Forward with a scaleddown Economic Relief bill that republicans introduced. National institutes of health orector and Surgeon General on capitol hill for a Senate Health hearing on Vaccine Research and development. They spoke about ongoing Clinical Trials for a Coronavirus Vaccine and the possibility of one being ready by the end of the year. Some of thescussed challenges of distributing a vaccine and the current drop in vaccination rates due to misinformation and public mistrust. Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and Human Services, individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool bang and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and sargent general adams are
Killed. Nearly 100 major fires are reported in almost a dozen states. North of sacramento, three people were killed in the bear fire. Authorities say that one person was found in their car apapparently trying to escape t flames. The fire is burning dangerously close to the town of paradise. You may remember paradise was decimated by wildfire two years ago. Stunning images show an orange haze of smoke hanging over the Golden Gate Bridge and throughout San Francisco yesterday morning. Its the result of thick ash from wildfires burning across northern part of the state. Danya bacchus is in fresno county, california. Will the weather conditions be at least a little better today and maybe help the firefighters out . Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. Yes, the weather conditions are expected to be better today. The santa ana winds that we have been experiencing are not expected, which could be helpful for firefighters. For thousands of them, this fight is far from over. Talent, oregon,
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,
Cspan two. Isas Governor Greg Abbott urging local residents to get their flu shots early this year. He made this suggestion alongside Public Health officials at a Medical Center in dallas where he talked about precautions for slowing the spread of the virus. Want to thank everyone for being here in the medical school for hosting this event, for everything they are doing to help the people in this region as well as the entire state of texas, responding to all different kinds of medical challenges we are dealing with. In particular, what were focused on today. That is covid19 as the flu season that is coming up. As the flu season that is coming up. Just one of the topics we talked about before i do want to make a Compass Point regards to cover 19. People in the dallasfort worth area, one thing you have observed following the numbers is that covid19 numbers are improving in the sense that so many the point is the numbers of covid19 are going down from an elevated level. We are not at all
Staggering job losses. Toniht the 1. 4 million filing claims last week. But with Unemployment Benefits set to expire in just days, will congress extend the lifeline . Culture of misogyny. Congresswoman alexdrsicorts a rr alusa sexist profanity. Its not about one incident. It is cultural. Odonnell dangerous Hand Sanitizer, dozens of brands being recalled, the chemical that could be life threatening. Tracking Tropical Storm gonzalo. It is on its way to becoming a hurricane. And finally tonight, the Twin Brothers who have dedicated their lives to saving others after a near catastrophe in the pool. 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. As we come on the air tonight the u. S. Has now surpassed 4 million cases of coronavirus. A drastic increase of infections in just a few weeks that illustrates how rapidly the virus is spreading. To give you a sense of how fast cases