CBS Evening News - 2005-09-07

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[0:00] know about Glenn Beaverton and Salem.

[0:02] >> You never know who's going to pop up

[0:03] with Alan tomorrow at 4 on Coin [music]

[0:06] News 6.

[0:07] >> The rush is on to get the last holdouts

[0:10] out of New Orleans and away from the

[0:12] bacteriainfested floodwaters as [music]

[0:15] the first disease related deaths are

[0:17] reported in the hurricane zone. And the

[0:20] government warns the disaster will have

[0:22] a significant impact [music] on the US

[0:25] economy and your heating bill. Good

[0:28] evening. I'm Bob Sheer. John Roberts in

[0:31] New Orleans is again heading up our

[0:33] coverage of the devastation on the Gulf

[0:35] Coast. Tonight, police are going to

[0:38] every house here and telling people they

[0:40] have to leave. Evacuees are trying to

[0:43] adjust to a very different world, very

[0:45] far from home. And hurricane victims are

[0:48] finding new ways to reach out and find

[0:51] lost relatives.

[0:54] [music]

[0:56] This is the CBS Evening News with Bob

[1:00] Schaefer.

[1:02] >> There are still about 10,000 people left

[1:04] in New Orleans. And Dr. Julie Gering,

[1:07] the head of the National Centers for

[1:09] Disease Control, told them today they

[1:12] must get out. She spoke after the first

[1:15] government test confirmed that

[1:16] floodwater bacteria from sewage are now

[1:20] 10 times higher than acceptable safety

[1:23] levels. Four people in the disaster zone

[1:25] are now believed dead because of

[1:27] bacteria in the water. And the danger

[1:30] now is from E. coli germs, certain

[1:33] viruses, and chalera-like bacteria

[1:36] common in warm Gulf Coast waters. Again,

[1:38] tonight we have CBS News correspondents,

[1:41] producers, and photographers spread

[1:43] across the region and at evacuee

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