>> that is a really fascinating reston and it didn't take long to determine the history because what needed to happen for railroads to take off his they had to cut a lot of trees. and with that came improvement from the steam engine and a lot of this is centered in chicago. it was one of chicago's biggest industries. and they had to build this out of wood and his son became a lawyer was president of the pullman company and there was a horrible strike their so with every one of these stories, how do you make better steel, iron, a lot of this happened, we go from the 1830s and 1840s and rail starts to take off because they can mass-produced and the golden spike is driven into the completion in 1869, they had to reinvent bridges before iron, most were made out of wood. and lincoln had talked about this bridge in rock island, illinois, and the railroad into to get across the river. and this is an incident where the steamboat crash or lost control and hit the bridge. and it burned to the ground. so the steamboat owner sues the bridge company. and they bring on lincoln as an attorney and m

>> that is a really fascinating reston and it didn't take long to determine the history because what needed to happen for railroads to take off his they had to cut a lot of trees. and with that came improvement from the steam engine and a lot of this is centered in chicago. it was one of chicago's biggest industries. and they had to build this out of wood and his son became

i'm elise reston, cbs news, new >>> it's monday, august 30th, 2021. the "cbs breaking overnight, ida's fury. the extensive damage from the deadly hurricane after it made landfall on the gulf coast as a category four. more than a million customers are without power in louisiana. we're tracking where ida is heading next. al afghanistan, rockets strike a neighborhood outside kabul's international airport. how the white house is responding with just over 24 hours left before the u.s. military leaves the war-torn military leaves the war-torn country. captioning funded by cbs

i'm elise reston, cbs news, new >>> it's monday, august 30th, 2021. this is the "cbs breaking overnight, ida's fury. the extensive damage from the deadly hurricane after it made landfall on the gulf coast as a category four. more than a million customers are without power in louisiana. we're tracking where ida is heading next. al afghanistan, rockets strike a neighborhood outside kabul's international airport. how the white house is responding with just over 24 hours left before the u.s. military leaves the war-torn military leaves the war-torn country. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with hurricane ida. it has weakened to a category one, but not before causing extensive damage. ida has killed at least one person in louisiana after making landfall as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the u.s. ida crashed on to shore as a category four yesterday near port faushon. it knocked out power leaving at least one million customers in the dark. ida packed winds of up to 150 miles per hour.

reston trump ordered the withdrawal and he was right.hat is some of the text that has been posted on facebook. others of you, having conversations on twitter about this. you can call us at well -- as well, (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text us. that number is (202) 748-8003. and post on to various social media sites as you wish. we will continue with this topic until 8:00. we want to show you some of the diplomatic side of the decisions that have been made. a state apartment spokesman, ned price, talking about the situation at the embassy in kabul. >> the embassy remains open. we continue our diplomatic work, our diplomatic mission in afghanistan. we will continue to do the priority functions. that includes supporting security, assistance, cooperation on counterterrorism as we have been talking about. especially in the context of the special immigrant visa program. we are always reviewing the environment and, especially complex operating environments. that includes kab

reston on the house judiciary committee. he believes in dreaming big and follows the four guiding principles of his faith. they, family, free markets, and education. -- faith. congresswoman williams has been an advocate for social justice, woman, and families throughout her career. as a member of congress, congresswoman williams continues to uplift the legacy of her mentor and predecessor, congressman john lewis. i fighting to prevent voter suppression and expand free and fair access to the ballot box. she was elected as a freshman class president for the 117th congress. as president, she organizes and advances the interests of her freshman emma credit colleagues to fulfill their oath to work for the people. she currently sits on the financial services committee where she is vice chair of the subcommittee on investigations and oversight. and the transportation and infrastructure committee. the congresswoman is also a member of the select committee on the modernization of congress and mr. davis and i served through here. she

reston trump ordered the withdrawal and he was right.hat is some of the text that has been posted on facebook. others of you, having conversations on twitter about this. you can call us at well -- as well, (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text us. that number is (202) 748-8003. and post on to various social media sites as you wish. we will continue with this topic until 8:00. we want to show you some of the diplomatic side of the decisions that have been made. a state apartment spokesman, ned price, talking about the situation at the embassy in kabul. >> the embassy remains open. we continue our diplomatic work, our diplomatic mission in afghanistan. we will continue to do the priority functions. that includes supporting security, assistance, cooperation on counterterrorism as we have been talking about. especially in the context of the special immigrant visa program. we are always reviewing the environment and, especially complex operating environments. that includes kab

he was admitted to a gal reston hospital two days after his last facebook message mocked the pandemic. a tragedy to see that gentleman lose his life and so many people we've been hearing about as they're put on respirators, put on ventilators, ask for the vaccine but it's too late. >> it's tragic and unnecessary. i know too many friends that have not gotten the vaccine and i know a friend who is struggling mightily right now without a vaccine. and at this point all you can do is pray for them. i sure wish that officials in their party were more aggressive in snuffing out some of the misinformation that is killing people. >>> president biden recently announced 100 million doses of the covid vaccine have been shipped overseas to help the international battle against the virus. nbc news senior investigative legal correspondent cynthia mcfadden has why that's so important for the fight against the pandemic here in the u.s. >> reporter: an international pandemic requires an international response. and that was the idea behind covax, a multi-billion dollar alliance launched to ensure that p