>> pelley: the road to the white house. >> the republicans do have a tougher path. >> pelley: we'll show you how tough. the amazing simones, the gymnast and the swimmer. >> she just kind of blows the rest of the world out of the water. >> pelley: she's talking about the gymnast. >> pelley: and steve hartman, at summer camp. >> the kids who come here share one exceptional bond. >> pelley: this is our western edition. louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and it's not over. at least one person is dead. there's more flooding in mississippi and alabama. omar villafranca is in amite city, louisiana. >> reporter: in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains f out businesses and entire neighborhoods. motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. >> my house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. >> reporter: emergency crews went after those who couldn't get out on their own, using boats and high-water vehicles to take stranded neighbors and

>> pelley: mass evacuation. a rapidly spreading california wildfire is now the size of san francisco. >> in my 40 years of fightingan fire i have never seen a fire behavior so extreme. >> also tonight, chaos at the top. donald trump goes through three campaign managers in eight weeks. the robbery mystery. >> they pulled out their gun. >> pelley: brazil orders u.s. olympian ryan lochte not to leave the country, but his family says he's already home. and turning the beauty of sport into an art form captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: it hit hard, it hit fast, it hit with an intensity we hadn't seen before. those are the word of fire chief mark hartwig describing the wildfire in san bernardino county, california, that has forced a mass evacuation. the runaway fire exploded overnight, torching more than 30,000 acres and an untold number of homes. nearly 83,000 people have been the path of the fire. tonight, carter evans is on the fireline, 60 miles east of los angeles. >> reporter:

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and it's not over. at least one person is dead. there's more flooding in mississippi and alabama. omar villafranca is in amite city, louisiana. >> reporter: in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains flooded out businesses and entire neighborhoods. motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. >> my house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. >> reporter: emergency crews went after those who couldn't get out on their own, using boats and high-water vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. residents chipped in. >> where is all this water supposed to go! >> reporter: but in baton rouge, the rising floodwaters proved deadly. a 68-year-old man was killed after he was swept away while trying to escape. vernon drummond was his friend. >> he got over and he went under and didn

.>>> scott pelley comes up next. captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: fire and flood. as firefighters risk their lives in california, police arrest an arsonist. and the death toll rises in the louisiana flood. >> this is my entire life that i worked my entire life for, just washed away. >> pelley: also tonight, the runaway cost of epipens is forcing patients to choose. >> it could mean life or death. >> pelley: we'll remember john mclaughlin, who raised the decibels of debate. and, "drop and give me 22." the great push-up challenge, putting muscle into saving the lives of veterans. >> 22 push-ups, here we go. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. more than 8,000 firefighters are battling eight large wildfires in california, and a suspect has been arrested for allegedly starting one of the fires that destroyed 175 homes and businesses north of san francisco. carter evans is on the scene of another fire in southern california. >> reporter: in less than four hours, a five-acre fire became a 5,500-acre monster, trapping f

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is a western edition of our broadcast. the teleprompter was gone today. donald trump spoke off the cuff and took his campaign off the rails, again. this time, it was a remark that some took as a threat of violence against hillary clinton or the supreme court justices she might appoint if elected president. here was trump in north carolina: >> hillary wants to abolish-- essentially abolish the second amendment. by the way, and if she gets to pick-- ( booing ) if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although, the second amendment people, maybe there is. i don't know. >> pelley, of course, the second amendment establishes the right to bear arms. the clinton campaign said trump was inciting violence. trump's campaign had another major? >> reporter: scott, donald trump's first impulse was to put out a statement that blamed the "dishonest media." in it, the trump camp felt no need to explain what trump meant and address accusations that even indirectly, he was calling for violence against hillary clinton. how

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. more than 8,000 firefighters are battling eight large wildfires in california, and a suspect has been arrested for allegedly starting one of the fires that destroyed 175 homes and businesses north of san francisco. carter evans is on the scene of another fire in southern california. >> reporter: in less than four hours, a five-acre fire became a 5,500-acre monster, trapping firefighters. >> we've had a run over. i need you to start one a.l.s. ambulance for a fireman injury. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed at least two firefighters were injured. the fast-moving flames have destroyed several buildings, shut down the main highway linking los angeles to las vegas, and threatened power lines near the desert community of devore. marc peebles is with san bernardino county fire. when this started, it just took off. >> yes, that's correct. it's intense. it's very grueling and very demanding on the ground. >> reporter: it's this gusty wind, the hot temperatures, and the extremely dry condit

news" from new york, here is scott pelley, take captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: trump goes off script and critics say over the line. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although, the second amendment people, maybe there is, i don't know. >> pelley: also tonight, more zika cases from florida mosquitos. >> we want to start a family soon, and this may keep us from doing so. >> pelley: new calls for tighter regulation of amusement parks after the tragic death of a young boy. and thousands hike the appalachian trail every year, but not the way stacy kozel is doing it. >> reporter: hang on, hang on. i have never heard that sentence before. >> i know. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the teleprompter was gone today. donald trump spoke off the cuff and took his campaign off the rails, again. this time, it was a remark that some took as a threat of violence against hillary clinton or the supreme court justices she might appoint if elected president. here was trump in north carolina. >> hillary wants to abolish-- essentially abolish t

. >> pelley: high hopes up in smoke. the obama administration refuses to lift restrictions on marijuana, keeping the federal government at odds with half the states. also tonight, allegations that u.s. intelligence about the war on isi >> the facts on the ground didn't match what the intelligence was saying out of the united states central command. >> there it goes. >> pelley: road hazards drivers rarely see coming until it's too late. >> i got severely lucky on the highway that no one ran me over or hit me. >> pelley: and fast friends. lochte and phelps. >> win or lose, we're still going to be friends, and that rivalry that we've created is this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we begin with major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. after a long review, the obama administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called "a schedule 1 drug," same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. th government in conflict with states that

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. one day after donald trump used the second amendment to shoot himself in the foot, hillary clinton used her first amendment right to speak out against him. that's where we begin tonight with major garrett. >> if you are running to be president or you are president of the united states, words can have tremendous consequences. >> reporter: that was hillary clinton in iowa today, reacting to what donald trump said yesterday at a rally in north carolina. >> if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although, the second amendment people, maybe there is, i don't know. >> yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual cross the line. >> reporter: trump argued he was only talking about political advocacy, but the secret service felt compelled to announce it took note of trump's comments. the inference the violence arises in an atmosphere of suspicion that trump helped create, one in which the g.o.p. nominee warned supporters of abridged second am

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>> ireland: right, and... >> pelley: wow. >> ireland: that's more than most states are giving. >> pelleying like $300,000 a year for every year you spent in prison. and you say it's not worth it? >> ireland: oh, absolutely not. absolutely not. they could give me $5 million for every year and it still wouldn't be worth it. >> pelley: ken ireland was fortunate, if you can call it that. many states offer no compensation at all. one is julie baumer's home, michigan. other than the time, what have you lost? >> julie baumer: everything. everything. my life is nothing as it was. >> pelley: in 2003, baumer was a mortgage broker raising her sister's baby. he became ill, so she took him to an emergency room. doctors there suspected the boy had been shaken until his brain was damaged. baumer was convicted of child abuse. she was in her fifth year in prison when new evidence showed that the boy had suffered a natural stroke. she was retried, acquitted, and the judge apologized. after she was released, for a time, she was homeless. how did you start over? >> baumer: it was very, very, very rough. you

>> pelley: zika breaks out of the containment zone. a new cluster turns up, this time in a major tourist destination. >> from the sun and fun capital of the world, miami beach! >> pelley: also tonight, trump dumps his campaign chairman, and tries something new-- humility. >> i regret it. and i do regret it.e particularly, where it may have caused personal pain. >> pelley: regrets, too, from ryan lochte. he apologizes for the behavior that got him branded "the ugly american." and, steve hartman-- when marge harlan recreated history, she reopened old wounds. >> no, i don't like it. >> just brings back thoughts of, captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, after first denying it, florida reported a new cluster of locally transmitted zika virus infections, these outside the one miami neighborhood had been cd by mosquitoes, in miami beach that brings the total of mosquito-borne infections in the area to 36. zika can cause severe birth defects. miami beach get

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we begin with major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. after a long review, the obama administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called "a schedule 1 drug," same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. but that puts the federal government in conflict with states that have already made pot legal either for recreational or medicinal use. we have more now from don dahler. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration said marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states. chuck rosenberg is acting administrator for the d.e.a. >> it's not about danger. stuff in schedule one can be really dangerous or not as dangerous. it's whether or not it's a safe and effective medicine. >> this decision keeps marijuana classified as a schedule 1 drug, like heroin and l.s.d., which means the federal government only approves of its use under strictly limited research concerns. in violation of federal law, new jersey is one of 42 states an

with scott pelley. >> pelley: the swimmers' story just didn't hold water. today, police in brazil said u.s. olympic star ryan lochte and three of his teammates made up the story about being robbed at gunpoint in rio last weekend. so what did happen? well, let's go to the video replay. here's ben tracy. >> reporter: this security camera footage shows the four american swimmers at a gas station disappearing down they get back in their taxi but are stopped by a security guard. you can see the swimmers raising their arms and then sitting on the ground. today, rio police filled in the blanks, accusing the americans of vandalizing the bathroom, arguing with the security guard, and then leaving $50 to pay for the damage. it is a dramatically different story than the one ryan lochte told this past weekend when he as police. >> reporter: rio police say the security guard did point a gun at lochte, but only because he was erratic and aggressive. this afternoon, gunner bentz and jack conger arrived at a rio police station for questioning. last night, police pulled the

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, after first denying it, the state of florida reported a new cluster of locally transmitted zika virus infection, these outside the one miami neighborhood called the zika zone. five people have been infected, apparently by mui that brings the total of mosquito-borne infections in the area to 36. zika can cause severe birth defects. miami beach gets nearly eight million tourists a year, but today the c.d.c. warned pregnant women to stay away from the two zika zones. david begnaud is there. >> we believe we have a new area where local transmissions are occurring in miami beach. >> reporter: the five new two are still in miami beach. one has returned to el paso, texas, another to new york, and the third to taiwan. florida governor rick scott has come under fire for waiting too long to inform the public about the newest zika zone. cbs news confirmed this information yesterday, and your office told us all day and night that the reporting was wrong. >> it's very important that the information the

>> pelley: meddling with the truth. ryan lochte and three other u.s. olympic swimmers are accused of making up the story about being robbed in rio. police say this video proves it. also tonight, the spread of flka. aoridor repwots t more cases, apparently spread by local mosquitoes. the chicago police superintendent wants seven officers fired, accusing them of a cover-up in the fatal shooting of a black teenager. and maybe this child can get the world's attention. he's the new face of syria's civil war. captioning sponsored by cbs with scott pelley. >> pelley: the swimmers' story just didn't hold water. today, police in brazil said u.s. olympic star ryan lochte and three of his teammates made up the story about being robbed at gunpoint in rio last weekend. so what did happen? well, let's go to the video replay. here's ben tracy. >> reporter: this security camera footage shows the four american swimmers at a gas statio