed, more than 500 injured, most of t them by the gunfire. Police say the gunman, 64yearold Stephen Paddock, of mesquite, nevada, killed himself before they arrived. They have not determined a motive, but they say they have found no links to terrorism. We have extensive coverage tonight beginning with john bl bl
Disaster but this morning there are signs of progress. And one week after finishing his big tour, rocker tom petty has died. Well look back at the life of singer and song writer who said music was the only thing he was good at. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Humanity revealed itself last night. Everyone who was there, everyone watching the coverage of this, i think all f ooof our lives have changed. The search for answers after the deadliest mass shooting in modern history. Were tracing down every single clue we can get. Investigators have a big job ahead of them. The motive remains unknown. The act of insanity of a scum bag mad man, how dare any human being do that. The responsibility for this epidemic of mass execution lies with policy makers. Theres a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country. Before traveling to las vegas, President Trump and the first lady are going to visit storm ravaged
Center. This morning there are signs of progress. Plus just one week after finishing his final big tour, rocker tom petty has died. Well look back at the life of the singer and songwriter who said music was the only thing he was good at. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Humanity revealed itself last night. Everyone who was there, everybody who is watching the coverage of this, i think all our lives have changed. The search for answers, after the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. Were hunting down and tracing down every single clue that we can get. Investigators have a big job ahead of them. The motive for the attack remains unknown. The insanity of a scum bag mad man. How dare any human being do that . The responsibility for this epidemic of mass execution lies with policymakers. Emotional calls for new gun laws from senate democrats. Theres a time and place for political debate. Now is the time to unite as a country.
Is involved in the civil war. It is just under 90 minutes. Good afternoon everyone, i am peter carmichael. I am also director of the institute. It is my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles. He spoke yesterday afternoon, as you all know. He spoke on george armstrong, based upon a book that he received the Pulitzer Prize for. He is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. This afternoon he will be speaking on another misunderstood character, jesse james. Hime james the study of at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that is focusing on guerrilla warfare. Beenf these authors have doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. Thanks to these scholars like mr. Stiles, we have a view of civil war military history. Jesse james unfortunately its sometimes used as a robin hood figure of the old west. We often see him as being a likeical apolitical those bandits who have always been compared to him. Mr. Stiles has taken this man and enabled us to the a man w
Health care clinics. Today we focus on an overlooked part of the panthers legacy, Political Prisoners. We will feature interviews with panthers who originally were convicted after tortured confessions. In 1973 in new orleans, herself and john bowman and ruben scott was arrested in new orleans by the Police Department. Place wheren the we were arrested, they took us to jail. Immediately, they started beating us. Amy in a historic round table we will be joined by four former black panthers who are held in prison for decades before winning the release. In his First National broadcast interview, we will speak with sekou odinga, who helped build the black Panther Party in new york city from a later involved in the black liberation army. We will speak with eddie conway, released from prison in 2014 after serving 44 years behind bars. And we will speak with two members of the angola 3 who formed one of the first black panther chapters in prison, robert king and Albert Woodfox. When he was in