With Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us, were going to begin with the first night of the Democratic National convention and what will be an unth docks political event brought on by an unprecedented pandemic. The Coronavirus Crisis is not only changed how tonights speeches will be given, but what they will focus on. Over the next four nights democrats will appear virtually without the pomp and sirks were used to seeing, where they will argue that joe biden and Kamala Harris uniquely qualified to take on President Trump and the pandemic. Tonight which will feature a speech by former First Lady Michelle Obama comes just as a new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows gentlemen biden leading the president among likely voters. Not only who will vote this november but how they will cast their ballot will also be front and center tonight. Todays democrats hand picked postmaster general trying to slow down mail delivery and
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Surcharged to your next bill. How much more you might pay. Any little bit of extra money i think would help. The school year started, tonight oakland unified finally has a distancelearning deal, almost. Everyone is like what is going to happen, mom and dad are busy working. Get ready for a heatwave this weekend, we will take a look at which counties are already under excessive heat watches. B mac now at 11 and streaming on cbsn, cruise battling a Massive Wildfire exploding from the forest tonight. It burned over 7000 acres in just 90 minutes. It has since grown to more than 10,000 acres. At least 100 homes are under evacuation orders, the red cross has been scrambling to open shelters. Right now this fire is 0 contained. Lets take a live look outside, get ready. A heatwave is about to barrel into the bay area. Paul heggen has been watching things. Temperatures heating up already, tomorrow lets take a look at the forecast eyes compared to what is normal. We will be about 5 to 10 degrees
After reopening. Plus could a new saliva test just approved by the f. D. A. Be the key to getting rapid results . Our new series the new normal, back to school, a look at schools in one hot zone where the question remains should children be required to wear a mask in class . Dangerous heat, thousands evacuated amid raging wildfires out west as 40 Million People face the worst heat in years, now threatening californias power grid. What residents are doing to escape an energy emergency. Will Lori Loughlin get prison time . Federal prosecutors today say she should, calling her fully complicit in the College Cheating scandal. Will the judge agree . And the ballet star who battled stereotypes on stage and is now blazing new trails. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with the first night of the Democratic National convention and what will be an
A consultancy so far so friday taking a trip online the Tourism Industry looks to technology as the coronavirus pandemic limits global travel. Im joined again with the sport as parents celebrate every turn to the Champions League semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years following a stunning comeback win. We begin this news in lebanon where parliament has approved the state of emergency in beirut it gives authorities considerable power to crack down on street demonstrations that the days of protests calling for a complete political overhaul demonstrators are furious the politicians for what they see as in action at entrenched corruption last weeks explosion killed more than 200 people lets go live now to beirut now to serious but its myth is. Well it looks like you were at the scene of last weeks explosion brothers. Major in the grain silo just barely to his rights was the science of the explosion and in front of it the mongol wreckage of the warehouses and in front of me the mangled bei