CBS Evening News - 2005-08-28 - Hurricane Katrina
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[0:00] BO
[0:02] the story of the widow of the south from
[0:03] Robert Hicks. Monday on Talk of the Town
[0:05] at 12:30.
[0:08] I'm John Roberts in New Orleans.
[0:10] Residents evacuate the Big Easy by the
[0:12] tens of thousands. Ordered to get out in
[0:15] the face of Hurricane Katrina, now a
[0:18] deadly category 5 storm. We'll have team
[0:21] coverage tonight. I'm Mark Stman.
[0:24] Katrina's moving in, so New Orleans is
[0:26] moving out. I'm Lee Cowan with the story
[0:29] of why Hurricane Katrina could turn New
[0:31] Orleans into a soup bowl. I'm Jim Costa
[0:34] in Mississippi where residents are
[0:35] having flashbacks to the last category 5
[0:38] hurricane to hit here.
[0:40] >> And I'm Russ Mitchell in New York.
[0:42] Leaders of Iraq's minority Sunnis have
[0:44] rejected the country's draft
[0:45] constitution. More on that and we'll
[0:48] also have these stories.
[0:50] >> The blame game. I'm Jim Axer. We know
[0:52] you're sick of high gas prices, but who
[0:54] do Americans fault? Life in the not so
[0:58] fast lane. I'm Joey Chen in Washington
[1:00] with what's quickly becoming the way to
[1:02] see the sights here this summer.
[1:05] [Music]
[1:09] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[1:14] with John Roberts.
[1:16] [Music]
[1:18] And we're already getting some pretty
[1:20] significant winds here in New Orleans
[1:22] and some significant rain as well as the
[1:24] first squalls from Hurricane Katrina
[1:26] start to batter the Big Easy. The clock
[1:28] is ticking here in New Orleans for
[1:29] people to heed the mayor's order for a
[1:31] mandatory evacuation of the city. The
[1:34] first time that has ever happened.
[1:35] Hurricane Katrina is closing in on the
[1:38] Louisiana coast now with sustained winds
[1:40] of 165 miles an hour. Hurricane w