Louisiana governor requesting immediate federal help. These storms pose a challenge that quite frankly weve not seen before. Course in consequence. Partying students spread the virus, frustrating administrators and fueling campus anxiety. Belarus on the brink, protestors try to oust europes last dictator. Cbs news is there. And later, a Family Reading project that puts a new twist on story time. Were interested in stories that connect kids to some sense of magic and wonder. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. The situation is desperate, the second and Third Largest fires in state history are expected to grow as new thunderstorms produce dry lightning and gusty winds. Jonathan vigliotti is on the fire lines in healdsburg, north of san francisco. Reporter california is under a historic fire siege with more lightning expected tonight. Nearly 1. 3 million acres charred and counting as more than 14,000 exhausted firefighters battle nonstop flam
Santa cruz county. Lets zoom in now on the czu lightning complex fire. You take a look at this map on your screen. The red line shows the outline of the fire and it has grown so much you can see that spread now to the coastline. New this morning that fires turned deadly a 70 yearold man was found the body of 7 yearold man was found in the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran live this morning at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a Scotts Valley. He has the latest will. Marty so far right now as of the update yesterday at around 11 oclock last night 74,000 acres have burned for this fire. We do know that at least 131 structures have gone up in flames with many others damaged. We expect a News Conference in one hour from now they have thousands of firefighters spread throughout california. The moving forward the biggest challenge will be the resources heading to this location. Yes, very dry very smoky. But the good news is i did not see any Lightning Strikes thats the fe
What police and eyewitnesses are saying go time. The Republican National Convention Kicks off tonight, with president rump set to appear every day and joe biden shaking off trumps blaclaims he is not fitr office watch me. What to respect as the republicans take their turn in the spotlight. Out of control i have lost so much if i thought to think about it too long, it overwhelms me. The death toll from the california wildfires, blazing 1 million acres this morning weather conditions only getting worse. Were live from the front lines. Shake up after months of family drama playing online, Kellyanne Conway, one of the president s closest aides announces she is stepping down. The surprise move, just days before she is set to speak at the Republican National convention and miracle baby a newborn panda at the national zoo defies the odds and captures hearts today, monday, august 24th, 2020 from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.
The front lines in the overnight hours thankfully they get to rest a little bit as theyre throwing as much as they possibly can at this fire 1500 firefighters with more firefighters on the way from out of state. This fire they are making progress we did learn from a News Conference earlier this morning that containment numbers now sitting at 13 containment and that is up from 8 in the overnight hours, however the acreage did go up from 74. To 78,000 and the number of homes or structures destroyed sitting at 231. Destroyed or damaged were talking about that going up and up especially since the fires are happening in a remote rugged area thats. Hard to get to for the firefighters, but we do know that the one fatality that one man who did die that he was trying to leave the area because he was not found inside his home instead he was found near his car. So that leads investigators to believe that he was trying to flee the area that was simply overcome by the flames or the smoke as far as
The video sparking outrage and now questions about why no arrests were made. Caught on camera, a former Football Player makes the catch of a lifetime after a child is dropped from a burning building. And a woman finds a very special way to visit her mother in a nursing home, all thanks to a fire truck. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Great to have our friend Shirleen Allicot from wabc filling in. Its been fun so far. We begin with the coronavirus running rampant on track to hit 3 million cases. 350,000 americans tested positive for it in the last six days alone. Icu beds are in short supply. Still, this was the scene yesterday at a courthouse in oklahoma city. Dozens of people packed in a hallway. Lots of face masks but no social distancing after the state saw its biggest spike of infections in a single day. But in philadelphia, a reason to celebrate. A homecoming for 67yearold coronavirus survivor Vanessa Cassidy after 102 days in the hospital. Abcs Megan Tevrizian h