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>> axelrod: tonight, fighting for his life. the american doctor infected with the ebola virus is now in atlanta and was seen walking into the hospital where he'd been flown from africa for treatment. vicente arenas is there. benjamin netanyahu says israel will not stop fighting even after it finishes destroying the gaza tunnels. >> reporter: what will it take for israel to get to the negotiating table with hamas? >> axelrod: charlie d'agata and barry peterson report from both sides of the conflict. the long road to recovery for n.b.a. all-star paul george. what does he face after sustaining a gruesome injury? and brian banks finally makes the n.f.l. he won't be playing in the league, but carter evans tells us how the wrongly imprisoned linebacker will finally make his living from professional football. captioning sponsored by cbs
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this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition of the broadcast. for the first time ever, someone infected with the deadly ebola virus has been brought into the country for treatment. dr. kent brantly, who was working with ebola patients in west africa when he contracted the disease himself, arrived late this morning just outside atlanta in a gulfstream jet specially outfitted with an isolation tent. from there, he was transported in an ambulance to the emory university hospital, where surprisingly he was strong enough to walk into the hospital. emory has one of the most sophisticated infectious disease units in the country. brantly was working with the christian missionary group samaritan's purse caring for ebola patients in liberia when he got sick. vicente arenas picks up the story in atlanta. >> reporter: a private medical jet carrying dr. kent brantly landed in dobbins air reserve base in marietta, georgia, around 11:20 this morning.
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inside the plane, dr. brantly was kept in an isolation tent and wore a suit to prevent him from infecting medical workers with him. the 33-year-old physician from texas was then transported by an ambulance outfitted with internal protective drapes to emory university hospital 20 miles away. he walked into the facility with help from a paramedic. he'll be kept in an isolation unit that was built in collaboration with the nearby c.d.c. dr.jay varky is an infectious disease specialist at emory university hospital. do you worry when you go in and treat a patient that has a disease like ebola? >> i don't. i actually truly believe in the practices we have in place, and i have no specific concerns either for my personal safety or for my colleagues'. >> reporter: the doctors will wear protective suits. the ebola virus can only be transmitted through close contact and bodily fluids. the c.d.c. points out the chance of ebola spreading to the workers and others in the u.s. is highly unlikely. doctors say brantly's chances of
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survival at emory are much higher than they would be in west africa. >> we can deliver a substantially higher level of care and a substantially higher level of support to optimize the likelihood that those patients will survive this episode. >> reporter: the c.d.c. says the only way to end the epidemic for now is to stop it at its source. the agency's emergency operations center is tracking ebola's spread in africa and helping organizations figure out how to keep other people from becoming infected. dr. brantly was last listed in serious condition. his wife issued a statement today. she spoke to him by phone, and she says that he says that he's glad to be back in the u.s. meantime, the other worker fighting ebola is scheduled to be back here in the united states in the next couple of days. jim. >> axelrod: now to the middle east. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today the
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campaign to destroy the tunnels from gaza is almost over. but he also declared that did not mean an end to the fighting and that israel would not take part in peace talks with hamas in cairo. here's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: explosions above ground in gaza show the intensity of the war israeli forces are waging beneath it. more than 31 tunnels destroyed, but israel has made clear there are no intentions of calling off the punishing offensive. the cease-fire, which was supposed to last for 72 hours, dissolved in less than two hours yesterday. israel struck 200 alleged terror targets in gaza today, and hamas launched more than 80 rockets into israel. tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that the militant group would pay what he called an intolerable price for the continued attacks. >> hamas again mistakenly believes that the people of israel do not have the will and determination to fight them.
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and hamas again will learn the hard way that israel will do whatever it must do to protect its people. >> reporter: the israeli army's other top priority-- finding hadar goldin, an israeli soldier believed to have been kidnapped by hamas. hamas denies taking goldin, and details of the abduction are vague. peter lerner is a military spokesman. was he okay when he was abducted? >> we're not certain. we know that he was in close proximity of the suicide bomber that killed two other soldiers so he may be injured. he may be wounded. he may be even dead. >> reporter: it's a fate goldin's family is not willing to accept. they say the israeli military must not leave gaza without him. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata joins us now from tel aviv. charlie, you had a chance to ask prime minister netanyahu today what it's going to take to get israel to the negotiating table. did you get an answer to that question? >> reporter: well, jim, not directly.
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but what he made clear is that there are no intentions for israel to negotiate with hamas any time soon. he blamed hamas for breaking this cease-fire. he vowed that israel would continue to fight in gaza, and he asked international leaders, what he called responsible internatonal leaders, to back israel. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata covering for us tonight in tel aviv. charlie, thank you. late tonight the israeli military confirmed that's lieutenant goldin was killed in combat yesterday in gaza. as far as hamas is concerned, any peace deal would have to lift the economic blockade that has largely cut off gaza and its people from the rest of the world. barry petersen in gaza has more. >> reporter: when people returned to neighborhoods today where israelis said the ground offensive was done, most found little to save from the war's destruction. israel cut off cement during its eight-year blockade, saying it was being used not to build a better life but hamas tunnels to attack israel. >> cement is the basic material.
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>> reporter: but no cement, says american educated engineer mustafa el hawi, means nothing gets rebuilt. >> in gaza, cement is the key for every construction in gaza. >> reporter: even homes. >> even homes, mosques, schools. >> reporter: so is gaza's lone power plant gone? with help from the outside world, it might be repaired in months. without help, it may never work again. and without light, many of gaza's 1.8 million people will live in a modern-day dark ages. when you talk about what's gone, you're also talking about food. this facility used to make products like cheese, yogurt, milk. now it's gone. chicken farmer hussein al suwar opened his stall and sold out in two hours. he had almost no chickens because his farm was destroyed by an airstrike. we visited his home that he opened to 60 relatives and neighbors who lost theirs.
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how many people are sleeping in here? as many as 12 now sleep in the bedrooms. oh, my word. in living rooms, people crowded around the one piece of furniture-- a table. why have you taken all of these people in? "they are all homeless," he said. "i can't let them live on the streets." 60 people will make a meal here tonight from beans, a can of meat, cheese, some tomatoes. there is not much else because of the war and the blockade, so they survive the only way they have left-- by having and helping each other. barry petersen, cbs news, gaza. >> axelrod: it is a busy and potentially dangerous weekend weather-wise coast to coast. let's bring in eric fisher, the chief meteorologist with our boston tation wbz. eric, let's start out in the pacific northwest where there is big concern about thunderstorms. >> jim, these are thunderstorms
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that are dry, meaning they're still raining but that rain evaporates before it reaches the ground. they still have the lightning, so red flag warnings out here, much of washington and oregon, east of the cascades, gusty winds with those storms and, of course, a lot of big heat and dry weather this summer so far. we have seen several of the fires burning in central and eastern washington. also, the gulch fire in oregon. this is a fire, jim, that was started by a lightning strike on thursday. >> axelrod: nothing dry about what's going on in the southwest. >> no, this is a different type of thunderstorm. this rain is reaching the ground in ernest. powereful area of low pressure that's down near the baja peninsula, so widespread flash flood watches are out here. the main concerns are for rapidly rising water. mud and debris flows are possible. some dangerous travel conditions. at times, this water reaching up to the chest of a lot of folks who have been out and about, so be very careful traveling here. >> axelrod: now, across the continent, there is a tropical storm dancing off the coast of the dominican republic. what can you tell us? >> busy times, yes. tropical storm bertha. it's not a big bertha right now, 45-mile-per-hour sustained winds. it just passed puerto rico. it's going to brush the dominican republic, and then tomorrow it willbe passing
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through the southeastern bahamas, where tropical storm warnings are up. as we track this into the early part of the week, jim-- this is the good news-- it shoots the gap between bermuda and the east coast. it should bring limited impact to both. >> axelrod: you've got to keep your head on a swivel if you're watching the weather. eric fisher in boston. thank you. the governor of ohio has declared a state of emergency in and around the city of toledo. tests show the area's water is toxic and no one should drink it. as mark albert tells us, some 500,000 people now have no water. >> reporter: residents in toledo and nearby communities on saturday quickly bought up water bottles leaving store shelves empty after health officials declared the public water supply off limits. toledo mayor michael collins: >> we have used every single resource throughout the state of ohio, including now up in michigan, in order to bring a supply of water to get us over this first period. >> reporter: city officials say a recent test at a water treatment plant found a spike in the level of microsystin, a
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toxin that comes from algae found naturally in lakes and ponds. when ingested, it can cause numbness, nausea, vomiting, rashes, and even affect the liver. 500,000 residents in three northwest ohio counties who get their water from the toledo water system have been warned not to drink it or let children bathe in it. boiling will not eliminate the contamination and will make the water more toxic. >> we cannot really and truly tell you what that plan is at this time because we're waiting on the science. >> there you go! >> reporter: it's the second high-profile water contamination this year. in january, 300,000 west virginia residents could not use the water for 10 days after a chemical spill. in ohio, the city of toledo is now setting up water distribution centers with help from the national guard but cannot yet tell residents when the public water supply will once again be safe. mark albert, cbs news, xeshington. >> axelrod: the mother of the
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man in new york city who died after being put in a choke hold by a police officer says she wants the officer criminally charged, this after the medical examiner ruled eric garner's death a homicide. anna werner spoke with garner's mother today. >> reporter: outside, headlines relayed the medical examiner's finding calling eric garner's death a homicide. >> this is about an illegal choke hold. >> reporter: inside, at a news conference with reverend al sharpton, garner's family called for justice. his widow: >> i met with the prosecutors, and i feel like i did the right thing by doing that, and i just want them to do the right thing and get me justice for my husband. >> reporter: cell phone video shows police confronting 43-year-old garner on a staten island sidewalk. they said he was selling cigarettes illegally and had been arrested 30 times before. new york police officer daniel
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pantaleo, in the green shirt, put garnener in a choke hold for roughly 15 seconds. it's a move prohibited by his department. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: moments later, another eyewitness video shows garner lying on the ground appearing unresponsive. police say he died on the way to the hospital. yesterday, the medical examiner said the cause of garner's death was compression of the neck, the choke hold, combined with chest compression and prone positioning during the physical restraint by police. the examiner found garner's asthma, hypertension, and obesity contributed to his death. we spoke to garner's mother, gwen carr. what do you want to happen to the officer here? >> i just want justice. i want him to be prosecuted. i want due process. >> reporter: do you believe he should be charged with homicide? >>, of course. >> reporter: the medical experiment's finding of homicide is not a legal opinion. the district attorney will look at all the evidence in the case when considering whether to
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charge officer pantaleo, and, jim, a former state prosecutor says a decision to charge or not in this case will likely be left up to a grand jury. >> axelrod: anna werner, thank you. up next, the gruesome injury that put the career of n.b.a. star paul george at risk when the cbs evening news continues. thlook what i got.p. oh my froot loops! [sniffs] let's do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome... yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg's froot loops. follow your nose!
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george was taken away on a stretcher. the team was preparing for the basketball world cup later this month in spain. the game was at the thomas and mack center on a court that is more confined than most. the league stipulates stanchions must be four feet away from end lines. stanchions at most n.b.a. games are another two or three feet farther back than that. the stanchions last night were just three feet 11 inches from the end line. george now faces at least a year of rehab before returning to the pacers' lineup. today, pacers' team president larry bird said the focus is on george's healing. en a tweet last night, george promised his fans a full recovery. up next, the corruption case
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belongs to businessman jonnie williams. the more than $6,000 rolex with mcdonnell's name engraved on the back was a gift williams purchased. now the businessman is the star witness against the former governor and his wife. >> you know, we're looking forward to just having the truth come out as the case goes on. >> reporter: the former governor's lawyers say mcdonnell's relationship with williams was normal political activity. the governor's wife, maureen mcdonnell, has her own defense team, arguing she had a crush on williams because her own marriage was broken. jurors saw 1200 phone calls and text messages between maureen and williams on the day of the 2011 virginia earthquake, she texted him, "i just felt the earth move and i wasn't having sex." that same year, williams picked up the tab for maureen's $20,000 manhattan shopping spree. williams, who is also married, denied any romantic relationship erth maureen. while the former governor says
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he made a bad judgment accepting gifts, he has denied breaking any laws and says he never promised williams anything of consequence. >> if there's one commonality with all of these cases, or at least many of these cases, it's sex and money or both. >> reporter: dave levinthal is a senior reporter at the center for public integrity. he says this case may be the government's chance to send a message. >> if something does come down that is very strong and bob mcdonnell was to go to prison for a significant amount of time, that definitely could have a deterrent effect. >> reporter: the corruption trial is scheduled to last four more weeks with williams back on the stand monday. vanita nair, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: and still ahead, the exoneration of brian banks and his long road to the nfl. they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs.
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would never even think of happening. >> reporter: banks had been accused by a high school classmate of a rape that never happened. he was just 16 years old, a star linebacker at long beach poly high with a dream to play in the nfl. instead, he spent five years in prison and another four on probation before his alleged victim admitted she'd made it all up. >> did he rape you? >> no, he did not rape me. >> reporter: when banks was exonerated in 2012, his story gained national attention. >> my only dream in the world was to just be free. >> reprter: but there was also a desire to prove something. even though he'd lost 10 years, he hoped against all odds that he could still make it in the nfl. he tried out for the seattle seahawks and finally took the field in a pre-season game last year with the atlanta falcons. >> it's a dream come true. and if it all ended today then, you know, mom, i did it. >> reporter: banks was always realistic about his chances of
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making it in the nfl and his career on the field ended with that game. >> i chased the dream, and i will continue to chase it as long as i can. but when it's over, that means it's just new beginnings in other places of my life. >> reporter: that included motivational speaking where he caught the attention of nfl commissioner roger goodell. >> i just can't wait to be in new york working with the nfl and just continuing to use success as a response to everything that i've been through in my life. >> reporter: in the end, his success off the field led him back to pro football. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs, "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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