Strain of the virus that is even more difficult to treat. There are now more than 20,000 new confirmed cases every day here in the united states, and while cases are declining in the new york city area, the epicenter of the crisis, elsewhere the rate of infection is rising. Still, 44 states are moving forward with lifting restrictions, and tonight, President Trump is acknowledging those moves to reopen could lead to even more deaths, telling reporters today that americans should think of themselves as warriors. While touring a factory in arizona, the president also confirmed his Coronavirus Task force is winding down, to be replaced by new advisers focused on the economy. What that task force was told earlier this year and how quickly it chose to act is parent of a scathing whistleblower complaint filed today by the administrations former point person on vaccines. Rick bright says he was demoted after trying to stop cronyism and Politics Around the response to covid19. Well, you can te
President tours a factory in arizona, recently retooled to make n95 masks, but hes not wearing one. Racing to a cure tonight, the First Americans receive an experimental vaccine amid word of a mutant strain more contagious than the original strain from china. Wheres the beef and the pork . Wendys cant keep burgers on the menu at all of its stores. The higher prices at the grocery store. Sniffing out covid can dogs detect coronavirus . The Ivy League School testing the power of a dogs nose. And tonight, our salute to mothers. Well meet a woman who is not only a hero at home but also on the covid front lines. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. As we come on the air tonight, Coronavirus Infections are still growing in much of the country, just as were learning there are now a more powerful mutant strain of the virus that is even more difficult to treat. E are now more than 20,000 new co
it for us tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more priv
tonight. we ll see you again tomorrow. time for the last word. my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence tonight. good evening, john. good evening, ali. thank you very much have a good evening. thank you. last night on this program, a large breaking news that special counsel jack smith and his team had handed over the first batch of evidence in the classified documents case. today, we, along with donald trump and his legal team are getting a better idea of what that evidence actually is. according to the filing of special counsel smith and his prosecutors, that evidence includes quote, interviews of defendant trump conducted by non government entities recorded with his consent and obtained by the special counsel s office during the investigation of this case, including the july 21st, 2021 reported interview defending trump providing to a publisher and writer quoted in part in the indictment. now, we cannot say for sure whether that line refers to more privately recor
it s 4:00 in the east. big day of news today. on capitol hill today a brutal collision between reality and delusion, a republican effort to whitewash the ex-president s ties for russia culminating in a veteran prosecutor under oath seemingly unwilling to acknowledge basic facts in service of republican conspiracy theories. just a few weeks after releasing a 300-page report after an investigation that went on for four years, cost the taxpayers $6.5 million, a report the washington post described this way as, quote, landing with a thud resulting in no new charges and none of the widespread abuses trump and his allies have alleged for years now. special counsel john durham testified today before the house judiciary committee. now, despite all those facts durham described his findings sobering and it was left to it democrats on the committee to point out the truth of his own investigation, an investigation that trump and his hand picked attorney general bill barr setup to inves