Same soul, and the same blood. Glor captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Nearly 8700 firefighters are now battling six major wildfires burning tonight in Southern California. We will have much more on all of this in just a moment. But first, a very different side of nature. An earlydecember snowstorm in an unlikely place the deep south. Snow fell from louisiana to georgia, as muchaise half foot in some spots. More than a quarter of a million homes and businesses lost power in seven states. More than 1100 flights were canceled. The snow is now on its way to the northeast. And Mark Strassmann is in atlanta. Reporter the surprise snowstorm hit hard in the heart of dixie. More than five inches fell across parts of alabama. Wet, heavy snow created hazardous driving conditions. Icy roads in hattiesburg, mis, also made driving treacherous. This pickup needed a lift to get back on the road. Snow fell in houston for the first time in seven
Same soul, and the same blood. Glor captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Also made driving treacherous. This pickup needed a lift to get back on the road. Snow fell in houston for the first time in seven years. Up to three inches fell in the city, which could be a record. I think its amazing. Its my second time seeing snow. laughter blow torch winds have died down but deadly fires are still spreading. President trump declared a state of emergency, clearing the way for additional federal aid. Fiefers have burned more than 140,000 acres, an area larger than chicago. More than 500 structures have been destroyed. Carter evans is in san diego where another fire started today. Reporter when the wind kicked up, the flames roared. In many homes in this north San Diego Community never had a chance. 1,000 firefighters were called to battle the flames, but they were no match for the 50mileperhour gusts that fueled this massive fire. When firefighters came acros
Feeling related to this incident. This is a continually developing story. Well bring you the very latest as we get it. Live in braintree, elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 new. Vanessa our coverage of the run away train continues on line, youll find the latest on the state and federal investigation as well as passengers who were on that train. Its all on myfoxboston. Com. Mark developing tonight, the principal at Swampscott High School resigned, it comes as proines ward rosemarek was placed on leave for unlawful use of computers. Kerry kavanaugh is live in swampscott. You spoke to a lot of concerned parents and students and they want answers. The School District sent 25 a memo that went home to the parents and students today. In it the superintendent said she accepted the principals resignation after learning of the alleged inappropriate conduct. We visited home of the former school, but got no response. Parents concerned after the principal. Im just kind looking forward to finding out exactly
Live in worcester where the animals owner is in the hospital tonight. Ock, those cats are now here at this rescue and walk inside here, because you can see this room, now filled with cats that were seized this morning, but theyre now getting the care they truly need. They are the faces of cats, young and old, seized from this home on ever guard street in worcester. 28 of them found dirty, soaked in urine and feces, but now here. At the worcester Animal Rescue league, some with pink eye, others, just in visible shock. The cats look like theyre in fair condition. There were some that were urine soaked. I heard reports of the apartment being deplorable with feces and trash and who knows. Officials say the cats were seized because the woman in her 70s was being evicted. Neighbors reported a strong smell outside the home, over the last few days. Overwhelming number. Paul lives next door, and says there were simply too many this neighborhood. Why dont people take care of them. If youre going
Bank, all those years that we gave it free. Legendary they write and poet amiri baraka has died at the age of 79. Just like Martin Luther king told me the week before he died in my house, he said what we must have is a united front. Will spend the hour looking at the life and legacy of amiri baraka. Poet sonyajoined by sanchez, philippe a lily larry hamm, and more. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. President obama met with privacy advocates at the white house thursday as part of his ongoing surveillance reform. Groups included the American Civil Liberties union and the Electronic Privacy Center aesented the president with number of demands. A White House Panel last month issued a similar call among several others to reign in the widespread spying exposed by Edward Snowden. At the white house, jay carney said a bomb he would unveil his policy changes in the coming weeks. He is still soliciting input, which he did today, reviewing the scope of the ma