Tonight, hurricane Earl
big, powerful moving closer to east coast
when they are stacking up, boarding up,
moving out from Carolonie to Canada.
I am Hill.
Also tonight, a scare in the gulf.
After oil platform explored and flamed,
forcing the crew into the water.
The dramatic video raises the new question
about police using tarser gun.
A group young people who made happiness
in teenagers.
Tonight, hurricane Earl
World headquarters in New Nork, this
is the "CBS evening news" with
Katie Couric.
>> Good evening.
Katie is off.
Much of the east coast is on
alert tonight for hurricane
Earl.
As many as 26 million people
could soon be feeling its
impact.
Even if the storm never makes
landfall.
Earl is a category two storm
right now with sustained winds
of more than 111 miles an hour.
The eye now less than 200 miles
from Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, and it's outer banks
which could be the first to feel
the effects of the hurricane
before it takes an expected turn
to the northeast.
Warnings and watches are up from
North Carolina, where at least
100,000 people have been ordered
to evacuate the coast; all the
way up to the Canadian border.
as this view from space
demonstrates, Earl is a
particularly large hurricane
about 400 miles across.
We have a team of correspondents
stationed along the east coast
tonight.
We begin with Kelly Cobiella who
is in Kill Devil Hills, North
Carolina.
Kelly.
>> Erica, good
evening.
The winds here are getting
stronger, and the seas, as you
can see, are really starting to
build along this coastline.
Many of these beach towns are
deserted, with a menacing storm
expected to pass within 75 miles
of this coastline, even some who
decided to stay admit they're a
bit uneasy.
Along the storm-hardened North
Carolina coast, Earl spells
worry.
Business owners are sealing off
their stores.
>> We have a pretty big
warehouse so everything we can
do to protect the business.
>>The last of the
tourists, some 30,000 in all,
obeyed orders to leave.
>> We get hurt more with the
flooding, and that's what
worries me it is just
frightening.
>> Locals are starting
up on supplies and generators.
This is store sold 60 by noon to
people like Shane Moore.
He and many of his neighbors are
staying put.
>> One day it might come back
bite somebody, hopefully it
won't this time.
>>Bill Jonens owns 2
beach-front homes...
>> I think folks should leave.
>> An angry sea is
already at his back stairs along
with a notice on his front door.
>> All people on the ocean front
should evacuate immediately.
>>Time to go,
I guess, huh?
>> will be in a few minutes.
>> Earl is on track to
brush by North Carolina, but
it' such a large storm, 400
miles across, that winds of 50
miles per hour or more could
reach the coast by midnight.
is there any scenario you can
see where you would order more
evacuations at this point, or?
>> not at this point.
>> States of emergency
have been declared in North
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
and Massachusetts.
Strong waves from Earl are
ripping into beaches all along
the east coast.
In Delaware, life guards rescued
two children from rip current.
>> It couldn’t breathe for a few
seconds, and I got really
scared.
>> Even if the worst
of Earl stays far from land, the
storm could do $1 billion to $2
billion in damage from North
Carolina to Maine, and emergency
workers still are not convinced
the storm is staying away.
>> The smallest predicted
hurricane can become the most
major and the most destructive,
so you really don't know.
none of us know what's going to
happen until tomorrow.
>> Emergency officials
here, as well as local business
owners, are hoping by tomorrow,
they're reopening for business
for a long labor day weekend
rather than cleaning up.
Erica.
>> Kelly Cobiella, Kelly,
thanks.
Earl may actually lose some of
its punch by the time it reaches
the northeast tomorrow, but it
is still the strongest hurricane
to threaten the coast of New
York and New Jersey since Bob
roared through in 1991.
Elaine Quijano is in Montauk,
New York, about 120 miles east
of New York city on the tip of
long island tonight.
Elaine, good evening.
>> Good evening to
you, Erica.
Here on the eastern tip of long
island, all area beaches have
been ordered closed until
saturday morning, and already,
as you can see behind me here,
the winds are whipping up the
waves.
The big concern here is wind
damage.
When hurricane Earl brushes past
this area around 8:00 tomorrow
night with possible wind gusts
of 75 miles per hour.
now, utility crews from as far
away as Michigan began rolling
on to long island today.
They'll be standing by in case
those strong winds bring down
power lines and trees.
The nearly 1,700 extra workers
will join almost 700 already
here on long island.
The red cross has also started
moving storm supplies into place
just in case.
Now, in addition, forecasters
are expecting a storm surge here
in the Montauk area of up to
three feet, but authorities say
it is not a major concern.
Erica.
>> Elaine Quijano
Elaine, thanks.
Another summer resort area, Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, is also in
Earl's path.
We find Dean Reynolds in Chatham
tonight.
Dean, good evening.
>> Good evening,
Erica.
Well, don't be fooled by the
beautiful weather on the Cape.
They know what's out there, and
they-- the word along the
shoreline "leaving" and
preferably "leave now."
Sailors were lining up to haul
their boats ashore as hurricane
warnings went up the flag poles
along the coast.
Is this a potentially dangerous
storm?
>> Absolutely.
>> Heavy rain and
winds up to 75 miles an hour are
expected in seashore areas,
meaning that the two bridges on
and off Cape cod will be closed
once the storm hits.
If they close those bridges, are
people marooned here?
>>
And coacros last night, but we'e
The 13 crew members escaped into
water and locked arms for
safety.
They were rescued by nearby ships and flown
to hospital for evaluation..
The coast guard says at least
three fire fighting boats
respond to the scene, and by
late today, the fire was out.
>>All 13 members aboard the oil
platform have survived with no
serious injuries.
>> Vermillion 380 is not a drilling rig.
But oil and natural gas production
platform anchored to the sea in
340 feet of water. It nearly pumps 1,400
barrels per day to shore from seven
active wells. There is no drilling oil
activity on the way. There is no report
of sheen of oil, or split around the facility.
>>rrels of oil peray torom sevel
The company said the wells have been safely shut
in and they are not leaking oil
into the gulf.
Though there were earlier
reports of a mile-long sheen of
oil spreading from the platform.
Since 2006, marines had not
report incidence in the gulf
including four fires and a
blowout like B.P.'s deepwater
horizon rig, which sank just 200
miles to the east.
Now officials are trying t
determine what sparked the fire
on Vermilion 380.
And the investigation into the
cause of this fire is just
beginning.
Meanwhile, there is good news
here at home
all 13 of the workers brought to
this hospital have just been
released, and we are told
they're all doing just fine.
>>Good news, indeed, Don,
thanks.
In Washington, there was no
immediate breakthrough in the
Middle East peace talks day
but there is a hopeful sign--
perhaps.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders
agreed to keep their dialogue
going on a regular basis.
Senior White House correspondent
Bill Plante is covering the
talks.
>> Israelis and
Palestinians brushed aside
skepticism as they sat down with
secretary of State Clinton to
talk peace for the first time in
nearly two years.
>>We believe, Prime minister
and President, that you can
succeed.
>>The people of Israel are
prepared to walk this road.
>> ( translated ): the P.L.O.
participates in these
negotiations with good
intentions.
>>The two leaders
spent an hour and a half face-
to-face and alone and agreed to
begin meeting every two weeks.
But beneath the tantalizing hint
of progress is the reality--
Each side faces a divided public
at home which may put any deal
out of reach.
For Israel, Jewish settlers are
vowing to restart construction
which is now frozen in Jerusalem
and the West Bank.
For the Palestinians, the
radical group has refuse
recognize the state of
and rejects the leadership of
the Palestinian authority.
U.S. officials say the two
leaders have committed to a very
ambitious goal. They outline a peace
agreement within one year.
Coming up next on the CBS evening news.
>> Police under fire over the
use of taser guns.
And later, a club dedicated to
spreading happiness.
>> The investigation
continues into yesterday's
hostage drama at the Discovery
channel's headquarters in Silver
Spring, Maryl.
Police shot gunman James Lee to
death after they say he
threatened his three hostages.
Today they revealed the guns he
was carrying were starter
pistols.
They also say he had four
explosive devices with him.
Four more were found in his
home.
All were safely detonated by the
bomb squad.
Taser guns were originally
introduced as a non-lethal
weapon police could use to
subdue a suspect, but since
2001, more than 400 people in
this country have died after
being shocked by an officer.
And now, John Blackstone
reports, a man in Marin county,
California is suing the police
after they tasked him in his own
home.
>> With a taser
pointed at his chest, Peter
Mcfarland did sit down.
the 64-year-old had fallen at
his home but refused to be taken
to the hospital because he
didn't have insurance.
>> Despite his wife's
objections...
>> This is the latest
incident to raise controversy
over the use of tasers which
police departments claim can
reduce injuries and fatalities.
But a study of major U.S. cities
found deaths in custody actually
rise sharply, nearly six times,
during the first year a
department uses tasers.
Dr. Byron Lee led the study in
the first year a police
department used the taser sudden
deaths went up 600%?
>> 600% in the first year after
the first year, in-custody
deaths returned to the same
level before tasers were put
introduced. Tasers are now used
by 12,000 law enforcement officers.
By 2008, a study by
international show in
35 states there were deaths
after taser use, 55 in California,
52 in Florida.
Expert said the death rate increased
when they shocked with a taser more than
once. Keep follow-up with it, 4 times.
When I saw the video was a non-life threaten
situation turned into threatened.
They came into here with
fire gun
Mcfla is now suing the sheriff't
following the law and department
policy.
We take for granted, like moving
our hands.
Rich Edwards is now learning how
to move his hands, his new
hands.
the 55-year-old chiropractor
from Oklahoma is the recipient
of only the third double-hand
transplant ever performed in
this country.
He lost his hands in a fire.
The surgery was last week.
Edwards is expected to leave the
hospital tomorrow.
We'll be right back.
>> An unusual news
conference in Chicago today.
called by gang members to
complain they're being harassed
unfairly by the police who blame
the gangs for at being
called an epidemic.
320 homicides so far this year.
Officials have threatened to
prosecute gangs under the
organized crime laws if any
member is linked to a homicide.
But the gangs say they're not
responsible for the acts of
individuals.
Meantime, to keep young people
from joining gangs, Chicago is
offering a more positive
alternative: organized happiness
Here's Cynthia Bowers.
Rap music often
earns its bad rap, but this
group is giving rap a whole new
spin.
Meet Chicago's happiness club.
>> Our message is we're
spreading happiness.
We are spreading good vibes all
over.
>> Its 50 performers
come from different races and
neighborhoods.
They ranger in age from six-
year-old Dawn Butler... are you
a singer?
or are you a dancer?
>> I'm a dancer.
>> To college junior
Elena schulman.
This has meant what to your
life?
>> I mean, it is my life.
I'm one of the most positive
people, and that's definitely a
result of being in the happiness
club, for sure.
>>20-year-old EDWARD
TAYLOR, who grew up on Chicago's
south side, admits he thought
twice about joining a club
called happiness.
>> I liked everything about it
except the name so was, like,
literally, I don't really want
to get into it.
>> Yeah, it was.was too corny?
>> But now Edward raps
eloquent about believing in
yourself.
And staying out of trouble.
The happiness club writes all
its own songs, has recorded a
music video, and performed at
the White House Christmas.
But the real payoff for all this
hard work comes off stage.
Over the last 10 years, every
kid who has gone through this
program has graduated and gone
on to college.
big, powerful moving closer to east coast
when they are stacking up, boarding up,
moving out from Carolonie to Canada.
I am Hill.
Also tonight, a scare in the gulf.
After oil platform explored and flamed,
forcing the crew into the water.
The dramatic video raises the new question
about police using tarser gun.
A group young people who made happiness
in teenagers.
Tonight, hurricane Earl
World headquarters in New Nork, this
is the "CBS evening news" with
Katie Couric.
>> Good evening.
Katie is off.
Much of the east coast is on
alert tonight for hurricane
Earl.
As many as 26 million people
could soon be feeling its
impact.
Even if the storm never makes
landfall.
Earl is a category two storm
right now with sustained winds
of more than 111 miles an hour.
The eye now less than 200 miles
from Cape Hatteras, North
Carolina, and it's outer banks
which could be the first to feel
the effects of the hurricane
before it takes an expected turn
to the northeast.
Warnings and watches are up from
North Carolina, where at least
100,000 people have been ordered
to evacuate the coast; all the
way up to the Canadian border.
as this view from space
demonstrates, Earl is a
particularly large hurricane
about 400 miles across.
We have a team of correspondents
stationed along the east coast
tonight.
We begin with Kelly Cobiella who
is in Kill Devil Hills, North
Carolina.
Kelly.
>> Erica, good
evening.
The winds here are getting
stronger, and the seas, as you
can see, are really starting to
build along this coastline.
Many of these beach towns are
deserted, with a menacing storm
expected to pass within 75 miles
of this coastline, even some who
decided to stay admit they're a
bit uneasy.
Along the storm-hardened North
Carolina coast, Earl spells
worry.
Business owners are sealing off
their stores.
>> We have a pretty big
warehouse so everything we can
do to protect the business.
>>The last of the
tourists, some 30,000 in all,
obeyed orders to leave.
>> We get hurt more with the
flooding, and that's what
worries me it is just
frightening.
>> Locals are starting
up on supplies and generators.
This is store sold 60 by noon to
people like Shane Moore.
He and many of his neighbors are
staying put.
>> One day it might come back
bite somebody, hopefully it
won't this time.
>>Bill Jonens owns 2
beach-front homes...
>> I think folks should leave.
>> An angry sea is
already at his back stairs along
with a notice on his front door.
>> All people on the ocean front
should evacuate immediately.
>>Time to go,
I guess, huh?
>> will be in a few minutes.
>> Earl is on track to
brush by North Carolina, but
it' such a large storm, 400
miles across, that winds of 50
miles per hour or more could
reach the coast by midnight.
is there any scenario you can
see where you would order more
evacuations at this point, or?
>> not at this point.
>> States of emergency
have been declared in North
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
and Massachusetts.
Strong waves from Earl are
ripping into beaches all along
the east coast.
In Delaware, life guards rescued
two children from rip current.
>> It couldn’t breathe for a few
seconds, and I got really
scared.
>> Even if the worst
of Earl stays far from land, the
storm could do $1 billion to $2
billion in damage from North
Carolina to Maine, and emergency
workers still are not convinced
the storm is staying away.
>> The smallest predicted
hurricane can become the most
major and the most destructive,
so you really don't know.
none of us know what's going to
happen until tomorrow.
>> Emergency officials
here, as well as local business
owners, are hoping by tomorrow,
they're reopening for business
for a long labor day weekend
rather than cleaning up.
Erica.
>> Kelly Cobiella, Kelly,
thanks.
Earl may actually lose some of
its punch by the time it reaches
the northeast tomorrow, but it
is still the strongest hurricane
to threaten the coast of New
York and New Jersey since Bob
roared through in 1991.
Elaine Quijano is in Montauk,
New York, about 120 miles east
of New York city on the tip of
long island tonight.
Elaine, good evening.
>> Good evening to
you, Erica.
Here on the eastern tip of long
island, all area beaches have
been ordered closed until
saturday morning, and already,
as you can see behind me here,
the winds are whipping up the
waves.
The big concern here is wind
damage.
When hurricane Earl brushes past
this area around 8:00 tomorrow
night with possible wind gusts
of 75 miles per hour.
now, utility crews from as far
away as Michigan began rolling
on to long island today.
They'll be standing by in case
those strong winds bring down
power lines and trees.
The nearly 1,700 extra workers
will join almost 700 already
here on long island.
The red cross has also started
moving storm supplies into place
just in case.
Now, in addition, forecasters
are expecting a storm surge here
in the Montauk area of up to
three feet, but authorities say
it is not a major concern.
Erica.
>> Elaine Quijano
Elaine, thanks.
Another summer resort area, Cape
Cod, Massachusetts, is also in
Earl's path.
We find Dean Reynolds in Chatham
tonight.
Dean, good evening.
>> Good evening,
Erica.
Well, don't be fooled by the
beautiful weather on the Cape.
They know what's out there, and
they-- the word along the
shoreline "leaving" and
preferably "leave now."
Sailors were lining up to haul
their boats ashore as hurricane
warnings went up the flag poles
along the coast.
Is this a potentially dangerous
storm?
>> Absolutely.
>> Heavy rain and
winds up to 75 miles an hour are
expected in seashore areas,
meaning that the two bridges on
and off Cape cod will be closed
once the storm hits.
If they close those bridges, are
people marooned here?
>>
And coacros last night, but we'e
The 13 crew members escaped into
water and locked arms for
safety.
They were rescued by nearby ships and flown
to hospital for evaluation..
The coast guard says at least
three fire fighting boats
respond to the scene, and by
late today, the fire was out.
>>All 13 members aboard the oil
platform have survived with no
serious injuries.
>> Vermillion 380 is not a drilling rig.
But oil and natural gas production
platform anchored to the sea in
340 feet of water. It nearly pumps 1,400
barrels per day to shore from seven
active wells. There is no drilling oil
activity on the way. There is no report
of sheen of oil, or split around the facility.
>>rrels of oil peray torom sevel
The company said the wells have been safely shut
in and they are not leaking oil
into the gulf.
Though there were earlier
reports of a mile-long sheen of
oil spreading from the platform.
Since 2006, marines had not
report incidence in the gulf
including four fires and a
blowout like B.P.'s deepwater
horizon rig, which sank just 200
miles to the east.
Now officials are trying t
determine what sparked the fire
on Vermilion 380.
And the investigation into the
cause of this fire is just
beginning.
Meanwhile, there is good news
here at home
all 13 of the workers brought to
this hospital have just been
released, and we are told
they're all doing just fine.
>>Good news, indeed, Don,
thanks.
In Washington, there was no
immediate breakthrough in the
Middle East peace talks day
but there is a hopeful sign--
perhaps.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders
agreed to keep their dialogue
going on a regular basis.
Senior White House correspondent
Bill Plante is covering the
talks.
>> Israelis and
Palestinians brushed aside
skepticism as they sat down with
secretary of State Clinton to
talk peace for the first time in
nearly two years.
>>We believe, Prime minister
and President, that you can
succeed.
>>The people of Israel are
prepared to walk this road.
>> ( translated ): the P.L.O.
participates in these
negotiations with good
intentions.
>>The two leaders
spent an hour and a half face-
to-face and alone and agreed to
begin meeting every two weeks.
But beneath the tantalizing hint
of progress is the reality--
Each side faces a divided public
at home which may put any deal
out of reach.
For Israel, Jewish settlers are
vowing to restart construction
which is now frozen in Jerusalem
and the West Bank.
For the Palestinians, the
radical group has refuse
recognize the state of
and rejects the leadership of
the Palestinian authority.
U.S. officials say the two
leaders have committed to a very
ambitious goal. They outline a peace
agreement within one year.
Coming up next on the CBS evening news.
>> Police under fire over the
use of taser guns.
And later, a club dedicated to
spreading happiness.
>> The investigation
continues into yesterday's
hostage drama at the Discovery
channel's headquarters in Silver
Spring, Maryl.
Police shot gunman James Lee to
death after they say he
threatened his three hostages.
Today they revealed the guns he
was carrying were starter
pistols.
They also say he had four
explosive devices with him.
Four more were found in his
home.
All were safely detonated by the
bomb squad.
Taser guns were originally
introduced as a non-lethal
weapon police could use to
subdue a suspect, but since
2001, more than 400 people in
this country have died after
being shocked by an officer.
And now, John Blackstone
reports, a man in Marin county,
California is suing the police
after they tasked him in his own
home.
>> With a taser
pointed at his chest, Peter
Mcfarland did sit down.
the 64-year-old had fallen at
his home but refused to be taken
to the hospital because he
didn't have insurance.
>> Despite his wife's
objections...
>> This is the latest
incident to raise controversy
over the use of tasers which
police departments claim can
reduce injuries and fatalities.
But a study of major U.S. cities
found deaths in custody actually
rise sharply, nearly six times,
during the first year a
department uses tasers.
Dr. Byron Lee led the study in
the first year a police
department used the taser sudden
deaths went up 600%?
>> 600% in the first year after
the first year, in-custody
deaths returned to the same
level before tasers were put
introduced. Tasers are now used
by 12,000 law enforcement officers.
By 2008, a study by
international show in
35 states there were deaths
after taser use, 55 in California,
52 in Florida.
Expert said the death rate increased
when they shocked with a taser more than
once. Keep follow-up with it, 4 times.
When I saw the video was a non-life threaten
situation turned into threatened.
They came into here with
fire gun
Mcfla is now suing the sheriff't
following the law and department
policy.
We take for granted, like moving
our hands.
Rich Edwards is now learning how
to move his hands, his new
hands.
the 55-year-old chiropractor
from Oklahoma is the recipient
of only the third double-hand
transplant ever performed in
this country.
He lost his hands in a fire.
The surgery was last week.
Edwards is expected to leave the
hospital tomorrow.
We'll be right back.
>> An unusual news
conference in Chicago today.
called by gang members to
complain they're being harassed
unfairly by the police who blame
the gangs for at being
called an epidemic.
320 homicides so far this year.
Officials have threatened to
prosecute gangs under the
organized crime laws if any
member is linked to a homicide.
But the gangs say they're not
responsible for the acts of
individuals.
Meantime, to keep young people
from joining gangs, Chicago is
offering a more positive
alternative: organized happiness
Here's Cynthia Bowers.
Rap music often
earns its bad rap, but this
group is giving rap a whole new
spin.
Meet Chicago's happiness club.
>> Our message is we're
spreading happiness.
We are spreading good vibes all
over.
>> Its 50 performers
come from different races and
neighborhoods.
They ranger in age from six-
year-old Dawn Butler... are you
a singer?
or are you a dancer?
>> I'm a dancer.
>> To college junior
Elena schulman.
This has meant what to your
life?
>> I mean, it is my life.
I'm one of the most positive
people, and that's definitely a
result of being in the happiness
club, for sure.
>>20-year-old EDWARD
TAYLOR, who grew up on Chicago's
south side, admits he thought
twice about joining a club
called happiness.
>> I liked everything about it
except the name so was, like,
literally, I don't really want
to get into it.
>> Yeah, it was.was too corny?
>> But now Edward raps
eloquent about believing in
yourself.
And staying out of trouble.
The happiness club writes all
its own songs, has recorded a
music video, and performed at
the White House Christmas.
But the real payoff for all this
hard work comes off stage.
Over the last 10 years, every
kid who has gone through this
program has graduated and gone
on to college.
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