Hurricane Sandy - CBS Evening News - 2012-10-26
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[0:00] Tonight, it could be a sequel to the
[0:03] perfect storm.
[0:04] Hurricane Sandy begins merging with a
[0:07] polar air mass to create a kind of
[0:09] superstorm not seen on the East Coast in
[0:12] two decades. Reports from Chip Reid and
[0:15] meteorologist David Bernard.
[0:18] The economy picks up steam, but is it
[0:20] enough to get unemployment down? Anthony
[0:23] Mason on the last economic report on
[0:25] growth before the election.
[0:28] The schoolgirl shot for standing up to
[0:30] the Taliban is ready to do it again. Liz
[0:33] Palmer on her bold promise.
[0:36] And Steve Hartman in search of
[0:40] a sleeping horse, people stacking
[0:42] eggplants, a squirrel in midair.
[0:44] On the road.
[0:49] This is the CBS Evening News with Scott
[0:52] Pelley.
[0:54] Good evening. This will be an anxious
[0:57] weekend. A hurricane from the Caribbean
[0:59] and an Arctic weather system from the
[1:01] west have started joining forces to
[1:03] create what could be a superstorm.
[1:06] Hurricane Sandy is about 400 miles
[1:09] south-southeast of Charleston, South
[1:10] Carolina, moving north. Tropical storm
[1:13] watches and warnings are up from Florida
[1:16] to North Carolina. The surf is up
[1:18] already in South Florida. Landfall is
[1:21] expected early next week between
[1:23] Virginia and Southern New England. 64
[1:27] million people are in harm's way. More
[1:29] than 40 have been killed in the
[1:31] Caribbean. We have two reports tonight.
[1:33] First, meteorologist David Bernard in
[1:36] Miami, our CBS News hurricane
[1:38] consultant. And David, two questions.
[1:40] Where and when?
[1:42] Well, the latest, Scott, is that Sandy
[1:44] is a 75-mph hurricane, as you mentioned,
[1:47] and it's slowed down its movement. Let's
[1:49] look at this 5:00