Youll see the costumes and the celebrity superheroes as we say good morning, america. Its hip to be square hip hip so hip to be square hip hip so hip to be square any morning that starts with megan fox, totally fine with me. Yeah, i agree with you. She is a pretty woman. Well said. Good morning, america. So much more that could be said. Thats right. Im holding my fire. Coming up, well take you inside comiccon, the pop culture mega event going on in san diego. The place looks a little bit like the bar scene from star wars. The only time youll see thousands of geek groupies uniting. Its the annual gathering of the geeks and gamers that has become a marketing boon for hollywood. Well get to that later on in the show. But we begin with a major scare in the air. U. S. Fighter jets launched into action and a s. W. A. T. Team storming a passenger plane after a man on board makes deadly threats. Its a scary time to fly right now after so many Airline Incidents and accidents just this month alo
The start of a temporary ceasefire, explosions in gaza city. Israel and hamas agree to a 12hour pause. The Israel Military said it would hold fire but would continue searching for tunnels. Push for a ceasefire is really just an illusion. Both sides are not prepared to stop this war. Dramatic moments as a s. W. A. T. Team stormed a canadian airliner. It appears it was a bomb threat. Heads up heads down the kids were scared. I was scared. Two men carjacked slammed into a group of people killing three children. We are asking for the publics help. We have two males that were seen fleeing the scene. A huge dust storm blew through phoenix during rush hour. This wall of dust was almost 3,000 feet tall. The annual lumberjack championship is being held this weekend. Lumberjack and lumberjills compete in everything from log roll to climbing to sawing. Steven a. Smith was created quite a storm of controversy while talking about an nfl player, ray rice. All that lets make sure we dont do anything
Secretly left behind. Its hard, still to get up in the morning but this is what does it. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Vladimir putin appears to be doubling down on ukraine stepping up russias role in the fight between ukraines government and rebels there. Tonight, the u. S. And ukraine are accusing russia of firing artillery on ukrainian troops from russian soil, and preparing to move more heavy weapons over the border. It is a dangerous escalation in the most serious tensions between russia and the west since the cold war. David martin begins our coverage coverage. Reporter not every video can be verified, but u. S. Officials say half a dozen times over the past two weeks russia has fired barrages from its own territory into ukraine shell which russian soldiers have been bragging about on the internet, lasts about a half hour and appears to be aimed at Ukrainian Military units fighting the separatist rebels. Joint chi
Its hard still to get up in the morning, but this is what is it it. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Vladimir putin appears to be doubling down on ukraine, stepping up russias role in the fight between ukraines government and the rebels there. Tonight, the u. S. And ukraine are accusing russia of firing artillery on ukrainian troops from russian soil, and preparing to move more heavy weapons over the border. It is a dangerous escalation in the most serious tensions between russia and the west since the cold war. David martin begins our coverage. Reporter not every video can be verified, but u. S. Officials say that half a dozen times over the past two weeks, russia has fired barrages from its own territory into ukraine. The shelling, which russian soldiers have been bragging about on the internet, lasts about a halfhour and appears to an aimed at Ukrainian Military units fighting the separatist
3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The u. S. President says that he is not looking for a war with iran, but senior officials in Donald Trumps administration are refusing to take military action off the table. And that is raising concerns about the u. S. Strategy during a time of heightened tenses. The u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo has just arrived in saudi arabia. He says he wants to build a Global Coalition against iran. And President Trump, well, he says that he is willing to hold talks with iran without preconditions, but he insists that tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if there is a conflict, he says that it will be obliterated like youve never seen before. Lets go live to tehran. Our Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen is live there. And, fred, look, a lot of mixed messages for sure coming out of washington been but also varied reactions coming out of iran on this. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah. Youre absolutely right, george. And i think mixed