CBS Evening News, 06/24/25

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President Trump launched the expletive heard around the world, urging Israel and Iran to stop fighting. By the time he arrived in Europe, the ceasefire was in place. Now, how long will it hold? From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News.

Good evening. I'm Maurice Dubois. I'm John Dickerson. Tonight, President Trump is in the Netherlands for a meeting of NATO allies. The summit is taking place as a fragile, hours-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding. Back in Washington. The administration is disputing an early U.S. intelligence assessment of the damage done by the American airstrikes.

according to a cbs news poll out this evening a vast majority of americans say iran having a nuclear weapon would be a quote very serious or somewhat serious threat to both the u.s and to israel Still, a majority of those polled, 56%, do not approve of the U.S. military strikes on Iran. Our senior White House correspondent, Ed O'Keefe, is traveling with the president. He begins our coverage from outside The Hague tonight. Ed.

Good evening. President Trump arrived here hoping to have completely wiped out Iran's nuclear program and having brokered a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. But a new initial intelligence assessment tonight suggests the nuclear ambitions may have just been set back a few months. That ceasefire nearly collapsed today. Just hours after President Trump first announced the Israel-Iran ceasefire, this morning they exchanged fire again, prompting the president to drop a rhetorical bomb.

as he vented frustration. We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the they're doing. Do you understand that? Aboard Air Force One the president called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to demand peace. He insisted Iran will never go nuclear.

You pilots made this all possible. And clarified he's not seeking regime change in Iran. No, I don't want to. I'd like to see everything calm down as quickly as possible. Regime change takes chaos. Ideally, we don't want to see so much games. That the ceasefire appears to be holding it all is a significant accomplishment for the president.

He pumped his fists as he arrived at the summit and on his way here was congratulated by NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte in a text message. He added, you are flying into another big success in The Hague this evening. That success is convincing most NATO members to start spending more on their militaries. Leaders are finalizing plans to spend up to 5% of their GDP in the coming years on troops, tanks, aircraft and weapons and related infrastructure.

You will achieve something no American president in decades could get done, the secretary-general added in his flattering text. But as Russia bombards Ukraine, as it did again today, attacking three cities, That war remains a big focus of this summit. Ed, can we go back to that intelligence assessment of the bombing? What more can you tell us about that?

So CBS News has learned a classified preliminary assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency has found that Iran's nuclear ambitions may have just been set back by a few months because those three nuclear sites struck over the weekend were damaged but not completely.

completely obliterated, as the president has claimed. The White House is pushing back on this report tonight, saying it's flat out wrong and that it's being peddled by a, quote, low level loser in the intelligence community. But one source tells CBS News that these kinds of preliminary assessments are thoughtfully prepared and ultimately tend to hold up. Okay, Ed O'Keefe at The Hague tonight with the president. Thank you.

We were curious about the perspective Iranians living in the United States have about the war. Nearly 300,000 Iranian Americans live in California, many in the westward neighborhood of Los Angeles, also known as Little Tehran. Jonathan Vigliotti is there. Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran. And at some places here in Westwood, Farsi is spoken more than English.

This multi-block section of shops and cafes near the campus of UCLA is what's known as Persian Square. That's where we met restaurant owner Ruzbet Farahanipur. You still have family in Iran? Extended family. I have lots of the people and friends. I worry about them daily basis. He was seven years old when Iran's clerical regime came to power in 1979. Then his family endured the eight-year war with Iraq.

College student, he led protests against the regime, was arrested, tortured, and in 1999, he tells us, marked for death. the day i see my execution judgment in the newspaper i escaped the country if there's anyone that wants the regime as it stands to end it's you but the problem is if we are only targeting the overthrowing

this regime and we don't have any plan for replacement or create a vacuum of the power, I don't know what's going to happen next. We absolutely cannot bomb a people into peace. We can't bully Iran into a deal. Fatima Mishouf was three years old when her family fled Iran in 1990, seeking a better life.

They found it here in California. My generation has never lived with true feeling of peace. We were born running to bunkers. She's an attorney and mother of three. Mashouf has returned often to Iran to visit family. I want them to be tied to their roots because it's a beautiful thing. If peace, democracy restored to Iran, would you go back? home or is this now this is my home westwood is my home my final destination and my final address

Farah Honeypore says he is worried about his family in Iran and the Iranian regime becoming more isolated and extreme as a result of the conflict. Jonathan Vigliotti in Los Angeles tonight. Thank you. Now more of the top stories from around the world in tonight's Evening News Roundup. CBS's Scott McFarland reports the FBI is intensifying its counterterrorism efforts following the U.S. attack on Iran.

Scott will have more on the potential threats tomorrow on the CBS Evening News. Dozens of cities broke records today in the brutal heat wave across the eastern half of the country. Utility workers in Indianapolis practice climbing poles, even as the heat index. hit triple digits. In Clark, New Jersey, no relief with the power out. Even the Dairy Queen had to shut down. Lonnie Quinn will have more in a moment on the dangers caused by the heat, even at nighttime.

The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing and the FAA both share blame for an incident last year when a door plug blew out on a passenger jet at 16,000 feet. Senior transportation correspondent Chris Van Cleef Steve has more on what investigators found. About six minutes after Alaska flight 1282 took off from Portland in January 2024, a door panel blew out. The bolts that should have held it in place were missing.

The accident left this gaping hole in the plane. 177 people were on board. Eight suffered minor injuries. NTSB investigators found fault with Boeing's training. production, documentation, and safety culture. The board also faulted the FAA's oversight. The safety deficiencies that led to this accident should have been evident. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. Is this all due to a human error on the manufacturing floor at Boeing?

It is due to a process issue, a process failure. So really what we needed here was a design change or a better process. When this 737 MAX was being manufactured, Boeing removed that door panel to make repairs to rivets nearby. Paperwork that would have triggered additional inspections was never created, and the panel was reinstalled without the bolts. The team that did the work had never opened that kind of door panel before.

All of a sudden, just this huge bang happened. It sounded like a firework going off like right in your ears, just like so loud. And then a white cloud went through the plane and the mass dropped down. Shandy Brewer was sitting in row 10 that night. an experience that stuck with her.

As soon as I step onto an airplane, tears start pouring down my face every single time. I haven't been on a flight where that doesn't happen. Do you feel that Boeing airplanes are safe for Americans to fly on today? I do feel like Boeing airplanes are safe. I fly on... airplanes all the time. Could they improve safety? Sure, yes. We found that in our investigation and we hope to help them close any gaps that remain.

And Chris, John and I were talking with you earlier today about concerning information when it comes to small children flying with their parents. What else can you tell us about that? Yeah, there were four kids flying alone and three that were on their parents laps. The NTSB is particularly concerned about lap children because in a significant emergency, they worry the parents may not be able to keep holding on to the child. Now, both Boeing and the FAA tell us.

they are reviewing the findings and the recommendations. They've made significant changes. The NTSB believes there's more work to be done. Chris Van Cleave, thank you.

Our CBS News poll out tonight includes questions on the condition of the economy. Almost six in 10 Americans say it is in bad shape. That assessment has not changed since last month. And stocks, however, were up across the board today. So we've asked Money Watch correspondent Kelly O'Grady to explain what is going on here. And Kelly, S&P in near record territory today.

Yeah. You know investors I think they're getting more hopeful that this Middle Eastern ceasefire is going to last. They also love the fact that oil prices are down. And that stock right there if you peel back the onion though it's really driven by big tech stocks. I'm talking.

Netflix, Nvidia, Microsoft all seeing big year-to-date gains versus the consumer discretionary sector is actually down. So the S&P is really buoyed by big tech. Stock market is one thing, but what about the way people feel? Confidence is way down.

We got a new consumer confidence reading down because people are feeling concerned still about tariffs, rising prices, geopolitical tensions. Remember the stock market? It is not the economy. Now, consumers, they may not be right, but you have to remember, people are looking at the reality of the... financial situation they're getting worried an investor is someone making a bet on a company 10 years down the line two separate concepts there kelly o'grady thank you so much

Still ahead here on the CBS Evening News, Lonnie Quinn on the heat records that melted away today. And we'll have these stories. I'm Scott McFarlane in McDowell County, West Virginia. What happens when the catastrophic flood... might be the second biggest problem in town. I'm David Schechter in Texas. More extreme summer days are increasing the risk of preterm birth. Experts say mothers need more warnings. That story is coming up on the CBS Evening News.

New York City hit a record high of 99 degrees today. Philadelphia topped that, hitting 100. Lonnie Quinn here. The question everybody wants to know is how long is this heat wave going to last, Lonnie? One more day, guys. Thursday, it should be gone. Now, you're talking about records. Boston had the hottest June day they've ever experienced. They hit 102 degrees. Those records go back to the late 1800s. Picture behind me right now, this is Philadelphia. There's a really interesting...

heat dome story relating to Philadelphia. So take a look at this. Heat dome traps the air. OK, it doesn't allow the hot air to escape. So it's not only super hot during the afternoons, but your overnight lows don't get cold. So yesterday.

5 o'clock in the afternoon, you were 99 in Philadelphia. This is yesterday. It felt like 108. By the time you got to this morning at 6 a.m., it was feeling like 91 degrees outside. I mean, come on. Their high temperature should max out in the 80s. It's feeling like 91. at 6 a.m., the coldest time of your day. 2 p.m., this afternoon, it felt like 1.06. Tomorrow morning,

Feels like 85. Tomorrow afternoon, it's feeling like 105. Like I said, you're going to get to Thursday. We're going to erase the heat. But the heat dome stays in effect. This is like putting a big blanket over the atmosphere. The heat just can't escape, all right? High pressure gives you sinking air. That air drops, it heats up, but it can't escape. So it just recirculates. You're hot in the afternoon and you're warm in the mornings. As a matter of fact, tomorrow morning.

70 to 80 records will be set for the hottest start we've ever had to June 25th anywhere from Tallahassee. all the way up to Boston. Scientists fear that this is even more important than watching those afternoon temperatures. It's how cold you don't get during the overnight. Now, we will set records tomorrow. 99 for Philadelphia and Atlanta are records and a record in Raleigh at 100. Gentlemen. Oh, boy. All right.

Thank you. Health officials say the heat can be especially dangerous for pregnant women. Our national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports on how climate change is raising those risks. Three. so close with our summers getting hotter it's also getting harder for some pregnant women to cope with the heat just ask megan crow who's in her second trimester with her second child all right let's go look at the chickens

I watched you playing. You guys were having a great time. Feeling anything at all while that was going on? Oh yeah, my stomach's already tight. Really? Oh yeah. Hey, how you doing? Good. How are you? During pregnancy, the body loses some of its ability to regulate heat. That can lead to dehydration and, in extreme cases, early labor. Dr. Katherine Principe is Crowe's OB-GYN in Fort Worth. Is that something that you ever think about?

Where we're seeing patients coming into the triage area with preterm contractions from dehydration a little bit earlier in the year and lasting it maybe a little bit later into October. New research from the nonprofit Climate Central looked at the connection. between climate change and pregnancy and found women in the U.S. now experience 12 additional extremely hot days leading to a greater risk of preterm birth and infant mortality.

I feel like they don't have the knowledge. Public health researcher Robin Stassen was surprised at how little heat risk information states offer for pregnant women. In her research, she found that 11 state health websites didn't have information on heat risks. 31 states and DC offered basic heat safety tips, but nothing on pregnancy. And only eight states had specific warnings about heat and pregnancy.

How could states not be talking about it? Yeah, that's a good question. I think people are now actually recognizing that heat is an issue. Climate change is happening. Expectant mom Megan Crowe says women deserve more information about the dangers they face. It's really concerning if things are getting worse that it's going to be harder for us to do so, to stay on top of a healthy pregnancy.

And that was David Schechter reporting from Dallas where it was 94 degrees today. Iron America is next with neighbors helping neighbors after devastating storms. Now streaming. Everyone who comes into this clinic is a mystery. We don't know what we're looking for. Their bodies are the scene of the crime. Their symptoms and history are clues. You saved her life.

We're doctors and we're detectives. I kind of love it if I'm being honest. Solve the puzzle. Save the patient. Watson. All episodes now streaming on Paramount+.

West Virginia has seen a lot of unwanted water. This month flash floods swept through the city of Wheeling, killing at least eight people. In February, West Virginia's coal country was slammed. In tonight's Eye on America, Scott McFarland shows us how that part of the state is still struggling. The floodwaters tore through McDowell County, West Virginia so fast in February.

All the flooring is gone. Reverend Brad Davis barely had time to grab his two cats before his house was swamped. How would you describe the flood from February? The truest meaning of the word apocalypse. in that it pulled back the veil and just underscored all of the challenges that we are facing here as a community. This is what it looks like months later in one of the poorest counties in one of America's poorest states. When the flood hits,

You're going to the upper level of the house. Yeah. So much is ruined in Sean Rutherford's mountain home. The debris looked like a mountain outside. You know, my kids shouldn't have to go from a decent looking house to... I mean, it's hard, it really is. It kind of tears you down mentally, physically.

The city of Welch, the McDowell County seat, boomed during the boom days of coal, but it was already sliding when John F. Kennedy came here to campaign in 1960. And the poverties only continued as some of the coal industry cratered. We've been hemorrhaging population for the last 80 years. The question they're asking here is how do you fully recover? In a community where the poverty rate is so high, where population is leaving so quickly, the Walmart closed.

In McDowell County, the U.S. Census says the average life expectancy is 12 years less than the rest of the country, with the highest drug overdose rate in America. The people here feel like they have been forgotten. Everyone has effectively forgotten about them and turned their backs on them. Approximately $12 million of federal relief has come, but the money doesn't come close to covering all the cleanup.

It's a brutal cycle with the devastation and the insufficient aid comes a frustration with government. Less than half the registered voters went to the polls in the last election. But there's some light glimmering in all the darkness, a ground-up relief response.

We served just over 50,000 free meals for the county. You served 50,000 meals? Yep. Including a chef turned handyman feeding the hungry and a photographer shining a light on the suffering. The wires were going down. Just when the problems seemed insurmountable. in this part of the country, tomorrow we'll meet two people working tirelessly to be part of the solution. For Eye on America, I'm Scott McFarland in Welch, West Virginia.

Up next, Oklahoma City celebrates its first NBA championship and looks back on its darkest day.

We end tonight at the parade for the NBA champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder is the youngest team to win an NBA championship in nearly 50 years. Most of its players had not been born when Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, experienced the worst act of homegrown terrorism. in U.S. history. A bomb planted by an Army veteran to attack the government destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The attack killed 168 people and deeply shook the city's psyche.

Today's parade passed in front of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, a site the team's general manager requires new players to visit upon joining the team. The memorial features 168 chairs. each person killed. Today, family members placed thunder shirts and notes there. For Oklahoma City, it was a day of celebration and reflection. That's the CBS Evening News for tonight and we'll see you right back here tomorrow. Have a good night.

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