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 covid19 in the u. S. And confirmed cases nationwide are moving close to 1. 4 million. Tonight, theres also a stark new warning from the head of the Federal Reserve. Jerome powell, the countrys central banker, says the u. S. Economy could face lasting damage if congress doesnt pass additional stimulus. Theres 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 push to get ameri
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 americas economy if lawmakers dont do more. Safety in the skies with passengers and profits vanishing. New moves tonight by the countrys major airlines. How they plan to convince people to fly again. And, finding a friend when youre all alone. Why so many of us are getting pets to help us through the pandemic. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening, and thanks so much for joining us. Norahs on assignment. Im Margaret Brennan. Wre going to begin tonight atct diseexpert of playing all sides of the equation about reopening the economy. President trumps rare rebuke of dr. Anthony fauci comes after the countrys Top Public Health leaders told congress they are concerned about a spike in infections if states loosen r
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever th
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the largest of 27 wildfires in california kept expanding today. The rocky fire has now spread across more than 100 square miles. Its burning some 100 miles north of san francisco, and so far, its only 12 contained. Overnight, the blaze jumped a highway that served as a barrier. Its endangering several thousand homes, and officials have urged about 13,000 people to leave the area. Woodruff the family of a black woman who died in a texas jail has now filed a wrongful death suit in federal court. Sandra bland was pulled over by a white trooper for a traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. Officials say she committed suicide. Today, in austin, her mother said whatever the circumstances of blands
Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. There have been new arrests in this weeks berlin Christmas Market truck attack that killed 12 people and injured 56 others. Today, police in tunisia arrested the nephew of accused attacker anis amri and two other suspected militants. Tunisias interior Ministry Says amris 18yearold nephew had contact with amri through an encrypted messaging app. All three are suspected of belonging to the same terrorist cell and having contacts with the accused terrorist. The Ministry Says amri, who had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video, was recruiting his nephew to join him in europe. All th