Thank you for watching the news cont6 00. Ues captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell tonight, alarming spikes in coronavirus cases seen across the nation. At least 16 states see infections rising, hospitals in arizona nearing capacity. Officials worry we are on the verge of a second wave as beaches, movie theaters, and restaurants continue to open nationwide. Grim Economic Outlook a new prediction says the Unemployment Rate will end the year at 9. 3 , and it will likely stay high for the next two years. The fed chairs urgent plea to lawmakers. Police reforms the Minneapolis Police chief under pressure to change his Department Takes on the police union as George Floyds brother delivers emotional testimony on capitol hill, demanding justice. Im here to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain. Stop us from being tired. Odonnell nascar bans the Confederate Flag at its events,i bases named for confederate generals. How the president is responding tonight. Breaking news family members say remai
The gulf coast. Our business has just tanked. Axelrod and we remember ross perot, a selfmade billionaire and president ial candidate who called them as he saw them. There will be a giant sucking sound going south. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is our western edition. The calls are growing louder labor secretary alex acosta to resign over his handling of the secret plea deal that gave the wealthy investor Jeffrey Epstein an uncommonly light sentence in a sex trafficking case 11 years ago. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in south florida at the time. Today President Trump weighed in saying acostas very good at his job, but mr. Trump did add he will take a closer look at the case. And in the oval office, paula reid had a chance to ask the president about his relationship with epstein. Reporter President Trump once considered Jeffrey Epstein a friend, but today he distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. I was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. Reporter but m
norah? norah: manny bojorquez, thank you very much. also in brownsville, a vigil is planned tonight for the eight victims killed by an suv driver who slammed into a group of migrants outside a shelter on sunday. the driver has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. investigators are awaiting toxicology results and are trying to determine if the crash was intentional. turning overseas, russian leader vladimir putin presented his twisted take on his invasion of ukraine today, saying the west has unleashed a real war against russia. putin spoke at a world war ii victory day parade, which was scaled down to only a single tank because much of russia s weaponry is either in ukraine or has been destroyed in the war. overnight, russia attacked ukraine with dozens of missiles. an investigation is underway after a small plane crashed in the suburb of tacoma, washington. that s next. that s next. tacoma, washington. that s next.
shut down-most of the roadways. the dakotas were hit with freezing rain. highway 8 s got some snow on it and black ice, so if you re traveling this way, slow down and be careful. reporter: the storm s impact s also felt in arizona, with a rare sight, thunder snow lit up the sedona sky, coupled with snow flurries. back here in northeast colorado, there s a blizzard warning in effect until midnight and as the storm moves east, ice and gusty winds cold cause problems for parts of iowa, south dakota and minnesota. norah. o donnell: i am sending you a hot chocolate. it looks cold out there, manny bojorquez, thank you so much. as the dangerous storms moves east, let s check in with mike bettes. with tners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. reporter: norah, good evening. severe storms taking center stage across the south today. take a look at conditions seen over fort worth, texas. funnel clouds in nearby
country descend into chaos accelerated by natural disasters, a presidential sac nation and gang kidnapping for money. unicef says more than 100 women and children were abduct fled the first eight months of this year. people looking at haiti from the outside are not realizing that the government is not working, so the gangs are running the country. reporter: here in miami s little haiti neighborhood, people are closing watching, too. the white house said it welcomed the news of the release of the two hostages but did not have further comments, an indication of how delicate the negotiations are for the release of the remaining 15. norah. o donnell: manny bojorquez, thank yo mpresbiden s nominatine po te, w pandem keeping intduring the id he foinon anos.