Off. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. On this first day of summer, a Tropical Storm is threatening the gulf coast. More about that in a moment. And it is dangerously hot in the southwest, with excessive heat warnings posted in parts of arizona, nevada, and california. The mercury soared into triple digits for the Third Straight day. In phoenix, it was so hot, more flights had to be canceled. Kris van cleave is there. Reporter unrelenting heat bears down on phoenix as the temperature shoots towards a recordbreak 120. Fire crews are rushing to handle a surge in heat emergencies. When its over 110, your body cannot cool itself down, setting up the potential for deadly heatstroke. Director of Emergency Management lisa jones. Your house stays hot. Buildings stay hot. The sidewalk stays hot. So theres no reprieve, basically. Reporter the city opened 47 cooling Centers Across the valley, and about 50 flights had to be canceled at S
Most expensive congressional race is over. Republican karen handel keeps the grip on georgias district. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. This morning Tropical Storm cindy is bearing down on the gulf coast expecting to make landfall tonight. Cindy is moving southwest packing 67mileperhour winds. Right now Tropical Storm warnings are posted from texas to the alabama Florida Border and metropolitan new orleans. State of emergency has been declared in alabama. Visitors at gulf shores are being warned to stay out of the surf. New orleans is preparing for what mayor Mitch Landrieu calls a very serious event. Louisiana National Guard has dispatched highwater vehicles and helicopters to floodprone areas. Sin d is expected to drench an area from louisiana to florida with floodproducing rain. Eric fisher chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz has details. Well, cindy has already made its presence known. Very he
Are all the same at the same time. This is the cbs evening news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano. As america celebrates independence day, President Trump is facing his greatest Foreign Policy test to date. Overnight north korea launched its first intercontinental missile, one that could potentially strike parts of the United States. Moments ago, secretary of state Rex Tillerson strongly condemned the launch and called for Global Action to stop the threat. Mr. Trump tweeted about the norths leader, kim jong un, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . We have two reports beginning with david martin. Reporter it was the nastiest kind of firework, a north korea Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching at least part of the United States. The mitchell only traveled 600 miles because it was launched at an extremely high angle, but it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to be an intercontinental missile. Had it been launched on a standard trajectory, it woul
This is the cbs evening news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano, and this is our western edition. As america celebrates independence day, President Trump is facing his greatest Foreign Policy test to date. Overnight, north korea launched its first intercontinental missile, one that could potentially strike parts of the United States. Late today, secretary of state Rex Tillerson strongly condemned the launch and called for Global Action to stop the threat. Mr. Trump tweeted about the norths leader, kim jongun, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . We have two reports, beginning with david martin. Reporter it was the nastiest kind of firework, a north korea intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of reaching at least part of the United States. The missile only traveled 600 miles because it was launched at an extremely high angle, but it flew for 37 minutes, long enough to be an intercontinental missile. Had it been launched on a standard trajectory, it would
Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. As summer arrives a Tropical Storm is threatening the gulf coast. And it is dangerously hot in the southwest with excessive heat warnings posted in parts of arizona, nevada, and california. The mercury soared into triple digits for the Third Straight day. In phoenix, it was so hot, more flights had to be canceled. Kris van cleave is there. T reporter unrelenting heat bears down on phoenix as the temperature shoots towards a recordbreaking 120. Fire crews are rushing to handle a surge in heat emergencies. When its over 110, your body cannot cool itself down, setting up the potential for deadly heatstroke. Director of Emergency Management lisa jones. Bu your house stays hot. Buildings stay hot. ,he sidewalk stays hot. So theres no reprieve, basically. In reporter the city opened 47 cooling Centers Across the valley, and about 50 flights had to be canceled at Sky Harbor Airport because it may be too yst to fly. For the