With a boycott during the playoffs. Speaking up. Pandemic politics. Vice president pence paints a positive picture of the president s Coronavirus Response at the Republican National convention. What this says about how the gop thinks it can win. But first, heres todays eyeopener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Welcome to cbs this morning. Theres a lot going on. Are we going back to the eyeopener. Welcome back to cbs this morning. This is one of those rare days where anthony, as you know, there are so many things going on at the same time. Thats what i was trying to say. We could have had several leads. Theyre all very, very troubling. Well begin with the one everybody is talking about at this hour. Hurricane laura. The country, as you know, being tested in many ways. First we have a coronavirus, an economic csis and weve got a reckoning on systemic race sichl. Now were being tested again by one of the strongest storms ever to hit the u. S. The last thing anybody needs. Her name is hurri
Teachers facing extraordinary challenges during the pandemic in our School Matters series, some big names tell us about the teachers that made a difference in their lives. Evs a favit ter. T, heres its your world in 90 seconds. Ive approved Emergency Declarations for puerto rico and louisiana. Both storms have the potential of gathering strength before they make landfall. Two fierce storms heading toward the u. S. Gulf coast potentially setting up a disastrous week for multiple southern states. A disaster declaration for california as the state struggles to contain those mssive wildfires. Tens of thousands forced to evacuate. It is terrifying. I cant even express it. The fda is giving emergency authorization for a covid19 treatment using blood plasma from people who have recovered. Might have been a hold up but we broke the logjam over the last week. Large crowds in the streets of wisconsin after police shot a black man in broad daylight. That shooting caught on camera. In a secret rec
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with some breaking news 23 million americans have likely been infected with coronavirus and could spread it without knowing that they are. Thats because the c. D. C. Now says it believes 10 times as many people have or had the virus than tested positive for it. That staggering new number, based on antibody tests, comes as the u. S. Is seeing its largest oneday total of new infections since the crisis began in march. Many of the countrys largest states are now overwhelmed, putting s opin jrdy. Tonight, texass inrisi cats are maxedout. Elective surgeries are being cancel canceled. And the states move to phase two has been paused. In florida there are long lines as covid test results are coming back positive four times as often as they were just a few weeks ago. And states that once balked at requiring face coverings . Wel
Fights over wearing them. Youre going to harm the health of all of the people. Odonnell no end in sight nearly 1. 5 million more americans file for unemployment. As more People Struggle to get help, why did washington send 1. 4 billion in stimulus checks to dead people . Racing to a cucure could a synthetic vaccine be the answer to keeping billions from getting covid19 . Why some believe it could be an easier and cheaper way to save why some believe it could be lives. Stop stop odonnell new investigation. Breaking news, colorados governor orders a new probe after body cam Video Shows Police why did e. M. T. S give him a powerful sedative . And did it cause his death . And they call him the tiktok tutor. Well introduce you to the teen sensation who makes learning math as easy as pi. 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. We are going to begin tonight with some b
Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. Tonight the u. S. Is seeing a dangerous increase in coronavirus cases in the south and west that could have implications for the entire country, especially as more young people are becoming infected. As america pushes forward with reopening, half of all states are now averaging more new cases each day than they have in weeks. Tonight one out of every five new infections globally is from right here in the u. S. And with florida and texas setting new records for positive tests, the governors there are warning they may need to crack down on those who arent social distancing. Tonight more than 120,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 3 million confirmed cases nationwide. The white house says those increases are due to steppedup saying he ordered testing to be slowed down as a way to keep the number of infections from looking too large. All of this in sharp contrast to whats happening in new