Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Severe weather killed at least four people this weekend in the south. A wave of storms from texas to canada unleashed floods, devastating wind, lightning, hail, and tornadoes. A week of heavy rain and melting snow has caused flood emergencies in several states, and the threat is expected to continue into the week. Heres tony dokoupil. Reporter scenes of destruction like this motel shredded by a possible tornado in northeastern arkansas guided the central and Southern United States this weekend. As pounding rains, rising rivers and at least eight possible tornadoes ravaged the country. The roof of this home near bowling green, kentucky caved in, killing a 79yearold woman. It was an elderly female which was located in the kitchen part of the house. Reporter the ohio river swelled to nearly three times its normal level in louisville, kentucky and spilled its banks further north, where cincinnati, o
A cease fire in those circumstances where the u. S. Led bombardments in sieges of these areas was causing immense suffering and loss of life unlike certain populations the response was that no this would help the terrorists who occupy in that area and that applied then they were being accurately. A senior figure in the anti immigration alternative for Germany Party has launched a scathing attack on chancellor Angela Merkel prompting her to storm out of the chamber artes bureau of reports finger pointing and a walkout by the chancellor is this the new normal of german politics it was a very heated session in the bundestag on thursday morning here in berlin. Merkel was outlining how she see some of the challenges facing germany and europe and what needed to be done on that but it was really the performance from the political new kids on the block alternative to germany well certainly true a lot of the attention first off we heard from alice. Vidler whos one of their coleaders she said th
Thanks to patrick who has been our master of ceremonies and has done such a superb job of keeping us on track even dealing with some slight delays. And helping to coordinate the program. We began our day with remarks from attorney general Jeff Sessions and we are deeply honored to have for our closing speaker, another member of the president s cabinet. Sixth homelandhe security secretary. She is a superb leader with a wealth of relevant experience. Last year, she served as the chief of staff to the department of Homeland Security and she then served as the chief of staff to President Trump. In president bushs administration, she served as senior director on the Homeland Security council. In her current role, she supervises several Law Enforcement agencies that play a Critical Role in the u. S. Governments antitrafficking effort both at the border and in the interior. Tom customer from Customs Border protection to the transportation security administration, Homeland Security is on the f
Said he does not plan to resign. Elaine . Omar, thank you. Up this weekend by the u. N. Security council has yet to take hold in sy there was more fighting sunday bombing that killed at least 50. A massive refugee crisis that started six months ago continues to grow. Every week hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are still crossing over the border from myanmar, formerly burma, into bangladeshe fled their homes, escaping their brutal military crackdown. Our digital network, cbsn, investigated the crisis and found social media is being used as a weapon against the rohingya. The new cbsn documentary, weaponizing social media the rohingya crisis, premieres on our streaming network, cbsn, at cbsnews. Com. Coming up, insights on gun control from a country that has nearly eliminated shooting deaths. And later, when they look at their diets with Virtual Reality goggles, they see the light. Growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. I thought all asians were good at math. You all
Everything. Reporting from center city, im Steve Paterson for cbs3 Eyewitness News. A decade ago former Montgomery County District Attorney bruce castor declined to bring charges against cosby in the andrea connstand case. Now that the case is public he is explaining his decision. It doesnt surprise me that he testified that way. We always operated under the theory that he had drugged andrea connstand. Theory and proof are obviously different things. Coming up at five credit 30 castor explains why he did not file charges the first time around, and be sure to stay with Eyewitness News for continuing coverage and remember, you can always get latest anytime at our web site at cbs philly. Com. Private School Principal is a arrested for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a student. George simmons was head of the Concept School in Thornbury Township Chester County. The six twoyear old is accused of indecent assault. It allegedly started last spring and continued into winter. The stu