Politicians are yet to reach a deal on extending an expired aid package. And president and Prime Minister rajapaksa early results from sri lankas parliamentary elections show the brothers are set to cement their grip on power. The coronavirus gets underway as the wounds based players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. The french president has pledged support during his visit to lebanons capital today is off to it was devastated by a huge explosion a die humanitarian situation is developing there as International Relief teams arrive in the crisis hit city at least 138 people have now died while still missing and more than 5000 have been injured our correspondent anaconda begins our coverage from beirut. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will nev
Atmosphere. Im seeing so much going to thank you for joining us a tense European Union summit in brussels over a proposed 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery package has gone into a 4th day but there are signs that there might be a breakthrough today countries are split over how much money could be a should be distributed as free grants or as loans that will have to be repaid and whether strings should be attached to enforce the rule of law and some countries now hard hit Southern States including italy and spain want to see substantial aid payments but a group of self declared frugal Northern European countries want loans and to more checks on hall how the money is spent. Lets get the latest with our correspondent marina was standing by in brussels hi marina what are you seeing and hearing there at this morning. Enough mass to me because leaders when they left you some a building that did not come and look very tired now as some of them might get some sleep at least some also might
Program the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of sending a hit squad to canada to outlines claims of a thwarted assassination attempt. And u. S. Attorneys have the n. R. A. In their sights triggering lawsuits designed to dissolve the gun rights group. Uses the n. B. A. s biggest stall stands up to donald trump the president says he turns off when he sees social justice protests before but. He couldnt care less well hear from of this hour. As the people of lebanon grieve for the victims of choose days blasts the french president emanuel whos been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion as despair increasingly turns to anger people have been demanding change with president back home adding his voice to calls for urgent reform the death toll from tuesdays explosion has risen to 149 but it is expected to rise about 5000 people are injured many of them being treated in hospitals that have been completely overwhelmed dozens of people still missing or unaccounted for and then m
Market thats such a long name that it covered two lines in the tele prompter baseball is back as the mlb kicks off its season and so does Sports Betting well talk to the ceo of fan dual power lunch starts right now rolls right off your tongue thanks opinion as jobless claims rise for the first time in four months, republicans and democrats are pushing to come to an agreement on phase four as Unemployment Benefits are about to expire. Lets get the latest Details Senate gop leadership and the white house say they have reached a fundamental agreement on the next relief package but we still havent seen any of those bills yet and its not clear when we will treasury secretary Stephen Mnuchin was back on capitol hill to continue the negotiations with Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. He told cnbc hes made one concession to Senate Republicans and thats abandoning the administrations request for a payroll tax cut. One of the issues i think about the payroll tax cut is people get that mone
Stimulus. Tributes, bipartisan and plentiful for civil rights leader and congressman john lewis. He was powerful. He was largerthanlife. He was a great man and he was tough as nails. Garrett outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. And later, ford hopes for a stampede. The bronco rides again. This is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone, im Major Garrett in washington. Coronavirus continues to raffage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. California, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. With more than 12,500 new infections there. Slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. Not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. Many people do recovery recover. But each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. And absent a significant reversal, the nation appears headed for 100,000 new cases per day. This weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia