wendy gillette, cbs news, chicago. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday.re to check back later for "cbs mornings." gayle, tony and nate are in a brand-new studio in the heart of times square. reporting from the nation capital, i'm errol barnett. >>> good morning, this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. the season's 13th tropical storm mindy made landfall in florida overnight, bringing heavy rain to the panhandle. this as the death toll from hurricane ida jumped to 26 in neighboring louisiana, mostly due to excessive heat. >>> fences will be back up in d.c. next week as police brace for potential clashes. the justice for j6 rally is aimed at supporting insurrectionists charged in the ary 6 attack on the capitol. >>> and today marks 50 years since the release of john lennon's famous song "imagine." in nonwho of that, lyrics from the famed song will be projected from new york to london all the way to tokyo. for more news, download news on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> it's thursday, september 9th, 2021. t

wendy gillette, cbs news, manville, new jersey. >>> still ahead, if you have driven anywhere lately, you know gas is expensive. >> how long we may have to wait to get any sort of break from the pumped up prices. plus -- >>> needing emergency help can be terrifying. i will show you >>> more questions than answers found dead near san jose state. officers doing a welfare check at an apartment at the university yesterday found a man with a traumatic injury. they are still trying to figure out what happened. his identity hasn't been released yet. >>> we are following a drop on wall street this afternoon. the dow is down in the red there as you can see. more than 200 points. industrial and health care stocks have been the biggest drags on the market so far today. >>> people driving home after the holiday weekend likely felt some pain at the gas pump. hurricane ida helped push the national average to 3:19 a gallon. that is cheap compared to california. we are paying $4.40 on average. the highest labor day gas price ever. as soon as gas demand declines, prices are expected to drop. that usua

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. >> reporter wendy gillett explains. >> reporter: the u.s. job market that sizzle all summaries cooling down in a big way. the economy added just 235,000 jobs in august. way under wall street expectations. and much lower than the large job gains seen in july and june. >> this is a big disappointment. >> reporter: senior economic analyst mark hamrick says rising covid cases are likely playing a role. hiring in many industries dropped last month as americans ate out less and canceled trips. >> people are dialing back as the pandemic continues to rage in new ways, and this is having an impact on the economy. >> reporter: despite the hiring slowdown, job openings are at a record high. industries need employees. walmart and amazon are also looking for tens of thousands of workers. >> i know some wanted to see a larger number today, and so did i. what we have seen this year's continued growth. >> reporter: the unappointed rate is now 5.2% in many of those out of work americans are losing a big monthly benefit. >> how important have the benefits bee

here's c bs's wendy gillette. >> reporter: at the electric moon lounge in georgia you can take a slideiders and a cocktail in a playful cup to forget about covid and still social distancing it is one of two roof top bars open during the pandemic at the marriott and the other at the more upscale rose in savannah river front district. bringing more energy. there are now ten roof top bars in savannah growing in popularity during covid. moring console found 75% of american adults feel comfortable dining outside versus inside. more roof top spaces opened during the pandemic this chicago, including at the new pendry hotel and then there's roof top at the 11th floor of the nobu hotel which opened last july and offers expansive views of downtown chicago. it joins favorites like the up room of the 13th hotel and off shore at navy pier largest roof top in the country. >> we like to be elevated. >> the pandemic is expected to keep elevated outdoor eating and drinking in high demand for some time to come. cbs news chicago. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" from this wednesday, reporting from the

ros: for more on the situation in new york, here is cbs correspondent wendy gillett. >> i am at 20 eight7th avenue, and i spoke to a couctor of a train. around 9:30 last night, he pulled into this station and saide saw water absolutely raining out from a manhole, and the water was covering the third rail of the track. he wasn't sure if the water was electrified and he had to try to get all of the people on the train, 100 people on the train, off safely. he was able to do that, so a safe rescue here, but we have heard about all kinds of rescues. i just read about a rescue, three police officers in new jersey who were swept away by floodwaters and werclinging to trees and had to fire their guns to try and get help. they did get help, thankfully. ros: thank goodness for that. the water is moving back. that's good news. tell me about the scale of the clear up that now has to happen? >> there is going to be considerable cleanup and things are going to take a little bit of time to come back to normal. the subway system is running more normally now. this was a very catastrophic storm for the ci

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that's where cbs reporter wendy jell it gillette is live for us right now. >> reporter: i'm at the corner of 28th street and 7th avenue. it was a very dangerous scene here last night and i spoke to a train conductor a short time ago. and he said he pulled his train into the station here and he saw water absolutely gushing from a manhole. the water had covered the line. the track. and the third rail. and he wasn't sure if the water had gotten electrified. he was able to get all of the 100 people on the train off safely. >> rescue teams used boats to evacuate residents in bridgeport, pennsylvania this morning. following devastating rain across the northeast wednesday night. it came from the remnants of hurricane ida. storm triggered dangerous flooding and tornadoes. >> look at that tornado. >> reporter: at least one twister rolled through the southern part of new jersey. rink the sides off some homes and turning others into rubble. >> an extraordinary, sadly tragic historic 24 hours in new jersey. there's no other way to put it. >> reporter: last night was actually the first time the nation