from school. o donnell: deadly shark attack. a pennsylvania woman on a cruise killed while snorkeling in the bahamas. and the obamas return to the white house. let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. ( laughter ) this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction amid record-breaking heat in the west. the california heat wave is screching into its eighth straight day with seven states under warnings and advisories. the temperatures are record breaking. salt lake city and fresno, california, had their hottest september days ever. the brutal heat is straining california s power grid and power companies are pleading with the public to conserve energy. the governor there sending out rare text alerts to avoid rolling blackouts. the dry weather has caused more than a dozen wildfires
the mass shooting at robb elementary school earlier this afternoon. this comes as a justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting with the d.o.j. says the mayor of uvalde requested that review after we learned police waited nearly an hour to storm the classroom where the shooter was holed up despite multiple 911 calls from the children still trapped inside. arthel: let s go live to uvalde, texas and our jeff paul is standing by, jeff. arthel what would normally be a day full of excitement that comes along the presidential visit is instead full of sadness as people continue to come here to the city center to pay their respects to the 19 students in two teachers who died. first lady jill biden and president joe biden are now trying to do their best to help this community that continues to grieve. now after landing in san antonio the first family made their way to uvalde their first stop was at robb elementar
food prices too have gone up. nothing s being done about it. it s going to kill the people, these diesel prices. they have no i have no choice but to fill up my tank. there s no other choice. definitely too much. and it has to change, hopefully soon. neil: it is the story of the week, and right now it is hitting americans hard. i m talking about inflation, and it is still out of control. here s how bad things are getting. we re grateful if the rise isn t as dramatic as we had experienced in just the prior month. that is the state of things now with prices spiking at near 40-year highs. the last time we saw that is when jimmy carter was president. concerns that we re seeing the same thing roll out now and rolling around hoping for relief. good luck on that front. but kelly o grady on how customers and you are feeling. kelly. reporter: hi, neil. well, week we saw new inflation data with april s consumer price index out. the 8.3% year-over-year number was worse than ex
Travis kelce world coin show. Thank you, guys, as always, we appreciate it. The best. All right. Cnn this morning continues now. Well, good morning, everyone. A lot of big news to get to this morning. Lets get things started with five things to know for this monday, september 25th. Breaking overnight, there is a tentative deal in the hollywood Writers Strike after 146 days and countless picket lines, there is no deal in washington, dc, though, where a Government Shutdown is looking increasing. Likely, the government runs out of money in five days and the Republican Party split is very evident in bad news for President Joe Biden. In a pair of new polls, 56 of americans disapprove of how hes doing the job. Also, the mayor of el paso says his city is at, quote, Breaking Point without enough resources to deal with a surge of migrants. As mexico makes an agreement with the us to deport people to their Home Countries. And historic delivery for nasa. A Capsule Carrying Parts of an asteroid ju
5. 25 . Susanna streeter is a friend of the bbc and is waiting in the wings. I saw you react as soon as that announcement came up. Your reaction, please . Reaction, please . Yes, finally the Bank Of England reaction, please . Yes, finally the Bank Of England has reaction, please . Yes, finally the Bank Of England has pressed reaction, please . Yes, finally the Bank Of England has pressed the | reaction, please . Yes, finally the i Bank Of England has pressed the big red pause button on Interest Rate hikes and this will be a big relief for those consumers and those companies who have been really struggling with higher Borrowing Costs. And it is clear that that the drop in inflation in the year to august and also that caught rate of inflation, stripping out volatile food and fuel prices, really did come as a surprise because they voted with the majority of 5 4 to maintain the bank rate and to keep rates on hold. Whereas if you look at the last time they had to make this decision, only on