dron after the couleers tod corehey e concerned about a spike in infections if states loosen restrictions too quickly. today, we learned cases are spiking in about half of the country, even as more states move to reopen beaches and businesses. as we come on the air tonight, nearly 84,000 people have died from covid-19 in the u.s. and confirmed cases nationwide are moving close to 1.4 million. tonight, there s also a stark new warning from the head of the federal reserve. jerome powell, the country s central banker, says the u.s. economy could face lasting damage if congress doesn t pass additional stimulus. there s a lot to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is covering it all. cbs paula reid leads off our coverage from the white house. paula. reporter: margaret, chairman powell autopsy said that the speed and the scope of the down turn is without modern precedent, and significantly worse than any recession since world war ii. and president trump continues to p
development program. why dr. rick bright says the pandemicwh he calls the darkest winter in modern history ? lasting damage: the head of the federal reserve sounds the alarm, his warning about what could happen to america s economy if lawmakers don t do more. safety in the skies: with passengers and profits vanishing. new moves tonight by the country s major airlines. how they plan to convince people to fly again. and, finding a friend when you re all alone. why so many of us are getting pets to help us through the pandemic. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, and thanks so much for joining us. norah s on assignment. i m margaret brennan. w re going to begin tonight atct diseexpert of playing all sides of the equation about reopening the economy. president trump s rare rebuke of dr. anthony fauci comes after the country s top public health leaders told congress they are concerned about a spike i
. . will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends on this sunday morning. will cain, pete hegseth. sitting right here wait to go own air, a surprise walked on to the set. rachel campos duffy. said it wouldn t a be is a surprise because you sent me a note. rachel: pete called to see how i was doing. pete: we re glad you re here. rachel: by the way did you have the texas flag as the last shot with the american flag and star-spangled banner. will: i did not. i did not. if i arranged that shot would be probably the one where the two flags polls were not even, with the texas flag slightly below the american flag. pete: you know what he did arrange today, arranged to wear the purple tie on this sunday. thank you, will cain. will: totally did not do that but you need all the support. pete: after last sunday, looking good. i don t have a good transition. rachel: how about building back better? pete: building back worse. we can go there. all week we covered the fact that the democr
contact. doubling down. donald trump says he wasn t the only one who saw thousands of people cheering in new jersey on 9/11. i start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. is there any evidence to support trump s claim? and holiday rush. thanksgiving travelers hitting the highways and heading to the airports in droves. the brewing storm that could disrupt the plans of millions of americans, today, tuesday, november 24th, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a tuesday morning seems like we say this every day, but what a busy morning we ve got. certainly is. and we ve got breaking news at top this morning. a russian fighter jet crashed, turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane was violating its airspace. let s get rig
turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane was violating its airspace. let s get right to nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel in istanbul this morning. richard, what are you hearing about this? reporter: good momoing, savannah, turkrk says it acted legitimately when a then unidentified aircraft violated its airspace, did not heed warnings. the kremlin, h hever, is disputing that claim and calls this incident they serious. russia s defense ministry says its jet which turned into a fireball when it was shot down this morning was i iide syrian airspace, its location confirmed by its instruments. the jet s two pilots appear to have ejected bailing out before the plane impacted. helicopters could be seen searching for the pilots. russiaialamed ground fire whwhh attacked the jet on a mission in syria near the turkish border, but turkey said two of its u.s. made f-16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered tu