Lies in state. The civil rights icon, the first africanamerican lawmaker to in history to lie and stay there. Kelli meyer has the story. All members rise for a moment of silent, a somber start to the week as lawmakers pay respects to one of their own 80 yearold georgia congressman john lewis who spent much of his life fighting for racial equality died friday after a 6 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the last survivor of the big 6 civil rights leaders of the 1960s i first met john norris in 1968 in Atlanta Georgia. At the funeral of doctor Martin Luther king junior lawmakers like North Carolina democrat ek butterfield and Georgia Republican buddy carter. Praise lewis says the moral compass of congress is certainly a great loss. The state of georgia, but also to the nation voters first elected louis to represent his Atlanta Georgia district in 1986 Georgia Republican congressman doug collins was just an intern, we ended a run same elevator, almost every morning together. He l
Delays, disappointments. Now the Nations Capital paid tribute to the civil rights titan. Now, nightline, with byron pitts. The extra 6 600 a week in Unemployment Benefits. Some say its too much. But for millions, its the one thing keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table. This woman never used to worry much about paying for shes usually surrounded by meals working at an elementary school. But now, trips to the grocery school are filled with anxiety. I spent 41. It was a light shopping day for me. But sometimes this bill can be very, very big. Reporter laid off in march, the mom of two had to rely on the 776 shes receiving every week. A combination of federal and state Unemployment Benefits. Its a little less than what she was making between her day job and parttime jobs before the pandemic. What does stress look like in your house . We struggle to pay bills. With the kids home, its rough because they eat more, they need clothing, the electricity bill is going up, and the p
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And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. You can see here, wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangero people have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 wheeler on its side. The driver shaken but not hurt. You okay . Reporter hanna slammed the southern texas gulf co
Mike . The metering lights were actually turned on just before 6 00. The left lanes building first. The middle catching up. The rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. Breaking news this morning, the largest covid19 trial is launching in the United States. It includes 30,000 people from california taking part. Well have more for you this morning on today in the bay. A deadly overnight shooting in antioch at a 7eleven parking lot. Today in the bays bob redell joins us live with what investigators are telling him so far. Bob . Reporter one woman killed and another man is in critical condition. The man and woman were sitting in the white suv there thats parked in front of the 7eleven, laura, in front of this 7eleven in buchanan in antioch. Police tell us that a little bit after 12 30 this morning someone walked up to the couple, fired several shots at them. The man in the drivers seat was hit a number of times, has been taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The woman was sho