With the pandemic raging, see what retailers are doing to stop scenes like this, but keep the holiday deals so many people count on. Plus, a stellar gift. Looking for a present out of this world literally . How some folks got their hands on some of nasas rarest photos, including the first selfie from space. Nice. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Numbers are going up faster than expected. I think it is probably fatigue. People are just not being as cautious as we had hoped. Pfizer is the First Company to apply for emergency authorization of its covid19 vaccine. Traditionally and historically, highly efficacious and effective vaccines have crushed epidemics. This weekend is a time many of you would normally be packing for thanksgiving travel. With cases skyrocketing, many families are choosing to stay home. There are more people here than i thought. Donald trump jr. Tested positive for coronavirus. Hey, guys, don jr. Here. You may have seen it, apparen
Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not
This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening. We begin tonight with millions of americans on the move. Ignoring warnings and pleas from Health Experts to stay home this thanksgiving. The consequences could be deadly. Take a look a this. This is the airport in tulsa, oklahoma, today. Its jammed with people. Its a similar story . Several cities at the same time, the covid outbreak uncontrolled. New cases saturday doing 181,000. Total cases in the u. S. , now, well over 12 million. The death toll more than 256,000. And despite hopeful news about break through vaccines and treatments. America appears to be facing its toughest test ahead. Lilia is leading us off. Reporter americans refusing to let the covid crisis ground then. Packing airports across the country despite the cdc warnings to take home. I get it, but its thanksgiving interest people wa thanksgiving but people want to be with their families. We have to understand that the house is on fire right now. Deaths are climbing and hosp
Introduce Nicole Meyers turner and her book. Nicole turner is assistant professor of religious studies at yale university. She earned her ph. D in history at the university of pennsylvania, her masters at divinity at the seminary in new york and her bachelors degree from hairford college and shes the author of this 2020 book soul liberty, postemancipation virginia published this year by the university of North Carolina press and before asking niconicole the first question i want to mention that this book appears in this conventional version of a hard copy, but also has two other versions and part of what makes her work so interesting is that it is so engaged from digital humanities and the book also exists as a conventional sort of conventional as she describes it verbatim, openaccess ebook and also as an enhanced openaccess ebook which shows off what dr. Turner was able to do with mapping and kind of Digital Technology in order to develop her Research Findings and so one of things i h
And 20th century histories and she specializes in gender, race, and the history of the United States south. A little bit about her publications, which are multiple award winning. Her most recent book is bound in wedlock. A book about africanamericans and marriage in the 19th century. The winner of multiple awards including the joan kelly memorial prize. And a variety of other prizes. Let me also mention her first book another wonderful book about africanamerican women in the post emancipation south. So they have agreed to come here to talk with us specifically about the history of emancipation and the end of slavery during the civil war. A topic that was kind of always on peoples agenda for teaching and discussion, but was widely discussed earlier this summer on the anniversary of juneteenth. Thats what got started. It was exciting and always kind of in need of clarification. Let me just turn it over to you and just to talk about a process of wartime fpz. Thanks to all of the people ou