“CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell spoke with survivors, who described the horrors of facing Dorian Source
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Arizona State University wants answers after 9 Chinese students denied entry to U.S.
Arizona State University is demanding answers after 9 Chinese students were blocked from returning to school. The undergraduates were traveling to the U.S. for the fall semester when they were detained at LAX and eventually forced to fly back to China. Higher education reporter for the Arizona Republic, Rachel Leingang, joins CBSN with details. Source
Hong Kong leader pulls extradition bill that sparked massive protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has scrapped a controversial bill that would have allowed criminal extraditions to mainland China. The bill became a symbol of Beijing tightening its grip on Hong Kong and triggered months of massive protests. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the latest from Hong Kong. Source
Vince Gill on buying his first guitar for $1,600
Country music icon Vince Gill bought his first guitar when he was 18 years old. He had just moved away from home to Louisville, Kentucky, to play in a bluegrass band, when he spotted the 1942 herringbone guitar. It cost him $1,600 – “every dime” he had — and his old guitar, but it sparked a passion for buying guitars that has continued throughout his life. Source
Vince Gill on his friendship with Merle Haggard
Vince Gill says that he first met Merle Haggard the night he played with Emmylou Harris – a night he describes as “one of the greatest nights of my life.” The pair grew close in the final years of Haggard’s life, Gill said; soon after Haggard died, he wrote a song commemorating him that appears on his new album. Source
Vince Gill on the “surreal” experience of touring with the Eagles
After the Eagles’ frontman Glenn Frey passed away, the band asked Vince Gill to go on tour and perform with them – an experience Gill describes as “surreal.” And while Gill said that some Eagles fans were hesitant about him performing with the band, he would “absolutely” do it again. Source
GOP Representative Jim Sensenbrenner to retire
The second-longest serving current member of the House became the 15th GOP lawmaker to announce he won’t run for re-election in 2020. Representatives Susan Davis and Bill Flores also announced their retirement Source
Diving community reacts to deadly California boat fire
Thirty-three bodies have now been recovered from Monday’s deadly California boat fire and one person is still missing. The NTSB is also investigating the other two ships owned by Truth Aquatic, the parent company that operated “Conception”. Dive expert Eric Douglas joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano for a closer look at the tragedy Source
Man loses 5 family members in boat fire: “Complete nightmare”
“You want to hold onto that 1%. But at this point, my heart knows,” Domenic Selga said after deadly boat fire Source
Trump under scrutiny for showing altered map of Hurricane Dorian’s path
President Trump is claiming ignorance after he held up a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map that appeared to have been altered with a black pen to show a projection of Hurricane Dorian possibly striking Alabama. Source