With breaking news. Joe biden has selected senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, a historic pick. The california senator becomes the first black woman and the first Indian American ever on a major party ticket. Shes also a former rival who wmously clashed with biden over racial issues in the first democratic debate. Bidens Selection Process was cloaked in secrecy, and his choice didnt leak out until supporters received a text from the campaign. All of that, sources say, was made easier by the forced social distancing caused by coronavirus. Tonight, theres also breaking eews in the world of college sports. In yet another reminder of how the pandemic dominates american life, the big 10 and pac 12, two of the nations Biggest College sports conferences say theyre punting, postponing all fall sports until next year. Its a decision that could have a Ripple Effect nationwide, costing schools and businesses billions. And theres a troubling new study out tonight showing just how long covid
Enough. Putins vaccine play the russian leader say co and irey t. In ora geopolical ploy . Seetervice shootout new details on the suspect that forced the president from the Briefing Room and put the white house on high alert. Blast zone the enormous explosion in baltimore captured by a doorbell camera. As the death toll rises, what were learning about a possible cause. Held at gunpoint three teens lice treated eated them like criminals after they were threatened by a man with a knife. The growing outrage tonight. And dont give up the ship. The u. S. Sailors who lived that motto when flames threatened their vessel. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations ca brennan good evening to our viewers in the west. And thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Joe biden has selected senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, an historic pick. The california senator becomes the first bla
The nomination of the white house budget director. A vote on that is exacted at 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. This week Senate Lawmakers are expected to continue work on the Defense Authorization for 2021. This is live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to receive your holy spirit. Help us to bow to your will and live lives devoted to your providential leading. Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of representative john lewis. Were grateful he was a drum major for justice, truth, and righteousness. May his exemplary life and legacy remind us of the Transformative Impact one dedicated person can make on our nation and world. Today, please our senators in their work. Let faith, hope, and love abound in their lives. May they seek to heal the hurt in our world
Far more than a matter of cosmetics. For me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony, to bring order, usefulness, delight to our whole environment. And that of course only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. Thats Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification. She was a successful business woman and a savvy political p t partner to our president. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. Here to tell our story are two guests, Cokie Roberts, political analyst, also author, savvy mothers and ladies of liberty. B betty boyd caroli. I want to start at the beginning, 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed in national tragedy. What were the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy. Well, they were enormous. First of all, nobody knew whether there was a widespread plot, so the country was
Society and economies need to be advanced. I want to give him credit for helping me to name todays forum. Eventually, we are going to do road to recovery and i says no, its not recovery, its advancing the economy. I want with knowledge that. Thank you for giving us that idea. Why dont you share for a minute how this pandemic has help you think about recovery and advancement . Me, recovery means going back to a place that youve been, and i want us to be better when we get out of this. One area that we can be much better is what it comes to technical modernization. This is something ive been working on from my time in congress. We have seen how from state to state and city to city that the tools we need to move quickly dont exist, the example we mostly use is unemployment. The state agencies were not able to handle the workload. And why not . We should be able to do that. How do we make sure that the number of kids who are Online Learning i talked to a Charter School in new york. Log on