Day death tolls since the pandemic began. The number of new infections of covid19 are growing exponentially too and in nearly every corner of the u. S. That is leading two members of the president s Coronavirus Task force to call for states to shut down bars and for all americans to wear masks. But without any official guidance from the white house about those recommendations, governors and major retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Tonight colorado and arkansas are joining a growing list of states mandating masks in public. Altogether 28 states plus the district of columbia now require them. And today target, cvs and Publix Publix stores are also saying Grocery Stores are also sayi they are rolling out ruling telling customers to wear masks too. And as we come on the air tonight more than 138,000 people have been killed by the here in the u. S. And we hit this milestone more than three and a half million confirmed cases nationwide. If fighting the virus werent enough, th
Cyberspies are trying to hack valuable information. Its the same group accused of interfering in the 2016 president ial election. Breaking news, the Washington Post reports more than a dozen women alleged Sexual Harassment and verbal abuse by former employees of the washington redskins. Tonight their allegations. Campaign shakeup. The president demotes his Campaign Manager as two new polls show him trailing joe biden by double digits. Urgent need, the red cross puts out a nationwide call for blood donors. Well show you how easy it is to save a life. Finally tonight, a sevenyear old who is showing you are never too young to start changing the world. 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. We are going to begin with breaking news. Tonight two of the countrys largest states, texas and florida, along with South Carolina and idaho, are reporting their biggest single da
America. This is one hour. [applause] before i briefly introduce our guest, i am obliged to tell you, you are not allowed to stay here after the event, you must reline up for the next event. Im also obliged to tell you if you want a signed copy of the conservative sensibility, hed be willing to do so after the conversation. Truly, george will needs no introduction. Pulitzer prizewinning columnist, he has this is the appropriate venue, preached the gospel of conservatism for over half a century. I am delighted to have him in conversation here today. Welcome, george. George thank you, glad to be here. [applause] i understand that austin is ground zero for the conservative party. [laughter] youre absolutely in the right place. Before we get started talking about your excellent book, george, just its been an eventful week. Another in a series of eventful weeks. Can we just have lets address the elephant in the room. Can we have your take on whats happening in washington today and what it p
Columnist, he has preached the gospel of conservatism for over half a century, and i am delighted to have him in conversation. Welcome. George glad to be here. That austin is ground zero for the conservative youre absolutely in the right place. Before we get started talking about your excel youre absolutely in the right place. Before we get started talking about your excellent book, george, just its been an eventful week. Another in a series of eventful weeks. Can we just have lets address the elephant in the thats just a small question to begin with. A softball. George my book has 565 pages of text and his name doesnt appear in it. [applause] bill maher asked me why that was so, i said doris day doesnt appear in it either. It is a book about ideas. [laughter] well, youre referring to the question of impeachment and all that. Its very difficult to impeach someone for promise keeping. He promised continuity with his campaign. He promised to continue indifference to constitutional norms
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] it is great to have you here. With longstanding friends of the center it is a pleasure to be here today and what has been a terrific project much of the last three years at the Miller Center with a firstyear project we are now one year and one week into the President Trump administration and we started to plan this effort in the spring of 2015 shortly after i arrived at the center but it really came from the center itself. There was a real question when i came in as a new director how we think about the upcoming three years with president ial elections almost two years out from when i had arrived and we thought about taking the extraordinary Historical Archive that we have built and her own scholars and network and with future administrations. After several weeks of planning we came back with this idea of the governing council to build human, Financial Support support for the effort. It has been a Terrific Team effort to bring togethe