Infrastructure bill the president s legislation clears a major hurdle with bipartisan support. Where will the money go . Severe weather tornadoes in illinois, and a dangerous storm forming in the caribbean. Border Crossings Number of apprehensions, including Tens Of Thousands of unaccompanied children this year. A stars diagnosis. Christina applegate opens up about a serious illness that also impacts nearly One Million americans. And from america with love. A 12yearold hopes an entire village will walk in her shoes. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Garrett good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joining us. Norah is off. Im major garrett. The sudden resignation of three term new York Governor Andrew Cuomo Today came as a shock to many because for days, if not weeks, cuomo had vowed to fight allegations of Sexual Harassment by 11 women. Moments before he announced his exit in fact, cuomo and his lawyer blasted the alleg
New day with John Berman and brianna keilar. Good morning here in the United States and around the world, it is tuesday, August 10th and this morning american children are caught in the middle of a dangerous standoff, hitting Public Health against politics, all while schools are starting to reopen. So much is at stake here. More than 200 children under the age of 17 are now hospitalized in florida, which is a number that has never been higher, but the States Governor Ron Desantis is threatening to withhold paychecks from superintendents and School Board members who choose to follow Cdc Guidance and require masks in schools. Four School Districts in the state are putting safety first anD Defying his order, including the states second largest School District in broward county. For all the talk about liberty and local control, the florida governor is trying to restrict the freedom of local School Boards to make their own health decisions. In texas its a similar story, the governor has tri
Masks. Well speak to a superintendent defying the Texas Governors ban on masks. And that is where we begin with covid, 36 Million cases nationwide. Overall the numbers are starting to look a lot like they did last winter before we had the vaccine and they are adding up very quickly. Monday the u. S. Saw nearly 207 ,000 new cases on par with midjanuary. Average hospitalizations are now over 60,000, the first time that has happened since february. And i want you to look at this map on your screen. It shows 40 states in red, all of them have seen their covid cases rise double in the last two weeks. I want to dig into the numbers with Marra Barrett in memphis, tennessee, Courtney Kube on the latest with the militarys plan to vaccinate, and with us to explain all of it, William Schaafner at Vanderbilt University medical center. Hospitalizations for kids under 17 are up 20 in the last week. What are they seeing where you are . Reporter well, here in memphis and across the state of tennessee
Vaccinated against covid19 have not had a Breakthrough Case resulting in hospitalization or death. If you give the virus a chance to continue to change, youre leading to a vulnerability that we might get a worse variant and then that will impact not only the unvaccinated, that will impact the vaccinated because that variant could evade the protection of the vaccine. The daily u. S. Case count is now the highest it has been in six months. Hospitalizations are doubled what they were two weeks ago and Vaccination Rates are not keeping up with the spread of this virus. All of this as schools across the nation reopen and are prepared to welcome back our kids and that is raising a lot of fears and questions as well. Are they safe . In florida, one in five kids tested is infected. Natasha is in orlando. Youve been seeing some really long lines for people trying to get tested today. Right, ana. And it can be for many reasons were told from the Health Staff that some employers might be asking f
High, and the fed says they are prepared to yank them even higher. President biden still on vacation in lake tahoe, and Kamala Harris about to hold an event with the wnba team. And thats where we start hour two of america reports. Im john roberts in washington. Happy friday afternoon, sandra. Sandra it is indeed. Good to be with you, john. Welcome everyone. Sandra smith in new york. A quiet month in the west wing, july 29th, his first day of vacation. 17 days meant the president was out of office either in delaware or lake tahoe in this particular case. We have not heard a peep from him yet today even though the fed says decades high Interest Rates may be going even higher. We are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate and intend to hold policy at a restrictive level until we are confident that inflation is moving sustainbly down toward our objective. Sandra peter doocy is covering the Bidenomics Push from the north lawn. Peter, what are we hearing about this . Sandra, hearing