Carter Evans was born in Honolulu , Hawaii . In 1998 , he graduated with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Philosophy from Ithaca College . In 1995 , he worked as a freelance reporter for the CBS affiliate KGMB in Honolulu , Hawaii . In 2003 , he moved to Los Angeles to work for spent KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV . He then moved to New York City as an anchor for WNYW/WWOR-TV and as a freelance correspondent for CBS Newspath where he worked for '' CBS MoneyWatch . '' He then worked as a reporter for CNN Newsource where he served as a rotating host of CNN ’s financial Q&A program '' The Help Desk '' and covered the 2010 BP oil spill , the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami , 2011 's Hurricane Irene , the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks , and reported the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 direct from the New York Stock Exchange Trading Floor . In February 2013 , he was named CBS News Los Angeles-based correspondent where he received recognition for his coverage of the 2013 shooting by Christopher Dorner
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Carter Evans