And say it is causing such severe fevers and inflammation, that children are now being sent to the i. C. U. Reports of the illness quadrupled overnight in new york, just as that state was beginning to see the curve of covid19 infections flattening. Now, across the rest of the country tonight, though, it is a very different story. Coronavirus infections in at least 28 states are now rising at a rate much faster than expected, and just as most of the country is loosening those stayathome restrictions. Today, the former headline of the c. D. C. Warned that congress, and told them that the scope of this pandemic is unprecedented, saying as bad as things have been, this is just the beginning. There is more evidence of that as we come on the air tonight. The virus has now killed more than 72,000 nationwide. Confirmed cases now top 1. 2 million. And we learned today that 96 of the people recently admitted to new York Hospitals with the virus, also have some type of Underlying Health condition
College refunds the virus canceled their oncampus classes. Now students are suing dozens of colleges, saying Online Learning just doesnt cut it. Michelle obama as bidens v. P. . Nearly twothirds of democrats say they want the former first lady to serve as Vice President , but is she interested . Its National Nurses day. Americans pay tribute to their healthcare heroes. And new moms have it tough enough. Imagine having twins while infected with covid19. Its a mothers day reunion to remember. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with breaking news, because there has been a dramatic and alarming increase in cases of a Mysterious Illness sickening children. Experts worry it may be connected to the coronavirus and say it is causing such severe children are now being sent to the i. C. U. Reports of the illness quadrupled overnight in new york, just as that state
At work during world war ii. You can find it on the National Archives website. But well talk about that. But well talk about these different parts of women american women during world war ii. Were just hitting the survey, theres so much we can talk about throughout the entire semester, and we do all of u. S. And world war ii, except we cant do all of it so we do our bits and pieces. Weve already talked about some of these. Some will be familiar. Especially when we get to women at work part. But then well go from there. Be sure to stop me if you have any questions and well do our thing. So women at home. So when we think about this one of the biggest things i want you to do today is think about this reality for the homefront, which is mainly what were talking about, and the reality of what life meant for women in the war. With one of the first that we often think about is all the men going away to war. The men are going off. That means who is left behind . The women. Right . The women.
Blackness but not talk about what the responsibilities are. Nobody wants the burden, the loathing. But the lure is a billion dollar global industry. Walters pushed back against that. I think in a lot of ways, thats going to be his legacy. He is one of the most important black political figures of the postwar period as an intellectual, policy advocates, someone willing to speak truth to power and not just to white conservatives and white people, but really to black leadership and black people. Thats it. Thank you. Thats it for this week. We will meet again next week. Were featuring American History tv programs as a preview of whats available every weekend on cspan3. We spinniwing through the south emory university. A professor discusses efforts in the early 1960s to register africanamerican voters in mississippi. American history tv tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan3. American history tv products are available at the cspan online store. Go to cspanstore. Org to see whats new for American
Anniversary of the woodstock Music Festival which affected half a Million People to a dairy farm in up state new york. Next an interview with woodstock cocreator Artie Kornfeld. He recalled how the concert came together, how he signed the Musical Artists and the business arrangements for the documentary film. This is half an hour. I wanted to be a baseball player but i always loved music and my mother always had Benny Goodman of the lombardos. Not guy lombardo, but the two brothers. They both had bands. One of the two guys who had the big bands. Anyway, she listened to big band music and my uncle loved jazz. And he was always listening to jazz. That was the influences i had. Then was your mother a pianist, a performer . No, my mother founded the freedom rides and became a very famous shes a founder of the freedom rides. If you get my book, youll see the letter that will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. Shes a star in my family. Not me. Today you are the star. Im just a representa