Odonnell good evening, odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news and another sign of how dramatically and quickly a new wave of Coronavirus Infections is sweeping across the country. Tonight, the nations Largest School system, new york city, says its closing all of its schools, sending more than a quarter of a Million Students who had been in classrooms back home for Virtual Learning tomorrow morning and creating chaos for working parents. That abrupt decision comes as the infection rate in new york again. Nce the epicenter of the and while clo pandemic, is rising once again. And while closing schools might be one of the largest indications of just how dire the crisis is becoming, it is far from the most devastating. As we come on the air, coronavirus has now killed more than 250,000 americans. Tonight, a recordshattering 76,000 more americans are hospitalized because of it. And one out of every five hospitals now says there just aren
Its ranks. More on the investigation and why a multimilliondollar program created to help survivors is not working. And dancing through pain. Sam smith on how they turned heartbreak into hope and found a way to express their true self on their new album. Cant wait to hear from sam. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Too many people still seem to think covid19 is a hoax. There is no way to sugarcoat any of these numbers. We need to redouble our efforts. More than a quarter million americans have died from the coronavirus. We are in an absolutely dangerous situation. This is not crying wolf. This is the worst rate of rise in cases that weve seen in the pandemic. Joe biden met virtually with Frontline Health care workers as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. As many as another 200,000 dead by the time we get sworn in. Its skyrocketing. It is skyrocketing. The u. S. Army is responding to an exclusive cbs news investigation into Sexual Assault in the military. It
Said they experienced retaliation. People are aparafraidafraid,e rape is bad, and i dont want to go through this, its worse than rape. Reporter what is worse than rape . The retaliation. And the judgment. Reporter the day after she i think the breadth and the depth of the problem is so large they dont want the general public to understand they dont have it under control. Reporter maryann was fired in june after the air force commander that she was complaining to about the sexually offensive coweulture o base, changed her credentials. They said you will be gone and they were right. Reporter thats how powerful it is. Men are deciding whether women are assaulted or harassed, its a difficult fight. Reporter and lyndsay believes reporting her concerns about the armys elite fighters to a commanding general led to her firing in july. So it all came to a head when i reported that delta force was covering up rape. Reporter what do you believe they were trying to cover up . They dont want people
Understanding that a businessman would have when hes about to the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, ms. Verna teller, southern tiwa, pueblo of isleta, new mexico. The chaplain o creator and great mother, having asked and received your permission to invoke your blessings today to all directions, to the east, north, west, south and the center we thank you for the life you give to all your children, the two legged ones, the four legged, those who live in the waters and those who watch over us from the skies above. Sacred pollen, sacred earth mother, sacred water that man fests your desires, o creator and great mother, we thank them for the nourishment they give us equally with no regard to race, color, or creed. Creator and great mother, bless those standing before you who carry a sacred trust to all of us who inhabit turtle island, our homeland, and i pray today that you will give them the wisdom and the courage to carry out their sacre
That, of course, is the incredible jessye norman. Theyre paying tribute to the trail blazing legend. She died monday from septic shock and multiple organ failure. Norman was one of the rare black superstars winning five grammys and international acclaim. A critic described her voice as the grand mention of sound. She was awarded the National Medal of arts by president obama. Jessye norman was 74. Desperate search for survivors is going on right now after a bridge collapse in taiwan. The collapse sent an oil tanker on to boats that were in the water below. At least six people were believed to be trapped on one of e spitalized. Several of them with serious injuries. The collapse happened just hours after a typhoon swept across parts of taiwan. Its unclear at this time if a storm was part of the reason for the bridge coming down. A surprise confrontation played out during an awards ceremony honoring a sheriffs deputy in florida. The city commissioner called the deputy down to the front of