Its monday, november 16, 2020, this is the cbs morning news. We begin with 11 million cases. The u. S. Reaches a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic which is surging in nearly every single state. Over the last week, the u. S. Recorded over 1 million cases, including a recordbreaking 177,000 on friday. Hospitalizations are also at an alltime high. Meanwhile, more states are announcing new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Reporter new covid infections are skyrocketing across the country. Icus and morgues at capacity, mobile units deployed in texas. A new crackdown as americans battle pandemic fatigue. We need to hold this pandemic down until the cavalry arrives. Reporter Washington Governor Jay Inslee ordered restaurants, gyms and other businesses to seize indoor operations starting tomorrow night. Also beginning on monday, the hardhit Navajo Nation will restrict stayathome orders. Well do everything in our power to keep our people safe. Reporter hospitalizations across country
The Dominican Republic calling it fake news, the controversy of at least 11 people dead and dozens getting seriously ill after visiting the Dominican Republic. We dig into whats going on and what the fbi is doing by the. Calls are growing in congress that the u. S. Put mutt out a travel advisory safety warning right now for americans heading there. Also tonight. A former top u. S. Prosecutor weighing in on brandnew fbi emails revealing an unusually strange and cozy relationship between the New York Times and the fbi during the trumprussia probe. Critics are saying this is way out of the line for the New York Times and what it did. Its a level of familiarity between these two organizations that few on the outside knew before. It included sharing information about trump Team Activity with the fbi with no indication a story was coming on that. The fbi emails show a lot about what the times was doing and much more. Im elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Lets get to Edwa
Nonhes behind bars theyre criticizing the Vallejo Police department were learning that emails were sent to a reporter at the San Francisco chronicles from an account name kidnappers did describe details of the kidnapping and offer follows containing evidence of the crime. Reporter there all and is considered a core document and they are live in san by someone planted part of the group that kidnapped denise of them sent to San Francisco reporter writing to the reporter we fancy ourselves of a portion of 11 just to make criminals and they chose what the targets the e mail client the global from car theft to kidnapping the writer goes into detail about the crime and then brags about the groups high tech tools 1 drive to explain a very calculated decision titians 8,500 ransom amount for the victim santa and thousand dollars were drawn to much attention and explain all of this so we would have complete control finally theres remorse and claiming responsibility for the crimes what we did was
Area. We do have the Flash Flood Watch in effect until 9 00 and we look at the potential of rain falling at the rate of 2 inches per hour, ill have more details on this and what it means for your weekend in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Well continue tracking any storms heading our way at 6abc. Com weather, with Storm Tracker 6 radar and a street level map and hourly and sevenday forecasts. Philadelphia police are searching for a predator today and they say that two women have been attacked in the last six weeks on the cobbs creek golf course and they think the same man is behind both assaults. Sara bloomquist is live with more on what police are doing to track this man down. Reporter well, both attacks happened here off cardington road off the golf course, the woman was pulled off the sidewalk and behind that tree there, in the second the victim was pulled beneath the bridge just beyond the trees, both women were sexually assaults and Police Believe that the same man is re
So this will be the last area to see the rainfall as the system continues to move from west to east. But its going stay tropical. Scattered downpours and once again we can see some gusty winds as well. In particular, we have that Flash Flood Watch away from the shore as you move a little farther inland were looking at that potential for ponding on the roads and heavy rain. So well time thing out. Its not a complete washout everywhere. Were looking pretty quiet 8 00 oclock south jersey as well as delaware. We might even see a lull around center city but then this mainline continues to approach our area later tonight. The timing of when all of this moves out and that weekend forecast coming up. Back to you. Busy night. We have breaking news right now in Atlantic City. Ac police are looking for a missing child. She is little. This is twoyearold last seen wearing a white shirt and or ranch actually a white shirt and apparently maybe an orange skirt. Im not sure. Were working to get other d