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Company suddenly shut down. Well remember pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts. And the inspiring story of a cancer survivor swimming her way into the record books. What she did to celebrate. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. Were going to get to the new reporting by cbs news on the saudi arabia attack in just a moment but as we come on the air, there is breaking news. A Tropical Storm is hitting americas fourth largest city tonight. Imelda formed just a few hoursa, targeting the houston area with lifethreatening flash floods. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn from wcbs is tracking the storm. Lonny, imelda seemed to pop up out of nowhere, and now there are flash flood warnings for six million people. Without a doubt. Im talking three hours. This went from nothing to a tropical depression to a Tropical Storm. It made landfall around houstond this afternoon. Ghook he sig all the bright color shows you where the heavy rain is falling. Its coming down in buckets as well. If you look at how much rain is being projected. Hawant you to watch that dark color, the black color you see there. South and east of houston, were talking 1524 inches of rain. Now, this area is actually abnormally dry right now. But you cant put that much rain on parched earth. Youre going to have some flooding problems. Thats how i sort of give you the bottom line on imelda. High likelihood for flooding. Street flooding right through thursday. Its hard to pinpoint exactly where. I mean, i cant tell you precise towns. But i do believe its most likely south and west of houston. Localized some spots could be ldeing two feet, maybe a little bit more than that. Norah. Odonnell really worried about that flooding. Lonnie, thank you. Now to that unprecedented attack on the Worlds Largest Oil Processing plant in saudi arabia. Tonight, cbs news has learned the u. S. Is weighing how to respond. The options include a military or diplomatic action and could even include a cyber attack. Were also learning new details on the weapons used. Evidence indicates they were chm a ic area in inan. Now, this is happening in a region where america is already at war and trying to prevent another one. Ae have a team of correspondents in the middle east with developing information from a region on the brink. G re going to begin tonight agth david martin at the pentagon who has more on the growing case the u. S. Is building against iran. Reporter u. S. Officials say experts have examined pieces of the wreckage on the ground in saudi arabia, identified the specific type of cruise missiles and drones fired, and determine they were made in iran. D her analysts have traced their tracks back to points in southwestern iran. One official called it a complex and coordinated attack, involving two dozen drones and nine cruise missiles. Although Vice President pence t of say it certainly is looking like dran was behind these attacks. Our Intelligence Community at this very hour is working diligently to review the evidence. Reporter iran appears to ave found a gaping hole in Saudi Air Defenses around their most valuable asset oil. Saudi arabia relies on u. S. Made Patriot Air Defense batteries, but they were all pointed south toward yemen, where past missile attacks have come from. The missiles and drones that hit the Oil Facilities this weekend came in from the north. The u. S. Has patriots of its own irban airbase in the middle of the country, but they were too far away. Having been unable to prevent the attack, the u. S. Warned it might retaliate. Ed were locked and loaded, and were ready to defend our interests and our allies in the region. Make no mistake about it. Reporter the u. S. Has been locked and loaded since last spring when it sent an Aircraft Carrier and b52 bombers to the persian gulf. But joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford told reporters the president has not yet asked for any military options. W,ost cote consequence of what secretary of state pompeo called an unprecedented attack on the Worlds Energy supply is that President Trump said he preferred not to meet with iranian president rouhani next week when World Leaders gather at the u. N. Odonnell david joins us from the pentagon tonight. David, i know you and i have been burning up the phones today trying to find out exactly what been talking to a number of sources. What would a proportionable by the u. S. Look like . A proportional response would be a military strike on the facilities where the cruise missiles and drones came from. But, norah, the most urgent concern here is to erect better defenses around those Oil Facilities, because u. S. Had not expected this to happen, had not expected iran would be so bold as to attack saudi arabia directly. Odonnell caught by surprise. David martin at the pentagon. Thank you. And this strike hit at the heart of the worlds oil supply, and thats why americas top diplomat is headed to saudi arabia tonight to discuss a possible response. Arabias capital of riyadh. Reporter norah, secretary pompeo is due in saudi arabia tomorrow. The ttled anomic shouprt for devastating attack on the Saudi Oil Field and the Worlds Largest crude Oil Processing plant saturday that knocked out 50 of the countrys production. A senior u. S. Official tells cbs news that pompeo will get the saudis view of what they think ought to be done. Saudi arabia reached out to other countries in the gulf to find out what they want to do, so the u. S. Will get that perspective, also. Neres also some good news for those at the gas pump. Saudi oil minister said earlier today that the kingdoms oil output was back to preattack levels after the country dipped into its strategic reserves. He even said that no deliveriesf due month. Norah. Odonnell all righdoorting thank you. Moving on to afghanistan now, today, the pentagon identified the green beret who was killed in combat monday. Sergeant first class Jeremy Griffin of greenbrier, tennessee, was on his fourth deployment. He was 41. His death comes amid an escalating taliban offensive. Charlie dagata is in kabul where there were two suicide attacks just today. Reporter packed crowds had gathered outside an election orlly for president ashraf ghani when a motorcyclist plowed into them and blew himself up, killing dozens. Police told us many victims were women and children. Ghani and his entourage were unhurt and continued campaigning. A second taliban suicide bomb struck at the heart of americas presence here in kabul, only. The taliban were quick to claim responsibility for todays bombings, which ended the lives of at least 48 people, oelivering on a promise to up their attacks after u. S. Peace talks were brought to an abrupt end. Remember, this is a terrorist organization President Trump intended to invite to camp david to sign off on peace talks. Openly claiming responsibility for killing dozens of civilians in the worst attacks since those talks collapsed. Norah. Odonnell all right, charlie, thank you so much. Pi are hopping around now. We want to go to northeastern syria. That is where prisons are filled to the point of bursting with foreign isis fighters. They hope to return to their oume countries. Bubody wan them. In cbs nclusivem minnesota. Reporter this is the first time theyve allowed a camera raew inside this highsecurity prison, home to 5,000 isis captives, including isis leaders and the men who built their deadly bombs, according to the guards. Hi. Are you american . Of course. Reporter it was not where we expected to find a 22yearold from minneapolis. Abdelhami almadioum agreed to tell us his story, but we cant know for sure whether he was speaking freely. He told us he was recruited to isis through a contact on twitter. Eonee said, do you want to speak to someone in isis . I said, yeah, of course. R wb with isis propaganda videos, he told us, not the ones showing gruesome beheadings, but explaining that isis was helping muslims. He says he entered isis territory in 2015, hoping to become a doctor. How did they treat you . Pretty much they gave me a blank check to buy whatever i wanted. Reporter did you not know that it was a terrorist organization when you joined it . To be honest, i was kind of a conspiracy theorist a little bit. Reporter yeah, but its a terrorist organization, abdel. It terrorist organization thats carried out attacks. Heres the thing, people like me that see this that, first of all, dont really believe the fws. Reporter you heard him right he thought isis terrorism was fake news. Like many in this prison, he claims he was never an isis fighter. Instead, he says he was a sctim. He told us he lost his arm in a u. S. Air strike. Ethers here also have terrible injuries. Ome are children. But theres no question this is a dangerous place. The guards showed us this attempted prison break from just four days ago. Cant escape and rejoin isis insurgents. Abdel claims he was interrogated here by f. B. I. Agents, who said he could face 15 years in prison in the u. S. 15 years is a very long time for a mistake you made coming to syria. Reporter so you feel you deserve to be forgiven. I would say that. Yeah. Reporter isis may have lost control of its socalled islamic state, but these men have been left behind, and its oftenib to them is still dangerous. Holly williams, cbs news, in northeastern syria. Odonnell now we turn to israel because tonights ouldtion in israel could impact u. S. Israeli relations. For the second time in five months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for a majority in parliament to keep his job. Seth doane is in tel aviv. And, seth, is it too close to call . Reporter this was a doover ra a in many ways there is a nationwide sense of deja vu as these vote results are still too close to call yet again. In his campaign, benjamin strong ally of the u. S. And as a close friend to president donald wump, who has given israel some major policy wins. But his chief competitor, benny gantz, a former army general, says he, too, would have good relations with the u. S. Now, only adding to the drama tonight is the escalating tensions here in the region, and also questions growing over that muchanticipated and long pelayed Trump Administration proposal for middle east peace. And Benjamin Netanyahu himself is facing possible indictment charges on corruption. And, norah, he would like to see a parliamentary majority that would grant him immunity. Odonnell interested to hear those results. Seth, thank you so much. There were fireworks today as hme House Judiciary Committee opened its first hearing in its impeachment investigation. Nancy cordes reports the president s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was grilled about an incident the Mueller Report described as potential obstruction of justice rt the president. E the witness will answer the question without further delay. Reporter Corey Lewandowski never worked in the white house, but two years ago, he got an unusual order from the president. He dictated to you exactly what he wanted you to put into ge mouth of attorney general jeff sessions, correct . I believe he asked me to orccordi tmessage for jeff toidl lewandowskis own notes, mr. Th the special counsel, robert mueller, to limit his jurisdiction, because the asesident was being treated very unfy. If sessions refused to meet, lewandowski should tell sessions he was fired. In didnt you think it was a little strange that the president would sit down with you one on one and ask you to do something that you knew was against the law . I didnt think the president asked me to do anything illegal. G reporter and yet, lewandowski never followed through. You got cold feet. You chickened out. I went on vacation. laughter you went on vacation. Reporter lewandowski is considering a bid for u. S. Senate from New Hampshire and he made the most of his time in the spotlight today on capital hill today, tweeting out a link to tweeting out a link to his new website during the hearing, which lasted just over five hours. Norah. Odonnell and we posted it as well. There is much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Tens of thousands go without pay veter a Payroll Company abruptly at some siness areno grover do not worry, sir. I also fix cars burke seen it. Covered it. At farmers insurance, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbum woman 1 i had no symptoms of hepatitis c. Man 1 mine. Man 1 . Caused liver damage. Vo epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. Vo whatever your type, ask your doctor if epclusa is your kind of cure. 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