CBS Evening News - 2003-10-27
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[0:00] Channel 5.
[0:01] >> He's the stylist to the stars. Tuesday,
[0:04] David Evangelista takes over Nashville.
[0:06] Ladies
[0:09] >> tonight, from Southern California, the
[0:12] flames of October.
[0:17] >> Tens of thousands of homes threatened by
[0:20] wind driven blazes. Walls of fire,
[0:23] towers of smoke force almost 100,000
[0:27] people to flee. Will they have anything
[0:30] to return to? Can anything stop this
[0:34] destructive march? Complete coverage
[0:37] from the fire's front lines tonight.
[0:41] >> Also tonight in Baghdad, [music]
[0:43] the guerilla war explodes. Dozens die in
[0:46] suicide car bombs. One aimed at the
[0:49] International Red Cross.
[0:55] >> [music]
[0:56] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[1:00] [music] with Dan Rather reporting
[1:02] tonight from San Diego
[1:05] and [music] John Roberts in New York.
[1:08] Good evening from San Diego where the
[1:11] skyline is cloaked in smoke. There was
[1:14] darkness at noon today. Much of Southern
[1:17] California is besieged by fire this
[1:19] evening. President Bush has declared
[1:21] four counties, including Los Angeles and
[1:23] San Diego, a major federal disaster
[1:26] area. Governor Gay Davis has called out
[1:28] the National Guard and asked neighboring
[1:31] states for more help, battling flames
[1:33] raging out of control.
[1:38] Wildfire conditions in California could
[1:40] hardly be worse or more dangerous.
[1:43] Plenty of dry brush and timber. Hot, dry
[1:48] weather. Fierce Santa Ana winds kicking
[1:51] up at any time. The fires, at least 11
[1:55] major ones, are burning from the Mexico
[1:57] border to the Semi Valley, north of Los
[2:00] Angeles.
[2:01] More than a dozen people are confirmed
[2:04] dead in the fires. So far, hundreds of
[2:07] homes have burned to th