Interview with jill and phil lenderson on our website, cbs news,. Com. A priest in virginia, made a very public and shocking confession this week about his earlier life, as a cross burning klansman. Errol barnett now on sins of the father. 40 years. Came back again. Fill tim and Barbara Butler have been reluctantly recalling the night they were terrorized by the ku klux klan as newlyweds. The man responsible for burning a 7 foot cross in their front yard has been a practicing Catholic Priest an hours drive away. Y ne we need to find out why was done. 62yearold William Aitcheson made the confession in the essay published monday. Writing my actions were despicable. While 40 years passed i must say this. Im sorry. Adding that images from charlottesville brought back memories of a bleak period in of my life that i would have preferred to forget. But Church Officials say his statement came after a reporter began asking questions. Thats when, he acknowledged his past and saw the opportunity
Everyone gets involved. Good morning from the studio 51 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Hurricane harvey is taking dead aim at the texas gulf coast, surprising meteorologists with its power and size. Early this morning harvey strengthened into a category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. The eye of harvey is expected to make a landfall about 70 miles northeast of Corpus Christi late tonight or early tomorrow. For the millions of people in its path, it poses a grave risk with the potential of up to three feet of rain and 12foot storm surges. To make matters worse, harvey is going nowhere fast. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered from Corpus Christi to galveston. Don champion is in Corpus Christi. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. This rain soninlawis only a p whats to come from harvey. It is due here this afternoon and conditions will only worsen from then on. Time is needed to prepare. Babi
Divers recovered the remains of 22yearold Kenneth Aaron smith of cherry hill, new jersey. Still missing, are kevin bushell, of maryland, dustin doyo of connecticut, jacob drake, from ohio, 23yearold, timothy eckels, jr. , of maryland. And john hoagland, of texas. Corey in gram of new york. Abraham lopez of texas, and logan palmer, 23 from illinois. The parents of a Young American who was beat tine death in greece spoke publicly about their loss for the first time. 22yearold Bakari Henderson was pummeled by a mob last night in a bar fight that one witness suggest was racially motivated. Gale king spoke with his parents, jill and Phil Henderson at their home in austin, texas. Your son was a world traveler and clearly very comfortable traveling around the world. True . Correct, yes. More comfortable overseas than in the united states. So his desire. What do you mean . He felt it was safer in europe and overseas in general. He said, you know with the climate, with africanamerican males in
Injured. More than 200,000 homes and business remain without power across the state. Six counties have been declared federal disaster areas. Storm surges up to 12 feet are predicted in some places. We have team of correspondents. Lets go to Mark Strassmann in houston. Good morning, one of americas most major cities is quiet this morning and take a look you can see why. This city is under a flood emergency. People have been ordered to stay inside but urged to stay inside the reason is obvious. This is a bit of a lull in the storm system. As light as rain has fallen all day. On the radar it shows that this city is going to get pounded again by rainfall in fact starting to pick up right now. The rainfall total so far are something straight out of the Old Testament on sunday morning, six inches of rain an hour, 14 inches of rain in three hours, as much a is 30 inches of rain in some spots and another foot of rain in the forecast before the day is over. And even though harveys siege has bar
Appears to have been temporary. Indicators for the Second Quarter have so far pointed to a sizable rebound. This recovery is a key factor supporting the committees expectation that Overall Economic activity will expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. Despite lackluster Economic Growth the job market continued to improve early in the year. During the First Quarter job gains averaged nearly 200,000 per month, just a bit slower than last years pace. And the Unemployment Rate held near 5 even though notably more people were actively looking for work. However, more recently, the pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed markedly. Job gains in april and may are estimated to have averaged only about 80,000 per month. And while the Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 7 in may, that decline occurred because fewer people reported that they were actively seeking work. A broader measure of unemployment that includes individuals who want and are available to work but have