and, steve hartman follows a prayer's journey to the heavens and back. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the "new york times" dropping a bombshell. >> just look! >> new twists in the drama surrounding brett kavanaugh. ea republicans have agreed on a e unter-offer to lawyers of kavanaugh's accuser. >> in the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> the flooding threatening the carolinas continues one week after hurricane florence hit. >> duke energy says a dam was breached at a plant in north carolina. to crews are now trying to prevent toxic coal ash from spilling into the river. >> in maryland, investigators say a suspect in a workplace shooting rampage yesterday was suffering from mental illness. >> you just don't know when or where this could happen. it's almost like a ticking time bomb. >> it could cost more to shop at walmart. >> the retailer warning about a price hike if the trump .dministration imposes a tariff on chinese imports. >> reporter: this sand table at the forest service fire lab is creati

and, steve hartman proves the power of the heart can change the mind. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. en it was a split-screen moment. >> former president barack obama rebuking the current presidency. >> it's not conservative. it sure isn't normal. it's radical. s here's how trump responded: >> i watched it, but i fell asleep. i a dallas police officer is on veministrative leave. t investigators say that the officer was coming home from work, walked into the wrong apartment, and shot a man. tt firefighters are battling the dging delta fire in northern california. >> homes and businesses have been evacuated. >> former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos is going to jail, but for all of 14 days. >> he pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. >> this 2,000-foot-long pipe is part of a giant trash-collection system, and it's headed to the tceat pacific garbage patch, to start cleaning it up. >> tesla c.e.o. elon musk went on joe rogan's podcast last night. during the interview, he had a flamethrower, a samurai sword, ijd allegedly smoked marijuana.

>> reporter: steve hartman, "on the road," in gresham, oregon. >> glor: i think we needed that story t. thank you, steve. that is the "cbs evening news" for this week. i'm jeff glor in new york. have a great weekend. we'll see you again on monday. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the pavement. the brutal assault, caught on >>> now at 6:00 a man mistakes a car for his ride share. he gets sucker punched and hits the pavement. the brutal assault caught on camera. police released the video late this afternoon. >> kpix5's andria borba walks us through what happened. >> reporter: well, the attack happened on september 8th around 11:30 at night. the victim was waiting for a ride share to pull up at the corner of first and howard. he thought that the car he ordered did pull up and that his white four door sedan was his. that's when the suspect got out and attacked him. this is a police sketch of that suspect. he is described as an asian man approximately 6 feet tall with a buzz cut in his early 30s. >> so it appears that the suspe

all of these cats are >>> steve hartman was there for the cease-fire in a war between neighbors. holding? steve went back on the road to find out. >> reporter: even though this neighborhood in summerville, south carolina is predominantly black, no one really noticed when annie cadell moved in seven years ago. >> i loved the house. >> reporter: at least when we reported a few months ago. no one noticed at first. >> when hoe first came here she seemed to be night. >> reporter: until? >> a little bit later she put up confederate national. >> reporter: and so began a very public fight. when the neighbors protested in front of her house, annie invited counterprotesters to stand in her yard. when the neighbors put up walls on both sides of her property to block the view, annie put up a taller flag pole. >> once you get my hackles raised i don't back down. >> reporter: eventually the war settled into a stalemate of sorts. there were no mar marches, no bigger walls, no taller flag poles. just a quiet bitterness on both sides until annie had a change of heart, quite literally. >> when you

steve hartman, on the road in valdosta, georgia. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesdayrs, check back with us a little later for the morning news and, of course, "cbs this morning". from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm nikki battiste. >>> it's tuesday, september 4th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." tropical storm gordon lashes florida and takes aim at the gulf coast. today supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh will be in the senate hot seat. democrats are expected to grill the conservative on hot-button issues and how much he could swing the court to the right. and nike makes a controversial move, signing a high-profile new deal with the former nfl player now known more for taking a knee

steve hartman explains. >> reporter: at the mt. in the poconos of pennsylvania, reverend gilbert caldwell and his wife grace are arriving for their second honeymoon. >> we're here, we're here. >> reporter: they were greeted warmly. >> how are you. >> reporter: a sharp contrast to their first visit 60 years earlier. in 1957, they were married in north carolina, then drove eight hours only to be turned back for being black. how did they put it? did they give you a reason? >> first they pretended i didn't have a reservation, where i actually brought a copy and then they said if we said yes our guests would be very unhappeny. >> they had to stay at a black-owned hunting lodge instead. >> men with big guns. >> reporter: not what you were planning on for your honeymoon? >> not what we were planning on. >> reporter: gill immersed himself in the civil rights movement working side by side with martin luther king jr. take he speaks about the movement which is how he ended up at bear titus elementary and told the honeymoon story as he had don

steve hartman is on the road tonight on the cbs evening news. ..le riding an >> we thank you for watching at 5:00. >>> ahead at 6:00 one of the first cases of a man charged with dui while riding an electric scooter. allen martin and myself are back in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> glor: on the "cbs evening news" this friday, the president agrees to an f.b.i. investigation of his supreme court nominee after a dramatic day on capitol hill. and an unprecedented security breach at facebook, affecting nearly 50 million accounts. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote in order to let the f.b.i. do an investigation. >> this is unprecedented. it's historic. >> senator chris coons was a central player in this drama. >> even though he and i are from different parties, we respect each other and we can work together. >> combine that with flake getting accosted from a couple of women in the hallways. >> you're telling all women that sey don't matter!

and, steve hartman follows a prayer's journey to the heavens and back. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the "new york times" dropping a bombshell. >> just look!

and, steve hartman proves the power of the heart can change the mind. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. en it was a split-screen moment. >> former president barack obama rebuking the current presidency. >> it's not conservative. it sure isn't normal. it's radical. s here's how trump responded: >> i watched it, but i fell asleep. i a dallas police officer is on veministrative leave. t investigators say that the officer was coming home from work, walked into the wrong apartment, and shot a man. >> firefighters are battling the

steve hartman found her story on the road. >> reporter: what are you here for? through this park in shoreline washington. a year ago? >> yes. >> reporter: when she came across something curious. like the beginning of a mystery. >> yes. >> reporter: a plaque. it was clearly a tribute, but to who? >> 1930 through 1969. i'm like, wow, that's a short life. i did the quick malgt in my head. he died at 39? >> reporter: did you wonder why? >> yeah. that's not typical. >> reporter: and since there were no other markings and no one around to ask, sarah took it upon herself to learn all she could about the life and death of edwin pratt. she learned he was director of the seattle urban league, worked on school desegregation and was the first black person to move into sarah's town. it was a bold and fatal decision. pratt was assassinated right there on the front porch, nine months after martin luther king, jr. >> it was just the lack of recognition that really i think maybe stunned me. >> reporter: stunned you? >> yeah, it just felt like he's got to have something more than

. >>> steve hartman now with the story of an internet troll from africa.arted out as a scammer and turned into a local superhero, with a little help from a new friend in america. >> reporter: no one likes internet scammers. but here in ogden, utah we found a guy with a most profound distaste. just wait till you hear how 34-year-old ben taylor responded to one random message, which read, "my name is joel from liberia, west africa. i need some assistance from you. business or financial assistance that will help empower me." to which ben insincerely responded, "how can i help?" >> you didn't mean that? >> well, i wanted to see how does this whole scam operation work and how do they bait people? >> you were just curious? >> i just wanted to go down this rabbit hole and see what are the tricks they use to get people? >> and there's no way you could have guessed where that rabbit hole was going to go. >> there's no way i could have guessed. >> reporter: the journey began when joel in africa proposed a business partnership. he asked ben to mail used electronics t

steve hartman on the road in canton, ohio. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a bit later for the morning news and of c "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm michelle from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm michelle miller. bs captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, september 5th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." tropical storm gordon pushes inland, but as the storm made landfall, a child is killed and power is knocked out to tens of thousands along the gulf coast. we're tracking the storm. >>> an explosive new book on president trump's white house paints an ugly picture of the current administration, and the president is ramping up his attack on the pulitzer prize-winning author.