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Police have not identified a suspect, a person of interest, or even given us a car description. But coming up at 6, what miguel says his father did that likely saved his life. Reporting in southeast, Meagan Fitzgerald, news4. Meagan, thank you. Were tracking changing weather conditions now. And our weekend is going to feel very different, isnt it, doug . Well, it will be on the warm side for sure. Temperatures going to be around 90 degrees tomorrow. Right now were in the low 80s. We have the chance for some storms. Leting look at the storms on storm team4 radar. Shower activity mostly toward the west but a couple of storms in through Northern Virginia, we saw them through Southern Maryland earlier. Theyve dried up. Were still looking at shower activity through Prince William county. We had thunder with this. These are starting to die off. The big storms back toward luray and toms brook right along i81 here, shenandoah and page kwoupty. Look toward fredericksburg, storms firing up here,
Faster lane . It may cost you more. Results of a Controversial Program thats driving some people crazy. All that and much more on cbs this morning saturday, saturday, april 26th, 2014. And welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests for you this morning including a guy whos actually been called the funniest man in the known universe and the lost member of monty python. Eddie izzard. Plus worldrenowned chef norman van akin is here. And a unique blues man who incorporates the best of other american musical forms in his great eclectic style. Kev mo performs in our saturday session. First we begin with last nights Severe Weather. Powerful storms damaged homes in the eastern and central part of north carolina. Trees and power lines were knocked down and more than 6,000 electric customers lost power. Meanwhile, forecasters are warning that weekend tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are likely in parts of the plains and midwest. Erik fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston
This morning al qaedainspired militants are pushing deep into southern iraq headed toward baghdad. In about 48 hours the insurgent blitzkrieg has overrun cities once controlled by u. S. Forces during the nearly nineyear iraq war. First to fall, iraqs second largest city, mozle, then ta creek and then. Theyre offering little or no resistance. Many are laying down their arms and hundreds of thousands of iraqi citizens are on the run. Susan mcginnis is in washington where the Obama Administration is plotting its next move. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. The white house says the situation in iraq has deteriorated in the last 24 hours or so and is quickly becoming a humanitarian issue. Now the white house is considering sending help. Some iraqi troops abandoned their posts and were seen walking in civilian clothes near the city. The retreat comes as the Obama Administration is moving closer to sending aid to battle al qaedainspired militants i crass iraq. In a statement the w
It captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. A few hours ago eric cantor was one of the most powerful men in washington am but late today he announced he is stepping down as House Majority leader after a stunning defeat in a republican primary in virginia last night. He was up set by a candidate backed by the tea party, david brat. And it wasnt even close. Cantor, elected to the house in 2000 and majority leader since 2011 appeared to be on track to become speaker of the house. His defeat was the first of a majority leader since that post was created more than a century ago. No one saw it coming and it sent shockwaves across the country. Our Political Team looks at why it happened and what happens next. First nancy cordes on capitol hill, nancy . Reporter scott, because this is washington, lawmakers began jockeying for cantors leadership post within a few hours of his surprise defeat. All day long they have been Holding Secret meet