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 with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, ordering people to stay at home to try to stop the virus from spreading any faster. Now, tonight, president elect joe biden says hes going to ask all americans to wear a mask for
Board will not take any formal action but looking forward to peoples comments and questions. Any people on the line, moderator . You have seven questions remaining. Chair borden okay, our first speaker, please. Caller hello. My name is joel kamisher, a School Crossing guard and a member of the sfciu 10 to 1 bargaining committee. We have been trying to talk about not outsourcing people to protect the city workers and im hearing that discussion about the flaggers and the pedestrian monitors. I wonder if we could use our own workforce, the parking control people and the crossing guards instead of having the contractors hire private people. I realize that the flaggers might have their own union, so maybe thats a problem. But im hoping that we can do other things to reduce the need of contract people to prevent layoffs . Thank you. Chair borden thank you, next speaker, please. You have six questions remaining. Caller hello, members of the board, my name is Hector Jimenez and im with the loc
Pharmacy of the future. What amazons new move could mean for drug prices. From People Magazines new sexiest man alive to the peoples choice to replace alex trebek on jeopardy to this massive flock of flamingos on the move. All the trending stories for your wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with several stories breaking overnight. President trump has fired his top cybersecurity official who denied there was any fraud during the election and now another Homeland Security official is resigning. In the meantime, a new setback for the Trump Campaign just as Rudy Giuliani takes over legal efforts to overturn the Election Results. President elect joe biden is still being shut out from the transition process even as the white house moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan and iraq. And the pandemic is raging out of control with daily deaths now hitting the highest level since may. But we begin with that highlevel firing in washington. This mornin
What amazons new move could mean for drug prices. From People Magazines new sexiest man alive to the peoples choice to replace alex trebek on jeopardy to this massive flock of flamingos on the move. All the trending stories for your wednesday morning. Good wednesday morning, everyone. We begin with several stories breaking overnight. President trump has fired his top cybersecurity official who denied there was any fraud during the election and now another Homeland Security official is resigning. In the meantime, a new setback for the Trump Campaign just as Rudy Giuliani takes over legal efforts to overturn the Election Results. President elect joe biden is still being shut out from the transition process even as the white house moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan and iraq. And the pandemic is raging out of control with daily deaths now hitting the highest level since may. But we begin with that highlevel firing in washington. This morning, President Trumps top
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