And hakeem jeffries. It is about 50 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. House democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. Postmaster general, louis dejoy. And mr. Michael collins, chief of staff to the honorable John Robert Lewis. [ applause ] kevin mccarthy, speaker of the United States house of representatives. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. It is my privilege to recommend to the u. S. Capital. We are honored to have with us the u. S. Postmaster,. And linda early chastain to participate and share a special occasion. Each of them is instrumental in honoring the legacy of congress ms. Congressman luis and having the special stamp. Commemorative stamps are more than just pieces of paper with pictures on them. They tell stories. They honor heroes and they capture important moments in history. We are honoring and extraordinary contributions to the american people. An inspiring future generations to follow his lead. I want to thank you for joini
This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. A new push his stance honoring john lewis was unveiled for the ceremony in the u. S. Capital. Speakers included postmaster general lewis to joy, Kevin Mccarthy and hakeem jeffries. It is about 50 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy. House democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. Postmaster general, louis dejoy. And mr. Michael collins, chief of staff to the honorable John Robert Lewis. [ applause ] Kevin Mccarthy, speaker of the United States house of representatives. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. It is my privilege to recommend to the u. S. Capital. We are honored to have with us the u. S. Postmaster,. And linda early chastain to participate and share a special occasion. Each of them is instrumental in honoring the legacy of congress ms. Congressman luis and having the special stamp. Commemorative stamps are more than just pieces of paper with pictures on them. They tell stories
Violating civil rights of protesters lets go to Erin Mclaughlin from downtown portland. The scene of what, now, 52 straight nights of protests, erin, wow. Reporter and last night a flash point was the federal courthouse im out here right now you could see on the ground this is a security barrier that was previously set up just yesterday surrounding the courthouse, meant to repel protests but became a target. Protesters by the thousands, around 2,500 out, people of different ages of different political agendas out here to have their say and to confront federal agents which is another flash point in this conflict unmarked federal agents and they are not welcome. And President Trump speaking out on fox on sunday take a listen to what he had to say. If you look at what has gone on in portland, those are anarchist. If we didnt take a stand in portland, weve arrested many of these leaders, if we didnt take that stand, right now you would have a problem like they were going to lose portland r
To you. Im jim sciutto, and im poppy harlow. While this nation faces the devastating reality of more than 150,000 deaths from coronavirus, this is more tragic news for the u. S. Economy and today while we all honor and remember civil rights icon, the late congressman john lewis, the president is talking about none of the above. Once again hes pushing more false claims. Well call them that, false, including mailin voting leads to widespread fraud, no evidence of that and now hes floated the idea of something thats never happened in this countrys history and that is delaying the president ial election. It is stunning. It needs to be factchecked. We can only assume the president is serious tweeting this. With us now joe johns and constitutional attorney gloria brown marshall. Were glad were here. Joe, let me begin with you. To remind people what does the constitution say about this . Yeah. Constitution is pretty clear, and ill defer to your expert, but my reading of it is that the constit
Death toll record for the third day in a row. Former republican president ial candidate herman cain dies of covid19, a little over a month after he attended a trump rally in tulsa. The u. S. Economy craters, a key indicator plunging by nearly 33 , the steepest quarterly dive on record. And that 600 federal boost is about to run out with no relief deal in sight. On the heels of that dire economic report and sinking poll numbers, President Trump tonight floating the idea of delaying the president ial election. Members of his own party saying not so fast. Breaking news a possible hurricane could target florida this weekend, and the east coast early next week. The new projected track just in. And finally, the remarkable love story of john and lillian lewis. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from atlanta. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us on this historic night here in atlanta, the longtime home of civil rights icon john lewis. Were standin