This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Cbs news has learned the commission on president ial debates plans to issue new rules for the rest of this years debates after tuesday nights faceoff between President Trump and former Vice President biden turned into a farce. While the commission has not formally voted on changes, an informed source tells cbs news they need to actthey need to act in t in the coming days after being inundated with complaints. About a chaotic debate. Among possible changes to the rules, cutting off a candidates microphone if that person ignores the rules and interrupts another candidate or the moderator. Tonight, with 34 days left until the election, the candidates are back out on the campaign trail, even as President Trump tries to clarify his refusal to denounce White Supremacy at the debate along with a group known t
Massive so. Even though theyve been at it for about 7 hours. Its a little more than 50 contained. So theyre half way there. But Officials Say whats encouraging is that the fire hasnt grown in about 4 hours. 360 acres on fire. And about 200 firefighters from across the east bay working feverishly to put it out. The fire started around 2 40 this afternoon and burned quickly. Kevin martin witness once the fire gets, once you think it stopped it just comes right back up. It came up in 5 different places. I hear helicopters flying over my house. I went in the middle of street. I saw a fire, came over here. All of the sudden the whole field looked like a pit of hell. Smoke everywhere you can barely see blue. Thats how much smoke there was. It was just straight black. Tony perez witness we looked in the backyard. We had definitely seen the smoke in the backyard and uh, we came down the street. And uh at first it was just a small fire and it definitely picked up fast because of the valley and
And every other White Supremacist Group is cease and desist. Odonnell breaking news suspect charged in the ambush shooting of two sheriffs deputies in southern california. First arrested for a carjacking, the key piece of evidence that connected him to the brazen attack. Wildfire destroys wine country. Tonight, why firefighters are fighting fire with fire. The race for a coronavirus vaccine. How one drug makers announcement could shake up the president s hope for a vaccine by election day. Employment up in the air nearly 45,000 Airline Workers could lose their jobs at midnight as Congress Fails to pass a relief bill. Fiery crash a fighter jet goes down in flames after a midair crash. What caused it, and how everyone survived. And tonight, remembering helen reddy. I am woman odonnell the voice behind an anthem for a movement. 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 u
While Fianna Fáil managed to retain their dominance in Offaly County Council, Sinn Féin were the comeback kids of the local election here in the Faithful County.
After a marathon count spanning four days and over 54 hours, the race to fill the 19 seats on Offaly County Council has finally come to an end with the election of Fianna Fail's Audrey Hennessy Kennedy and Sinn Fein's Sean Maher to fill the two remaining .