Plus how one person helping to test a new vaccine is dealing with side effects. And a song for change. Country superstar maren morris drops a Surprising New song overnight with a powerful message. How it was partly inspired by black lives matter. Cannot wait to hear it. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. President trump and Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The president said theyll begin their quarantine immediately. All of this comes after hope hicks, one of President Trumps closest aides, also tested positive. People from the military or from Law Enforcement and they come over to you and they want to hug you and they want to kiss you. You get close and things happen. Its had a Ripple Effect on the stock market all around the world. The house of representatives passed a 2. 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill. The opposition is almost guaranteed in the senate. Lets come together. Find our common ground. More evacuations in Northern California
Advantage, we hope the republican majority on the Homeland Security committee has not become a sympathetic audience and a potential Entrance Point to foreign influenced campaigns wittingly or unwittingly. What a disastrous and disgraceful fate of affairs. The senate should pass this resolution today. I yield the floor to my colleague from oregon. Wyden wyden mr. President. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for oregon. Mr. Wyden mr. President , i rise in support for this resolution, the democratic leader. We are calling for an end to a horribl horribly flawed investigation, attempts to poison it with disinformation and to sew distrust are an established matter of fact. And it is especially troubling because for periods over the last year, two Senate Committees have conducted an investigation involving the ukraine, former Vice President biden and his son hunter. Homeland security and Government Affairs committee, led by our colleague from wisconsin, chairman john
Moving west, the strawberry fire in southwest utah is holding at 15 contained. Lightning sparked the flames, which have burned more than 40 acres. The heat continues across the east coast with heat advisories and excessive heat warnings from South Carolina all the way to maryland. Now to the coronavirus and so Many Americans asking if theyre safe even eating outdoors. It comes amid new speculation that the Coronavirus Infection rate could actually be as much as 2,000 higher than reported. I spoke earlier with dr. Gharahbaghian. As we reported, the cdc is now saying there could be 10 times more Coronavirus Infections across this country than reported. In some areas, that number could be 20 times more. What does this say about the spread of the virus, and does this mean the death rate is lower than we thought . Its not surprising, actually, that the number of cases are actually more than what is reported, for a variety of reasons. We had changing testing algorithms. It used to be more st
Coronavirus could kill 200,000 americans by november 1st. That new prediction from one of the leading models used by the white house, comes as new infections of covid19 are odploding nationwide. In what feels like a flashback to the early days of the pandemic, intensive care units in more than 50 florida hospitals are now full. In texas, new cases and hospitalizations are hitting record highs, with 10,000 new infections reported there today alone. Tonight the military is sending medical personnel to san antonio to support overworked doctors rt overworked doctors and nurses. And with tho and with those long lines for testing growing even longer, the Trump Administration now says it is opening shortterm test sites in three hard hit southern cities, hoping to screen 15,000 people a day. In the meantime, a new study out tonight says half of Coronavirus Infections are due to silent spreading from people who are sick and dont know it. The countrys leading Infectious Disease doctor, Anthony F
And treatment. How soon will they be available. Banning tiktok . Why the secretary of state says if you download the popular social media app, you are giving your personal information to the communist Chinese Government. Fourth of july hate crimes . Let him go. Odonnell investigators tonight are looking into this disturbing incident, where a black man says a group of white men threatened him with a noose. A family divided. The tellall book by the president s niece. Why she says his reelection would threaten the world. And, we end tonight with an epic game of bingo that may not replace graduation, but could come close. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, to our viewers in the west. And thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news and that dire new projection showing coronavirus could kill 200,000 americans by november 1. That new prediction from one of the leading models used by the whit