This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Were going to begin tonight with a dramatic rescue operation near the top of mt. Hood in oregon. A climber fell several hundred feet in treacherous conditions today at the most visited peak in the u. S. Fellow climbers were scene performing c. P. R. , another waved to a rescue chopper. Shortly after, a rescuer was lowered. A number of hikers remain stuck on the mountain tonight with more rough weather expected overnight. Amy frazier of kointv, our cbs portland affiliate is at mt. Hood. Reporter jeff, there are at least seven climbers who are still trapped on mt. Hood. Rescuers from all over this area are headed to the mountain. More than 40 people helping with this rescue, and its a race against time. Scaling the hogsback trail, the first climber was close to the 11,000foot summit of oregons toughest and highest peak when he plunged nearly 700 feet down the icy mountainside. Other climbers on the trail immediately began si
High clouds may streak in later on. Generally speaking its going to be a bright one but were starting out colder as karen mentioned. 28 degrees in philadelphia, 25 right now in allentown. 24 in reading. Were ick in trenton, 26 in wilmington and 28 degrees in millville. Little bit of a breeze kicking around in philadelphia its around 10 Miles Per Hour or so and thats enough to give you wind chills in the teens this morning in many areas so do bundle up. Not only with the winter coat but maybe a little extra gear, too. Still have some residual flooding left over from those rains on sunday. The Rancocas Creek is still running a little high between pemberton and lumberton. Be careful there not only along the creek but its tributaries. The Maurice River also giving us problems as well as some of the streams that feed into that. And little while ago we also added the Great Egg Harbor River in atlantic county, again tributaries running into that river may also have high water and some flooded
Chemical before it was dumped . We always encourage, whether its merck or anyone else, to notify us about a possible crime as soon as possible. Reporter within cyanide in his warrington home and now under suspicion, police say orourke dumped all of it in a storm drain before they were able to interview him. Once confronted by police, they say he was helpful, but couldnt remember the exact location of the drain. Only that it was somewhere near county line road and street road. Perhaps in lower bucks county. It was a snowy night and that, police say, could have helped dilute the cyanide, that has not shown up in any Drinking Water in the last two months. As soon as Law Enforcement was made aware of this, we were in constant communication with the epa and other environmental groups to let them know about this and try to locate it. Reporter police say the criminal charges are not just for the theft, but risking the lives of other people. Orourke told police, he has no knowledge of how stor
Im rosemary connors, 5 00 on this saturday. Thanks for being with us. Lets start with weekend weather. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking our day ahead. You can see the picture over our area. A nice picture to start out with. We have maybe a few high clouds out there this morning, but otherwise its going to be one of those days where this is a pretty good end to the last weekend of summer. And what were looking as we go a little wider view here is theres not a lot tracking our way either. Its a pretty clear picture across the entire board. Now, as we get into the afternoon we could see some of what we have been seeing the last couple days, something called instability showers or a little heating, fires a spot shower here or there, but not any kind of washout forecast moving forward. If you have outdoor plans, you should certainly keep them for your saturday. Here are current temperatures, 62 mt. Holly and 69 in philadelphia. Were e wilmington 64 and Atlantic City at 68. These 60s w
And nursing home deaths, the home where eight patients died in the wake of Hurricane Irma giving their side of the story. Their calls for help after losing power after more fingerpointing. Who really dropped the ball here as fears grow over stubborn hurricane jose out there in the atlantic. Our weather team tracking its path right here this morning. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get straight to the breaking news. Police in the uk say theyve arrested an 18yearold man in connection with the london subway blast that injured more than a dozen people on friday. Now, despite this arrest, the country is on edge this morning. Hundreds of soldiers are deployed in the streets. Authorities say the Terror Threat level will remain at critical, meaning they believe that another attack might be imminent. The crude bomb used here was contained in a bucket, wires hanging out of it. It partially exploded during the morning rush hour. The blast set off a stampede of terrified commuters. Now, isis ha