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News with Norah Odonnell, his wife, lillian, who died in reporting tonight from atlanta. 2012, and on a night thawe back at how the couple odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us on this historic night here in atlanta, lived it for more than four decades. The longtime home of civil rights icon john lewis. For 44 years, john lewis had a were standing in front of the strong presence at his side, his Ebenezer Baptist church where today former president s, the wife, lillian. Though it may not have been love speaker of the house, and at first sight, says xernona friends and family all came clayton, who introduced them. Together to say good bye. I asked her what did she think of john . The Senior Pastor here called she said, i guess hes all lewis a true American Patriot right . Who loved america until america learned to love him back. That wasnt good enough for me. I said, i gotta work on this three former president s spoke, one. But it was president obama who odonnell when they m
Florida breaking its coronavirus death toll record for the third day in a row. Former republican president ialch after he attended a trump rally in tulsa. The u. S. Economy craters, a key indicator plunging by nearly 33 , the steepest quarterly dive on record. And that 600 federal boost is about to run out with no relief deal in sight. On the heels of that dire economic report and sinking poll numbers, President Trump tonight floating the idea of delaying the president ial election. Members of his own party saying not so fast. Breaking news a possible hurricane could target florida this weekend, and the east coast early next week. The new projected track just in. And finally, the remarkable love story of john and lillian lewis. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from atlanta. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us on this historic night here in atlanta, the longtime home of civil rights icon john lewis. Were standing in front of the Ebenezer
War. During the very beginning of the war, maybe around 1860 there were a lot of quack surgeons even in the army. Doctor little minute 1862 took over the medical corps, he divides the whole thing around. Now hes created an ambulance corps where we could get the men in off the battlefield quicker and faster. He also went and had to contest the surgeons to be army qualified surgeon. That is where it got better and better in the service. 3 million 300,000 died. 700,000 carried wounds off that battlefield. What happens there, when i was dealing with at that time was really a musket went in like a finger and came out like a fist. It shattered the bone so bad there was no way could repair it. Even if you got shot with one of them today in modern days, you cannot put it back together. It would just blow that bone apart completely. The survival rate was great off the amputations. 70 survived the amputations, but then it decreased to 60 due to the spread of disease that set in. At first, there
I grew up in the country, a little house of 1000 square feet, no central air, my dad had a country store. Had a gristmill and a small equipment dealership. He struggled to take care of us through that process and managed to get out of it is shirt. I worked construction two summers, sold dictionaries, did other things to work my way through college. Great day, i find myself in politics, studying the issues. My wife and i met at college and got involved in republican politics. It has been an adventure for me. I want to congratulate Tommy Tuberville. He ran a really firm, solid race. He was focused on his goal and on winning. He had a plan to do so and he was able to do so. He is our republican nominee. We must stand behind him in november. So ive been thinking about where ive been in my life. My wife and i have had an incredible adventure. As teenagers, we established a Huntington College young republican club, the first ever at that college. We had two members only of the alabama legisl