Thank you for joining us. Tonight, growing outrage over the death of a young black man who went to a store for iced tea and never came home. Dead after a confrontation with police. Now, a new cry for racial justice. We caution you, some of the images are disturbing. Heres deborah roberts. I dont think my anger will change. Reporter nearly a year ago, her 23yearold son elijah died just days after police confronted him as we walked home from a convenience store. His family calls it excessive force. Officials called it justified. Elijahs case was closed. Disappearing from headlines until now. To be clear, im not just calling it assault. Im calling it murder. Reporter in the wake filled to coast. Even in elijahs home state of colorado. It hurts. Everybody is screaming names, but im like, last year it would have made a big difference. The george floyd case was a gamechan gamechange gamechanger, opening up the door for all sorts of stuff with law enforcement. Reporter this weekend, demonstra
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 tonight with some breaking news 23 million americans have likely been infected with coronavirus and could spread it without knowing that they are. Thats because the c. D. C. Now says it believes 10 times as many people have or had the virus than tested positive for it. That staggering new number, based on antibody tests, comes as the u. S. Is seeing its largest oneday total of new infections since the crisis began in march. Many of the countrys largest states are now overwhelmed, putting s opin jrdy. Tonight, texass inrisi cats are maxedout. Elective surgeries are being cancel canceled. And the states move to phase two has been paused. In florida there are long lines as covid test results are coming back positive four times as often as they were just a few weeks ago. And states that once balked at requiring face coverings . Wel
Fights over wearing them. Youre going to harm the health of all of the people. Odonnell no end in sight nearly 1. 5 million more americans file for unemployment. As more People Struggle to get help, why did washington send 1. 4 billion in stimulus checks to dead people . Racing to a cucure could a synthetic vaccine be the answer to keeping billions from getting covid19 . Why some believe it could be an easier and cheaper way to save why some believe it could be lives. Stop stop odonnell new investigation. Breaking news, colorados governor orders a new probe after body cam Video Shows Police why did e. M. T. S give him a powerful sedative . And did it cause his death . And they call him the tiktok tutor. Well introduce you to the teen sensation who makes learning math as easy as pi. 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. We are going to begin tonight with some b
The frontline workers of this pandemic. A powerful tribute. You cant say enough as time passes and their work continues on the front lines. We join them in thanking all of those First Responders. We sure do. Song captures it better. They certainly are the champi s champions. We are back on this saturday morning, may 2nd. Lets check the headlines. There is hope for a new potential coronavirus treatment. The fda granted emergency approval for the drug remdesivir to treat patients severely ill with the virus. This comes as states start getting back to business this weekend with malls and restaurants all across the country opening their doors. 34 states now have partial reopening plans in place with 15 still under strict stayathome orders. Prime minister Justin Trudeau announced a nationwide ban on assaultstyle weapons in canada. The move comes less than two weeks after the countrys deadliest mass shooting in history. A gunman killed 23 people in nova scotia. It includes 1500 models of the
Not know the identity of the victim who is out there. Here is a little bit of what he had to say about what happened. There were 2 people on board. It was an instructional flight. A fright instructor and student. There was one fatality. The other was transported to the Medical Center for treatment. Reporter at this moment they say they are waiting for the Coroners Office to finish up here. I asked for they were doing. It was believed they were doing some practice on hovering. That is trying to maintain the helicopter just above ground. He told me there are 2 sets of controls inside the training helicopter. It is unclear who wa the time of the crash. Somebody up in the air Traffic Control center saw it and called it in. If you take a look back out here live you can see that right now there is not a whole lot of activity right now. They say they are expecting somebody from washington dc with the National Transportation safety board to be out here on route. They probably will not be able