The latest on the investigation. How first responders in louisiana are still struggling to recover weeks after Hurricane Ida. And later, a landmark gets wrapped. Reporter a. M. Holly williams In Paris, where this symbol of french national identity is now almost unrecognizable. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, with adriana diaz. Barnett good evening. Adriana diaz is off. Im Errol Barnett. Welcome. We start this evening with an historic return. Inspiration4, the first privately funded allcivilian Space Crew successfully comes back to earth tonight, which means Science Fiction has become reality. Spacex launched a team of amateurs to circle the globe, and now brought them home safely. The capsule set down on the Atlantic Ocean just off the florida coast. Cbs Mark Strassmann has been monitoring it all from the kennedy space center. Good evening, mark. Reporter errol, this crew just became the most successful tourists in space history. They splashed down off the coast of florida
And the struggle against extremism in the middle east. Reporter im Holly Williams in Saudi Arabia, the Home Country of 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9 11. Barnett finally, stories of survival and in that 10 to 15 seconds youre thinking what . Something flying that low and directly at us. Barnett and remembering a life lost. A lot of energy and a lot of volume. Loud loud. This is the Cbs Weekend News. Barnett good evening. Adriana diaz is off. Im Errol Barnett. 20 years after the September 11 atacks, the thousands of people lost that day are being honored at events across the the country. But the assessment of where america stands in its fight against terrorism appears mixed. Tonight, the taliban is back in power in afghanistan. Also in a new Propaganda Video released today, the man who replaced Osama Bin Laden to lead Al Qada reappeared to praise the 9 11 hijackers saying they had, Stabbed America in its heart. We will get to all of that in just a moment. But we begin with Cbs Michael Geor
Qatar where u. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is to arrive for new hopes for citizens in afghanistan. 20 years after 9 11. Did you ever see him again . I never saw him again, one month later he passed away at Walter Reed. This is the Cbs Weekend News from New York. With Jericka Duncan. Good evening, thanks for watching. Idas fury was first felt one week ago. Today it is still inflicting pain. Two more people have died in New York and in louisiana two more Nursing Home residents evacuated to a Warehouse Have died. Ida crashed ashore the Gulf Coast then raced into the northeast, in its wake more than 60 people have died in eight states. Today the n. Y. P. D. Released video of officers attempting to rescue a family in a basement apartment. Three people, one a toddler, died. Cbs Tom Hanson is in hard Hit Paskataway new jersey. Tom, how are things looking where you are . Reporter hi there jericka. Well, residents here are cleaning up after the remanats of hurricane ida. Take a look a
Game by taking The Field. Just so many people out there that have no clue that this day happened. Sargent and later, miniature in name only. A oneofakind golf course, with a round of surprises. People just enjoy themselves here, and thats an important part. This is the Cbs Weekend News from chicago with adriana diaz. Sargent good evening. Im Irika Sargent. Adriana diaz is off. Millions of americans are still suffering tonight, almost a week after Hurricane Ida plowed into louisiana. The Storms Path stretched 1,500 miles through 21 states. It killed at least 65 people, 16 along the Golf Coast and 49 in the northeast, including 27 in New Jersey. President biden will visit there tuesday. Total damage is estimated at a staggering 95 Billion. Elise preston, in manville, New Jersey, joins with us the latest. Ood g. Arnd this new jersy neighborhood, sights like this are common. Ida forced families to toss out furniture, clothes, their kids toys. They have been cleaning up for hours and still
Infections ravage the unvaccinated. Protesters mark the historic March On Washington with demands to protect Voting Rights. Voting rights is determining what we are all about. Diaz and later, baby boom. How these Labor And Delivery nurses are keeping busy becoming their own patients. Thats definitely a light in the darkness in a world that is really hard right now. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. Hurricane ida is just hours from roaring ashore, and in a cruel twist, tomorrow marks exactly 16 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. This video from the international Space Station gives a sense of Idas Size and power. Right now, its a category two storm, but its expected to grow into a Lifethreatening Category four hurricane. Millions are in its path, and today people fled the coast, Packing Highways ahead of idas punch. Cbs News Meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli is tracking what could be a catastrophic sto