20th century . Maybe ill settle for the greatest photographer of all time. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glore and good evening. Wildfires in Southern California are being powered tonight by very strong santa ana wind, gusting as high as 80 miles an hour. The fires in los angeles and ventura counties have already burned more than 47,000 acres. More than 27,000 people have been evacuated. More than 3500 firefighters are on the job. We have reports this evening from jamie yuccas and carter evans. And we begin with jamie. Reporter theyre some of the harshest conditions firefighters have faced in yea years, extremely dry, powerful winds errorred throw Ventura County last night. Within hours, a 50acre fire exploded, and the winds havent let up. This is what firefighters are facing. Were trying to keep this exr extending into this whole neighborhood. Reporter also hampering the fight little or no water pressure on several hillside streets. So you you just cant get water out of
I think theyre afraid im going to take alabama values to washington. One gop lawmaker went so far as to send a democratic opponent a donation. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning the fire thats engulfed parts of Southern California is forcing new evacuations. There are three fires near los angeles. Nearly 200 structures have burned. More that 150,000 residents have been forced to evacuate and major freeways have been shut down. Officials say the worst is not over yet. A state of emergency has been declared in Ventura County where most schools are closed today, and Kenneth Craig is there. Good morning, kenneth. Good morning, annemarie. This is a look at the kind of devastation residents will wakes up to this morning. Behind me is a home that burnt to the ground. All that is left is a car frame. Three fires burned in Southern California alongside some smaller ones. Amid reports hun
Guest i was trying to come up with a label for the peculiar variety of libertarianism that says if you get sick and cannot pay for it, that issue are a tough lockett is unjust for government to tax somebody else to pay for your health care isnt there was a revealing moment in the oracle oral argument argued on behalf of the mandate that it is fair to require people to buy Health Insurance because if they get sick and they cannot afford to pay for it were obligated to give them health care and Justice Scalia said then dont obligate yourself. That is extraordinary thing to say and it shows the moral culdesac the conservatives got themselves into because it was driven by politics once the bill was passed the only hope to shut it down was the constitutional challenge to the on the constitutional theories that were out there was extreme libertarian theories that were morally repellent for those people who dont believe this stuff i dont think scalia really believes it is okay to withhold hea
Guest i was trying to come up with a label for the peculiar variety of libertarianism that says if you get sick and cannot pay for it, that issue are a tough lockett is unjust for government to tax somebody else to pay for your health care isnt there was a revealing moment in the oracle oral argument argued on behalf of the mandate that it is fair to require people to buy Health Insurance because if they get sick and they cannot afford to pay for it were obligated to give them health care and Justice Scalia said then dont obligate yourself. That is extraordinary thing to say and it shows the moral culdesac the conservatives got themselves into because it was driven by politics once the bill was passed the only hope to shut it down was the constitutional challenge to the on the constitutional theories that were out there was extreme libertarian theories that were morally repellent for those people who dont believe this stuff i dont think scalia really believes it is okay to withhold hea
Captured some memorable moments of the 20th century . This is the cbs evening news jeff glor this is a western edition, good evening, well start with the wildfires powered by those strong santa an na winds gusting 80 miles an hour, the fires in los angeles have burned more than 47,000 acres within 27,000 people have been evacuated. More than 3500 firefighters are on the job. We do have reports this evening from jamie yuccas and card evans, we begin with jamie. Reporter theres some of the hashest conditions, firefighters have faced in years. Extremely dry powerful winds roar through venture county. A 50 acre fire exploded and the winds havent let up. This is what firefighters are facing. Trying to keep us from extending. Reporter hampering the fight, little or no water pressure on several hill side streets. Get water to the hydrants you can only get so much. Reporter once the water from fire trucks ran out, all that remained on several streets were garden hoses. The threw buckets. Tryin