x'÷'ñi >> axelrod: the mass exodus resumes. thousands of migrants who were trapped in hungary are granted free passage into austria and germany. can europe handle the growing flood of refugees? >> we must go stand with kim davis. >> axelrod: outside a kentucky courthouse a show of support for the clerk in jail for her defiant stance against same-sex marriage. a pillow fight among cadets at a u.s. military academy gets bloody. and cameras are sent into the flame to help firefighters understand how fires behave. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod, and this is a western edition of the

broadcast. thousands of migrants, mostly from war-torn syria, finally crossed into austria today. they'd been stuck for a week inside hungary, living in squalid conditions. hungary has been overwhelmed by the flood of migrants escaping violence and poverty in the middle east and north africa, who are trying to begin new lives in europe. we begin our coverage with charlie d'agata in vienna. >> reporter: not far from the border with hungary, the migrant arrive in a place a world away from where they've just come. >> reporter: in the austrian town of nickelsdorf, the welcome was as comforting as the helpings of rice being served up. austrian police said 6,000 migrant reached the country today alone. they'd been stuck in hungary for days or weeks, and many ran out of food, water, and patience long ago. >> now we are free. four-- five days in hungary, in

very, very bad position in the very, very bad position. allah, god, thanks, god. >> reporter: matina adelsberger said she saw what was happening to the migrant and had to help. >> i'm so happy that i can be here and that we can give them to eat and they see that they are welcome here. >> reporter: a welcome that included warm clothes for kisam zukari's daughters who haven't had much reason to smile since they fled the syrian city of latakia. among the volunteers, syrian refugee lohi al hussein, who made that same perilous journey himself a few months ago. >> austria is very nice, very good country. i like it. i want to stay here. >> reporter: but not everyone can get here. today, hungarian officials announced the fleet of buss that brought migrants to the border would not be provided again, which triggered another mass exodus, following in the footsteps of those thousands who marched toward the austrian

border yesterday. the target destination for most of these people is munich, germany, where migrants today arrived to applause and more help, but many more migrants have just arrived in hungary. until that country comes up with a system that works, their future is far from certain. like hungary, austria is considered a transit country, jim. migrants don't really want to stay here but they have to get through here in order to get to germany. and in light of the crisis, germany has decided to relax its rules on asylum seekers. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata reporting from vienna tonight. charlie, thank you. how to handle the flood of migrants dominated the meeting of european unions foreign ministers in luxembourg today. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: hungary's foreign minister facing backlash for his country's handling of refugees was critical of the european union's midwraigz policy.

policy. >> reporter: under the current migration plan, countries are not required to meet refugee quotas. instead, they're relying on an honor system of sort. european union's federica mogherini called on country to do their part in providing shelter for refugees. >> this is not something that is affecting or is going to affect one or the other member states, but all of us. >> reporter: among the countries prepared to take in more people, norway, expecting as many as 16,000 refugees. ireland, and the u.k. have promise to take in nearly 6,000 this year. finland is expecting to receive 30,000 refugees. the country's prime minister even offered up his unused home. kosovo, europe's poorest country, will take in 3,000. germany, by far, remains the

most generous of foster countries, setting no limit. but as thousands of refugees continue their journey to the country, german officials are echoing calls for other countries to step up and take in more people in need. germany is expected to take in nearly 800,000 refugees and migrants this year at a cost of several billion dollars. jim, some european officials say the crisis won't be resolved until groups like isis are stripped of their power. >> axelrod: jonathan vigliotti covering for us tonight in our london newsroom. thank you. several hundred demonstrators showed up in the jailhouse in grayson, kentucky, today, to show their support for kim davis. she's the county clerk in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. here's jericka duncan. >> show me the law to free kim davis. >> reporter: their cries for

justice for kim davis may not have been heard through the brick walls of the county jail where davis sits for the third straight day. but around 200 protesters stood in 90-degree heat to voice their support loud and clear for the rowan county clerk who deified a federal court order. john cullison of ohio traveled four hours with his family to be here. >> i consider her a hero of the faith, yes. she's standing up for what she believes. she knows as a christian, she's, one, upheld her oath and two she's responsible to god. >> reporter: david ermold and david moore have been together for 17 years. this is it. >> this is it. >> reporter: late fridays, they received their marriage license days after being turned away by davis. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses. >> under god's authority. >> reporter: how long have you been waiting for this moment? >> probably a good portion of that 17 years. >> reporter: davis' attorney mat staver says any license issued without his client's signature is invalid.

>> they're not worth the paper that they are written on. >> reporter: but a federal judge disagrees. ( applause ) your message to kim davis as she sits in jail. >> we're not happy to see her in jail. that's not what we wanted. we just wanted her to do her job, and we wanted to get married. i mean, that's all we wanted. >> reporter: because davis is an elected official, she cannot get fired, jim. in order for her to lose her position, she either has to resign or be impeached by the state legislature. >> axelrod: jericka, thank you. it has now been four days since a police lieutenant was gunned down in northern illinois by three men he was chasing on foot. 200 law enforcement officers are hunting for the suspects, and david begnaud is in fox lake, illinois. , david, i understand the lieutenant's gun has now been found. >> reporter: jim, it was. lieutenant charles gliniewicz's gun was found at the scene right near where his body was found. we're told it is a significant

development in the case and could be used down the road in terms of prosecution. the big question is was it the weapon that was used to kill him? that question has not been answered. >> axelrod: several videos are being analyzed by the f.b.i. presently. what do we know about what those videos may show? >> we know that one of the videos came from a homeowner in the vicinity of where the lieutenant was killed, and we have heard from a source who's told cbs news that the time stamp on one of the videos makes sense. as to whether it captured the-- captures the suspects before or after the shooting, that part is unclear. what investigators are hoping right now is that the $50,000 reward that is being offered will convince someone who knows one of these suspects to pick up the phone and call in that crucial tip. >> axelrod: weg in fox lake, illinois, thank you. video has now surfaced of a wild scene 16 days ago at the u.s. military academy at west point. contessa brewer reports on a pillow fight that turned bloody. >> reporter: the video

apparently shows a massive pillow fight on campus among the plebes, as freshmenica gets det are called at west point. command says it's a tradition that builds class spirit after a tough summer of training. instagram and twitter photos show battered and bloodied faces. 30 plebes were hurt and needed medical treatment. their injuries includinged a broken nose and a dislocated shoulder. twhor concussions. west point denied a request for an interview but said in a statement: upperclassmen told cbs news off camera they personally checked the pillows cases of the plebes they supervised. prospective cadet cody persaud came to tour the campus with his folks. his takeaway-- >> if there's ever a pillow fight at the school i am not getting involved. >> they're about to serve our country. they're about to take orders.

at some point, there has to be some common sense that says this is going to hurt someone. >> reporter: the superintendent of west point, lieutenant general robert kaslund gave us a statement late this afternoon. he said a military police investigation ganl that night and is ongoing. he promises appropriate discipline for the culprits and ongoing medical assessment for those injured. jim. >> axelrod: contessa brewer congress from the u.s. military academy in west point, thank you. hillary clinton was in new hampshire today answering new questions about her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. we now know that clintons used their own money to pay a state department staffer to maintain their own server. here's julianna goldman. >> fight for you and fight for your families. >> reporter: hitting the campaign trail saturday, hillary clinton focused on women's rights, but speaking with reporters afterwards, she explained why her family paid a government employee additional income to maintain the server she used while secretary of

state. >> we, obviously, paid for those services, and did so because during a period of time, we continued to need his technical assistance. >> reporter: that former state department staffer, bryan pagliano, told lawmakers this week that he would invoke his fifth amendment rights if called to testify before the panel investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. >> and i would very much urge anybody who is asked to cooperate to do so. >> reporter: clinton was forced to defend the e-mail controversy yet again just a day after a lengthy interview with nbc news where she said the logistics of her private server weren't a top concern when she arrived at the state department. >> we had so many problems around the world, i didn't really stop and think what kind of e-mail system will there be? >> reporter: in an interview for tomorrow's "face the nation," g.o.p. presidential candidate carly fiorina was asked if she find that explanation plausible. >> i actually don't because it

takes a lot of work to install a private server system in your basement. and so i don't think it's plausible for her to say, "oh, i wasn't paying any attention." she clearly was paying attention. >> reporter: clinton's stop in new hampshire is the first of many aimed at fending off rival bernie sanders, who has surged there over the summer. jim, the e-mail controversy is expected to continue into the fall. clinton is set to testify before the benghazi committee next month. >> axelrod: julianna goldman in our washington newsroom. thank you. a fire at a planned parenthood clinic in washington state has now been ruled to be arson. it happened before dawn today in the town of pullman, washington. two weeks ago today, some 500 people protested at that clinic demanding it be shut down. you can't get any closer to a wildfire than this. the technology behind the extreme close-up is next. also ahead, trying to untangle an 80-foot whale.

>> axelrod: wildfires have been scorching land at a record rate this year. nearly nine million acres have been destroyed so far. tonight, at least 45 fires are burning in the west. at the site of the largest fire in california, carter evans shows us how cameras are helping firefighters stay a step ahead of the flames. >> reporter: the day seems relatively calm when smoke and flames first appear from a wildfire raging in california's sierra national forest. but one minute is all it takes for conditions to quickly deteriorate. this rare view is captured by flame-resistant equipment inside the wildfire. >> now what we're seeing is the actual heat front. >> reporter: fire behavior

analyst dennis burns says what's especially alarming about this video is how the wind picks up significantly, blowing embers and spreading flames in all directions. >> that's an indicator of the winds actually generated by the fire. >> reporter: so the fire is creating its own wind. >> absolutely. >> reporter: this equipment could tell you that. >> yell. >> reporter: carol ewell leads the fire assessment team which is gathering data to see firsthand the destructive power of these flames. >> it can upon us learn more about the fire and learn when to manage them and what areas of the fire need to be squashed quicker. >> reporter: this srmt dalgt battleis to keep the fires from reaching drought-damaged trees. there are millions of them throughout the forest. >> acres and acres of dead trees, that's a huge factor. >> reporter: once those trees catch fire, you can see how intensely they burn, right up to the treetops gee, you normally wouldn't see fire getting up into the canopies with the regulator that it's occurring right now. but it's happening and once the fires get up there, that's more than we're able to contend with.

>> reporter: how does this impact the firefight. >> instead of going direct, we now have to back off. >> reporter: which may burn more wild land but ultimately save lives. carter evans, cbs news, squaw valley, california. >> axelrod: unemployment hit a seven-year low but the stock market tanked again. we'll sort out the economy's mixed signals next.

>> axelrod: the economy has reached a milestone in the the recovery from the great recession. the labor department reported yesterday that unemployment fell in august to 5.1%, that's a seven-year low. so why did the dow drop 272 points on fridays, and why did wall street have its second worst week of the year? jordan goodman of moneyanswers.com is here. can you help us understand this?

>> absolutely. so the numbers that came out were a little bit less than people expected, 173,000 new jobs compared to about 220,000. previous two months were revise upwards to 44,000. so on one hand maybe it's not as strong, on the other hand maybe it's too strong. so all this kind of confusion makes investors very, very nervous which is why the market fell so much. >> axelrod: will the fed raise rates? >> i do not think they should. i do not think they are going to. we are in a situation where we had more deflation than inflation. wages aren't really going up very much, oil is down to $46 a barrel, other commodity downs sharply, china in turmoil right now, world currencies are in turmoil. it's an unstable environment, i don't think feds are going to raise rates. >> axelrod: going out on a limb? >> yes. >> axelrod: jordan goodman, thank you. efforts to untangle a whale hit a snag today.

>> axelrod: a high school football player in louisiana died last night during a game. 16-year-old tyrell cameron of franklin parish broke his neck on a punt return colliding with another player and then collapsing on the field. rescuers are looking for a while in distress off california. it's a blue whale, the largest creature on earth. this one is 80 feet long and was first spotted yesterday after san pedro, california, tangled up in a crab trap. rescue workers tried but failed to treat whale yesterday. they attached a bright orange buoy to it last night and are now looking for the buoy and the whale. coming up, they've seen the worst and the best in humanity. albino children hunted in africa for their limbs, finding help in the united states.

>> axelrod: we close tonight

with a woman from staten island who decided to be the solution to the heartbreaking problem of some african children. they are children with albinism, meaning little or no pigment in their skin, eyes and hair. in several african countries, this condition has made kids targets of harrowing violence. when you hear kabula nkarango masanjaaa story, the idea that she could smile seems unimaginable. >> axelrod: the 17-year-old girl from tanzania lost her right arm five years ago. >> axelrod: hunted in her homeland by human poachers. in tanzania, albino body parts can sell for thousands of dollars on the black market. it's believed by some, the parts hold supernatural powers and can be use used in potions.

>> i have never, never, experienced anything like this before. got it? okay. >> reporter: elissa montanti runs the global medical relief fund, a nonprofit she founde fon sphield 17 years ago to help kids injured by war or natural disasters receive prosthetics. >> i've seen kids that have kicked a can and it exploded, have dangledded from a tree in indonesia for the tsunami, the earthquake in haiti. but this is something unimaginable. >> axelrod: she brought these children from tanzania after reading of the attack on five-year-old baraka cosmas lusambo. he told us in swahili, "they hit my mother twice on her head. then they came to me. they cut off my hand." >> now let go! >> axelrod: look at his smile as he received and learned to use his prosthetic during the last two weeks at the shriner's hospital for children in philadelphia.

>> axelrod: after completing physical therapy, these five children will return to safe houses in tanzania. >> they're going to be able to pick up a pen, to write, to pick up a fork and eat. this will definitely make them feel whole, a sense of empowerment. >> axelrod: montanti plans to bring the children back to the u.s. as they grow to get their prosthetics refitted. >> there will be a lot of tears, but i know i'm going to see them again. >> axelrod: one of the children is already back home in tanzania. the other four will follow in the next month. all are reported to be adjusting well to their prosthetics. and that is 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 captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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