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
United play as a violence prevention and use Development Group based in soma lives by each day. And over the last 2 weeks. They focus their efforts on delivering supplies to communities that have been hit hard by the coronavirus we feel that we love giving back to the community were trying to bring everybody getting keep everybody safe it follows ferguson is a volunteer at united plans on monday they handed out Hand Sanitizer and face masks to those in the bayview Hunters Point area of the city. The group joined by San Francisco supervisor matt haney also distributed supplies to the tenor line when we get the gear to hand and face masks and attend a lawn on it or not governor rock yesterday look 1000 people showed up in a town one area. Receiving senate adding base pets. In a tweet on monday supervisor haney again address the needs of his district and others that are underserved in the city. A new map of covid19 cases by zip code shows those testing positive are more likely to be peopl
Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical di
News. New attend President Trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States. He tweeted tonight, he would sign the order quote in light of the attacks from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of Great American citizens. Thanks for joining us on this monday night time can way and im pam moore, the tweet comes after the president addressed more criticism of his response to the pandemic it has been 3 months since the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus but some governors say they still do not have the resources they need to safely get business going again. Erica hill reports from washington dc. As states and cities look for a path forward testing is at the top of their list. The question is. Fast can you increase in. Test. More test. It is the acts of them or has better as a Nursing Homes and schools as teachers past. Prison facilities, what you need divine in the past. The president invoking
Can. The Ongoing Health crisis takes a mental toll on frontline workers just last weekend. Andy our doctor who treated covid19 patients in new york city took her own life. Doctor lorna breen was just 49 years old. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and im ken wayne and im pam moore and even at this very hour countless doctors and nurses are working around the clock to protect lives from the coronavirus Governor Newsome tweeted today there are now more than 46,000 confirmed cases of covid19 across california about 3500 of them are in hospitals with about 1200 people in intensive care units force gayle ong joins us live now with ways that doctors and nurses and other hospital staff. Can help better take care of themselves during this pandemic scale. Pam and ken the coronavirus has been described as an invisible war and medical experts say a lot of what Health Care Workers are seeing is similar to what members of the military sees in combat anyone in the business to heal and care it is oka