carter evans is 20 miles south of here, carter? >> we're in sarasota jeff right now. this is sarasota bay. you can see across it, about an hour ago, not any more. we have sideways rain and gusty, gusty wind. i'm going to guess that it is about 40, 50 miles an hour right now. it's been blowing strong like this for the last hour or so. and yes, we have seen extreme low tides today. i got to tell you, this storm has given us an opportunity to take a look at these low tides and people say they have never seen it before. >> the force of the oncoming hurricane is so strong that it is literally sucked the water right out of sarasota on is normally under a few feet of water. and you can see that a lot of people took advantage of a lull in the weather to go out and take a look at this anomaly, something they had never seen before. that is something emergency officials say you should absolutely not do. we have seen several looky loos coming out to look at the situation, standing in the sea break, walking out into the bay in extremely dangerous situation. let me show you this br

. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, san francisco. >> morgan: when we return, the "cassini" spacecrafts its 20-year mission to saturn in a blaze of glory. >> morgan: we end tonight, three planets further from the sun on saturn. nasa ended its "cassini" mission yesterday, sending the little space propose proeb that cowed. >> reporter: after 13 years in orbit around the ring giant, the "cassini" spacecraft plunged into saturn and vaporized. it was an emotional time for nasa scientists behind the mission. >> seeing a spacecraft that i've come to think of as a member of the family disappear, touched my soul. >> reporter: it also touched planetary society member robert picardo, who gave "cassini" a very special send-off. you may remember him as the holographic doctor on "star trek: voyager." >> calculate the variables. >> reporter: but the project may have meant the most to "cassini" scientist linda spilker. since the 1980s, she worked to get the satellite off the ground while raising her daughters. they brought along granddaughter audrey to make the final farewell a family affair. what was

carter evans shows us the study you'll see first on "cbs this morning." >> reporter: parents walkingey're in the nation's second most dangerous county for distracted drivers. >> i'm about to step and walk across the street and i almost got run over by somebody. >> reporter: claudia morales says she and her daughter have had several close calls. 8-year-old talia thinks she knows why. >> they're on their phones, they're texting. >> reporter: a new study recently analyzed almost 4 million drivers cruising near 75,000 schools. it determined san francisco's bessie carmichael elementary has some of the most dangerous streets in the country for distracted driving. school in houston has the worst drivers with campuses in manhattan and dallas rounding out the top five. in general, the more urban the county, the riskier the school rose. which is more dangerous, the morning dropoff or afternoon pickup? >> absolutely the afternoon by about 40%. >> reporter: jonathan mattis is ceo of zendrive, the company behind the research. he says the afternoon hours from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. are more dangerous t

carter evans filed this report. the rain is going sideways, we are in sarasota, this is sar sarasota bay and it is normally quite calm on the bay, not today t is full of white caps and a lot of wind and a lot of blowing rain. most people in low-lying areas have evacuated to shelters right now. there are 17,000 people in ten shelters. five of those shelters are full. there is room in five of the shelters for 7,000 more people. that is about it. most people have evacuated as of about 8:00 last night. but i will tell you one thing that has been very interesting about the storm is what it has done to the bay here, this extreme low tide is something people who live here say they haven't seen before. >> the force of the oncoming hurricane is so strong that it literally sucked the water right out of sarasota bay. this sea grass that i'm standing on is normally under a few feet of water. and you can see that a lot of people took advantage of a lull in the weather to go out and take a look at this anomaly, something they had

carter evans has that story. >> reporter: parents here might not know they are in the second most dangerousstracted drivers. >> i'm about to step and walk across the street and almost got run over by somebody. >> reporter: claudia says she and her daughter have had several close calls. talia knows why. >> they're on their phones, they're texting. >> reporter: a study analyzed 4 million drivers cruising near 75,000 schools and determined san francisco's bessey carmichael elementary has some of the most dangerous streets in the country for distracted driving. a school in houston has the worst drivers. in general, the more urban the county, the riskier the school roads. >> which is more dangerous, morning dropoff or afternoon? >> the afternoon by about 40%. >> reporter: the ceo of zen drive, the company behind the research. he says the afternoon hours between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. are more dangerous than the morning especially 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. all his data is collected online for anyone to access. >> we put all of this information into a very powerful map where you can search any name of any one

. >> glor: all right, carter evans, thank you very much.3 in, sarasota, not in good shape at all .. hurricane mare is moving up the gulf coast of florida antonin miles an hour, we are going to be tracking this storm throughout the day, but right now, we are going to go to the west coast again, yes, david begnaud, just across the bay here, actually in tampa, david. >> we are about to get punched in the face by this storm. those are the words of the mayor of tampa who just announced that a curfew goes into effect at 6:00 o'clock tonight. we are on the river walk, you have got the hillsboro river here, the university of tampa is behind me and downtown tampa is that way. where i am walking now, the thought is, is that you could be swimming here within the next 12 hours, the water is moving in the way of the low tide, heading out toward the bay. we are hearing that when the storm actually moves in, it will happen around high tide, so you have got the water that is coming in from the gulf will move across the bay, which is about 700 miles of coast hype and right up here, this is essential

>> carter evans in jupiter, florida. thank you, carter. know, it scares me when people don't heed these warnings, when the governor is begging you to go, it's probably time to go. >> people have seen other storms and it hasn't been as bad as they thought. >> we're talking meddling investigation. sources say the group includes hope hicks and white house counsel donald mcbegan as far as reince priebus secretary sean spicer. >>> the philadelphia daily news says country fans are mourning the loss of singer troy gentry, who is one-half of the duo montgomery gentry was on his way to a concert in friday when his helicopter was in a crash. federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of the crash. troy gentry was 50 years old. >> he was supposed to perform last night. very are sad. >>> "wall street journal" reports equifaxle is helping consumers after its massive data breach may have compromised the personal information of nearly half of the u.s. population. the credit rating company says it is tripling its call center staff this weeken

carter evans spoke with her daughter about their frustrations. >> reporter: with her family by her bedsideen wen is trying to beat leukemia. she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease in february. how long does she have? >> we're taking it day by day. every day with her say gift right now. >> reporter: her sister sharon adams say their mom's only hope is a stem cell transplant, ideally she needs a rare 100% match. >> and she got it. >> and yes with 100% match the possibility of it being a successful transplant is very high. >> reporter: doctors say the sister is a perfect donor. she lives in vietnam, which no one expected to be a problem. doctors wrote letters urging the u.s. consulate to grant an emergency medical visa saying time is of the essence. >> everything lined up. >> everything except for the visa part. >> it has now been denied four times. state department spokesman told cbs news, stories like this always strike me at the heart but since records are confidential she was unable to discuss specific visa cases. >> reporter: why was she denied? >> they're afraid she wo

carter evans is just south of us, about 30, 40 miles south of us in sarasota. we checked in with him just a little bit earlier. sea spray blowing off sarasota bay here. it's been doing this for the last couple of hours. now you were talking about police officers not responding to calls, up in tampa where you are. that is the case here as well. they were blocking this road earlier. they have now left. they say it's too windy. they've got to go inside. so, if you need help from police in this area, it's too late right now. as far as the people who are in shelters, there are ten shelters in this area. at last check, about five of them were full. and there were about 17,000 people in sarasota county shelters. now there is still room for about 5,000 or 7,000 more people but it's going to be really tough to get there. you can see all this water blowing through the area right now. and jeff, we haven't even hit the hurricane force winds yet. it's gusting to around 52 miles an hour. it is going to be a really long night here in sarasota. >> glor: yeah, it's getting nase

carter evans filed this report. >> you can see the wind is really picking up here.a getting closer. the rain is going side ways. we are in sarasota. this is sarasota bay, and normally quite calm here on the bay. not today. it is full of whitecaps. and a lot of wind. and a lot of blowing rain. most people in low-lying areas have evacuated to now. there are 17,000 people in 10 shelters. about 8:00 last night. tell you one thing very interesting about the storm. what it has done to the bay here. people who live here say they haven't seen before. >> the force of the oncoming hurricane is so strong, that it is literally sucked the water right out of sarasota bay. this sea grass i am standing on is normally under a few feet of water. you can see people took advantage of, a lull in the weather to go out and take a look at this low tide. an unusual and unusual sight for sure. something that these people haven't seen before. but officials say what they're doing is very, very dangerous. they should not be letting their guards down. and going out in these lulls. because these

sarasota is about 30-40 miles away from here, carter evans is there they also under a big threat today you right here, this is a common site all around sarasota the road blocks right now. this is the bridge over to bay isle and siesta key, these places were evacuated as of 8:00 p.m. yesterday. nobody is supposed to be there for good reason. you look out to the right this is sarasota bay you can see the white caps on the water, quite rough right now. we're going to walk down here a little bit, in between squalls it's not too windy right now we can show you around just a bit. you were talking, jeff, about the tide rushing out. it was low tide earlier this morning, the tide should be coming in right now but it is all that have water has gotten sucked out of the bay. you can see the high tide mark on the pilings. look at that home over, there you can imagine what it's going to be like when we get back up to high tide then we get eight feet of water on top of that. island behind me, only about three feet above sea level. this could be a big problem. again, this area, these low lying areas a

carter evans flew with the crew with a first trip to the island and got a look at the damage. morning. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday we flew about 150 miles south with the coast garpd gard to marco island. we spent hours in the air surveying the damage. our pilots were surprised by what they saw, and so were we. >> a lot of stuff down here below us. >> reporter: from 500 feet in the air, the area around marco island looks like a disaster zone. heavy rain turned this neighborhood of mobile homes into a lake. >> oh, yeah. there's some destroyed houses. >> reporter: we surveying the area with members of the coast guard two days after irma made landfall here as a category 3 storm. 135-mile-per-hour winds ripped off roof tiles and siding from >>mes. looks like these decks on that house collapsed. >> reporter: protective screens around pools completely buckled and the powerful surge destroyed docks, authorities are beginning to allow residents to come back. there is a strict kerr few though. >> residents are being asked to stay inside their homes. >> they're waving. they look

carter evans is nair sew ta this so-called phenomena. g. >> reporter: good morning. you can see right now sarasota bay pretty much filled to the brim. all of this water came rushing back as the center of the storm passed over us, but it was a very difnt yesterday along the coastline. for floridians living along the coast, irma caused an unusual site, a dry shoreline. >> i've seen it flooded plenty of times. i've never seen it like this. >> reporter: waterways flooded as the hurricane picked up steam. the ocean spray has sucked a lot of the water out of sarasota bay. >> reporter: it was a similar picture across the region thanks to irma's fierce counter-clock weiss winds and atmospheric pressure. >> this is happening because the wins are pushing the water away from the bays as the storm is passing. as the storms pass to the north, the waters shift and push all the water back into the bay. >> reporter: robert had to check out the scene for himself in saraso sarasota. >> i have never seen the grass. i never have seen that before. i just was

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carter evans is inside yosemite national park near el capitan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's climbing season and this road leads to el capitan, one of the most popular peaks. but this is the p of the road, at least for now. it's still covered with debris after two days of massive rock slides. >> it looks like it's done. >> reporter: hundreds of tons of granite plummeted thousands of feet down el capitan thursday. video captured from inside yosemite national park showed the billowy dust plume. >> all of a sudden it like th crashed through their suv. >> it shattered. >> glass went flying. >> we were trying to outrun it. we were like, let's go, let's go. at the same time my husband reached up and said, oh, my head, my head because it was bleeding and hurting. >> he was flown by continue helo a hospital and is expected to be okay. >> the rock slide went all the way down to the road. >> this is what it looked like on top of el capitan, more than 7,500 feet above the slide. only day earlier a rock fall in the same area killed a british

carter evans is in sarasota with how this rare weather phenomenon happened. good morning. as the sun peeks out from behind the clouds, sarasota bay is filled to the brim again. all of this water came back after the center of the storm passed over. but yesterday it was a very different scene up and down the coast. for floridians used to living along the coast, irma provided an unusual sight sunday, a dry shoreline. >> i've never seen it empty like this before. i've seen it flooded plenty of times. i've never seen nothing like this. >> reporter: water ways receded as this storm picked up steam. the force of the approaching hurricane is so strong that it's actually sucked a lot of the water out of sarasota bay. >> it was a similar picture across the region, thanks to a mix of irma's fierce counterclock wise winds and low atmospheric pressure. >> so this is happening because the winds are pushing the water away from these bays as the storm is passing. as the storm passes to the north, the winds shift and they push all the water back into the bays. >> normally the

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