Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2015

KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley May 27, 2015

Have been swept away. The water in parts of texas and oklahoma swallowed up cars and roadways. Highways are littered with abandoned vehicles. Homes were knocked off their foundations. At least nine people are reported killed. More than a dozen are missing. 4,000 homes in the houston area are damaged or destroyed, and 1,200 in wimberly, texas outside austin. Omar villafranca begins our coverage. Reporter its the worst flooding this region has ever seen. This aerial video shows the remains of a bridge completely washed away by catastrophic flooding from a raging blanco river. The river rose 26 feet in just an hour, uprooting home, snapping trees, washing away cars and creating massive piles of debris up to 20 feet high along an 87mile stretch. Wimberly, a popular bed and breakfast getaway, has taken the biggest hit. A dozen still remain missing. Will conley is the county commissioner. We have over 150 personnel continuing to scope the river land, looking for any survivors. Through air, by boat and by land, looking for any survivors. Reporter 33yearold laura macomb and her two young children, sixyearold andrew and fouryearold leighton, are among those still missing. They were separated when their Vacation Home was swept off its foundation, slamming into a bridge downstream. Julia shields is lauras sister. She called me. She said, im in a house. Im floating down a river. Tell mom and dad i love you and pray. Reporter the family held hands until the house struck a bridge and broke in half. Three days later, they now fear the worst. We all know and we have accepted that theyre gone. Reporter in other parts of texas fastmoving creeks took over city streets in the austin downtown area. Flooding businesses and trapping employees at a 7eleven. In devine, texas, it was a tragic end to a promising future when 18yearold Alyssa Ramirez was killed on her way home from her senior prom. The homecoming queen and honor student died when floodwaters swept her car off the road. Back here in wimberly, this is whats left of dozens of homes and in this twisted pile of debris are pieces of at least two houses from 75 yards away. Scott, cleanup is already under way, but there is more rain in the forecast. Pelley remarkable stories. Omar, thank you very much. About 11 inches of rain fell in eight hours in americas fourth largest city. Vicente arenas is in houston. Reporter it all began late last night. Rising floodwaters paralyzed traffic for miles along interstate 10. Hundreds of cars and tractor trailers stranded. By daylight, desperate drivers were still trying to save their cars and themselves. Cyrita cobb was on the highway for seven hours. I opened the door and i saw the water just there. I almost freaked out because i cannot swim. Reporter across the city 2,500 vehicles were abandoned. At least two people were found dead, and houstons mayor Annise Parker fears there could be more. Weve got cars littered all over the city. And as the floodwaters go down thats one of the things were doing to make sure that no one was trapped in those vehicles. Reporter emergency crews received more than 500 calls for rescue from people fleeing floodwaters surrounding cars and homes. Downtown houston looked like a lake, water as far as the eye could see. This is what it looked like inside the galleria mall. The storm was so bad, fans at the Houston Rockets game were advised to wait out the weather. Dylan brockmeyer went to the game. They said, stay in your seats until we tell you its okay. Reporter this woman found two feet of water in her home this morning. The house is like oh, my god. Everything has shifted. Everything has moved. Everything is completely destroyed. Reporter underpasses like these fill up fast with water whenever these types of storms pass through, and officers have to block roadways like this because of stalled vehicles. This one at one point was submerged under water. Scott, people in houston are used to heavy rain, but not so much all at once. Pelley and we just received word that a rescue boat has capsized in houston, three people missing from that. Vicente, thanks very much. Today, we got a look inside the mind of a killer. The gunman who murdered 12 people and left 70 injured when he opened fire in a colorado movie theater. As james holmes mounts an insanity defense, jurors were shown the notebook he mailed to a psychiatrist shortly before the attack. Jim axelrod has more. Everyone may be seated. Reporter the spiral notebook has long thought to hold clues to holmes state of mind at the time of the attack, but this was the first look inside it. This afternoon, excerpts were read aloud by auroras police sergeant. On some of the 29 pages, holmes wrote rambling questions what is the meaning of life and what is the meaning of death . On several pages he repeated the question, why, why, why . On other pages, accounts of scouting several theaters in the days before the attack. Holmes apparently considered targeting an airport, but decided against it, not wanting his attack to be confused with terrorism. The message is, there is no message, holmes wrote according to files. He chose a theater, even though holmes put the chances of being captured at 99 . The bullet point says three options of attack. Reporter jurors who will decide on a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity followed along with their own copies as the notebook was read aloud. Holmes sent his notebook in a psychiatrist with 20 different 20 bills, all of them burned to some extent. Also a drawing with the circle with the number one and the infinity sign, the same symbol found in holmes apartment the day of the shooting, scott. Pelley jim axelrod reporting for us tonight. Jim, thank you. The city of cleveland agreed today to make sweeping changes the Police Training after the u. S. Justice Department Found officers there used too much force too often. Jericka duncan reports this is all meant to ease the tension between the black community and a police force that is two thirds white. Today, may 26, 2015, marks a new way of policing in the city of cleveland. Reporter in the settlement the city promised they will document every use of force down to pointing a gun at someone. Officers cant use chokeholds or force to stop someone from running away. Theyre not allowed to fire from or at moving vehicles unless use of lethal force is justified. The city will also create a Community Police commission and appoint a civilian the lead the internal affairs division. Cleveland mayor frank jackson. I think that we need substantive change and we need to get it done rapidly. Reporter other key changes include emphasizing deescalation and creating distance between the officer and potential threat. That was not the case in at least two highprofile Police Shootings here. On saturday, officer Michael Brelo was acquitted of manslaughter for firing 15 shots from the hood of a car. Two people were killed. Last fall, officers pulled within a few feet of 12yearold tamir rice. Within two seconds, a Cleveland Police officer shot rice, who was holding a toy gun. We cant wait reporter at a demonstration downtown today, led by more than 40 churches, about 500 people called for justice. One was city councilman zach reid. Status quo is unacceptable. Our people are living in fear of the people that are sworn to protect them, and thats not fair to them. Reporter an independent monitor will review compliance over the next five years. Scott, when asked how the city will pay for all of this, the mayor said he has not yet made that determination. Pelley jericka, thanks very much. Historic drought is no now in its fourth year today the metropolitan Water District voted to homeowners los angeles and other parts of Southern California another 350 million to replace grass with plants that use less water. The program had already run through its original budget. Today, iraq said that it will counter attack after a humiliating defeat for its army and for u. S. Policy. Last week, the Extremist Group isis chased iraqi troops out of ramadi, the capital of a major province. The american strategy relies on iraqi soldiers, but this weekend defense secretary Ashton Carter said the iraqis lack the will to fight. Also air strikes by the United States are hamstrung because no americans are on the ground spotting targets. David martin shows us why that matters. Reporter the f16s are cleared hot, meaning free to drop their weapons on the target. On the ground, friendly troops are in a firefight with the enemy. Two mark 82s. explosion reporter mark 82s are 500 pound bombs. This is an exercise in louisiana. But the bombs are real. Troops are u. S. Army. Have him come in parallel. Reporter but the man calling in the strikes is air force Sergeant Danny aboy. I am the Critical Link between troops on the ground and the air force. Reporter aboy is what the air force calls a joint terminal attack controller. You are approved to strike anything within 100 meters. Reporter the man who talks pilots like Lieutenant Colonel matt casey on to the target. Hes able to talk directly to the pilots so in the minimum amount of time we find what the army is asking us to look for. Reporter and hes your eyes on the ground. He definitely is our eyes on the ground. Reporter there are no Terminal Attack Controllers on the front lines with iraqi troops, so pilots flying strikes against isis have no eyes on the ground. Captain sean holche is an f16 pilot. What difference does it make to you whether or not you have an attack controller on the ground . Its important. It speeds up the process and it helps us to be more accurate with delivering those weapons. Reporter and nowhere are eyes on the ground more important than in urban combat like the battle for ramadi. In urban combat, everything is closer, like fire from rooftops. The closer it is, the more coordination it takes. Reporter the closer it is, the more you need an attack controller on the ground. Yes, absolutely. Reporter pentagon officials acknowledge strikes flown with controllers would be more efficient. But they are not willing to put americans on the front lines of a battle the iraqis have to win for themselves. Pelley and david is joining us now at the pentagon. David, it was a remarkable admission when secretary carter said this weekend that our iraqi allies lacked the will to fight. Why did he say that . Reporter scott, counting both police and soldiers, the pentagon estimates the iraqis had nearly 10,000 troops in ramadi, while isis had about 900. So the iraqis have had a 101 advantage, yet they retreated, leaving behind much of their u. S. Supplied equipment, including about a half dozen tanks. Pelley and u. S. Taxpayers, its been about 25 billion on the iraqi army. David, thank you very much. Today, iran put a Washington Post reporter on trial for allegedly spying for the u. S. Jason rezyian has been held ten months. The u. S. Calls the charges absurd. The closeddoor trial comes at the same time as iran is negotiating with the u. S. Over limiting its nuclear program. Today, vermont senator Bernie Sanders kicked off his campaign for president. Hes Hillary Clintons first opponent for the democratic nomination. Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, said one of his main issues will be income inequality. There is a megadeal today in the cable industry. Charter communications is buying Time Warner Cable for 55 billion that is if the f. C. C. Approves. Socalled superbugs could kill millions. Well take you to the front line of that battle. And a graduate keeps a promise one step at a time. When the cbs evening news continues. Continues. Caring for someone with alzheimers means i am a lot of things. I am his guardian. I am his voice. So i asked about adding oncedaily namenda xr to his Current Treatment for moderate to severe alzheimers. It works differently. When added to another alzheimers treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. And may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. Vo namenda xr doesnt change how the disease progresses. It shouldnt be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or whos had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. 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Pelley pelley today, the World Health Organization said the greatest Disease Threat is not ebola or aids, but bacteria that resists antibiotics. The w. H. O. Warned that socalled superbugs could kill ten million people. To understand what doctors are up against, we sent seth doane to india. Reporter baby prince, less than a month old, has been in and out of hospitals, and is not responding to multiple antibiotics. Ive been very scared, his mother admitted. It came as a shock. How is my baby so sick . Dr. Neelan claire says 70 of babies referred to her i. C. U. Are resistant to multiple antibiotics. Shes prescribing drugs she wouldnt have imagined using a decade ago. You have to use these antibiotics because theyre the only ones which can work in these babies. Reporter youre seeing kids, premature babies who need adult powered antibiotics . Yes, yes. Reporter antibiotics sold over the counter here are often the first course of treatment. But misusing and over prescribing these drugs makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics, leading to superbugs. Delicate newborns are particularly sensitive. Doctors tell us the problem is starting to spread beyond infants and beyond india. Claire is working with the Indian Government to train doctors nationwide to reduce the number and strength of drugs prescribed. As a doctor, will you see a point where you see infections that you simply cant treat . Yes, we are seeing infections which are getting more and more difficult to treat because we are failing with our usual antibiotics, yes. Reporter india, with 26 million births annually, is on the front lines of this battle but its a Health Threat the rest of the world could soon face. Seth doane, cbs news, new delhi. Pelley a volcano threatens an island. Thats next. Making a fist something we do to show resolve. To defend ourselves. To declare victory. So cvs Health Provides expert support and vital medicines. 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