The speech was red meat for the base. Heres just some of what we heard starting with trumps take on the demonstrators who were confronting some members of the rnc exiting as audience last night outside the white house. You ought to see last night in washington. It was a disgrace. It was a disgrace that these people are representing the United States of america. It was a disgrace. Protesters. You know what i say . Protesters your ass. I dont talk about my ass. Theyre not protesters. Those arent those are anarchists. Theyre agitators. Theyre rioters. Theyre looters. No one will be safe in bidens america. I cant even call it bidens america. Guy doesnt know hes alive. Hes going to be out in ten days. Hes going to start, ten days. If the Democrat Party wants to stand with anarchists, criminals, rioters, looters, and flag burners, thats up to them. The Republican Party and you i can see you. Is there anybody in this place that enjoys burning the American Flag . Is there anybody . Please quie
Confirmed u. S. Cases. This as cnn learned the Trump Administration pressured the cdc from the top down into recommending that fewer people get tested for the virus. Hard to believe. Were tracking hurricane laura now as well, an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. Laura is projected to make landfall near the texas louisiana border and within hours well have a brand new forecast for you coming up first. Lets go to cnns sara sidner with all the late breaking developments from kenosha, wisconsin. Update our viewers. What can you tell us . Reporter wolf, the unrest here in kenosha turning even more violent, even deadly overnight. We have seen a man with a long gun, a white man walking down the street shooting at protesters. Two people are now dead. One person is injured. Desperate cries for a medic and rapid fire gunshots heard in new video obtained by cnn. Witnesses say this man with the long gun shot directly at protesters in kenosha, wisconsin tuesday. Two people have been killed and
News tonight, the arrest of a 17yearold from illinois after two protesters were shot dead in kenosha, wisconsin. The teen was caught on camera earlier in the night saying he was trying to protect a gas station. Convention fallout. Reaction tonight after unprecedented use of the white house for a political event. And, with that powerful trricane barreling its way to the gulf coast, will the storm upend the president s huge finale plan for the south lawn . Stunning reversal. In a dramatic aboutface, the c. D. C. Suddenly changes its guidelines for who should get tested for the coronavirus. Was there pressure from the president . Superstar in space a big day for Jeanette Epps. Why this astronaut is making history tonight. 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 tonight, and a dire warning to americans in the path of hurricane
Expected to bring storm surges that officials call unsurvivable. Louisiana has not seen a storm this strong in 150 years. Surges of 15 feet or higher could overwhelm coasts in both states. And water levels are already rising quickly, more than 1. 5 Million People are under some type of evacuation order. Coronavirus and the need to maintain social distancing only complicating the hurricane response in louisiana. The state is taking people to hotels instead of shelters. Laura is just the tenth hirk hurricane in history since Record Keeping began. So power is already out for more than 200,000 customers in louisiana. Conditions are dedo toodooro ti rapidly in lake charles and that is where Martin Savidge is. I assume it is not safe to be out in the open . Reporter thats right. We were out there earlier this evening and then it just became far too dangerous. I mean, the winds were not only howling, the rain was cominghor. It just was too dangerous for the crew and us to be out there. We had
Right now, millions of people are dealing with extreme rainfall, up to three inches an hour, and destructive winds, not to mention tornado watches. Im Hallie Jackson in washington, along with our nbc News Reporter eers on the grou. Catie beck in lake sharcharles, sam brock in orange, texas. Indicate iin lake charles were seeing some of the worst damage this morning. Reporter good morning, hallie. We are actually getting a firsthand look at what laura left behind here. As you can see, these are pieces of roof and siding, plaster walls, plywood. This all came from the casino behind me last night, as laura made her way through. 134mileanhour winds were what we were facing right here overnight, and you can see the damage. Its extensive. At first, it seemed like the winds were going to be a little bit sparing, and then as the back side of this storm came through, all of these pieces of debris started flying around. It was literally so dangerous that my crew and i had to get inside the doorw