ever forget. he was instrumental in helping people s lives become better. tonight, we remember lives well lived. one year ago. a cruel and mysterious threat arrived on our soil. in the beginning it was unclear how long covid would be here and how many people it would steal from us. then the weeks and months that followed covid moved ruthlessly through our biggest cities and eventually invaded even our smallest towns leaving no part of our country untouched. ultimately it would exact a far greater toll on communities of color but no group of americans has been spared. hi, everyone. i m niccole wallace. we have been honored to tell you about their lives, lives well lived. their stories were all so beautifully unique but they were united by two truths. they all ended too soon and they each left behind an entire family or community for whom life would never be the same. for so many, the losses exacerbated by how our love ed ones died. in many cases alone or in the company
And californias governor revealing theyre not seeing that downward trend yet. In the meantime, protesters pushing back against stay at home orders. The images from harrisburg, pennsylvania. In phoenix, Health Care Workers in masks confronting demonstrators. In denver, too. Tonight, dr. Anthony fauci on the protests, and the risk of reopening too quickly and without great caution. The new results just in tonight. The largescale test on antibodies suggesting the actual number of infections could be up to 55 times higher than the number of confirmed cases in one major county alone. And our continued reporting on using plasma from those who have recovered to give to those fighting the virus. Tonight, we will hear from a patient, a nurse who had been on a ventilator, receiving that experimental Plasma Treatment. Weve heard so much about the lungs. Tonight, what about the virus and your heart . Blood clots, vascular health. The wellknown broadway actor, married with a baby, who has been in a
Half of its workforce. And whats holding up a new 400 billion rescue plan for Small Businesses . Nursing homes in crisis. Shocking numbers. 55 dead at one home, 70 in another as facilities face chronic Staff Shortages. Tonight the new federal guidelines that allow covid positive aides to keep working. Emergency room cuts in the s ddle of a pandemic, cbs news has learned that doctors and hospital staff are facing pay cuts and layoffs. Cuts and layoffs. We go through the stages of grief when you get a pay cut, and we all did. He odonnell and with the lights off on broadway, one star performs every night. His inspiring story and performance thats lifting spirits. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Thank onnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin this new week with the country in a heated showdown over reopening the economy, and as we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At
You have people, you cant break the country. At some point you have to go back. Now, hopefully the governors are going to do because i want the governors and ive always wanted that. You can call it federalism, you can call it whatever you want. But the governors, i want them to do it. And to that point he was asked about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp decision to allow a wide range of businesses to open as early as friday and restaurants and movie theaters on monday. Despite the fact georgia doesnt yet meet his own guidelines, the president s own guidelines, the Coronavirus Task forces own guidelines for reopening. He said the governor, quote, knows what hes doing. Today we learned, however, the governors decision came as news to the governors own task force. They said they had no idea. Well talk about that as well. It is not all. Theres also the va Hospital Study on the drug the president has been touting, hydroxychloroquine. Unfortunately it showed the patients who took it had higher de
Liberate certain states. Its not helpful, redfield said. Meantime at the briefering the president was sending mixed signals again. On the one hand he said this. I would say that you keep away until this thing is gone. Its going to be gone at some point. Its going to be gone, gone. And i would say you keep away and you do the social distancing. So, there he is seeming to suggest the virus will determine when to end statewide restrictions and that people should do the social distancing, as he says. But at the same time, he also said this. You have people, you cant break the country. At some point you have to go back. Now, hopefully the governors are going to do because i want the governors and ive always wanted that. You can call it federalism, you can call it whatever you want. But the governors, i want them to do it. And to that point he was asked about georgia governors brian kemp decision to open as early as friday and restaurants on monday and movie theaters. Despite the fact georgi