Im just praying to the lord to protect us. Margaret plus, the candidates for president together at a 9 11 memorial. Honoring the nearly 3,000 killed 23 years ago. And shaking hands just hours after their first debate. And wildfires out west scorch more than 100,000 acres. What we are learning about a man arrested for arson in one of the states biggest blazes. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah odonnell. We begin with the breaking news. Hurricane francine just coming ashore, making landfall in louisiana, with wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. Relentless Storm Surge of 510 feet is inundating the coastline and beyond, into mississippi and alabama. And the worst is still to come in the hours ahead, as the powerful storm lashes New Orleans. As much as a foot of rain may fall over the next 12 hours as the Storm Moves inland. Evacuation orders and curfews are in effect. Cbss Dave Malkoff reports from the Impact Zone in southern louisiana. Good ev
Given the green light to get ready to resume in Person Learning kron fours Maureen Kelly visited one of those schools and shows us the changes theyve made. Were just kind of like sitting in purgatory way walking into Saint Vincent de paul School Visitors are greeted by a statue of the virgin mary holding her hands out. Next to a bottle of Hand Sanitizer there are a lot of kidfriendly signs inside showing how to wear masks and how to greet friends safely, but thats just the beginning of the changes made here. And so our desk source 4 to 6 feet apart. We had shields we have masks available to the students. We have a teacher area where students are allowed to cross over weve done away with a lot of the clutter which is actually a good thing, especially for ventilation in the air and breathing and all those kinds of things youll notice the desks are surrounded by clear plastic dividers. And while for now the teachers are still instructing all of their students remotely theyre still Wearing
Well have hit the half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic another big story, the cdc causing some confusion for people over just the last 24 hours. It is now backtracking on recent guidance on how the virus spread in fact it was just last friday that the cdc posted an update on coronavirus saying that the virus spreads through small airborne particles. The friday posting said covid can remain in the air for longer and travel farther than 6 feet and added that singing and breathing to the ways that the virus can go airborne. But today, the cdc said that update was a mistake. The cdc has come under attack for backtracking several times during the pandemic critics say the inconsistent messages erode the agencys credibility. Others say that they worry the cdc may be succumbing to political pressure. It relied on them for so long. But now with you know the influence of politics on science i think thats really emblematic of whats been going on the cdc recently. So although the draft version
Changed as is the case often thanks for joining us. On this monday night everybody im grant lotus yeah, its a sad fact, im Vicki Liviakis this a death toll in the u. S. Has doubled since just the end of may and the number is projected to climb even higher before the years and the top covid19 projection model is predicting nearly 380,000 coronavirus deaths here in the u. S. By january. If that happens were going to hit half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic. And the united is on the. Grant i believe youre next all right there is some growing confusion tonight over the cdcs latest guidelines on covid last week. The cdc updated its website to say it is possible that covid may be spread through droplets. An airborne particles that are formed to a person infected with the virus. Coughs sneezes sings talks or briefs teaser things that were widely known at least if you talk to medical experts the cdc said it last week but now the city says the cdc says that was a mistake to issue that guida
The news station. Youre watching kron 4 news at 9. Outline is roaming the streets of a neighborhood in pacifica the big cat caught here on video as it was watching 2 kids sewer riding bikes in the street that is a good size Mountain Lion later you saw there, jumping the fence and then crouching under a neighbors truck until it eventually ran away yanks good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus yikes is right, im Vicki Liviakis us course happened. On mason drive in pacifica our kron fours Taylor Bisacky reports. This area of the neighborhood backs up to the hills in a wooded area full of wildlife. Neighbors say its probably the reason this Mountain Lion is sticking around they saw over the weekend and as recent as monday afternoon i from his dog a governor who you are nothing like they get out here and then it turned and thats one of the only got couple good. And so i got my camera and started in the life of the kids in the 3rd young for the kids timothy car