And, so many of you told us, you still havent received your 1,200 stimulus check. Tonight, your stories. Ntus, the online tracker that tells you if that check is on the way. Possible treatments . Could a popular heartburn drug help in the treatment of covid19 . Why some hospitals have quietly been testing it for weeks. Americas food problem. Why are so many crops rotting in the field, at the same time americas food banks are running out of food . Farmers, food banks, and states demanding answers from the department of agriculture. And, we end tonight with a sweet story of how a couple celebrated their golden anniversary together, even as the virus kept them apart. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. White house. Ght with news just coming in from the white house. What the president is calling a new nationwide strategy for testing americans to get them ouck the work. But the guidelines,
President trump Just Announced in the rose garden, require individual states to find ansting supplies and conduct their tests, rather than the federal government. The new plan comes as more and cre americans are suffering from whats being called quarantine fatigue, a desire to return to a more normal life after weeks of staying home. That burnout, combined with rising unemployment, is leading l9 states to loosen restrictions and reopen some businesses and restaurants; even more plan to do so by may 1. But in many of those states, the number of infections is still rising. Tonight, there are more than 985,000 confirmed cases in the u. S. Nearly 56,000 people have died nationwide. And as we come on the air tonight, the chairman of tyson foods, which produces 20 of the countrys beef, pork, and chicken, is warning the u. S. Food supply chain is breaking because so many Processing Plant workers are getting sick, even as farmers say their food is ecauseg in the fields because they cant harves
Over alleged Sexual Misconduct. And only on cbs this morning, Oprah Winfrey reveals the newest choice for her book club. The lucky author will join us here in studio 57. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Everythings coming back. They all want to be where the action is. Americas once again open for business. Stock markets take a dramatic nosedive. We opened down over 500 points. Accuse me of illegally leaking classified information and as i didnt give him a standing ovation during the state of the union, apparently a traitor as well. Unamerican. Somebody said treasonous. Yes, i guess why not, you know. Larry nassar received a third and final prison sentence. The judge taking on another 40 to 125 years. A sheriffs deputy is dead. Three other officers injured. Out standing member of my agency. A deadly pileup in iowa on a snowy strip. The crash shutting down a highway for hours. Ive never seen anything like this. All that. Super bowl mvp
The u. S. Has blocked a law that would have ended the nsas bulk collection of tone calls. We begin with a threat from Islamic State of iraq and the levant and its expanding influence across the middle east. Fighters linked to the group have attacked a shia mosque in saudi arabia the deadliest attack in more than a decade in the country. According to activists the group controls almost half of the country after taking the ancient city of palmyra this week. The u. S. Is facing a change in strategy in neighboring iraq where the group is also making advances. First jerald tan has the latest on the attack in eastern saudi arabia. The attack was calculated to cause maximum damage, during friday prayers. Showing the force of the blast mangled beams debris littering the prayer prayer halls. He hopes that the perpetrators will be swiftly brought to justice. Reporter a group linked to i. S. I. L. Was claiming responsibility for the bombing in the Eastern Region of kartif. This is the home of sau
That was after words, booktvs Signature Program in which authors of the latest nobody Fiction Books are interviewed by others familiar with their material. You can also afterwords online go to book of. Org and click on after words on the upper right side of the page. Heres a look at the top ten bestselling nonFiction Books according to the Los Angeles Times. Former secretary of defense robert gates tops the list with his memoir, duty filed by david and goliath and the recount of the fight for womens rights in pakistan in i am malala. These authors appeared on booktv and their be view can go viewed online, in fourth, scott toes sell chronicles coping with anxiety, and in fifth, charles krauthammer, things that matter three decades of passions, pastimes and politics. Watch the program from the george w. Bush president ial library. Sixin on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list is stitches followed by a short guide to a long life by david angus. A book on the internal and external pressur