Massive wildfires in california threaten thousands. Crews are battling 21 large wildfires throughout the state. The fire behavior that were seeing, its historic. Severe weather is wreaking havoc across the midwest. The tornado ripping through a field in iowa. Look at this. Oh, wow. A deadly tent collapse during a thunderstorm outside chicago. One person was killed. More than a dozen were injured. Into the sky and we heard screaming and crying. A massive manhunt for the suspect accused of killing a Police Officer in tennessee. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. In kansas 9yearold Kaiser Carlile has died after he was accidentally hit with a bat during a baseball game. Saturday afternoon. I think the email scandal is going to be a devastating blow for hillary. Growing fallout over Hillary Clintons emails released by the state department. Theres a big story of what shes hiding why shes not being transparent and following the rules. President obama calling for Carbon Pollution to b
And also the issue of synthetic marijuana. Its known as k2 and spice, and its creating a Public Health crisis. The homeless can buy it at bodega for 1 a packet. I thought i was having a heart attack. Reporter ma man ask this man asked us to hide his face, and he says the drug has a violent reaction, and you can see it here with the reaction from this naked man. Arresting the people becomes dangerous. The individuals on the drug are crazy. They have superhuman strength and are impervious to pain, and the normal takedowns will not work. Reporter the city released the latest Crime Statistics, and according to the numbers, overall crime is down by more than 10 , but homicides have gone up from last year, and thats something we asked mayor de blasio about. Reporter some people look at the statistics and some say the city is going downhill. What do you say . I would say look at the facts and stop the hysteria. Reporter ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you, ilana. Time for traffic and weather on
Prison more than two weeks ago. Weve learned a corrections officer who knew the men who is han suspended and is under investigation. Sources now telling cnn the escapees dna has been found in a cabin only 20 miles from the prison. The other breaking story were following, South Carolina governor nikki haley, senator Lindsey Graham senator tim scott, all calling for the confederate battle flag to be removed from the memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol. Pressure to pull it down mounting since white supremacist dylann roof killed nine people at an africanamerican church in hopes of starting a race war. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents. And our guests including the South Carolina state senator Marlon Kimpson and the naacp president Cornell William rose. Lets begin with cnns Boris Sanchez in upstate new york. He has more on the new clues in the search for those two escaped killers. Boris, whats the latest youre hearing . Reporter out of 2,000 tip
Washington doesnt work. That was president obamas message at a high dollar fundraiser in manhattan this week where he said, quote, we have a party on the other side that has been captured by ideology that says no to everything. But if the president wants to get to the true root of gridlock in washington, he may also want to look at the democratic controlled senate where harry reid has essentially shut down debate, refusing to allow a vote on all but nine, thats right, nine republican amendments since last july. Stopping several bipartisan bills cold. For more, im joined by wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, assistant editorial editor and washington columni columnist. Kim, describe what harry reid is doing. Here has been the long standing deal in the senate. Minority party would agree to move on to a bill to give the vote for closure to actually start debating a bill. The Majority Party in return would allow them to debate the bill and propose amendments. And everyone got
Department of Homeland Security. Democrats hold firm waiting for republicans to present a bill that does not strip funding for president s obamas immigration plans. Republicans celebrating yesterdays approval of the keystone oil pipeline, a measure the president says, he will veto. Meanwhile, our latest fox news poll finds americans overwhelmingly unhappy with congresss performance. 72 disapprove. Lets go live to capitol hill and chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel. Mike . Reporter republicans note recent polling 60 of the American Public supports building keystone xl pipeline. Now that Congress Passed legislation, gop leaders say the ball is squarely in president obamas court. The president i would just say this, do the right thing. Sign this bill and help us create more jobs in america and create a healthier economy. Now where we are as otherred indicated were hoping common sense will prevail here and the president will sign this extraordinary jobs bill. Reporter with Cong