So what do we have here . A political revenge scandal . Thats causing a massive headache for governor Chris Christie today, he is apologizing for lane closings on the George Washington bridge in september, and now top prosecutors are looking into it, and the governor has fired a top aid who ordered closures. I took this action today because its my job. I am responsible for what happened. I am sad to report to the people of new jersey that we fell short. Christie went to fort lee this afternoon and offered an apology to the mayor of fort lee. He has accepted, okay, and thats changed. David schuster is here with the story. Its a remarkable day, and Chris Christie avoided responsibility and took some of the blame. Stepping before the microphones, governor christie was contrite. I came out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. The governor said that he was embarrassed and humiliated to learn that members of his own staff sparked the closure in september of access lanes to th
New york schools are cleared to reopen this fall, the National Association of School Nurses says on campus medics are, quote, wholly unprepared. Later this hour, were going to speak with the president of the National Education association, Becky Pringle and former education secretary arne duncan. We have more now on that motorcycle rally in stur jes, south dakota. The mayor says theres no mask mandate. There are no travel restrictions. But hundreds of thousands of people, up to 250,000, in fact, expected in this town where the population is less than 7,000. Here is cnns ryan young. Reporter any other year and the sturgis motorcycle rally is a novelty. Everything is cool. You guys should come out. Reporter a pilgrimage. We came 2,000 miles. Reporter a celebration. The happiest people in the world. Reporter but this year, some fear it could be deadly. 250,000 people expected to crowd a town of 7,000, making it the largest public gathering since the start of the pandemic. Theyre not going
The triple threat impacting the state of california. And democratic president ial nominee joe biden says that hed take Decisive Action to contain the coronavirus. If the Scientists Say shut it down . I would shut it down, i would listen to the scientists. Were always grateful to see you. Happy saturday morning. August 22nd. I am christi paul. Victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. We want to start with action on capitol hill. As you see it there live now, in the next hour, the house of representatives is expected to vote on a rescue bill for the Postal Service. The bill would send 25 billion to stop, democrats say, some changes implemented by the post master general. Cnn sun lynn serfaty joins us. Good morning. The house is in session. Looks like theyll vote in a few hours on the bill that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called all house members back, disrupting summer recess. You outlined the bill which is narrowly focused on the usps, it blocks organizational, operational cha
Tonight, joe biden on the campaign trail making a push for the latino vote in las vegas. New f. B. I. Warning. The serious concerns about an Antigovernment Group called boogaloo. Was the alleged plot to kidnap michigans governor just the tip of the iceberg . Plus, how Law Enforcement kept Gretchen Whitmer safe. New yorks second wave hospitalizations are on the rise with new jersey seeing the rate of infection almost double since labor day. Could the big apple soon face another lockdown . Urgent recall why a drug company just took a widely used diabetes drug off the shelves over cancer concerns. And cbs Steve Hartman steps up to the plate with the story of how a mysterious note brought together strangers who share a love of baseball and family. 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 with breaking news. Hurricane delta is slamming into the lou
Physically voting. The streets are lined with a lot of his supporters. A lot of people are here, not all of them Wearing Masks, but many of them gathered here to see him early vote. This is a busy day for him. Hes continuing a blitz through battleground states. After this, hes heading to ohio and wisconsin. He is trailing in the polls to joe biden, so he does need to shore up support there. The early voting is as much a symbolic gesture as anything else. As you know, President Trump has been encouraging his supporters not to vote by mail necessarily. Hes been undermining confidence in the Voting System and really encouraging people to vote in person. This is a highprofile way for him to demonstrate he believes its safe. Thats what hes been trying to convince people to do and he is casting his vote presumably for himself. Certainly, presumably. Sarah, we know that he spoke yesterday at Campaign Rallies in the villages and pensacola. We hear people yelling behind you. Are all of those pe