The southern border horrific, as the administration begins deporting thousands of haitian migrants. Wall street sell off: what caused the steep drop in the dow? christmas in jeopardy? dozens of fully loaded cargo ships carrying everything from toys to furniture sit offshore. What s causing the delay. Major eruption: homes destroyed, evacuations, ordered as rivers of lava flow through a spanish island. And, unifying america, a new memorial to heal the wounds from a terrible crime more than a century ago. This is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. O donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us this busy monday night. Important news for millions of parents, pfizer says its covid vaccine is safe, and works at a lower dose for children 5 to 11 years old. The company says it will seek emergency use authorization and shots could be available as soon as halloween. It s a big development right now, children account for m
Bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is starting to move again when a motorcycle crash happened 45 minutes ago near the treasure island exit. Three lanes on the westbound side into the city have opened up, but two remain blocked. And now to our other top story. The new initiative to keep covid rates low in schools. The push to vaccinate family members. Reporter: the city is hopeful these clinics will have access to the vaccine and encourage families to get their students vaccinated as well. The 14yearold got her first dose of the covid19 vaccine on saturday morning at the elementary school in san francisco. It is whatever. As long as i got a vaccination. Reporter: her dad paul said it was time to get it taken care of. A. I. Don t want her not to be vaccinated any longer. I planned on getting here 30 minutes early. Reporter: the district with the department of public health created regular weekly vaccine clinics at four schools. He is with the department of public health. Because these v
Burned 300 acres. You see video of it there on social media. A big plume of smoke rising into the air. So far, zero containment. We ll keep an eye on all of that and we ll have more on the breaking news throughout the evening. Now on to the recall election. In just two days, appreciate you joining us. Early voting still under way right now. You better get your ballots in soon. Election day this tuesday. It will be the last day that you can mail in a ballot. A recent uc berkeley poll shows 60% of likely voters oppose recalling governor newsom, but in the bay area democrats and others working to defeat the recall were rallying to get out the vote. John ramos has the story. Reporter: the polls may say the recall is in trouble, but with three days left to go before the election, democrats aren t ta ything for granted. Anger over mask mandates, closed schools and a dinner at the french laundry put gavin newsom in danger of being recalled. This morning those opposed met for a get out the vot
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. That s definitely a light in the darkness in a world that is really hard right now. This is the cbs weekend news. From chicago, here s 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 ida s size and power. Right now, it s a category two storm, but it s expected to grow into a lifethreatening category four hurricane. Millions are in its path, and today people fled the coast, packing highways ahead of ida s punch. Cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking what could be a catastro
Since a dramatic wakeup call on the morning of february 9th, 1971. Good evening. A powerful earthquake, the most destructive to hit california in 38 years today struck the city of los angeles. A threestory building simply collapsed, all of it falling into the first floor. Reporter: february, 1971, 6:00 a. M. , a magnitude 6. 5 san fernando quake was one big surprise that they. The other brandnew buildings like the sylmar hospital collapsed. This is part of all of you sanitarium, a los angeles county medical facility. Reporter: it was a new but brittle concrete building. Mexico city a few years later, the same thing. Reporter: this 20 three story building was designed to meet present mexican earthquake standards, but it failed to survive. Northridge 1994. Just sliced it down through the 5 freeway. Same thing over and over and over again. Reporter: and san francisco? san francisco waits. Pack with thousands of old concrete holdings at risk of collapse in a big quake. They almost didn t h