Trump ally arrested why was a former Campaign Advisor Toer Cao President Trump charged with acting as a foreign agent . More than A Million acres burned wildfires explode out west as two blazes merge and become a megafire. How smoke prompted Air Quality warnings all the way to new York City. Olympic games in jeopardy what the head of tokyo 2020 is saying tonight. Busting that Backtoschool Budget why are prices for clothes and School Supplies skyrocketing . Sleepy tom the Super Bowl winning quarterback visits the White House bringing President Biden a jersey and some electionrelated jokes. And a dream deferred, but not denied wally funks long road into space and the history books. 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 on this busy tuesday night. All eyes were on west Texas Today when billionaire Jeff Bezos blasted off with a crew that included the youngest and oldest people ever to go into space. The picture perfect Takeoff And Landing took place exactly 52 years after that famous Apollo 11 moon mission. Bezos hopes todays, tenminute, 65milehigh-space-hop'>65milehigh Space Hop will be One Giant Leap for Space Tourism and exploration. Tonight the newly minted astronaut says his company, Blue Origin took on this risky endeavor to create a road to space, to protect the earth and build a new Cleaner Future for generations to come. But for now here on earth, there are other big headlines were following. That alarming Spik C Fens Andt the c. D. C. Is calling a dramatic increase in cases related to that highly buwe are going to begin tonight with that historic space launch, Cbs Mark Strassmann is launch, cbss Mark Strassmann is in van horn, texas where he watched it all today. Good evening, mark. Reporter good evening, norah. In the companys methodical culture, today was just a step, but a huge step. cheering floating on cloud nine, more one than 65 miles above earth. Here, catch. Reporter Blue Origins four giddy civilian astronauts tossed pingpong balls and skittles. Who wants a skittle . Reporter for Jeff Bezos, the Microgravity Dream he first imagined as a fiveyearold, watching the Apollo 11 moon landing, 52 years ago today. Its One Small Step for a Man Reporter Blue Origins new Shepherd Rocket streaked skyward, its speed, peaking at three times the speed of sound. Less than three minutes into flight, Rocket And Capsule separated. For one of the most improbable Space Crews ever, instant weightlessness, lasting several minutes. It felt so normal and natural, almost like we were. Humans were evolved to be in zero g, which, of course, is impossible but it felt that way. Reporter eight minutes into flight, the reusable fully automated rocket landed vertically a couple miles from its launch pad, two minutes later, the capsule, three parachutes lowered on to the West Texas Desert And Touchdown reporter after a Thrill Ride of ten minutes, ten seconds. Blue origins first human space flight. He talked about it with our gayle king. Reporter i dont think people truly understand what this means and why its important. Yeah, i think youre right. I think people dont understand. When you get into space and can see the earths atmosphere, its so thin and fragile looking. So we do need to take care of this planet. Reporter each Crew Member received astronaut wings, including Aviation Pioneer wally funk. And i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. This is blue moon. Reporter bezos intends to use his amazon riches to build a new empire in space, competing for sub orbital tourists with Virgin Galactic and richard branson, who reached space in a rocket powered plane nine Days Rocket powered plane nine day ago. In this age of space barons, bezos intends to colonize the cosmos, launching people into space to live and work. Did this moment motivate you to push deeper into the cosmos . Hell, yes Laughter Odonnell so, on that note, mark joins us. Does Blue Origin have more flights planned . Reporter two more of these, norah, by The End of the year, taking tourists up to the edge of space. To give you a sense of the interest here, bezos said today that advanced Ticket Sales have topped 100 million. Odonnell wow, Mark Strassmann, thank you so much. And you can see gayle kings full interview with Jeff Bezos and his brother, Thats Tomorrow on cbs this morning. Were going to turn now to another headline. The alarming jump in covid cases across the u. S. , new infections are up by more than 120 nationwide. Thats in the past month. And the situation in florida is reaching a critical point. Cbs Manuel Bojorquez reports tonight from miami. Reporter tonight, florida is preparing for the worst, as cases of the Delta Variant surge. And while nowhere near the pandemic highs, a fourth mostly preventable wave is appearing. Its frustrating. Its beyond sadness. Reporter a 111 jump in covid patients over the last two weeks at Miamis Jackson Health system means most Hospital Visitors will be banned. 95 of the patients with the virus being treated here are unvaccinated. The amount of Disease Process they go through is incredible. Its terrible. Its absolutely terrible. Reporter Nurse Manager Alix Zacharski says the patients are coming in younger and, with the Delta Variant, theyre getting sicker, faster. A very young patient, in her 20s, she has asthma. A little history of asthma, did not get vaccinated and ended up vaccinated and ended up passing away. Reporter she died. Only lasted maybe 12 days. Reporter its not just south the state as a whole accountsles for nearly 20 of the nations new cases over the last week. Nationwide, while Vaccination Rates have plunged since the middle of april, the more contagious Delta Variant gained a Foothold Rising exponentially. Today on Capitol Hill the c. D. C. Director put it bluntly. The Delta Variant now represents 83 of sequenced cases. Reporter in that same hearing, an exchange between Senator Rand Paul and dr. Anthony fauci over the virus origins went like this because youre trying to obscure responsibility for 4 Million people dying around the world from a pandemic. I totally resent the lie that you are now propagating, and if anybodys lying here, senator, it is you reporter still, the biggest Battle Against Covid remains on the front lines. I know that you hope these numbers will start to go down. I do. Reporter but do you think they will . Y i truly, honestly, i know in my heart they wont. Reporter tonight, a new Lab Study found that Johnson Johnson Vaccine elicited lower levels of protective antibodies against the Delta Variant dens the Delta Variant compared compared to the Pfizer Or Moderna vaccine, but its unclear whether the shot still provides enough protection in people, or whether a booster may be needed. Norah . Odonnell manny bojorquez, thank you so much. And late this afternoon, we got the news from the Justice Department that an ally of former President Trump who ran his inaugural committee was arrested on charges of working as a foreign agent. We get the details now from Cbs Nancy cordes. Reporter Trump Confidant Tom barrack is charged with using their longtime friendship to unlawfully influence the Trump Administration and to obtain information about the Foreign Policy positions of the united states government. Prosecutors say barrack was working at the direction of senior officials from the united arab emirates, an oilrich Middle Eastern country. Tom barrack. Reporter Barracks Relationship with the former president stretches back to Real Estate deals in the 1980s and led to him being tapped to lead mr. Trumps president ial inaugural committee. The indictment says barrack successfully added u. A. E. Friendly language to trumps speeches. Well work with our gulf allies to develop a positive Energy Relationship Reporter after that address in 2016, barracks main u. A. E. Contact, who was also indicted, emailed him to say amazing, congrats on the great job today. Barrack joins a long list of Indicted Trump associates including most recently allan, weisselberg, the former c. F. O. Of the trump organization. We reached out to barraks lawyer who said in a statement, that barrak is not guilty and made himself voluntarily available to investigators from the outset. But, this isnt his only legal problem, the president ial inaugural committee he led is still under investigation for allegedly misusing charitable funds. Odonnell some stunning news today. Nancy cordes, thank you. And tonight more than A Million acres of the west is in flames, or has been reduced to ash. Several major wildfires are sweeping across 13 states. Satellite images show how one fire scarred a tremendous area near Sacramento And Smoke drifted all the way across the country. Heres cbs jonathan vigliotti. Reporter fanned by high winds, Californias Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe has split, now burning in multiple directions. A break in the smoke is giving firefighters time to attack from the air. More than 80 major wildfires are burning in the west, several creating their own weather systems, the intense smoke now drifting east, reaching even new york. Firefighters are also battling northern californias dixie fire which has grown to nearly 60,000 acres and is not far from the town of paradise, which was decimated by a wildfire in 2018. The community is still struggling to recover. I am so scared. Reporter does it raise concerns for you . Yes, i will forever have a Go Bag in my car for all of us. Reporter allison duncan, Vandy Clark and Kiley Wrobel all lost their homes. We came home to nothing. The only thing i pulled out of the rubble and kept was a Stepping Stone that had my Sons Footprint in it. Reporter 11,000 houses were destroyed and just under 800 have been rebuilt. Kiley and her daughter continue to wait for the Home Theyve ordered nearly two years ago, with the hope that new flames wont ignite in paradise again. Meanwhile at the tamarack fire tonight, there were more mandatory evacuations as Flames Barrel down. Bonedry vegetation has turned this canyon into a powder keg. Tonight, crews are fighting to stop this fire from exploding. Norah. Odonnell jonathan vigliotti, thank you. Well, tonight, this news, a white House Official and an aide to House Speaker Nancy pelosi have tested positive for covid. Both were vaccinated and reportedly came into contact with a group of texas lawmakers who fled To Washington last week to make a political point. Heres cbs nikole killion. cheering reporter tonight, those texas legislators who fled To Washington are trying to contain a Covid Breakout among their own. We dont regret coming to d. C. At all. Reporter as two new cases surfaced with an Administration Official and a staffer for House Speaker Nancy pelosi. Both of whom, reportedly met with the texans and were fully vaccinated. The spread forced the White House to defend its own covid protocols, adding, the infected staffer was now working offsite and showing only mild symptoms and acknowledged other breakthrough infections. The White House medical unit has conducted Contact Tracing interviews and determined no Ano Cl close contacts among White House principals or staff or the president. Reporter the senior spokesperson infected in speaker pelosis office, worked with the Texas Delegation last Week But W he had no contact with the speaker. Only more reason for af us to be vaccinated as he was. Wear a mask. Reporter do you think its time to bring masks back to the ca it will be to reporter the speaker is also reviewing more additions to a house select committee investigating the 6th'>January 6th attack after Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy named five republicans to the panel. At least three voted to overturn the 2020 Election Results and pelosi can veto his picks. Why would she do that . I cant understand why she would do that. It would be more politics. Reporter the Speaker Wont say whether she would veto mccarthys choices but did say how lawmakers voted on the election is not a criteria for service. Next week, the select committee will hold its first hearing for Police Officers on the front lines during the capitol attack. Norah. Odonnell nikole killion, thank you so much. All right, disgraced Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein was extradited from new york to california today to face additional Sexual Assault charges. Weinstein could appear in court as early as tomorrow on charges including five women in los angeles. He was already sentenced in new york last year to 23 years in prison for rape and Sexual Assault. Were going to turn now to the Sticker Shock many parents are seeing as they begin to buy backtoschool items. This summer more than half of shoppers have started Buying Supplies and what theyre getting is a painful lesson in economics. Heres cbs omar villafranca. Reporter in the middle of summer, these Fort Worth, texas, parents are already thinking about the fall. And the rising cost of School Supplies. Its kind of crazy just to see how the prices have gone up so exponentially. Reporter Maray Elliott is one of hundreds in line for free pencils, notebooks and paper. The Fort Worth School District will spend more than 4 Million on School Supplies. I looked at Target Online for some crayons and they happen to be almost 3. Normally ive seen them, walking through the store, you know, 50 cents, so it was kind of shocking. Itr say part of the reason for the Price Jump is when covid shut down the country the Supply Chain was also put on hold and retailers are still trying to get back to normal. Theyre having to pay for Air Freight versus Shipping Cargo i order to get things here on time. Those costs in terms of actually transporting goods, that has been a major concern for many of the retailers weve with talked to. Reporter this year the National Retail Federation expects consumers to spend 37. 1 billion in backtoSchool Supplies, up more than 3 Billion from last year. Parents of k12 students are expected to spend just over 848 per household on supplies including electronics. With two elementaryaged boys, Erica Tice is getting creative to save money on supplies. We can use a lot of stuff from last year, recycle stuff. They will have mismatched pencils and bags and stuff but it works. Reporter for tice, stretching her dollar makes good sense. Omar villafranca, cbs news, Fort Worth, texas. Onnell d this sll morws a on Tonight Cancellation of the Summer Olympics . What one official is saying tonight. And super Bowl Champ Tom brady cracks political jokes at the White House . Yep, you gonna want to hear what he has to say. Just two pills for all day pain relief. 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