Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Just as the Summer Travel season gets under way, the department of Homeland Security is demanding that airlines and airports around the world tighten security to prevent terrorists from smuggling bombs in Electronic Devices. That will mean enhanced screening on many flights heading to the u. S. Justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has the details. Inaction is not an option. Reporter the threat to aviation is so severe Homeland Security secretary john kelly issued this warning to airports and airlines operating overseas those who choose not to cooperate or are slow to adopt these measures could be subject to other restrictions, including a ban on Electronic Devices on aircraft or even a suss suspension of their flights into the united states. Reporter the new measures apply the flights to the u. S. From 280 airports in 105 countries. Among the changes, enhancing overall pas
This is the cbs evening news. Mason this is our western edition. Im anthony mason. We begin with breaking news. A wildfire is threatening homes tonight in southern california. Its one of more than 20 large fires burning in the west. Fire crews are hampered by high winds and dry conditions. Jaimy yuccas has the latest. You can see right now that Fire Protection is happening on a number of homes here in the burbank area. 60 to 70 homeowners had to evacuate their homes. You can hear the helicopters up above right now too. There is at least three or four different fire helicopters that are dumping water in specific areas. That is because there brush fire grew very, very quickly on the side of the hill here. That hot spot very close to those homes. Excellent drop, take a look at that. It was a wet winter and many people thought we wouldnt have as bad a fire season. Lets go down and take a look at what is happening down here. You can see some of the flames flairing up right now as i am speak