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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 09/03

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, Daily News

3.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- why experts are blaming climate change for the devastating flooding from Ida which slammed the Northeast. As we head into the holiday weekend, a look at how Americans will be traveling during this final -- unofficial -- weekend of the summer. And, Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with the incredible story of a heartwarming reunion between a World War II veteran and the very special woman who wrote him a heartfelt letter -- years ago as a child -- to thank him for his service to the country. 

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0:00.0

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0:09.9

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0:17.1

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0:19.9

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0:30.1

Good evening and thank you so much for joining us ahead of this holiday weekend.

0:34.2

Well, tonight, millions are still suffering from Hurricane Ida and her trail of

0:38.4

devastation, stretching more than 1,500 miles from the Gulf Coast to New England.

0:43.3

Tonight, the death toll in the Northeast is still rising. Floodwaters claimed most of those lives.

0:48.5

One researcher says seven rivers reached their highest levels on record, And there may be more flooding to come.

0:56.0

President Biden has signed emergency declarations for several states paving the way for federal

1:00.2

aid. Well, today the president flew to Louisiana, where he told local officials, we're going to

1:05.2

have your back. And he got a look at those staggering scope of the disaster. Wind and storm

1:10.6

surge from the hurricane

1:11.7

destroyed entire towns. FEMA says it received a record 290,000 applications for disaster

1:19.2

aid from Louisiana alone. Well, tonight, crews from 32 states are working in the sweltering

1:25.1

heat to help restore power. But we're going to begin tonight with CBS's Mola Languanging in Totewan, New Jersey.

1:31.4

Mola, and what's the situation there?

1:34.2

Well, Northern, now that some waters in the Northeast have started to recede, people are

1:38.8

beginning to survey the damage and see all that they've lost.

1:42.4

For some, it looks like this.

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