At the White House and on Capitol Hill, folks are trying to navigate crises all of them coming to head in the next few days and weeks. Theres covid, where President Biden is planning to lay out a new Plan Tomorrow to get through the Delta Variant. Theres afghanistan, where the Secretary Of State is preparing for a grilling on Capitol Hill in multiple hearings. Theres the threat of a Government Shutdown at Months End unless congress acts and the potential for a Debt Default just a few weeks after that. All as democrats continue to spar over the size, scope, timing and political strategy surrounding the president s overall agenda and whats referred to as that massive Reconciliation Package which has been tied to biden trillion dollar bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The latest drama comes after Joe Manchin reiterated he will not support a 3. 5 trillion deal. Nowhere close to it. Hes reportedly signaling he might only back a bill thats less than half that Size Or Half at best. The jockeyin
Chinese in america with a visit to san franciscos chinatown. Next we continue our look at the chinese in america. With a visit to san franciscos chinatown. This is the second of a three Part Series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it is that there were already some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in flash, thousands of men began to board ships to head for the gold mountain, which california was known as then. And its still known as that. The gold mountain. In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was plaster gold, surface gold. It didnt wash down for generations. It meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this, iraq or, could in fact just dig up mud, poor water through it, swish it out and find Gold Dust and gold n
Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold surface gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this a rocker. Could in fact just dig up mud pour water through it swish it out and find Gold Dust and gold nuggets. They are tails in the first year of men walking through a field looking for gold nuggets and filling their pockets with gold nuggets. They sound extreme and fabulous, but the reality was since nobody was looking for it. Nobody saw it one day began to look for it. They found it in abundance, but very quickly that Surface Goal that Placer Gold was all taken up. It didnt take very long and during this time even more people are showing up to look for gold to find their fortune the law then the arguments begin.
Chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for the gold mountain, which california was known as then and still is known as the gold mountain. In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was surface goal. Washed down from hills for the mountains for generations and millions of years. You could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this, a rocker, could dig up mud and swish it out and find Gold Dust and gold nuggets. They would fill their pockets with gold nuggets. They sound extreme and fabulous, but the reality was nobody was looking for it, nobody saw it. They found it in abundance. But very quickly that Surface Gold was all taken up. During this time even more people are showing up to look for gold to find their fortune. Who has the right to mine the gold . California was an american territory. The americans argue only americans have a right to mike the gold. So begin to
Theres no turning back. Whitaker raid gone wrong a Chicago Family sues police after officers kick in their door and hold them at gunpoint, even two young girls. So what did you do when you saw the gun . I was crying. Whitaker Olympic Home Coming fans celebrate a Triumphant Stateside Return for team u. S. A. And the tenyearold who proves kindness is contagious. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Whitaker good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight, im bill whitaker. Were going to begin tonight in the west, which is getting ravaged by nearly 100 wildfires. Overnight, the largest one in california, all but destroyed greenville, an historic Gold Rush town. Buildings that had stood since the 1800s were leveled in hours, leaving an apocalyptic scene. In just three weeks, the so called Dixie Fire has burned more than 500 square miles, an area larger than the city of los angeles. More than 25,00