Going on right now. Skyfox is life over the james t. Vaughn Correctional Center in smyrna where police say inmates took Corrections Officers hostage and some of those officers are still held up inside the prison right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. It is maximum security prison. Our Chris Oconnell has been at the scene all night. Chris, authorities have made it abundantly clear, this is not over yet. Reporter that is right, lucy. Very tense hostage negotiation still continues at this hour at delawares largest maximum security prison. Two Corrections Officers still remain being held as hostages at this time at james t. Vaughn correctional facility as the standoff with inmates now enters its 13th hour. Prison Officials Say tonight they are in communication with unknown number of inmates who have taken over at james t. Vaughn correctional facility. Its been a long and difficult day. Reporter delaware governor john carney reacting to the hostage c
One noticing a difference. I have noticed more security. Reporter for the downtown partnership, perception is a big deal. The mall brought in 16 million in sales tax revenue last year alone. Police admit as a try to clean up the 16th street mall, the homeless are just going elsewhere. Like here, a mile and a half away to other parts of the city or even beyond. The problem hasnt gone away so we do see some displacement. Some of it has moved outside the city. We have heard from our neighboring cities and districts. Reporter police are also reevaluating the number of officers staff here as we head into typically slower winter months. . Reporter next years proposed budget would add 16 offices downtown, a more permanent presence on the mall. You know, anytime you get the Crime Prevention aspect, you get people who can take ownership of the area. Reporter the owner of the appaloosa grill wants to seek more officers at the latenight hours. He says the city is not quite there yet. Its definite
7. 5 earthquake struck in northern afghanistan in the middle of the afternoon. Afghan television was on air the moment the earthquake quit. You can see a news anchor diving for cover as the shaking intensifies in one of the worst incidents with 12 afghan children killed in the stampede as they tried to escape the school. At this hour, at least 200 people were injured in afghanistan and 600 injured in pakistan. In pakistan, a building was ripped from toptobottom by the tremor that last add minute according to the witnesses. Scientists have early indication the depth of the earthquake made it less deadly. 10 years ago a similarly strong 7. 6 earthquake caused 87,000 deaths from pakistan to india to afghanistan. Matt . Yes, kristen, i interviewed Research Seismologist walter moody and he said this earthquake was devastating it could have been significantly worse. That is because this earthquake was deep underground 130 miles underground. The devastating pakistani earthquake you spoke of i
Also in National News, the image is one of the most indelible icons. And now, almost a year later, jeff bauman tells us how his life has taken a joyous turn for the better. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Welcome to a special prime time edition of the lead. Tonight we begin with a muchneeded shot of urgency for flight 370. Authorities thought they may have been on the right track now. They sound as if they are almost certain of it. Searchers using u. S. Naval equipment were able to acquire the pings in the ocean, increasing confidence that they will find flight 370 which disappeared 34 days ago. Officials are trying to shrink down the search area, now the size of west virginia. That may sound vast, but it is nearly 12,000 miles smaller than yesterday. And we may be closer than ever to learning what really happened to the 239 people on board that plane. After 67 hours of silence, two new pings. But today crews are still hoping to find more. Ocean shield has
And today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Armstrong standing on the surface of the moon on this july 20, 1969. Ninan how that moment inspired the new space race. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. We begin with a summer scorcher. The lingering heat wave has alled at least six people. Millions of americans from texas to maine are trying to stay cool. But adding to the misery, severe storms knocked out power in some states, and a confirmed tornado in wisconsin damaged a building. 0 mperatures climbed into the nineties, with some areas pushing 100 degrees. Heres natalie brand. Reporter the threat of tripledigit temperatures did not stop people from crowding the National Mall y. H, iway ho wet towels and lots of water. Yeah, shade, sunscreen and lots of water. So, we had, like, four or five bottles, and were almost empty now. Ninan and medical crews at the ready to treat heatrelated illnesses at this weekends outdoor apollo 11 festival. Shgh heat