Made history. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening. And thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. Volunteers all across the country including a member of our own cbs news family began getting shots today as part of the final phase of testing for an experimental vaccine being developed by the nih and the drug company moderna. Tens of thousands of americans are needed for the trial and test sites are spread out across the south and west which tonight florida now has morehvi total infections than new york, which was once the epicenter of the crisis. Among those cases, 14 members of the Miami Marlins who have now tested positive forcing two Major League Baseball games to be postponed and calling into question the season. We also learned today that the virus has once again spread into the west wing. The white house says robert obrien,
Positive. Covid hits the west wing. The president S National Security advisor is now the highest ranking u. S. Official to test positive. Was President Trump exposed . Hanna hammers texas. Tonight southern texas still reeling from the effects of hurricane hanna, as thousands are without power. Breaking news, cbs news has learned at least 100 more federal agents are standing by to be deployed to portland, oregon, amid unrest there. Honoring john lewis, tonight the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Amazing grace odonnell his last journey through washington. And tonight, wait until you meet the motherdaughter md, the inspiring family who graduated med school in the same year and just made history. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine agains
At age 104. And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. Wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangerous. People have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain in the next several hours. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 wheeler on its side. The driver shaken but not hurt. You okay . Reporter hanna slammed the
And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. You can see here, wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangero people have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 wheeler on its side. The driver shaken but not hurt. You okay . Reporter hanna slammed the southern texas gulf co
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 389, the nays are 2. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection the title is amended. The Unfinished Business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h r. 4671 as amended which the clerk will report by title. The clerk h. R. 4671, a bill to require multiline telephone ystems to have a default configuration allowing a person to dial 911 without dialing any prefix, code or other numbers. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection the title amended. The Unfinished Business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h. R. 2589 as amended which the clerk will report by title. The clerk Union Calendar number 451, a bill to amend the Communications