Scientific aors over tonight cbs at cdictorertse expert, dr. Anthony fauci, have been sidelined from the president s Coronavirus Task force. That news comes after a stunning rebuke of dr. Redfield by President Trump saying redfied, who has spent his career studying viruses and heads the worlds premier Public Health agency, misunderstood the question when he testified under oath it will take until the middle of next year to vaccinate enough americans to limit the spread of covid. With the election just 47 days away, the president keeps suggesting a vaccine will be ready before americans cast their ballot. Now, that is something that most experts including the governments own stists say is just not true for the general public. And that disagreement has lead to a daylong fight pitting versus spin, the kind of political fight you might expect in an election year, only this time american lives and the economy are at stake. As we come on the air the number of People Killed by coronavirus in
We begin on the campaign trail. Check your calendar there are just 46 days to go until election day. There are a lot of key dates to keep in mind, though. Early voting begins today in minnesota. Both President Trump and his rival joe biden will campaign there today. And in just 11 days, the pair will face each other in cleveland for the first of three president ial debates. The other two are in october. The latest cbs news Battleground Tracker poll finds joe biden leading President Trump nationally with a tenpoint edge, 52 to 42 . Laura podesta is following the race very closely. Laura, how are both men trying to lure in those precious, precious undecided voters . Reporter good morning, annemarie. Well, by pointing out each others faults and spending a whole lot of time in precious swing states like wisconsin and pennsylvania where they were campaigning yesterday. President trump and joe biden campaigned in key battleground states last night. Hello, wisconsin. Reporter the president lo
Just made. Had a mcennanny briefing. His is about 40 minutes. Nancy pelosi, Chuck Schumer and representative ork have shown their blatant disregard for the United States constitution. Apparently it is now a high crime and misdemeanor worthy of impeachment for a lawfully elected president of the United States to exercise his constitutional duty. Article 2, section 2 of the constitution clearly states that the president , quote, shall nominate, end quote, justices of the Supreme Court when a vacancy occurs. No matter the time, no matter the politics of the day, the president is the president. Theres nothing in the constitution that says the president stopped being the president in an Election Year. The president has already appointed two strong conservative justices to the Supreme Court, justices who will interpret the constitution as written. Now he will nominate a third. As senator cruz reminds us, we are one vote away of seeing our religious liberty stripped away, free speech and seco
Now at 5 00, Movie Theaters reopening in one bay area county. But the strict guidelines were expecting. And fertility fraud, and athome dna test leads an east bay woman to sue her former doctor. The unexpected results uncovered 40 years later. And heavy smoke impacted yosemite. Mike is looking at our air quality. Good morning, everybody. It is friday, september 18. Good to see you guys. It was really weird to hear that yosemite, i was supposed to go there last weekend and we had to postpone the trip. But now seeing the park being closed all together, it is weird yeah, it has just got worse as the wind shifted. You cant escape it. And it is going to be there for the better part of the weekend. Plus they have the high fire danger right near the red flag warning. And back here at home, still green. How about that for the third consecutive morning. We do have a few clouds out there as a dold frocold front w through today andbring us a touch of autumn. And katrina is to our south and that i
En it got sticky out there yesterday afternoon. Were still going to see some of those clouds moving by and in fremont as you head out the door some mid60s for you. Well talk about whats ahead in our forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking getting out the door for the commute . Well, kari, its better as far as visibility goes as well. Theres still fog reported overnight. At the toll plaza we see a clear view and clear flowing traffic. The map shows you the same thing as the crew in oakland clears 880 as well. We have no slowing through the construction zone, marcus. Back to you. Thank you, mike. We have breaking news to tell you about right now. Get your last uploads and messaging in. The Trump Administration announcing it plans to shut down tiktok and wechat on sunday. Reuters is reporting that news out of u. S. Commerce department. The news comes as the president was expected to announce whether the government would approve a action, going back to the deal for oracle to take tikto