There is the thenwhat later in the week that will be interesting. Francine right. Depending on whether it is a contested election, that is what i keep hearing on the markets, that if it is contested we could see a lot of volatility in all sorts of asset classes. And of course, there is a bit of news on brexit, and coupled with news on restrictions in the u. K. Economy, it is giving us more neutral pound going forward. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The president ial campaign is in its final full day. If there is of polls show joe biden leading President Trump nationally and in battleground states. Some of those states remain extremely close. Candidates will Campaign Today in pennsylvania. The state is vital bidens chances, and it could become almost a mustwin state for the president as well. The white house slammed Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci after he ramped up criticism of the way the coronavirus pandemic was handled. He told the Washin
here watching the news are alive from a headquarters in del heim, daddy and abigail coming up in the next 60 minutes. the deadly cost of human smuggling, at least $50.00 migrants are dead. after being abandoned inside a truck in texas, in ukraine, a desperate search for survivors burried under the charred rubble of a shopping mall hit by a russian missile. in europe, nato leaders prepare for a strategic shift to the military alliance to deter russia. and a prominent journalist is arrested in india, act of a say they re concerned about the dangerous facing human rights defenders plus demonstrators and gonna ask the government to fix the country and help them cope with the rising costs of living. in sports, we ll have the latest from wimbledon, where women s world number one, egos, fiance as booked her sports in the 2nd round with a dominant display. ah, welcome to the news hour. they were found in sweltering heat inside an abandoned truck in texas. at least 50 people have now
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Preview of your snail mail. Finally. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, the United States dropped the largest nonnuclear weapon the u. S. Has ever used in combat. Ground zero was afghanistan. The pentagon says the target was isis. But the impact could not have been lost on the young dictator of north korea. Kim jongun is deciding whether to celebrate his countrys biggest holiday on saturday with a missile or nuclear test. Asked whether he was sending a message to north korea, President Trump said today, it doesnt make any difference. That problem will be taken care of. More now from david martin at the pentagon. Reporter the bomb, all 21,600 pounds of it, was aimed at the center of an isis cave complex in afghanistan. When it detonated at 7 32 in the evening local time, it set off a massive pressure wave that would have literally crushed the life out of fighters hiding in the caves. The massive ordnance airblast, as it is officially called, sent a mushroomlik
Carrier served his country in the army. But in 2012 he wasnt allowed to do his civic duty. He was denied the right to vote at the polling place near his beaumont, texas home. You felt like you werent a citizen. I wasnt a citizen no more. I wasnt. Reporter carrier says he wasnt allowed to vote because of a voter i. D. Law passed in texas in 2011 which required one of seven types of approved picture i. D. S to cast a ballot. For more than 50 years carrier had used his Veterans Administration card that had no picture, but suddenly it wasnt enough. In 2012 federal judges ruled that the law violated the Voting Rights act, but republican lawmakers fought repeatedly in federal court to keep the law in place, saying it prevented inperson voter fraud. But again this week a federal judge ruled that the law was unexplainable on grounds other than race. Jenae nelson is with the naacp Legal Defense fund. This new strict requirement is based on an idea that there is voter fraud in texas, and weve de