Clearing. The way Breaking News good evening youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Kaitlan Collins in New York, and we start with Breaking News this hour as the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is now ill climbed to at least 93 people. As officials are warning us that number is only expected to grow. The North Carolina Governor, i just spoke with them in the last hour. He says over but thousand people have filed reports that Loved Ones. Theyre unable to reach them as of this bowman is several areas of his state are still in Search And Rescue Mode President biden has been briefed by fema. He is planning to visit Storm Stormravaged Areas later this week, were told and what hell see is nothing short of devastating sides of mountains have collapsed, sliding down into towns overwhelming communities with mud and debris. Entire roads have crumble of meeting that survivors have no words they out and rescue crews no way in. Cnns Rafael Romo is live for us in asheville, North Carolina, in rockville. Obv
The committee on rules and Administration Come to order. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person, same for our witnesses, we are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a National Womens History Museum. Miss cc rojas of the Latino Coalition and mister danny vargas, of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this had been sponsors of this bill. Senator collins, senator cornyn, senator menendez joining us for remarks following the remarks of the three of us. This is secretary bunchs second appearance before the senate rules committee. We are grateful to have him with us today. He was appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in june of 2019, what a first year you have had. Obviously covid19 forc
A maximum security prison in oakland where once the sentences handed down hes likely to spend the rest of his life there was also tight security at the court where terence will sit for the next few days facing and listening to the victims and their family members. But. He will always be the light of our lives and we will. Her son was one of 44 People Killed during friday prayers at the el nor mosque where terence began his assault armed with 6 high powered guns he then drove across town to the lynwood mosque and killed 7 more before he was arrested he streamed the attacks on the internet and did earlier uploaded a manifesto detailing his obsession with White Supremacy and his hatred of muslims the court heard he wanted to inflict as many fatalities as possible and burn down the mosques afterwards hed studied the floor plans in advance and targeted the mosques when he knew they would be busy the planes timed entry was to ensure the mix of the number of wishes would be present if it anal
We want to begin tonight with some breaking news. A stuny and dramatic new peak in cases of coronavirus, throwing parts of the country back into the darkest days of the pandemic. Tonight and risking months of progress in the fight against infeions sce aprwit tens othousands of new ca in thsoand west. I. C. U. Beds in hospitals are now reaching capacity in florida, texas, and arizona. And confirmed cases are rising in more than half of the country, forcing the governors of texas and california to threaten reimposing lockdowns. North carolina says its now pausing its reopening, and in a stunning move, new york governor andrew cuomo, along with the governors of new jersey and connecticut, say theyll now fine anyone visiting from a covid hot spot that doesnt isolate for two weeks. The coronavirus has now killed 122,000 nationwide, and there are more than 2. 3 million confirmed cases in the u. S. On wall street today, a concern that a resurgence of the virus will stall any possible economic
Could be on the verge of a vaccine breakthrough, and our reporting on a promising new milestone. Could a clinic halfway around the world be the best chance to cure the virus . Case dismissed the president celebrates after an Appeals Court drops the charges against his First National security advisor. But, is the case against Michael Flynn really over . Firecracker crackdown. The dangerous new trend, illegal fireworks set off in neighborhoods nationwide, one child burned while watching from his window, a homeless man lit on fire. Tonight, whats being done to stop it. And, fired up the four women who made firefighting history just by doing their jobs. 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 want to begin tonight with some breaking news. A stunning and dramatic new peak in cases of coronavirus, throwing parts of the country back into the darkest days of the pand