News with norah odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with the rising death toll and utter sevastation caused by hurricane laura, which barreled across the louisiana and texas coastlines overnight, leaving entire towns under water, plowing over neighborhoods and killing at least six, including a 14year old girl. Along the coast, the destruction goes on for miles. From above you can see whats left of cameron, louisiana, where the storm came ashore, sending a storm surge more than 10 feet high over homes and businesses and tossing mobile homes and cars blocks from where they once t. Lauras 150mileperhour winds also ripped across much of the state overnight, leaving rooftops shredded and tearing homes from their foundations. Nearly a Million People are without power in the region tonight, and rescue crews are still working to make their way through some of the hardest hit areas. In west lake, louisiana, thick, toxic smoke is still billowing f
Extraordinary walkout by thel. B. Major league soccer, all in protest of the shooting of jacob blake. Tonight, cbs james brown talks to players and coaches demanding m. L. B. And soccer. Change. The Mets Dominic Smith people still dont care. Odonnell the president s big night. The Convention Speech on the White House South Lawn in front of a crowd of more than 1,000. Why Kamala Harris is on the attack tonight about how the president has handled the coronavirus pandemic. Donald trump froze. He was scared. Odonnell testing breakthrough. A 5 covid rapid test wins the president orders 150 million as the u. S. Death toll climbs to 180,000. And, the wedding was canceled, so the bride and groom brought the reception to a shelter for women and children. 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 with the rising death toll and utter devastation caused
Rough ridered. Theodore roosevelt his cowboy regiment and the immortal charge up San Juan Hill. The authorrer is mark lee gardner. Mr. Gardner, how did Teddy Roosevelt get to San Juan Hill in 1898 . Guest well, it was a lot of hard trying, a lot of really putting well, Theodore Roosevelt said, i put myself in the way of things happening and they happen, and he tried his best to form a military regiment and to get his troops to cuba and it was just force of will to get him to that spot where he created that iconic moment in 1898. Host he was not regular army. Guest he was. No. A u. S. Volunteer. Host and dead hi operate independently . Guest yeah. I think to the chagrin of Commanding Officers, yes, he certainly had an independent expert his own way of doing things, but he did have a Commanding Officer and he was part of the fifth corps, so they did have their marching orders as to what their role was going to be, but he took on additional roles and that charge up San Juan Hill, a lot of
Theater roosevelt said i put the weight he tried his best to form a regiment. It was just the force of will to get him to that spot where he created the iconic moment in 1898. He was not regular army he was volunteer. Did he operate independently . Yes to the chagrin of Commanding Officers he certainly have an independent spirit in his own way of doing things and he did have a Commanding Officer and he was part of the fifth corps. They did have their marching orders as to what their role was going to be. He took on additional roles and that charge at San Juan Hill a lot of the credit for that does go to colonel roosevelt. Where is san juan hell. Just on the east of santiago. And why was a militarily significant. The reason for his significance was one of the spanish fleet that was holed up in the harbor in santiago. The movie wanted to force thoughtfully out of the they thought the best way to do that was to send a land force to take santiago once he was taken. The fleet in the harbor
Why privacy experts are telling them to think twice. Cheryl and how the hollywood crowds crusade could be fueling the he Global Climate threat. It is wednesday, it is july 31st. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Cheryl welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning as we await the feds decision on interest rates, a quarter point cut is highly anticipated today. The dow is higher by 74 points in the premarket, s p up by 6 and a quarter, the nasdaq is up by 32. Lauren on this final day of the month of july, we do get that key decision from the fed. The 10 year treasury yield, 2. 05 . Cheryl as tensions in iran continue, no end in sight right now with destroyers sitting in the waters off the coast there, 58. 34 is the latest read on oil. Lauren in asia, the shanghai composite losing twothirds of a percent after the third month of factory order contraction and all eyes on the hang sen