CBS Evening News - 2005-08-31 (Western)
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[0:00] Raquel Welch, sexy at 65, next ET.
[0:05] >> A public health emergency has been
[0:07] declared along the Gulf Coast [music]
[0:09] and the mayor of New Orleans says the
[0:11] death toll in his city alone could be in
[0:14] the thousands. The federal government is
[0:16] taking over relief efforts as many in
[0:18] the devastated area are asking what took
[0:21] so long.
[0:23] Good evening. I'm Bob Schieffer. We're
[0:25] devoting most of the broadcast to what
[0:27] could soon be the deadliest natural
[0:30] disaster this country has seen in a
[0:31] century. John Roberts in New Orleans is
[0:34] heading up our coverage.
[0:36] >> The misery here in this modern-day
[0:37] Atlantis is more than anyone could have
[0:40] imagined. Everything here is in short
[0:42] supply except for the suffering.
[0:45] As the search goes on for survivors, New
[0:47] Orleans prepares to evacuate the last of
[0:50] its residents.
[0:54] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Bob
[0:58] Schieffer.
[1:00] In the history of this country, there
[1:02] has never been anything quite like this.
[1:05] Here is the latest. The federal
[1:06] government has declared a public health
[1:08] emergency for the Gulf Coast and
[1:10] launched one of the largest search and
[1:12] rescue operations in history. The
[1:14] Pentagon has ordered 10,000 more
[1:16] National Guard troops to Louisiana and
[1:19] Mississippi. In New Orleans, the mayor
[1:21] says the final death toll will likely be
[1:24] in the thousands. They have already
[1:26] counted more than a hundred dead in
[1:28] Mississippi. President Bush got a look
[1:31] at the devastation from Air Force One on
[1:33] his way back to the White House.
[1:36] >> We are dealing with one of the worst
[1:39] natural disasters in our nation's