Its the top of the hour. Steve, if you could, please stand by. We want to reset for our viewers here in the United States and around the world. The situation we continue to monitor in ferguson, missouri. Youre looking at live pictures there of police in position. They have used smoke, we understand, just a few minutes ago, and it seems they are continuing to do that. To disperse the crowds. Heres the timeline. Just about an hour ago this curfew went into effect. We have live pictures from many different angles and it seemed for the time that things remained peaceful. Then about 20, 25 minutes into the curfew our reporter Steve Kastenbaum, who remains on the phone with us, steve told us that there was a confrontation between a group of protesters, maybe 100, 200 protesters and police. We saw from our live pictures police started to advance. Then they started to use smoke to disperse the crowds, donning their masks. We have seen from affiliate video that even some protesters had gas mask
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. So lets start with the good news about the flu. Today, the c. D. C. Said that the flu season in much of the country appears to have peaked. So weve seen the worst of it. But the worst still includes this the flu is now widespread in all but six states, and its sending americans 65 and older to the hospital at the highest rate in at least a decade. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter at a Senior Center in new york city, the friday bingo game is in full swing but 96yearold mae robinson is thinking about her friend who recently caught the flu. My deceased friend had it. They worked very hard to save her, but she passed. Reporter the c. D. C. Began tracking flu hospitalization rates 10 years ago. This year, the hospitalization rate for patients over 65 has been more than twice the average rate over the previous five seasons. Dr. Susan rehm is an Infectious Disease specialist at the cleveland clinic. People who are 65 years of age and up tend to
On syria tonight. U. S. Warships launched between 50 and 60 tomahawk missiles targeting a Syrian Air Base where the Chemical Attacks were based. The president was very affected by the images of the children in the chemical attack and was compelled to act. First i want to get to my colleague barbara star. The pentagon has launched a strike in syria. Give us the latest. Reporter it was about 59 tomahawk cruise missiles flying from two warships. We have video of them being launched off the decks of the warships, going to designated targets at an airfield in syria. These are very precise missiles, guided to the target by satellite so they were going exactly where they were aimed at. This was a limited strike with a very specific message that the u. S. , the Trump Administration would take military action showing it would not tolerate a chemical strike like the regime undertook that resulted in such terrible images. So the u. S. Tomahawks struck a number of targets at this air base, includi
This is the cbs evening news. Mason this is our western edition. Im anthony mason. We begin with breaking news. A wildfire is threatening homes tonight in southern california. Its one of more than 20 large fires burning in the west. Fire crews are hampered by high winds and dry conditions. Jaimy yuccas has the latest. You can see right now that Fire Protection is happening on a number of homes here in the burbank area. 60 to 70 homeowners had to evacuate their homes. You can hear the helicopters up above right now too. There is at least three or four different fire helicopters that are dumping water in specific areas. That is because there brush fire grew very, very quickly on the side of the hill here. That hot spot very close to those homes. Excellent drop, take a look at that. It was a wet winter and many people thought we wouldnt have as bad a fire season. Lets go down and take a look at what is happening down here. You can see some of the flames flairing up right now as i am speak
Taking down a syrian war jet. It is a big dale and we have it covered with our team on the ground across the globe. The story of the sevilcivilio helped catch the guy. Thats right. Look, the british prime minis r minister, the london mayor are both calling this a terrorist attack. The British Police are saying that they are investigating this this as a suspected terrorist attack. But this one is different because in this case, im just going to step out of the way and let the camera give you a live shot of the scene here. In this case, a van drove into a group of muslim worshippers as they were leaving a mosque. Targeting specifically muslims and that is what the police are investigating. The british Prime Minister has been talking about it. This is what she had to say. This morning, our country woke to news of another terrorist attack on the streets of our capital city. The second this month and every bit as sickening as those which have come before. Today we come together as we have d