Christine romans. Great to have you, alison. Its 5 a. M. Here in new york. 57 days until election day. We begin this morning with large labor day crowds popping up all over america despite all of the Health Warnings from health experts. With more than 6. 2 million americans infected so far, almost 189,000 people dead. Holiday festivities should look a lot different this year. Many chose otherwise gathering together in large groups from San Francisco to georgia, myrtle beach, south carolina, new jersey. It was that kind of behavior that triggered the huge spikes in coronavirus cases following memorial day and the fourth of july. We go into labor day with 40,000 new cases a day. Im worried that any new surges will be potentially quite catastrophic. Just a few days ago a widely new used model predicted 400,000 dead by the end of the year. More than double the current total. 3,000 deaths worst than in the peak in the spring. This has low balled estimates in the past. That wasnt enough to k
Too. Good morning, jedediah. Jedediah good morning to you. That looks like a postcard and usually you have to drive out to florida offer bermuda or Something Like that to see a postcard. Thats a pretty good one. New york has rivaled with that shot, thats a pretty good shot. Pete true, d. C. Better keep up high if you want a postcard worthy shot. Making a personal effort to get us out of new york and into america. How are you celebrating labor and labor day. Send us sunrise photos. Exrarl bonus points for jed, will and i in the program. Its doesnt mean you took the picture yesterday. You took it this morning of sunrise or of your family. Extra points show them all morning long. Jedediah include extra points always if there are pitsd involved. Im sticking to it, pete. It drives you crazy. Dogs and cats make my morning better. We are going to kick off today with a big news story. President trump slamming a report from the atlantic that claims he called fallen u. S. Soldiers losers and suc
Not obeying the rules they are supposed to and there is concern this could lead to a new spike in cases and maybe even ultimately deaths. Colleges this morning remain a big source of the virus spread. Thousands of cases in all 50 states are being linked to the reopening of colleges and universities. On the vaccine front, new reporting about President Trump putting pressure on Health Officials for a Coronavirus Vaccine before election day. This as the wall street journal reports at least three of the companies who are working to develop a Coronavirus Vaccine are joining forces in an unusual pledge. They have promised not to seek approval before the vaccines have been proven safe and effective. Joining us is dr. John, the chairman of the story county iowa board of health and dr. Martin burke, professor of chemistry at the university of illinois and one of the developers of the saliva based tests. You are testing the heck out of students at your university. Youre testing the heck out of e
Pete port reports. Jedediah that is shocking. The enthuse as. , i went into manhattan for an appointment, the lines for voting were wrapped around the block. The enthusiasm. A lot of people will show up in the next nine days. On both sides of the aisle the enthusiasm was pretty high. I never seen in all my years of voting what i saw yesterday. It was a moment. Will small correction, 56 million and one. Couple million votes overnight. Banked in. I asked you guys since new york has early voting whether you would vote tomorrow. Have you voted yet . Pete have you voted . Will not yet. Jedediah not yet. Pete well keep a tracker on will, jed, and their voting status. I have no doubt with nine days to go they will make it. Good morning. I said it before. It is worth one of those appreciating, one of those cable news days where you turn on the tv, donald trump was in a different state every time you looked up. The back trop looked more or less the same. Did you look at one in ohio. Right there
Exclusive. We are flying a plane into the capitol wednesday. Odonnell was iran behind the ominous warning . A dire situation in california. Paramedics being told to conserve oxygen, to not transport patients with little chance of survival, as the u. S. Sets a record for coronavirus hospitalizations. Plus, well tell you which state d w has the highest Covid Infection rate in the world. Breaking news no charges filed against the wisconsin officer who was captured on cell phone video shooting jacob blake multiple times in the back. Hundreds of National Guard troops on standby, as kenosha reacts. Musics biggest night, postponed. Why men great till they gotta be great odonnell the news tonight about the grammys. And, alex trebeks final plea. The message he recorded for his audience during his final week of jeopardy. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. We are goin