They have the legal authority. Basically he formed a commission promising you can even look at me. Then when he looked at him he said, lookin at me . Thats it for special report fair, balanced. Streaming into the United States, children. Streaming out of washington, the president. Senate leader harry reid and Speaker John Boehner and hundreds more politicians, the entire house and senate are all streaming out. Nothing is going to get in the way of their vacation, even the crisis they helped create. Theyre illegal. Theyre breaking our laws. Hearing complaints about some the conditions in some Border Patrol states. Theres nothing being done at the border. Whats going on is absolutely insane for this country. President obama is jetting off to Marthas Vineyard for two weeks and the house and senate go into recess for five weeks. This crisis, as some call it crisis, we have to view as an
opportunity. Stay in washington and insist that it be resolved. We can stop this crisis in one week. Har
Schieffer tonight, planning for a u. S. Military strike against syria. As the death toll rises, the pentagon makes preparations for action, but will the president give the goahead . David martin that has story. The fastestgrowing wildfire in the country now covers 165 square miles and it is just entered Yosemite National park. Theresa garcia is on the scene. Something is killing dolphins along the east coast. Terrell brown has the latest on the search for clues. And on the road, Steve Hartman catches motorists smiling in a nosmiling zone. Never so happy to get a ticket in my life. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Schieffer good evening,
scotts off tonight, im Bob Schieffer. Cbs news has learned that the pentagon is making the initial preparations for a Cruise Missile attack on Syrian Government forces. We say initial preparations because such an attack wont happen unless and until the president gives the green light, and it was clear during an
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On this sunday night, the final 48 hours in the race for president. A frantic final push on the campaign trail, obama and romney making a mad dash through the swing states. Meantime, tempers flare. Tonight a final poll on where this race stands and how sandy could impact the election. Plus the new big storm closing in threatening to disrupt a massive recovery operation. And making a difference, the marathon may be off, but the race is on to help some of the hardest hit victims of the storm. From our election home, nightly news begins now. Good evening. In just over 48 from now, the first polling places here on the east coast will close in the president ial election. The final countdown is on and the gut check moment has arrived for president obama and governor romney as they make the crucial decisions as to where and how to marshall their resources into places they can still make a difference. And tonight, were about to release the results of our time poll in this race, a lastminute sn
Oh harold square. Somebody gave my mom that coat. Happy thanksgiving. Thanks to bass pro shop. Log on to our web site for our after the show show. A fierce storm hitting the east coast snarling thanksgiving travel as folks try to get home in time for the holidays. Im ed henry in americas newsroom. Heather im heather childress. Bill and martha are off. The storm stranded travelers for hours and the delays had ripple effects all across the country. I started down the runway and
we got shut down and we had to sit there and wait for them to open the air space again. Reporter that woman you just heard, it took her 12 hours to fly direct from austin, texas to newark, new jersey. And she was one of the lucky ones. Much of the east coast was hit with a sloppy, wintry mix making for a miserable commute on one of the busiest travel days of the year. 751 flights were canceled nationwide. There were nearly 5,000 delays. Put that in perspective tuesday. There were only 140 cancellations. The new yo