Daughters, 100,000 teachers and nurses, lawyers and bus drivers, 100,000 souls lost not to a war or to terrorism, but to a virus that didnt exist just a few months ago, to an illness that does not discriminate or show mercy. And while the spread of the virus had shown some signs of slowing, tonight, there is growing concern that the rate of infections is once again rising in half of u. S. States just as those states are lifting restrictions. Now, that news comes at the same time the c. D. C. Is issuing a warning about those antibody tests many were relying on to see if they had immunity to the virus. Well, it turns out test may be wrong 50 of the time. Today, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, urged americans to keep wearing face masks at masks at the country reopens, not only to protect themselves but to show respect for others. Theres a lot of news to get to tonight as we mark this very somber milestone, and cbs jamie yuccas is going to lead off our coverag
New video shows what took place moments before he was pinned to the ground. Tonight, what were learning about the officers who have now been fired. Breaking news tonight the manhunt widens. The armed and dangerous university of connecticut senior wanted for at least two murders may have been sighted hundreds of miles away in maryland. War on twitter the president threatens big action after his tweets are fact checked, and he faces new criticism the subtle swipe by dr. Anthony fauci. And graduates, start your engines. Commencement at the race track. E cbs evening cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. L. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 lives have been lost to the coronavirus nationwide. S,0,000 mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, 100,000 teachers and nurses, lawyers and bus drivers, 100,000 souls lost not to a war or to terrorism, but to a virus t ex didnt e
According to data from john hopper Johns Hopkins university. Those who projections come as Governor Newsom says california could begin reopening its economy by friday, retail and manufacturers will be the first to enter into californias next phase of the stay at home order. The governor says flower shops Clothing Stores toy stores and books books, an eyes this morning, the tours can all reopen by the end of the week with new mandatory guidelines like Curbside Pickup. The state is also set to release those new rules on thursday seated restaurant dining shopping malls and office is not included in this next phase. So we need active Monitoring Surveillance to make sure that the disease is not spreading. It is one of the criteria is a trigger to re modify. Governor newsom said phase 2 would also include reopening public spaces like parks and beaches. Were expecting more details on that on friday on thursday rather as well. According to Johns Hopkins aniversity there are currently over 1 mi
To covering live house coverage here on cspan as they gavel in eight bills today, including antilynching legislation. The speakr pro tempore the house will be in order. He prayer will be offere by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain onroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks foriving us another day. Use thismoment to be e reminded of your presence c1 tap the resoces needed by the members of this peos house to do their work as w as it upon those torn nation and upon the members of this assembly who struggle to see the shared hope for a Better Future in those withwhom they disagree. Fo many americans, the holy season of lent begins tomorrow d foreheads are marked this as men andwomen and as a reminder of your power to thrugh our failures all this day and through the week, may our representatives do teir best to find solutions to pressing issues facig our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nation
Executive perry moore. I am also the cochair of the City County Task force on opioids that was done across the u. S. We had 20 elected officials at the city and county levels, ten city officials, ten county officials, the mayor of little rock arkansas was the cochair of the city side and i was the cochair on the county side. You will be hearing from one of those Panel Members today. When greg speaks. But our work that was done, was done it seems like ages ago. So much has happened since then we will be talking abed about that. The panel will be today. I want to thank those of you who are here in person as well as those of you that are here virtually. We know this is being broadcast live stream in a special thank you to arc for your partnership. What we do in county government is all about partnership. We partner with each other, we partner with various agencies, especially great partners like aoc. We are thankful for them. This event is the combination of a yearlong partnership to stre