News with norah odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with the rising death toll and utter sevastation caused by hurricane laura, which barreled across the louisiana and texas coastlines overnight, leaving entire towns under water, plowing over neighborhoods and killing at least six, including a 14year old girl. Along the coast, the destruction goes on for miles. From above you can see whats left of cameron, louisiana, where the storm came ashore, sending a storm surge more than 10 feet high over homes and businesses and tossing mobile homes and cars blocks from where they once t. Lauras 150mileperhour winds also ripped across much of the state overnight, leaving rooftops shredded and tearing homes from their foundations. Nearly a Million People are without power in the region tonight, and rescue crews are still working to make their way through some of the hardest hit areas. In west lake, louisiana, thick, toxic smoke is still billowing f
Extraordinary walkout by thel. B. Major league soccer, all in protest of the shooting of jacob blake. Tonight, cbs james brown talks to players and coaches demanding m. L. B. And soccer. Change. The Mets Dominic Smith people still dont care. Odonnell the president s big night. The Convention Speech on the White House South Lawn in front of a crowd of more than 1,000. Why Kamala Harris is on the attack tonight about how the president has handled the coronavirus pandemic. Donald trump froze. He was scared. Odonnell testing breakthrough. A 5 covid rapid test wins the president orders 150 million as the u. S. Death toll climbs to 180,000. And, the wedding was canceled, so the bride and groom brought the reception to a shelter for women and children. 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 going to begin with the rising death toll and utter devastation caused
Our final speaker of the day is mr. Michael bishop, michael is a consultant of the office of the chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities. Prior to that he served as director of the National Churchill library and center at George Washington university in d. C. He also served as the executive director, of the interNational Churchill society. Some of you, many of you know that the museum is a long standing relationship with the local branch of the Churchill Society. The Churchill Society of new orleans. Im with him being half american, we feel that we can keep covering winston as much as we want. But we certainly enjoyed watching michael, and his affiliates to great work around the country, michael was in charge of putting their 34th and 35th churchill conference together, and we are not quite caught up to that with our International Conferences but being involved in the conferences i know how much of a beast that is. Who here has seen the finest hour . Im sorry the darkest h
Overrun by refugees . Not that im aware of. Reporter haymar arrived in utah in 2008. She fled violence in burma for thailand when she was 13. How did you get from burma to thailand . 19 day i have to get thailand, we walking. Reporter walking . Yes. Reporter she became a u. S. Citizen in 2013 and helped by a program for immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs, now owns her own burmesethai restaurant. Were not trying to bring refugees here to take on our lowwage paying jobs either. We are putting them on career paths. They are some of the most hardworking, dedicated people youll ever meet. And thats what i would hope President Trump would see. Hi, guys reporter the mayors also hope President Trump would see what asma is doing now. She is a Public Health major at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and plans to become a physician assistant. And she volunteers with newly oprived refugees,ing to pay hforward the opportunities she had. Are you going go to college . Yeah. Yeah . Do you know wh
2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The mayor recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals. Rival candidates take aim at mayor pete. They dont have to go shake the money tree in the wine cave. I have never even before to a wine cave. Im literally the only person on this stage whos not a millionaire or a billionaire. Reporter republicans accusing democrats of getting cold front after nancy pelosi says shes waiting to send the impeachment articles democrats are too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the senate. Reporter a deadly explosion rocked south philadelphia. More than 100 firefighters battled the flames that raged for hours. It could have been a lot worse. Were hoping it doesnt get any worse. Reporter police in rhode island are looking for the motive in a deadly shooting at a housing complex for the elderly and disabled. Reporter police have released disturbing video of a woman getting purse snatched, then dragged b