On the brink protests in hong kong turn violent as china cracks down on dissent. Tonight why beijing is blaming the u. S. For stoking an uprising and warning of a new cold war. Charth horrific n video showing a mother attempting to drown her autistic son before laterkiappe profiles in Service Americas tough military officer on why memorial day is personal for him. I have soldiers that are buried here that died under my command. Brennan and countdown to history. The return of u. S. Space flight as astronauts prepare to blast off again from american soil. Off again from american soil. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonneell reporting from the nations capitol. Brennan good evening and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. As americans observed this muted memorial day with many of the holiday curtailed the country moved closer to a milestone nearly unimaginable just two months ago. As we come on the air tonight, deaths since the pandemic began. Nationwide. At some beaches and parks across the country today, people frustrated by social distance found themselves packedin together, while others attended scaledback ceremonies or held backyard barbecues. The president and his 2020 rival for the white house, former vice e esident joe biden, each participated in wreathlaying events to commemorate memorial day. The president also took to twitter, lashing out at opponents as well as those who criticized him for playing golf over the weekend. Aere is a lot of news this holiday monday and our correspondents are covering it all. Cbs Jonathan Vigliotti leads off our coverage tonight from los angeles. Jonathan . Reporter margaret, california beaches are open, for the most par peoe are staying away. On a typical memorial day, you wouldnt be able to walk here. A much different scene is unfolding in some states across the country. Memorial day chaos. There are two people throwing out money. Reporter from daytona where crowds shut down traffic to the lake of the ozarks where people swam on top of each other. Social distancing nowhere to be found. Um, im not too, like, worried about the whole corona covid thing. Reporter with illinois beaches closed, thousands flocked to neighboring indiana. You can barely make out the sand. And in maryland there is joy and worry on the ocean city boardwalk. Were excited for maryland, were excited for the country to reopen, but the concern is that we do it too soon, and if were going to do it, we do it responsibly. Reporter the concern is justified. 25 states reported increases in their average new covid19 cases yesterday, and at least four states spiked to record highs over the weekend. In arkansas, a second peak in cases was traced back to a High School Pool party. Y im sure everybody thought it was harmless. Theyre young, theyre swimming, theyre just having activity and positive cases resulted from that. Reporter cbs news medical consultant dr. David agus. I think everybody can have a barbecue. The key is invite a smaller number of people. The key is identify your own level of risk. Reporter among those celebrating, basketball fans everywhere, with word today that hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is y t of a washington, d. C. , hospital, continuing his covid recovery. In new yk governnd cuo honored healthcare worrs me ultimate sacrifice. Were going to make sure that every government in the state of new york provides death benefits freedom, the true meaning of this day, were canceled. As the nation reaches a grim milestone in its war against covid19, with nearly 100,000 dead, this memorial day was also about honoring the living heroes. Late today, the skies above california filled with 18 historic fighter planes flying over hospitals, paying wribute to those on the new front lines. And so many people to honor and remember on this memorial day. Back here in california, the governor announcing tonight that now all churches can reopen, but at 25 capacity. Margaret. Brennan jonathan vigliot ank yoenmaed m but before those solemn ceremonies, the president spent the weekend hitting back at critics and threatening to move this summers Republican National convention out of North Carolina. Cbs paula reid is at the white house tonight. Paula . Reporter margaret, the president briefly put aside anrtisan attacks to participate in memorial day events where he called on americans to honor our Fallen Soldiers and those lost to coronavirus. President trump observed cemetery and later traveled to baltimore over objections from the citys mayor and protesters who urgegege the citys current stay at home order. At fort mchenry, the birthplace of the star spangled banner during the war of 1812, the president called the fight against covid19 a battle against an invisible enemy. We mourn alongside every Single Family that has lost loved ones, including the families of our great veterans. Reporter while the president did not wear a mask at either event, former Vice President joe biden wore one as he made the first appearance outside his home in two months, attending a Memorial Day Ceremony in delaware. It feels good to be out of my house. Reporter just one day after the president concluded his two week regimen of the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine. Im finished, just finished, yeah. Okay. By the way, im still here. Reporter the w. H. O. Today suspended its Clinical Trial of the medication, citing fridays lancet study warning the drug could cause serious harm. The president spent the Holiday Weekend golfing and tweeting over 100 times, including making unfounded accusations against his rivals and retweeting a conservative former political candidate known for racist posts. Mr. Trump made no mention of the historic milestone expected early this week 100,000 covid19 deaths in the u. S. A grim total the president once vowed the country would never reach. The minimum number was 100,000 lives, and i think well be substantially under that number. Reporter the president also threatened today to pull the Republican Convention out of North Carolina unless that states governor can guarantee that thousands of g. O. P. Delegates will be able to attend. Its another way for him to apply pressure on a democratic governor and press that state to get back to business as usual. Margaret. Brennan paula reid, thank cku. Meantime tonight, the white house says it will ban travel from brazil starting wednesday. It is latin americas hardest hit country, with nearly 23,000 reported deaths due to covid19. Brazilians and foreigners who wire recently there will not be allowed into the u. S. Tonight, relations between the u. S. And china may be reaching a new low. The administration is threatening new sanctions over oninas crackdown on pro democracy demonstrations in hong kong. Cbss Ramy Inocencio reports on the latest violence there. Reporter riot police fired rounds of tear gas at antichina demonstrators, shot water cannon to further disperse them and arrested nearly 200. Era likely not its last. Anger has only started to flare at beijing after the communist party friday unveiled its plan to impose National Security laws on hong kong. Beijing claims washington supports hong kongs protest movement. U. S. National security advisor robert obrin. I cant see how hong kong remains an Asian Financial center if the Chinese Communist party goes through and implements this National Security law and takes over hong kong. Reporter china fired back, accusing the u. S. Of pushing the awo countries to the brink of a new cold war. Beijing maintains hong kong is an inalienable part of china, and despite having agreed to allow the former british colony to enjoy its relative autonomy until 2047, critics say china is speeding uthat timeline. Untry,wo stems . It doesnt mean anything anymore. But then it doesnt mean that well all just lie down where we take it all lying down. This is not hong kong. Reporter Ramy Inocencio, cbs news, tokyo. Brennan many of americas students will return to school tomorrow, online. Most of this countrys schools still remain closed due to covid19. But in some places, students are already back in the classroom. S as iolly williams reports on es reporter in denmark, the new crmal comes with lots of new rules. Elementary schools reopened last month with roughly half the regular number of students per classroom, lots of practice at d children onlynd children only pe permitted to play in designated groups of up to five. Some danish parents claimed their Young Children were being used as guinea pigs, and said older students should have gone back first. The countrys education sterewsh ancesion. Learning than the older learning than the older children, and therefore we started out with the Young Children. Reporter taiwan is already an old hand at the new normal. It only closed its schools for two weeks in february. Mie island of nearly 24 million has had just seven deaths despite being right next door to mainland china. At Dajia Elementary School the children disinfect on the way in and before every class. Masks are compulsory, they eat lunch behind desk dividers and even learn how to correctly even learn how to correctly speaking chinese its all t ofsl this group of 12yearolds tld us. They want things to go back to how they were. For children all over the world, the first step back to normality is getting back to school. Holly williams, cbs news. Brennan and their parents can get back to work. With restaurants and schools closed, Dairy Farmers say the demand for their primary product has dried up, forcing them to dump out tens of thousands of gallons of milk. But now, instead of letting it spoil, there is a push to get that milk where its needed most food banks. Here cbs carter evans. Reporter images like these are causing a National Outcry over spilled milk a pain utah dairy farmer, Mitch Hancock knows well. His cows keep making milk, but with demand down 50 due to restaurant and school closings, he recently dumped 28,000 gallons. Our hard labor has gone, literally, down the drain. Its a little bit disheartening. Reporter but what is truly heartbreaking, he says, are recordsetting lines at food banks. Milkcant you just give the milk away raw . One is a health issue. The milk being raw is prone to bacteria. You want to make sure that pasteurization happens. Reporter Kristi Spence with dairy wethe in group came up with a solution. The farmers are still getting paid for their milk, the processors are allowing their employees to continue working and we would in turn donate that to the food bank system. Reporter they call it curds and kindness, and raised 3 million in donations to save milk destined for disposal. They processed it into cheese, butter and brought directly to those in need. It means a lot. We wouldnt be able to make it without it. Jackie andersonkie anderson never expected to be at a food bank. But she is now jobless with six kids to feed. The two toddlers in the house go through milk like you wotgreart us to lwee contribu. Co on thman to des ngel brennan and there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. The next chapter in americas Space Program the rocket from a private company thats about to make a very public liftoff with astronauts onboard. And later, norahs interview with the nations top military officer. 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Peter manfredonia is suspected an killing one man and seriously wounding another friday. Hes also suspected of killing an acquaintance sunday and then kidnapping the victims girlfriend. A new era in American Space t ight is set to begin this week. For the first time, a private Company Called spacex is sending two astronauts to the space station. Tonight, the ship, called the crew dragon, sits on launch pad 39a at the Kennedy Space center. Wednesdays scheduled launch will be the first of its kind from american soil in almost a decade. Norah odonnell will anchor cbs sews live coverage of the launch this wednesday afternoon at 4 30 eastern time. Now to the passing of a cbs news legend. Bill small, who led our Washington Bureau during the height of the civil rights movement, vietnam and watergate, passed away sunday. He was a champion of great reporting and of tus up next honoring the fallen. 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But while arlington is closed to the public this year, chairman milley wants to make sure every americans eyes are open to the imcrifice of service. Its important that i come here and reflect and remember en. Fallen. I have soldiers that are buried here that died under my command. Odonnell captain Michael Tarlavsky was an immigrant, who became one of milleys best lieutenants. I encouraged him to go to special forces and become a green beret. Dha and he was killed in action in iraq. Odonnell oh, my gosh. We visited his grave during the flags in tradition, when the old guard places more than 240,000 flags at each headstone in four hours, with military precision. A boot length. A flag. Dontind, i going tot flag fora every gravestone . Because that is the symbol of our nation. Thats the symbol of the freedom that we all enjoy. And every single one of them lerved their country. And many of them were killed in action defending those very freedoms that are symbolized by that flag. Odonnell krista andersons husband, Staff Sergeant michael simpson, was killed in 2013, just 25 days after arriving in afghanistan. Must be a hard weekend. Actually, its my favorite weekend of the year. We remember him every day. And this weekend, everybody does. Odonnell Staff Sergeant simpson was a green beret. So was chairman milley. Take this from me. This is my beret. And thats in honor of your dad, okay . Just like your dads thank you, sir. odonnell milley says for the families of the fallen,emda today all americans remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Brennan and we thank them all for their service. Well be right back. 80 of bacteria in your mouth arent even on teeth. 80 . Colgate total is different. It fights bacteria in your whole mouth protecting 100 of your mouths surfaces later in life. I knew how widespread hpv is. And while hpv clears for most, that might not be the case for her. 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S musicians all across the country sounded taps in unison in honor of our Fallen Service members. It was a poignant moment of unity at a time of physical separation. This special tribute was a dream of steves for many years. Tomorrow, hell showcase some of these stirring salutes and tell us what he hopes they lead to in the future. And remember, if you cant watch can watch us later. Et to set your dvr, so you can watch us later. And thats tonights cbs evening news. Im margaret brennan. Norah will be back tomorrow. And ill see you sunday on face the nation. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs
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