Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Governor Chris Christie ran into a traffic jam today on the road to the whitehouse. Evidence revealed today shows that a top aide to christie and appointees of the new jersey governor created a fourday tieup for thousands of drivers on roads leading to the busiest bridge in the world. The motive, political revenge. Christie, whos believed to be considering a run for the president ial nomination, says he is outraged by todays developments and insists he was misled by his staff. Elaine quijano is in fort lee for us tonight. Elaine . Is outraged by todays developments and insists he was misled by his staff. Elaine quijano is in fort lee for us tonight. Elaine . Reporter scott, it was a local traffic jam on the approach to the busy George Washington bridge behind me linking new york and new jersey. In september unannounced lane closures backed up traffic into the new jersey town of fort lee. The closures sparked accusations of political ret
Right here. And it went down the whole side of my right body. It sounded like a sonic boom. It literally shook the building, shook us on the courts. The l. A. Coroners Office Reports most of those struck were in or near the water. Nine people were taken to hospitals where one person remains in Critical Condition. Lightning also struck a 57yearold man on a golf course on nearby catalina island. He is in stable condition. For the most part, all of them are doing very well. There was the initial person who had received somewhat we consider to be some serious injuries. Now, the National Weather service predicted a chance of thunderstorms hitting that area, but no one was expecting anything like this. Ainsley. Kelly wright live for us here in the studio this morning. Thank you, kelly. Well, now to extreme weather that is pounding millions in the south. Possible twisters ripping through tennessee. Speedwell one of the worsthit communities with as many as 30 houses totally destroyed. Entire n
Lester holt. Good evening. Were going to start here tonight with what may be happening outside your door this evening. Severe weather, violent weather system working its way from the midwest to the east tonight, with millions of people in its path. Weve already seen strong thunderstorms and large hail in a vast stretch extending from illinois all the way to massachusetts. And as we look now at live radar, parts of kentucky, ohio, eastern tennessee, west virginia, and pennsylvania are under tornado watches, and what could be a very tough and dangerous night. Well get the latest guidance on the storms in a moment. But first, nbcs john yang tells us what theyve done so far. Reporter large hail, intense lightning, high winds and dangerous thunderstorms pushed through several states, including illinois and kentucky. Triggering a tornado warnings and watches. A tornado touched down in central connecticut this afternoon with estimated winds of 85 miles an hour. Several homes were damaged in w
This is the cbs evening news. I am jeff glor with a western edition doff broadcast. And they have been trading missile fire for 20 days now. Today they were also trading ceasefire proposals with no success. New smoke rose over gaza city today. Israels response after they said hamas fired a barrage of rockets this morning. There was a hope a 12hour lull in the fighting yesterday might be extended. That hope ended as others have, violently. We have new details this evening. Plus, more of charlie roses interview with a leader of hamas. We start with don daylor, in tel aviv. The words ceasefire, ceased to have clear meaning today. Ten minutes after the humanitarian truce expired this morning, hamas rocket launchers roared to life. The i. D. S. Says this video shows rockets being fired from a school in gaza. Even as the explosive projectiles are flying, israel proposed another ceasefire of 24 hours, which hamas rejected, only to propose their own, hours later. On cbs news face the nation, p
And both sides blaming the other. Overnight the u. N. Security Council Called for an immediate end to the hostilities. What are the prospects for a new ceasefire today . Martin savidge is joining us from jerusalem with the latest developments. What are you hearing from the ground . Reporter good morning, kate. I wish i had better news. Over the weekend our hopes were raised with the temporary pause in the fighting. Maybe it could be extended. Today the fighting goes on. Early this morning the United Nations Security Council convening an emergency meeting calling for a renewed ceasefire to allow the delivery of urgently needed assistance into gaza, but neither side accepted, both agreeing to only a few hours of peace andry jekting previous deals for a truce. We had a ceasefire, they violated it. Now theyre violating their own ceasefire. Obviously well take whatever action necessary to protect our people. Reporter the Israeli Military detonating explosives in two tunnels they say hamas u