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[inaudible conversations] good morning the Committee Meets today to consider g nominations for the chief of the National Guard bureau and the project warp speed and in those circumstances what we are facing to do things differently we enjoyed meeting theee families and when you do your Opening Statement and you have both been nominated for positions and then to consider the nominations and then to provide the solutions general wilkinson from the National Guard and your expertise of the National Guard bureau north carolinian and those that will be essential across the country on the front lines of the Coronavirus Response leadership from the joint chiefs of staff testing the Health System and the economy and military and every other part of everyday life, President Trump is taking you and others not only to develop a vaccine but also to manufacture and distribute 300 million doses by january the 2021 extensive expertise and that is key to complete the mission. We appreciate your willing
We want to begin tonight with some breaking news. A stuny and dramatic new peak in cases of coronavirus, throwing parts of the country back into the darkest days of the pandemic. Tonight and risking months of progress in the fight against infeions sce aprwit tens othousands of new ca in thsoand west. I. C. U. Beds in hospitals are now reaching capacity in florida, texas, and arizona. And confirmed cases are rising in more than half of the country, forcing the governors of texas and california to threaten reimposing lockdowns. North carolina says its now pausing its reopening, and in a stunning move, new york governor andrew cuomo, along with the governors of new jersey and connecticut, say theyll now fine anyone visiting from a covid hot spot that doesnt isolate for two weeks. The coronavirus has now killed 122,000 nationwide, and there are more than 2. 3 million confirmed cases in the u. S. On wall street today, a concern that a resurgence of the virus will stall any possible economic
Could be on the verge of a vaccine breakthrough, and our reporting on a promising new milestone. Could a clinic halfway around the world be the best chance to cure the virus . Case dismissed the president celebrates after an Appeals Court drops the charges against his First National security advisor. But, is the case against Michael Flynn really over . Firecracker crackdown. The dangerous new trend, illegal fireworks set off in neighborhoods nationwide, one child burned while watching from his window, a homeless man lit on fire. Tonight, whats being done to stop it. And, fired up the four women who made firefighting history just by doing their jobs. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. And thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with some breaking news. A stunning and dramatic new peak in cases of coronavirus, throwing parts of the country back into the darkest days of the pand
The Senate Armed Services committee met to consider the nominations of the Lieutenant General to be chief of the National Guard bureau and an army general to lead operation warp speed which is tasked with developing a coronavirus vaccine. In his testimony, he told lawmakers it was likely the u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year. Their confirmation hearing is almost 2. 5 hours. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General David Hokanson to be chief of the National Guard bureau, and general Gustave Perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. I think both of you for being here today particularly under the current circumstances of what we are facing now, we are doing things differently. I know you are down there but i can barely see you. Anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. We were not going to be able to do with the same way. When you do your Opening Statement, you may want to introduce family