reinstates covid-19 testing for all flights coming in from china. scott macfarlane reports on the decision amid a surge of new cases overwhelming china s hospitals. prayers for benedict the 16th. the 95 year old former pope is quote very si tantlyonitorg hi woening cononsi car pileu the extraordinary scene of a deadly accident on a busy bridge. andh hart. cbs s steve hartman shows us how one good deed can spark a global wave of this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we have some breaking news from the biden administration. the centers for disease control announces new covid-19 testing requirements for all airline passengers traveling from china. plus federal and local prosecutors open investigations into a battled congressman elect george santos who admitted to lying about his background. and while the death toll rises in buffalo tonight,
track. where dangerous hurricane ian is heading next. classrooms turned into bedrooms. we visit shelters and speak to families riding out the storm together. my main focus was getting them to safety. o donnell: and remembering legendary cbs newsman, bill plante, who covered more than half a century of history. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from tampa, florida. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. as we come on the air tonight, the state of florida is being pummeled by hurricane ian. the massive category 4 storm storm made landfall this afternoon with winds at 150 miles per hour. but at this hour, ian is still a dangerous category 3 hurricane. ian ian slammed ashore north of fort myers, with dangerous winds and catastrophic storm surge. tonight hurricane ian is dumping tremendous amounts of rain along the i-4 corridor. ian has already dropped 18 inches of rain. to get a better understan
this update just moments ago. hurricane ian is a storm moving closer to floor at that s west coast bringing high winds, extremely heavy rain and life threatening storm surge flooding. already ian hitting key west with major storm surge flooding. more than 2 1/2 million people now under some level of evacuation warnings. officials escalating their urgent appeals to evacuate. if you are in an evacuation zone, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. meteorologist chad myers is in the cnn weather center. chad, what s the latest on the predicted storm track here? it is still forecast to put all of that water into charlotte harbor, christine. this is and has been kind of looked at as a charrincharlie, s is not charlie. this is florida s katrina. charlie could almost fit inside the eye. the wind speeds of charlie were so significant but only in a small place. this storm has wind, surge, flooding, waves and even rainfall inside of florida of almost
almost the entire state of florida, think about that, is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian., a monster storm is expected, several hundred miles across, and getting stronger by the minute. that is after causing a nationwide blackout in cuba. ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained wind of just shy of a category for. now, along with life- threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful wind. conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected level in the coming hours, more than 2 1/2 million people are under some form of evacuation at this hour. the window to leave is running out. even before the hurricane makes landfall, authorities are warning residents to be on alert for tornadoes overnight. these images show the impact earlier after a tornado hit the airport in south florida, causing significant damage to several aircraft hangers. our meteorologist attracting the system for us.
pete: i think it is the buildings, will. i don t think so. i think latitude. i think we re further north so we get fewer, i think it comes up pete: talking earth tilt here? will: i m totally over my skis. rachel: we have to bring rick in. pete: rick would know. we bring confirmation, is the earth tilt, no way florida get as sunrise before new york. will: i lived in texas obviously. lived up here, worked in connecticut, just an hour or two north of here. in the summer, your days in connecticut are way longer than the summer days in texas. in the winter they re way shorter than the winter days in texas. there is something to being higher in latitude. you get longer days in the summer and shorter light days in the winter. pete: latitude is north/south. longitude is east/west. i did know that. we ll find out from rick later on. will: that was some of the largest guesswork i ve done on television. pete: i thought you were out on your skis but your explanation. rachel: he pu