That region. This was disrupted by the storm. Jeff flock first with whats going on in lake charles, louisiana, i saw the wind whipping around a little earlier today, jeff and that looked pretty strong. That looked very strong. Reporter pardon maya experience but ive been in a hurricane and youre absolutely right and how strong . Well, look what its done. I mean, power lines down, trees everywhere. Look at this tree here. Im always fascinated by up close and personal with these things. Thats the definition there, of a tree snapped like a match stick. 150mile an hour winds can you see what it did through that house . Right down through the middle of the house and this is a story in a lot of places. Everything, you know, trees everywhere down, power lines down. They are going to be forever trying to get the power back restored here, and i think these are one off. Every house that i have seen, i said this two hours ago and ive been looking at houses since then, and ever since then, ive not
Caphaitien, haiti. Now to an alarming new study that estimates in chicago that nearly 70 of children under 6 years old are exposed to lead contaminated Drinking Water. Cbss charlie de mar reports on the latest major city to face this widespread problem. Reporter tonight danger lurking in chicagos Drinking Water according to a new study that used a. I. To estimate lead levels in unfiltered tap water over a sevenyear period. Benjamin wynn is the studys lead researcher. The goal is to have zero lead in water at all. And we know from the science that even small amounts of lead in the water can have an impact on your child. Reporter black and hispanic children are more likely to be affected and less likely to have their Household Water tested according to the study estimation. I dont think we need to be alarmist. Its not as bad as the flynn crisis. Your kids not going to be hospitalized from the levels of lead that were seeing. But even these low levels of lead, these are things that can af
Anyone suspected of illegally crossing into the state from mexico. The fight over who can police the border escalating and the Supreme Court weighing in. Nearly half a Million People here in el paso have to basically justify their presence in the United States because of the color of their skin. Norah what this means for the battle over immigration. Texas very simply is enforcing the laws. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows a sweeping texas Immigration Law to go into effect for now. In a 63 decision, the nations highest court said it wont block the law, known as sp 4, that gives local and state police the power to arrest and detain migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. The federal government has been the Sole Authority of Immigration Enforcement for decades. Critics say this ruling is an affront to federal law. The case now heads bac
stoplighting fireworks on the beach when they were not supposed to do it. then they were attacked. john: any arrests made yet, jeff? yeah, sandra and john, no arrests as of yet, but since the marines, not in uniform were on the ground and kicked by a large group, consider it a case of assault with a deadly weapon. and the video, we should warn, extremely violent, were not more seriously hurt. as many as 40 people were said to be involved in the beating. marines say they were just enjoying san clemente beach friday night. we don t know what happened prior to the video being taken, the victims say the teens were lighting off fireworks. when debris hit one of them in the face from the fireworks, the men say they asked the group to stop, appears some shoving and then jumped and stomped on. some bystanders eventually stepped in to stop the beating. the mayor says the marines are always welcome in his city and celebrated and that s why he feels this attack was tragic and unusu
mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort