Plus, if youre hitting the road, what you need to know about Gas Prices. Disappointing job numbers. The worst report since january. Cardinal abuse scandal. The highest ranking catholic Church Official ever charged with a Sex Crime in this country pleads not guilty. Declassifying 9 11 documents. Why the victims families call President Bidens new Executive Order a Turning Point in their effort to connect the saudi government and the hijackers. And, On The Road. Why this womans letter meant so much to a World War ii veteran. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and Thank You for joining us ahead of this Holiday Weekend. Well, tonight, millions are still suffering from Hurricane Ida and her trail of devastation, stretching more than 1,500 miles from the Gulf Coast to new england. Tonight, the Death Toll in the northeast is still rising. Floodwaters claimed most of those lives. One researcher s
Abortion rights supporters in texas days after that restrictive ban went into effect. Well speak to the president of Planned Parenthood about their Restraining Order against an aggressive Antiabortion Group. The president weighing in on the unusual way the ban will be enforced. The most pernicious thing about the Texas Law is sort of creates a vigilante system. Plus desperate pleas for help from pediatricians, childrens hospitals across the country facing an unprecedented strain as the Delta Variant targets the unvaccinated. And sounding the alarm, democrats in California Urge residents to take the Recall Election there seriously. As a conservative Talk Show Host with a controversial past dominates the republican field to potentially replace Governor Gavin Newsom. We say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, september 4th, im kendis gibson. Im lindsey were beginning in texas, a victory, though a small one right now, for Planned Parenthood this morning, a Texas Judge granting a tempo
Tonight the biden administration moving to shift the nations focus away from afghanistan back to the issues here at home. As u. S. Officials express growing concern that far right extremists and White Supremacists are praising the taliban for toppling the u. S. Backed afghan government. Also Tonight Ida still a very powerful storm pounding the midatlantic and northeast with drenching rains, Flash Flooding and tornados. Were going to check in with our weather center. Some really, really terrible weather here in the northeast. And president Joe Biden harshly criticizing the new Texas Law banning abortion six week into pregnancy, calling it extreme and a blatant violation of the constulational right to an abortion. I want to bring in now cnn national Security Analyst Juliette kayyem. Good to see both of you. President biden is trying to move past afghanistan focusing on the crises here at homelike the aftermath of hurricane ida. Were still dealing with it. Surging covid case. Is that poss
If i was going to have to sleep in my car with my friend. Like, it was really insane. Yeah. Really sad because so many people, like, you know, everythings destroyed now. Yeah. Listen, we want you to be safe and we thank you um very much for joining us. S she is at a hotel in clifton, New Jersey. Her home is bloomfield. She cannot get home. But man, oh man, its going to be a while. And they will probably be stuck there. It is the top of the hour. It is just past midnight here in the northeast. And thats where several state of emergencies have been declared. The governor of New Jersey declaring State Of Emergency. The mayor of yo new York City declaring a State Of Emergency. And towns and cities all over the northeast, states of emergency. We just had the governor of New York on the phone, kathy hochul, just moments ago saying they are looking at a possible statement of emergency here, in the state of New York. Um, but they have to meet certain parameters so we will see if she declares t
Roads into rivers across new York City. Mayor Bill De Blasio issued a State Of Emergency and asking people to stay off the streets if possible. The Storm nearly shutting down the Citys Subway System which is still running with limited services. Video on Social Media showing port showing water pouring into the Subway station. Sandra massive flooding covering cars and pushing through front doors. John Fox Team Coverage on idas devastation. David miller live in the garden state. We begin with brian live in queen, the scene of tragedy. Right now we are talking about at least 20 people who have died in this historic Rainfall And Flash flooding between New York, New Jersey and pennsylvania. In New York 9 people died, 8 in queens and in their basement residential dwelling. This is an apartment where 4 feet of water rushed killing a 22 and 43yearold. It was a Mother And Son. The father and one son got out. A 2yearold Boy also died in a Basement Style apartments. We are talking about epic histo