This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Another patient injected with a tainted steroid has died of meningitis. More than 300 cases have now been reported in 17 states and the centers for Disease Control says the outbreak is spreading. Federal and state officials have opened an investigations into new england compounding center, the pharmacy thats believed to have shipped thousands of vials of a steroid thats used in clinics to treat pain. In many cases, the drug was contaminated with a deadly fung gas which one investigator said was visible to the naked eye in some of the vials. We asked jim axelrod to find out more about the pharmacy known as n. E. C. C. Reporter state officials received a complaint last march about the company that produced these tainted steroids. But Health Officials in massachusetts tell us they conducted whats called an offsite inspection a review of documents. Dr. Madeline biondolillo is leading the investigation. Its apparent they w
Jongun, moammar gadhafi. The people at home cannot understand either one of you. Arguments over who really said what. Saudi arabia, south korea. Gentlemen. And some substance. On fundamental issues of morality, we should let women make their own decision. Because there is a a society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable. Plus, states of emergency. Hurricane matthew on a dangerous tear. A trap for the u. S. Florida bracing. Storm is coming. We dont want to take any chances. That states governor about to speak. Will he call for Mass Evacuations . This as 1 Million People are told to evacuate from the South Carolina coast. This is not something that we want to play with. We dont do voluntary or mandatory anymore. An evacuation is an evacuation. That category 3 pounding the bahamas. Right now we are tracking it all. Florida governor rick scott has just taken the podium to brief us on the states preparations for Hurricane Matthew as it approaches. Lets take a look. We are
P. O. W. And said he wasnt a hero because he had been captured. There they go again. I have said to governor pence i cant imagine how you can defend your running mates position on one issue after the next. And yet, he is asking everybody to vote for somebody that he cannot defend. Im just trying to keep up with the insultdriven campaign on the other side of the table. Im just saying facts about your running mate. Oh, yeah, kaine did. Cnns instant poll right after the debate gives the etch to mike pence. 48 of debate watchers say pence won the debate compared to 42 for tim kaine. About 67 said pence exceeded expectations. 29 did say it more likely to back trump. Only 18 for clinton. Our poll excuse more democratic than average americans. Its a question because pence won. The polls are perfect. So style is always at a premium in a debate. But substance is often what comes back to haunt it. Lets go to cnns executive editor mark presleying, manu raju and editorinchief of the daily beast ja
Like its going to be a category 4. Five days of food, two weeks worth of water. My generator is filled up. Help is on the way. The house has passed a 15. 3 billion disaster aid package for hurricanes harvey and irma. Which the president could be signing as early as today. In times such as these we see the strength and resolve of the american spirit and see the k d kindness of our people. America stands united and i mean totally united. While five former president s joined forces in an unprecedented message to raise money for harvey victims. As former president s, we wanted to help our fellow americans to recover. Weve got more love in texas than water. We love you, texas. Good day, as we continue our breaking News Coverage of Hurricane Irma, now a category 4 storm with 150 mile per hour winds, hurricane conditions will be felt along the south florida coastline in the next 36 hours, even before irma makes landfall early sunday morning. State and federal officials sending an urgent messa
Cost have left many stranded. Were just at their mercy at the moment. At their mercy. Weve got full Team Coverage from across the Sunshine State as florida prepares for most dangerous storm in a generation. We dont want heroes. We want people to save their lives. We begin this morning with Hurricane Irma. It is now less than 48 hours before it makes landfall in florida. And the situation for hundreds of thousands of people in the storms path is nothing but dire. Theyre running out of gas, theyre running oupt of supplies. Look at your watch. They are running out of time. Were waiting for an update from governor rick scott any minute and well bring it to you live when it happen ts. In the meantime, i have a great team spread safely across south florida to cover this storm. We have to start in miami beach where it is bracing for irmas direct hit. Sam champion is there, an msnbc contributor. Give us the latest. When you look at that sunny, slightly hazy sky behind you, some people almost f