Primetime showdown. Joe biden and President Trump battling it out in battleground states overnight. Biden ripping into the president s response to the pandemic. He knew it. He knew it and did nothing. Its close to criminal. What he said about the vaccine and whether hed accept the results of the election. New trouble for Jerry Falwell jr. The 911 call now revealed. His wife becki desperately asking for help just days after those allegations emerge about their relationship with the pool attendant. Arrested. Breakout cheer star jerry harris waking up behind bars. The charge hes now facing and this morning the new bombshell allegation rocking the world of cheerleading. The exclusive usa today investigation about misconduct involving coaches, choreographers and more. Emmy countdown. Oneonone with Host Jimmy Kimmel. How hes pulling off tvs biggest night on a stage all by himself. How hell play off the winners and the surprise guests revealed right here on gma this morning. Its never really
Host. I remember when i was an adolescent, his parody on snl and how funny it was, and how gracious he was with the impressions of him, and, you know, hes one of those people like dick clark where its just, like, theres a person who consumes American Culture whos beloved by all sides and a natural entertainer. Yeah. I think i dont mean to sound hokey, but they dont make people like this on television anymore. Just this beloved icon that everybody wants to watch and is endlessly entertaining. He clocked 17,000 hours on Live Television as you said, holds the guinness book of world records. Im very, very sad. When i read it and i got the news, i just, like, stopped. Another one of these people that again, america loves and its just a very its very, very sad news and i didnt realize he was even ill. So just my condolences to his family as well, but he will be beloved and remembered forever. Yeah. This is, you know, this is the way i believe he wanted to be remembered, as a really good man,
Hard to break. Arent they, mona . As we discovered on world news now. As kenneth was reading that i was scratching my eye. We keep touching our faces as abcs Stephanie Ramos found out firsthand. Reporter we spread germs every day, by touching objects, then our faces, without thinking twice. Viruses spread when you touch your own mouth, nose, eyes. Reporter officials warning us to not do this cant help themselves. How often are we doing it . We asked michelle and greg solo to let us follow them and 8yearold russell and 6yearold twins colin and brandon. As we keep track of how many different items they touch throughout the day, and then how many times they touch their faces. We set up cameras and have producers count. We watch the family get ready for school and work. Colin, breakfast reporter in less than an hour one of the boys touched nearly 70 items, and his face 12 times, before the bus even arrives. When the kids get home from school we start the count again. And now have them put
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in nebeu. Im annemarie green. This morning the coronavirus threat is prompting state officials to take urgent action. Governors in massachusetts, colorado, and North Carolina are now the latest to declare states of emergency. The measure comes as philadelphia reports its first death from the virus. That brings the death toll in the u. S. To at least 32. There are more than 1,000 confirmed infections. In Washington State, family members are on edge after 21 residents at a nursing home tested positive for the virus. Thats the same facility where most of the deaths in the state have occurred. In california passengers continue to disembark from a coronavirus stricken cruise ship in oakland. Theyll be quarantined at military bases or sent back to their home countries. And just outside of new york city a growing cluster of confirmed cases in new rochelle prompted the establishment of a containment zone. As meg oliver reports,
Tulsa, oklahoma, firefighters pulled a big gem out of a drain. Thats a 90pound great pyrenees puppy named ruby. She disappeared new years morning and was found 50 feet underground in a drain. Firefighters managed to open the pipe and ruby crawled out apparently okay. Major League Baseball has handed down its longestever suspensions for domestic violence. Yankees pitcher Domingo German will miss a total of 81 games. The incident stems from an incident with his girlfriend last year. Hes been on administrative leave since september and missed an extra 63 games meaning he wont be eligible to return until june. The man once known as the socalled affluenza teen is back in a texas jail. 22yearold ethan couch is accused of violating his probation. He allegedly tested positive for thc, which is found in cannabis. Hes being held without bail. Couch was dubbed the affluenza teen after a psychologist blamed his familys wealth for his inability to make good decisions. He claimed that led to couch k