Washington journal. Join the discussion with your comments. Wildfires continue to burn along the west coast, a public works subcommittee considers legislative options for addressing the wildfires in force management. This hearing includes testimony from an interior Department Official and the deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills before the public lands subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills, i cant go through all of them right now. The agenda will be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee, a longtime member of the senate. Weve got members who will be joining us shortly, who will have another Committee Assignment at the moment. Others will be joining us telephonically. Lossoflifeognize that has occurred. Within what is shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season, more than 36 people have perished in infernos raging through the wes
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Made history. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening. And thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. Volunteers all across the country including a member of our own cbs news family began getting shots today as part of the final phase of testing for an experimental vaccine being developed by the nih and the drug company moderna. Tens of thousands of americans are needed for the trial and test sites are spread out across the south and west which tonight florida now has morehvi total infections than new york, which was once the epicenter of the crisis. Among those cases, 14 members of the Miami Marlins who have now tested positive forcing two Major League Baseball games to be postponed and calling into question the season. We also learned today that the virus has once again spread into the west wing. The white house says robert obrien,
Positive. Covid hits the west wing. The president S National Security advisor is now the highest ranking u. S. Official to test positive. Was President Trump exposed . Hanna hammers texas. Tonight southern texas still reeling from the effects of hurricane hanna, as thousands are without power. Breaking news, cbs news has learned at least 100 more federal agents are standing by to be deployed to portland, oregon, amid unrest there. Honoring john lewis, tonight the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Amazing grace odonnell his last journey through washington. And tonight, wait until you meet the motherdaughter md, the inspiring family who graduated med school in the same year and just made history. 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. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine agains
Is honored at the capitol where he served for more than 30 years. How his colleagues and future leaders are honoring his legacy. And safe to ride . Electric moped rentals are on the rise during this pandemic. How a series of rececent accidents, including one that killed a tv reporter, is leading to new questions about their safety. Very scary stuff. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The Moderna Vaccine has officially entered the final stage before approval. Theres never been anything like this in terms of speed. A huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. We go from not even knowing what the virus was in early january to a phase three trial is really record time. Republicans unveiled another covid19 relief bill. It would reduce emergency benefits from 600 a week to 200. What the heck is going on . A Top National Guard officer will testify before a committee disputing the white houses account of events that led to protesters being