." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. tropical storm cindy is bringing heavy rains, strong winds, and the risk of flooding to the gulf coast. it's expected the make landfall overnight along the texas-louisiana border and head north. as much as nine inches of rain is expected. some places could get more than a foot. the storm is already blamed for at least one death. today louisiana followed mississippi in declaring a state of emergency. david begnaud is in gulfport. david? >> reporter: anthony, where we are tonight, the biloxi river has overtopped its bank. you can probably hear, but the water is flowing enter areas where it should not be going. people have been told, don't drive through this. this is how you die. also near the beach, folks have been warned, stay out of the are you aware. surf because a ten-year-old boy died today near the water's edge. as tropical storm cindy nears landfall along the southeast texas coastline, heavy rains and high surf are causing flash flooding along the gulf coast. people have been war

anthony. >> mason: mireya, thanks. we have new details tonight on how the obama administration handled the russian hacking of the 2016 election. jeff pegues reports the exprt his staff agonized over how to punish russia and president putin in the middle of a volatile campaign. >> reporter: by early august, u.s. intelligence had evidence of vladimir putin had approved the operation. russian hackers had been carrying out cyber attacks and had orchestrated the disclosures of stolen democratic party emails to hurt hillary clinton and help then-candidate trump. >> wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with russia? >> reporter: a former u.s. official tells cbs news there was a debate about, "how can we punish the russians and not have it appear like we're trying to help hillary." ultimately, the administration decided to focus on shoarg up state election systems against further attacks, rather than having the president publicly speak out. instead, the department of homeland security issued a statement blaming russia.

anthony? >> mason: thanks, jeff. it's been nearly a year since officer jeronimo yanez shot and killed philando castile during a asaffic stop outside st. paul, minnesota. yanez was acquitted of all charges last friday. we've seen dashboard camera footage and cell phone video from castile's girlfriend. today, new video was released from the aftermath, showing the bravery of a little girl who witnessed the shooting. here's mireya villarreal. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: moments after philando castile was shot by former officer jeronimo yanez, you see a four-year-old little girl being coaxed out of the back seat by a second officer. >> get the baby girl out of here! >> reporter: the girl's mother, and castile's girlfriend, diamond reynolds was sitting in the front seat streaming the aftermath on facebook live. the mother and the girl were both placed in the backseat of a wtrol car. reynolds was handcuffed, clearly upset. [screaming] ol it's okay. i'm right here with you. >> reporter: the young girl comforts her mother. [blee

this is the "cbs evening news" >> mason: good evening, i'm anthony mason. this is our western edition. we begin with the heartbreaking story of otto warmbier, the university of virginia student who was held by north korea for nearly a year and a half. his family announced that warmbier died today less than a week after the north koreans sent him home to ohio in a coma. president trump put out a statement saying, "the united states once again condemns the brutality of the north korean regime as we mourn its latest victim." here's michelle miller. >> reporter: otto's parents fred and cindy warmbier released a statement saying their son had "completed his journey home," going on to say, "unfortunately the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today." the comatose 22-year-old college student was flown back to the u.s. last tuesday. two days later, fred warmbier described greeting his son for the first time in two years. >> i knelt down by his s

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anthony. >> mason: thank you, jim. philando castile's mother reached a nearly $3 million settlement today with the city of st. anthony, minnesota. castile was fatally shot last year by police officer jeronimo yanez during a traffic stop. yanez was found not guilty of manslaughter ten days ago. that case and others illustrate the difficulty of prosecuting police officers. here's mireya villarreal. >> we declare a mistrial in this case. >> reporter: from cincinnati... >> we the jury find the defendant, dominic heaggan- brown, not guilty. >> reporter: to milwaukee... >> ( gunfire ) >> reporter: to minnesota, three ia, all ding with juries not convicting police officers charged with fatally shooting black men. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: that has led some to ask why convicting officers is so rare. >> these cases are not easy cases. >> reporter: bowling green state university professor philip stinson has been researching that very question. his data show police fatally shoot more than 900 people every year. since

." >> mason: and this is our western edition. i'm anthony mason. president trump has turned crossing the line into a political art form. but when he lashed out at two cable tv hosts this morning, he may have ventured into new territory. now, members of both parties are calling him out. major garrett begins our coverage. he reporter: the president fired off his tweets shortly before 9:00 a.m., just as msnbc's "morning joe" program was wrapping up. mr. trump called anchors mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, "low-i.q. crazy mika" and "psycho joe." then he added, the two visited him at his mar-a-lago resort last winter, and said brzezinski was bleeding badly from a face- lift. this photo on social media appears to confirm the visit. on today's "morning joe" program, brzezinski had been critical of mr. trump. >> nothing makes a man feel better than making a fake cover of a magazine about himself, lying every day and destroying the country. >> reporter: but the personal nature of the president's tweets drew immediate condemnation, including from republ

i'm anthony mason. the senate health care bill is in a politically-induced coma. republicans couldn't come up with enough votes from their own party to pass the alternative to obamacare today. so they put off the vote until after the holiday break. an embarrassing setbacks for the g.o.p. leadership. here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> we're delaying the process so that we can close those remaining issues. >> reporter: the senate's republican leader postponed the vote in the face of mounting opposition from his own party's lawmakers, like maine's susan collins. >> it's evident to me that there are a lot of concerns. i'm not the only one by any means-- about the senate bill. >> reporter: they discussed those concerns in a late-afternoon meeting with the president, who downplayed the party divide. >> so we're going to talk, and we're going to see what we can do. we're getting very close. >> reporter: but he finds himself short on outside allies. the conservative club for growth panned

>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. the supreme court gave the green light today to president trump's travel ban. the 90-day moratorium on citizens of six mostly muslim countries entering the u.s. the administration said the 90 days would be used to review screening procedures to keep terrorists out. it's now been 150 days since the been was first signed. the justices did put some limits on it, but it could go into effect as soon as this week after months of court battle. here's chief legal correspondent jan crawford. >> reporter: the federal government will now gear up to start denying visas to certain people from six majority muslim countries after justices handed the president his first victory in the legal appeals over his travel ban. in an unsigned opinion announced by chief justice john roberts, the court said the interest i

>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. a promise made before christmas is fizzling before the fourth of july. president-elect trump told hundreds of carrier workers he brokered a deal to save their jobs. but it's not work out that way. the jobs are going south. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: a steady downpour today did little to wash away the fact that 600 union employees at this carrier manufacturing plant will soon be out of work. where are the 600 jobs going? >> they're going to monterey, mexico. >> reporter: robert james is the president of the local union. do you feel betrayed? >> yes. >> reporter: betrayed because when president-elect trump visited the carrier plant last december, he boasted that he was saving 1100 jobs. >> and by the way, that number is going to go up very substantially as th