This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, ordering people to stay at home to try to stop the virus from spreading any faster. Now, tonight, president elect joe biden says hes going to ask all americans to wear a mask for
He and camilla will work yo this nation better. And rising like alexandria ocasiocortez , not only telling the country why joe biden is the best choice to lead america, but highlighting what they see as the president s failures. Delaware is proud to casted 32 votes for our favorite son and next president , joe biden. Reporter it also featured Small Business owners and essential workers telling their stories from living rooms and landmarks across numerous states and territories. During this 30 minute reimagined rollcall they officially cast their vote for biden is the partys nominee. Thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, thank you all. Reporter meanwhile president gym continuing his campaign and battle states iowa and arizona, highlighting big agenda items like border security. Bidens plan is the most radical, extreme, reckless, dangerous immigration plan ever put forward by a major party candidate. Reporter senator Kamala Harris will become the first woman o
There are so many fires going on. The chair was more that i could it is not a very happy forecast ever put into words. To be honest with you. He would leave his victim, there is too much. Shaking while he went to the there will be a little bit of kitchen, to eat, only to return relief. We are seeing it ever so and then the abuse and vileness slowly. San francisco, oakland, nevermore it is 75. Had started all over again. Look for hazy, hot, humid, one more day and lynn. The court will hear from not so much around the coast. More survivors on wednesday and thursday. I clouds, smoke, cooling dangelo is said to be formally sentenced on friday to multiple life terms in prison. Pg e utilites has settled the ghost fire at the tomorrow. The forecast projections to drop a lot of temperatures 10 warehouse in oakland, an degrees tomorrow. It will be so much haze and smoke in the area that temperatures will be above average for across the board from the city to livermore. Lets get over to sal, and
Counties. Sc fire is in the east bay in three areas calledded the canyon zone, calaveras zone and the deer zone. If youre wonders what the action hims stand for. Its the region tasked with fighting. Csu is the santa clara. As you can imagine theres a number of evacuations in all of these numbers. The czu is 22 fires merged together. Its posing a serious threat to homes and public safety. Thousands have been evacuated. To northwestern Sonoma County, the lat os the walbridge fire, evacuation orders for 15,000 people in that area. This includes guerneville, jenner and other areas north of the russian river. It has burned 1500acres and zero percent contained and expected to be bigger. Were looking at the potential for the fire to expand in new directions as the winds rise in speed and shift direction from the southerly to easterly direction. Smoke from that fire is hacking offing central Sonoma County. Jesse gary is monitoring the evacuationed on the san mateo and santa cruz border. We get
Well talk about refreshing changes coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Heres kumasi. Thanks, mike. In the south bay several people were detained after the 8 00 curfew went into effect last night. This is following a protest near city hall. At least one driver started doing doughnuts. As you can see from sky 7 a large police response. Officers moved in around 9 30 and they shut down and blocked some roads. Police in San Francisco arrested about 20 people overnight for breaking curfew. The Department Says there were protesters near the hall of justice. Santa rosa police also said they made several arrests in pacific and mendocino avenue. No reports of violence or looting. The Department Says officers watched over two Peaceful Demonstrations. So, again, as kumasi said, oakland has been relatively quiet over the past 24 hours although we have seen widespread looting over the last several days. Whether there are roving groups of looters. We believe that those are an organized el