Made history. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening. And thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine against coronavirus. Volunteers all across the country including a member of our own cbs news family began getting shots today as part of the final phase of testing for an experimental vaccine being developed by the nih and the drug company moderna. Tens of thousands of americans are needed for the trial and test sites are spread out across the south and west which tonight florida now has morehvi total infections than new york, which was once the epicenter of the crisis. Among those cases, 14 members of the Miami Marlins who have now tested positive forcing two Major League Baseball games to be postponed and calling into question the season. We also learned today that the virus has once again spread into the west wing. The white house says robert obrien,
Positive. Covid hits the west wing. The president S National Security advisor is now the highest ranking u. S. Official to test positive. Was President Trump exposed . Hanna hammers texas. Tonight southern texas still reeling from the effects of hurricane hanna, as thousands are without power. Breaking news, cbs news has learned at least 100 more federal agents are standing by to be deployed to portland, oregon, amid unrest there. Honoring john lewis, tonight the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Amazing grace odonnell his last journey through washington. And tonight, wait until you meet the motherdaughter md, the inspiring family who graduated med school in the same year and just made history. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We want to begin tonight with a huge leap forward in the development of a vaccine agains
Vaccine from a concept to a phase one trial. This took less than six weeks. Reporter phase two trails are under way and phase three, which will require 30,000 participants, to test safety and efficacy, will begin july 27. A phase one volunteer, neil browning, who lives in seattle, was one of the first people in the world to get the vaccine. Its been a few months since your last dose. How have you been feeling . Completely normal. The only real side effect was each morning after each of the two injections, my upper arm was sore. Reporter he received the lwest of three possible vaccine doses during the trial. Saying that all 45 had all three dosage levels had the same response is like a grand slam. It knocks it out of the park. 100 efficacy is something you want but rarely get in Something Like this. What percentage of the population would need to be de immunitisome 60, 70 . Reporter they are on track to deliver 500 million doses every year, beginning in 2021. Dr. Anthony fauci is cautio
A surge of new infections in florida, texas, arizona and california pushed the u. S. Past three million confirmed cases today, but didnt stop President Trump from ignoring the advice of his own health experts, threatening to pull federal omnding from schools that dont scho fully reopen this fall. Just hours after the president slammed c. D. C. Guidelines for getting students back into schools as too tough, Vice President mike pence told reporters that guidance would be revised. Now across the south tonight the focus isnt on schools, its on on saving lives. In florida the death toll is rising and intensive care units are overflowing, in arizona people are now waiting up to 13 hours to be tested. Getting results could now take days due to backlogs. And in this covid war in mcallen, texas, where we were given exclusive access today, doctor there say they are being pushed to brink. As we come on the air we are also learning a nursing home near fort worth has been evacuated after a third of
Texas, florida, and arizona. Only on cbs news, a reporter on the front lines. Tonight with exclusive access inside one hospital in a race against time. Its not just going to be you, its going to be a whole family thats going to get sick. Odonnell heartburn drug danger . Could an overthecounter drug you take every day double your risk of getting coronavirus . The new study out, what you need to know. Trumps taxes, will the Supreme Court force the president to turn over his personal financial records to investigators . Plus the health scare for chief Justice John Roberts. And finally tonight, during a national crisis, how a 12year old with a trumpet is lifting spirits. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with another recordbreaking day in a nationwide crisis that only appears to be getting worse. A surge of new infections in florida,