CBS Evening News, 10/29/25
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Next on the CBS Evening News…we'll take you to some of the hardest hit areas of Jamaica to see the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on the island. Ahead on the CBS News...New Mexico is about to be the first state in the nation to offer free, universal childcare, but who's paying for it? That story is just ahead. The number of Americans choosing to drink alcohol is getting lower. Coming Up on the CBS Evening News' "Eye on America"...a look at the alternatives non-drinkers are turning to.
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| 0:00.0 | A new season of Survivor means a new season of On Fire, the only official Survivor podcast. |
| 0:07.3 | Each week, we break down the game like nobody else can. |
| 0:09.9 | From how the season is built to why the players make the moves they do, |
| 0:14.5 | it is the ultimate companion to the show. |
| 0:17.1 | So if you love Survivor, I think you're going to love On Fire. |
| 0:19.9 | Follow and listen to On Fire with Jeff Probst on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.2 | Hurricane Melissa, blamed for dozens of deaths on a rampage across the islands of the Caribbean, |
| 0:36.8 | flooding streets, destroying homes, |
| 0:39.0 | and knocking out power. |
| 0:40.3 | We're on the ground in hard-hit Jamaica. |
| 0:42.3 | Once the roof was gone, the walls had no chance. |
| 0:45.3 | Sheriff's office! |
| 0:47.3 | Also tonight, an Illinois sheriff's deputy is convicted of murder in the shooting death of a woman who called 911 to report a prowler. |
| 0:55.1 | She called for help, you all, and she was murdered in her own home. |
| 0:59.6 | President Trump and she about to meet face-to-face for the first time since the U.S. |
| 1:03.9 | China trade war broke out. |
| 1:06.3 | And a few words about our feline friends, friends in need, on this national cat day. |
| 1:15.3 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News. |
| 1:23.3 | Good evening. I'm Maurice Dubois. John Dickerson is on assignment. |
| 1:26.9 | Hurricane Melissa has left |
| 1:28.4 | dozens of people dead as it tore across the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Hispaniola. It was |
| 1:35.0 | downgraded today to a category one but still dangerous storm. Melissa pouted Jamaica yesterday as a |
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