run by the humanitarian group doctors without borders. the airstrike that hit it apparently and mistakenly carried out by u.s. forces. at least 19 are dead, doctors and children among them, and dozens more are injured or unaccounted for. this happened overnight in kunduz, a city of about three help,000, taken this week by the taliban. afghan troops have been trying to retake the city with help from u.s. airstrikes. here s julianna goldman. reporter: the dead include at least seven patients, three of them children who were burned alive, and 12 doctors without borders staff members. at least 37 people were seriously injured. according to defense officials, u.s. forces conducted an airstrike in kunduz around 2:15 a.m. local time near the hospital. they say the intended targets were taliban insurgents who were firing on u.s. service members embedded with afghan fighters. the u.s. military hasn t confirmed that its bombs hit the hospital, but officials acknowledge the strikes ma
together again, retirement nest eggs took another great fall. the dow industrials plunged 469 point, or 2.8%. in the past two weeks, the dow has fallen more than 1800 points, recovered more than half of it, and then today lost nearly half of the gain. oil prices fell as well down 8%, and after rising 27%, the three previous days. that s what you call turmoil. so we will turn to our chief business correspondent anthony mason. anthony what, is going on? reporter: scott these are the aftershocks of last week s sell-off. and this volatility could continue for a while. all three major indexes were down about 3% today. the catalyst continued unease over china. the shanghai index is down almost 40% since june. the sell-off started today on news that chinese manufacturing hit a three-year low in august. the worry is the world s second largest economy may be slowing, even more than feared. at the same time, the federal reserve is preparing to raise interest rates, perhaps as soon a
travel season. last month s terrorist bombing at the brussels airport highlighted vulnerabilities in the u.s. the attack occurred in a public area before checkpoints. transportation correspondent kris van cleave on what s being planned here. reporter: passengers traveling through u.s. airports are likely to see more police in public areas, increased random checks of vehicles and people with larger bags. also, additional bomb-sniffing dogs. 28 canine teams have been reassigned from small airports to major transportation hubs. t.s.a. administrator peter neffinger: i like to think of it as a icurity environment you create that it gets more and more secure as you get closer to the thing you re trying to protect. reporter: that means after security checkpoints, passengers may be subject to more random checks. airline cargo and airport geployees are also receiving extra scrutiny following the tparent bombing of a russian jet in egypt last october. are you confident a brussels
the media is saying nice things and no one is talking about russia. well, what a difference 59 tomahawk missiles can make! good morning to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m alison kosik. i m victor blackwell. a u.s. navy strike group is already on its way to the korean peninsula because of growing concern over north korea s missile tests. plus, russia is slamming u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley calling her comments on syria sabotage after she said, quote, there is no way to find political solution with the assad at the head of the regime. all of this as secretary of state rex tillerson gets ready to meet russian foreign minister in lavrov earlier this week. breaking news out of egypt. at least 21 people are dead after a bombing at a church there. 50 were injured north of cairo. you re looking at here the first video, the aftermath from inside the church when the explosion happened. we want to warn you, this may be difficult to watch.
on earth about to clean up. i found a piece of history that everybody forgot about. this is the cbs evening news. mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i m anthony mason. they control the white house and the congress, but republicans could not deliver on the promise they ve been making since the day obamacare became law, to repeal and replace it. in a humiliating defeat, senate g.o.p. leaders could not muster the votes today to do either. democrats called on republicans to work with them now not to replace obamacare but to fix it. nancy cordes is at the capitol. this is not a good day. reporter: senate republicans were reeling today after their hail mary pass fell short. three moderate republican women announced they would not vote to repeal obamacare without a replacement. west virginia s shelly moore capito said, i did not come to washington to hurt people. maine s susan collins agreed. i believe it would cause the insurance markets to go into