Reporter two days before the accident, a concerned worker filmed an upper floor of the 18story hotel under construction. He points to a series of red flags like this floortoceiling temporary beam supporting concrete slabs. In spanish he says they couldnt remove this one because its too bent. It has too much pressure. This is serious. This was a cascading set of failures. Reporter Civil Engineer Norma Jean Mattei watched the video. It makes me wonder why. Was the brace ged . Was the concrete placed not of adequate strength . Was the concrete just not Strong Enough . Reporter Governor John Bel Edwards said the possible of Tropical Storm winds moving in tomorrow is posing a danger for the two damaged cranes still standing. We are working as hard as we can on a timeline that will allow for those crane towers to actually be taken down safely. Reporter omar villafranca, cbs news, new orleans. To chicago now where teachers in the nations Third Largest School District walked off the job today.
Ukraine. Both Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Sondland urged the countrys leaders to investigate the Ukrainian Energy company that employed hunter biden, the son of president Trumps Campaign rival. No one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. No one has asserted that i have done any wrong except a lying president. Reporter cbs news has confirmed the department of justice is now examining whether giuliani violated foreign lobbying rules after two of his ukrainelinked associates were arrested last week. Several other u. S. Officials are set to be deposed on capitol hill this week, despite a white house vow not to cooperate. Some republicans slammed the closed door nature of these impeachment inquiry interviews. The American People dont get to see whats going reporter as President Trump demanded once again to learn the identity of an anonymous whistleblower. Democrats now say they may not need to interview the individual. Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is
Them committing atrocities like that . This is the cbs weekend news. Morgan good evening, im Demarco Morgan with a western edition of the broadcast. As he plans a fortified border wall, President Trump apparently needs a sturdier fence around his own yard pain man with a backpack holding cans the mace hopped on to the white house grounds just before midnight. The president was home, the intruder eventually arrested not far from mr. Trumps bedroom window. It was supposed to be a quiet working weekend for the president , but with the reignited debate over health care, and questions swirling around mr. Trumps wiring accusations against president obama, things are hardly quiet these days. Heres errol barnett. Reporter 26yearold Jonathan Tran of california appeared in court saturday. The d. C. Metropolice report says he claimed to be a friend of the president and that he had an appointment. He was carrying two canlz of mace and admitted to jumping the fence. Tran is being held until his nex
,leeping in, a big change for students in one state. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting tonight from washington. Odonnell good evening. And thank you so much for joining us. And as we come on the air, there is breaking news on syria. President trump tonight is calling for an immediate halt to turkeys invasion, and he is sending his Vice President , mike pence, and his National Security adviser, to turkey. The Vice President was the one to make this announcement. He appeared outside the west wing just a short time ago to tell the press that mr. Trump had made a plea to stop the violence in a phone call with the turkish president. The president of the United States called on the president of turkey to stop the invasion, to enact an immediate ceasefire, and to begin negotiations with Kurdish Forces in syria. Odonnell now whats happening in syria can only be described as chaos after the u. S. Began pulling its forces out, abandoning its kurdish allies. Turkey invad
Serious design flaw which pediatricians have warned about for years. Oh, my god odonnell now video raises serious questions about that deadly Hotel Collapse in new orleans. Were safety warnings ignored . A major announcement from the nations biggest ecigarette maker. And the women about to make history 260 miles above the earth. Earth. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. And thanks so much for joining us for our western edition. It was an extraordinary day in washington, unlike one weve ever seen before. Weve got breaking news with three important stories with President Trump right in the middle of all of them. First, his a military aid to ukraine was contingent on that country investigating the democrats. It was a move that stunned even the president s only legal team. The president also decided to hold the next g7 summit at his own golf resort, in effect, using his office to direct a massive contract to himself in reporter if it was, norah, it lef