>> axelrod: tonight, screenings on arrival. passengers traveling from west africa get their temperatures taken at new york's kennedy airport. vladimir duthiers reports on what border patrol officers are finding. while florida state beats back accusation it protected its heisman-winning quarterback from rape charges seven high school players in new jersey are charged in a brutal hazing case. juliana goldman and jericka duncan on another troubling week in football. think you can beat that jello light? not so fast if you're in chicago. dean reynolds on the millions of dollars the windy city has made on a fraction of a second. >> the conviction is overturned. >> axelrod: and coming home. carter evans has the story of a california grandmother and her 17-year fight for justice. captioning sponsored by cbs

this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. the u.s. department of homeland security began implementing urgent new steps today to prevent the spread of the ebola virus into this country. custom and border protection officers at john f. kennedy international airport in new york city began screening passengers from three west african countries that have seen the the most deaths from ebola. four more airports-- newark, chicago's o'hare, dulles in washington, and hartsfield-jackson in atlanta will begin the testing next thursday. vladimir duthiers begins our coverage from j.f.k. >> reporter: border patrol agents met each of the passengers arriving today from guinea, liberia, and bob sears with an infrared temperature gun like this one. any passenger with a fever or other risk factors will be quarantined and hospitalized, if necessary. passengers oridgeinatininating m those countries and arriving here will also have to answer questions about symptoms and potential exposure.

customs and border patrol commissioner says the small risk of exposure will now be even lower. >> the expanded screening measures provide this layer of protection to the already-established protocols to minimize the risk of another case of ebola here in the united states. >> reporter: but he warns that no screening measures can get the risk to zero. all passengers leaving the international terminal were given a list of tips for self-monitoring for ebola symptoms. we spoke with some of them. and they were supportive of the extra safeguards. anthony their amsterdam. >> i think there is some justification in taking some measures to try to prevent the disease from entering the stat states. >> reporter: this man from nigeria was dropping off a family member. >> reporter: the c.d.c. says these measures are part of a multi-layer approach to fighting

ebola on u.s. soil. but, jim, they warn there are no guarantees as it can take up to 21 days for the symptoms to appear. >> axelrod: vlad, thank you. at last count, the c.d.c. is reporting nearly 8400 cases of ebola in those three nations of guinea, liberia, and bob sears. bokirstensinema eerie leone. and more than half of those deaths are in liberia alone. that's where we find debora patta tonight in monrovia. there is growing discontent with front-line health workers closest to the threat. what can you tell us? >> reporter: indeed, health workers are months of risking their lives on the front line in this battle against ebola are fed up and they are demanding danger pay. in sierra leone, bodies were simply left on the street after burial teams refused to do their work. they have since gone back to their posts but it remains one of the most dangerous jobs in the world and now here in liberia, health workers are threatening to follow the example of their west african

neighbors and start a slow-down on monday. aid organizations here in monrovia are concerned that a strike could severely set back ebola containment at this critical juncture. this morning, we bumpe bumped io liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf during an impromptu walkabout at a soon to be complete ebola unit. she didn't seem unduly concerned about a strike saying this is a democracy and people were free to express their grievances but she did add there was an ongoing process to resolve this dispute as quickly as possible. jim. >> axelrod: debora patta covering for us in liberia tonight. debora, thank you. a hospital in detroit says a 21-month-old girl has died from the entero virus. this comes one week after the death of a boy in new jersey. the virus has sickened 691 people in 46 states and the district of columbia. heisman-winning quarterback

jameis winston had another strong game today as they beat sir cute 38-20. amid some new accusations about how florida state handled the number of accusations against him, including rape, there is a growing chorus of critics questioning if he should be playing at all. here's juliana goldman. >> reporter: it's days like today that won jameis winston a heisman trophy. but off the field, a string of reports are raising new questions abouts his behavior and whether florida state went too far in protecting its star quarterback. winston is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in december 2012. police never charged him. neither did the state's attorney. >> we've carefully examined all the evidence in this case and have concluded that no charges will be filed. >> reporter: but last night, the "new york times" and fox sports released separate stories claiming the local police and the university interfered with

and stalled the investigation. the university released a lengthy defense of the slow pace of its inquiry, its first public comment on the case. f.s.u. is obligated to investigate sexual assault under title nine and the school says it initiated a probe last november but suspended it, citing a lack of evidence. the department of education launched a federal investigation into the university in april and f.s.u. reopened the winston case four months later. yesterday, florida state informed winston that he will face a disciplinary hearing into the 2012 assault. in the meantime, the quarterback has had a troubled year. in april, he was caught on camera stealing crab legs from a tallahassee supermarket. and in september, he was suspended for a game after yelling obscenities in front of other students. >> i'm not a "me" person, but if

that situation, that was a selfish act and that's not-- that's not how you do things. >> reporter: winston has five class days to respond to a letter that informed him of the disciplinary hearing into the sexual assault charges. jim, his lawyer did not return requests for comment. >> axelrod: juliana goldman in our washington newsroom, thank you. the town of sayerville, new jersey, is dealing with its own football scandal. seven members of the team have now surrendered to the police and will face charges they sexually assaulted four other students. but as jericka duncan reports, the decision to cancel the rest of the season is not sitting well with everyone there. >> reporter: late friday's, police charged the seven students with crimes ranging from aggravated sexual assault to aggravated sexual criminal contact. prosecutors say the alleged hazing incidents happened four separate times last month. in each case, one or more of the students charged allegedly held the victims against their will while the others touched the victims in a sexual manner.

earlier this week, the swoobd voted to end the season until the investigation is complete. governor chris christie expressed his concern about the allegations before the students were charged. >> the idea that that kind of conduct could be permitted-- if it's true-- is absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: but the football hazing controversy has divided a community that takes pride in a program that's won three state sectional titles in the last four years. john davis doesn't think the district should have ended the rest of the season. >> if you're going to punish somebody, punish the individuals north all the kids. >> reporter: this father feels differently. he has two daughters in the school district. >> swee have to protect our kids. that's what we is pay our taxes for in this town, for supervision, to watch over our kids. >> reporter: assembly man represents sayerville expnds the outrage on both sides. >> i understand the anger that some parents have, but, also, let's make sure that the anger is properly directed. it should be directed at the students who caused this.

it should be directed at the coaching staff that allowed this to happen. >> reporter: prosecutors say the teens charged will appear before a family court judge but no hearing has been scheduled. sunday night, hundreds of people from the area plan to attend a vigil in support of the hazing victims. jericka duncan, cbs news, sayerville, new jersey. >> axelrod: we turn next to the battle against isis, which now controls as much as frowrt% of the syrian town of kobani on the border with turkey. fears are rising tonight of a possible massacre, so are tensions between the u.s. and turkey about how to best confront the threat. holly williams is in istanbul. >> reporter: kobani has become an urban battleground. nearly all its residents have fled as isis militants advance street by street in the strategically key border town.

hundreds have been killed, many of them kurdish fighters defending kobani from the islamic extremists. "we're proud of our martyrs" said this woman, as she buried her son. they face these terrorists as no one else could. the militant surge continues despite intense u.s.-led airstrikes around kobani, showing just how limited the strikes may be in defeating is isis. turkish tanks and troops are massed at the border, but they have so far stood by and watched. u.s. officials said today that turkey's agreed to help train syria's moderate rebels but hasn't committed to doing so on turkish soil. the u.s. also wants turkey to allow its bases to be used to launch airstrikes against isis. but in return, turkey wants the

u.s. to help weaken the syrian regime by setting up a secure, no-fly zone in northern syria. that would also stem the tide of more than a million refugees that's flooded into turkey during the syrian civil war. as kobani is attacked by isis militants, the u.s. and turkey are negotiating about how to combat the islamic extremists. turkey says a no-fly zone is key, but, jim, as america resists deeper involvement in syria, that's not something the u.s. is willing to agree to. >> axelrod: holly williams in turkey for us tonight. thank you, holly. isis forces are uncomfortably close to baghdad, which is naturally ratcheting up anxiety in the capital. let's bring in elizabeth palmer who is in baghdad tonight. liz, are those forces get anything closer to baghdad? >> reporter: jim, there's pretty much constant fighting in the countryside in a sort of arc

around the city, but no sign of a major assault on baghdad itself. however, isis is in control of several key towns, and also main highways near baghdad. you may remember from your days here that it used to be a fairly straightforward drive from baghdad to jordan on a main highway. not anymore. that road is closed. there's heavy fighting on both sides, and even u.s. airstrikes very, very nearby. >> axelrod: how is baghdad responding to the fact that these isis forces are so close? >> reporter: massive visible security. you can't go a block in this city without seeing either iraqi army or police. we're told 60,000 men, including paramilitaries, are in charge of protecting the city. any time guinto a public place, you get patted down, even in moscows. that's to try and stop the isis bombers from slipping through, but they do anyway. for example, today, there were three bombings inside baghdad, killing a total of more than 30 people. >> axelrod: and very quickly,

how are the the iraqi forces holding up? >> reporter: mixed bag. embattled, i would say. in fact, the u.s. military had to drop food and ammunition to one group north of the capital near the main refinery because they are pinned down on all side by isis forces. >> axelrod: elizabeth palmer reporting for us tonight from baghdad, liz, thank you. japan and india in the path of two very powerful storms. and why red was the new green in chicago, even when it shouldn't have been. when the the cbs evening news continues.

baring down on asia. a typhoon has torn through okinawa and is now threatening the southern tip of japan while a cyclone is growing stronner as it heads for southeast india. seth doane has latest on both storms. >> reporter: this nasa video shows the eye of typhoon

vongfong barreling toward jaep's oakislands with wind justs up to 150 miles per hour. oakis home to 60,000 u.s. troops and their families, all of whom have been advised to shelter in place. nearly 30,000 homes are without power and flights to and from the airport have been canceled. it's the height of typhoon season in the pacific. another storm earlier this week claimed the lives of three american airmen, swept out to see while photographing the powerful waves hitting oak's shores. japanese meteorologists now warn of flooding and landed slides due to heavy rains and storm surge. in india, another monster system, cyclone hudhud, forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate along the country's east coast as emergency personnel braced for impact. the indian ocean is known for

dangerous weather. 27 of the 35 most lethal storms in history have passed through the bay of bengal. seth doane, cbs news, beijing. >> axelrod: up next, red light cameras throwing drivers in chicago for a loop.

fix to tell you about in chicago. it turns out the city has collected a lot of money from drivers who had run red lights. one problem it's city was off by a tenth of a second. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: traffic cameras capturing drivers running red lights have been raising big money for chicago. it's an annoying feature of modern life, but chicago's program has been extraordinarily beneficial to the city. since november 2003, chicago has issued 5 million red light camera citations and generated more than $520 million in revenue. now comes word that even more

money has been generated by a slight but significant alteration in the time it takes a yellow light to turn red. chicago has issued 77,000 tickets this year at intersections where the yellow light lasts 2.9 seconds instead of the standard minimum of 3 seconds flat. that's almost $8 million in finds. >> three seconds is way too fast for a yellow light, i think. >> reporter: indeed, the federal department of transportation recommends yellow lights of three to six full seconds in duration while the city says the tenth of a second is probably due to variations in electricities city inspector general joe ferguson says effective enforcement should mean an error-free strategy. >> so for purposes of clarity, understanding, and public confidence, we think everyone is much better served with a hard 3.0 rule. >> reporter: the city now agrees and will make sure the yellow lasts three full seconds. drivers are exalting over that

precious tenth of a second. >> to have it a little bit longer is going to be better. >> i do think it should be longer, for sure. >> reporter: the prevailing view on the street here is that when it comes to yellow lights, longer is better. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> axelrod: still ahead, a high-speed view of earth from space.

eufraziactivistsactivists innmad her nobel price with a cake. the latest winner of the nobel peace prize is currently in 12th grade. time flies when you're watching earth from the international space station. a new time-lapse video taken from the station shows the rotation of the earth from day to night compressed into just 26 seconds. an art project in bakersfield, california, has led to at least one arrest.

an artist took some pictures of her husband dressed as a rather creep clown in various public places. police then began to get complaints of some copy cat clowns around town but these remember armed with machetes and baseball bats. 16 complaints. the police did not find those clowns very amusing. coming up, a grandmother's day of vindication long overdue.

with a story of justice long delayed but now no longer denied. a grandmother doing life for murder was released from prison yesterday after 17 years when a judge said she did not do it. here's carter evans. >> thank you! >> reporter: this is what true freedom looks and sounds like. >> oh, my grandson! >> reporter: it was the first time since 1997 that susan mellen could embrace family members she had never met.

her children just 7 and 9 when she went to jail are now in their mid-20s. susan mellen was convicted of killing a homeless man and setting his body on fire. there was just one parent witness, a woman who was later found to be a pathological liar. that witness said mellen, who was an ex-girlfriend of the victim, confessed to the killing. her testimony convinced a jury to put mellen away for life. >> i was in prison but freedom wasn't in me. i always felt like i was free on the inside. >> reporter: for 17 years, the justice system forgot about mellen, but her family never gave up hope. and this year convinced attorney deirdre o'connor and her organization, innocence matters, to take the case. >> it's really hard to get people to be open to see that they might have made a mistake. >> reporter: but on friday's, l.a. speaker judge mark arnold did just that. >> i believe based on what i've read that she's innocent and for that reason i think the criminal justice system failed. >> reporter: to hear the judge

say those words. >> it was overwhelming. i'm still kind inform shock. i don't know if it still hasn't hit me yet. >> reporter: and even when it does sink in, melon says she has no anger. >> i don't want to be bitter. i don't want to be a miserable old lifer. i knew i was going to go home. but home has changed. is that your first cell phone? yeah, i never had one. i don't even know how to turn it on. >> the little things once taken for grand granted-- >> i'm free! >> reporter: are suddenly new again gwen. >> i'm in a car! >> reporter: one day cannot undo 17 years-- i love you. >> reporter: but this one came pretty close. carter evans, cbs news, torrence, california. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. and for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us. and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

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