A new report from the Washington Post details 34 days of this pandemic. According to the post, the president desperately tried to get us back to business without building the Public Health infrastructure that experts have been clamoring for. Texas is among the states ending some lockdowns. Movie theaters were able to reopen as of friday. The day before texas reported its highest singleday death toll. Reaction to this appear mixed according to the latest dallas news ut tyler poll. Half of texans said they are not yet comfortable shopping in malls and stores. They expressed more comfort in going to work or dining out. The poll also showed that texans are split on approving of how President Trump is handling this outbreak. But the Administration Says this has been a success. Heres what President Trump said tonight at a virtual town hall. What i did is i warily, i closed our country to china. Nancy pelosi was a month later saying, its going to pass. Everybody, even tony fauci was saying it
The results tonight giving researchers at harvard hope for a vaccine. New guidelines the c. D. C. Quietly releases its 60page reopening road map. Why now . And the advice for schools if a student tests positive for covid. Anger over voting why the president threatened to withhold tderal funds from two states over their rules about mailin voting. Voting. Demanding a refund a demanding demanding a refund Airline Passengers who canceled their trips want their money back. Why some airlines are saying not so fast. And the pandemic sparks a new outbreak of bike riding. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening. And thank you for joining us. It is great to be back with you. Were going to begin with breaking news of historic floods in michigan, which tonight is under a state of emergency after torrential rains caused one dam to fail and another to breach. Rivers there are still rising as we come on the air, and floodwaters in so
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its thursday, may 21st. 6 00 here in new york. New this morning, a nervous gaze to the south. A brand new interview with the embattled cdc director, robert red field who he warns of a new string of coronavirus. What concerns him is the evidence, the data what is happening before our eyes in brazil. As the Southern Hemisphere gets closer to winter, theres been a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and deaths and redfield is concerned that that could come back to the United States. This comes after the World Health Organization reported the largest singleday increase in virus cases since the pandemic began. Overnight, global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million. President trump heads to michigan today after falsely claiming that michigan and nevada were sending absentee ballots to all voters and threatening to withhold funding. All they did was send applications for absentee ballots to some voters. Rememb
Dont underestimate this virus. Lets go out to the west coast, where beaches are opened in los angeles county. The Law Enforcement you see there, reminding people of these rules they have to wear a mask unless they are in the water, of course. As states are working with how to stay safe under these loosened rules for the second time in just more than a weeking former president obama is criticizing the u. S. Response to the pandemic, while not mentioning his successor by name. Doing what feels good, whats convenient, whats easy, thats how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of socalled grownup, including some with fancy titles and important jobs still feel that way. Which is why things are so screwed up. He made it a little more plain than that. Just a piece of what the former president has to say and now we are hearing from the current administration. Lets go to the white house. We hear a lot from former president obama who did not by name as we said mention President Trump. It seem
The Innocence Project to free ronald who faced 25 years to life behind bars. He was released. Its truly a rewarding, wonderful thing to do. Reporter there are allegations that the Oakland Police sergeant in charge of the investigation not only did shoddy work, but showed pictures and told to pick rosss photo out of the line up. We will have an update next week. A happy day for me. Reporter for mom and son, no dwelling on the years lost. We will be all right. Reporter the 51yearold is originally from louisiana. That is where he is headed next where his four Adult Children are and muchneeded vacation. His first night of real sleep in almost seven years. Reporting live, back to you. And in doma. The defensive marriage act. The Obama Administration trying to strike down the act. The 1996 defensive marriage act is unconstitutional. The law denies samesex couples legally married under state law a number of federal benefits like Social Security Survivor Benefits and family medical leave prote