Im Margaret Brennan. Were going to begin tonight with a nationwide scramble by millions to get home for the holiday and by Public Health offi officials to slow the staggering spread of the coronavirus. Tonight, cbs news has learned the c. D. C. And White House Coronavirus task force are now considering shortening the recommended length of covid quarantines, not because of new research, but simply to get more people to follow the rules and stay home if theyre exposed. Across the u. S. , every week, new infections are accelerating faster than the week before. Tonight, los angeles county, home to 10 million people, is debating a strict new lockdown that could leave streets and restaurants empty. And l. A. s mayor says cases are climbing so quickly in his city, theyll be out of hospital beds by christmas. Nationwide, things are even worse. A recordshattering 85,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 tonight. Doctor tells cbs news they are running low on help and running out of hope. A
Jury after our interview with two jurors. And gayle speaks to the president of louisvilles police union about the investigation. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Zeta makes landfall as a powerful category 2 and tens of thousands have already lost power. This is not a drill. The surge is coming in all across coastal mississippi. Stronger winds. Zeta is the fifth named storm to slam that area just this season. The threat for tornadoes. Look at this. This thing is flying what the hell do you have to lose . Vote for trump. Both candidates will turn their attention to another key swing state. Two candidates will hold Campaign Events in florida. The longer hes in charge, the more reckless he gets. Its enough. States are reporting record high covid hospitalizations. If things do not change on the course were on, theres going to be a whole lot of pain in this country. Germany and france to impose fresh lockdowns. Many countries were submerged by the second wave of
Studios, this is kpix5 news. President trump hospitalized with a coronavirus as more close aides and republican senators test positive. Could it jeopardize a vote on a Supreme Court judge . Plus, fire activity along highway 29, in napa county overnight. The latest on the battle to protect homes in the path of the glass fire. Break the windows. Break the windows. And a dramatic rescue as a crowd of people desperately pull a man out of a burning car in san pablo. Good morning, its saturday, october 3rd i am devin fehely, lets star with with a check of the weather with darren peck. We will see less wind on the fires and we are going to start improving the air quality and theres a possibility for rain by next weekend. But before i get no that, its foggy this morning. So if you are hitting the road, the one place you have to be concerned about fog is on the Golden Gate Bridge pip dont want to give you the impression its widespread fog. It is just along the coast and especially out along the
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us, tonight President Trump is refusing to directly address allegations that he avoided paying any federal income tax for years. Using a series of loopholes, writeoffs and businesses wills to shield himself from the same type of taxes nearly all working americans pay. The New York Times says it has documents showing President Trump paid only 750 in income tax his first year in office, that his businesses are losing money, and that he personally owes 421 million on loans made to his companies. Today the speaker of the house suggested those debts could be a could be a threat to National Security. And tonight the president does not appear to be denying the facts in the times report. On twitter he is accusing the newspaper of illegally obtaining his information and arguing his Financial Statements are impressive. Now for a president who built his reputation
Breaking news. Those urgent new red flag warnings in Northern California as a dangerous and deadly blaze there is growing by the minute, at times throwing fire 20 feet into the air. At least four people have died, and more than 80,000 have already been evacuated. And there are fears tonight that gusty winds will now push the already fastmoving flames toward even more towns in the napa valley. Whats now being called the glass fire has been tearing through californias wine country since sunday, wiping out as many as a dozen wineries there. And with temperatures now a recordbreaking 23 degrees above average, firefighters worry that conditions will only get worse in the coming days. Now, that fire is just one of two dozen now burning across california, torching thousand of homes and businesses as it turns memories into piles of ash. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight on our broadcast. Weve got a team of correspondents covering it all. Cbs Jonathan Vigliotti is going to lead of