Country is burning again this fast moving wildfires tear across the region tens of thousands of people are forced to flee with no let up in the most destructive fire season in the states history. And way in blue cross thanks for joining us coven 1000 has claimed its millionth life milestone has been reached officially today according to Johns Hopkins university the virus has spread around the world and daily deaths have been rising through most of august and september the u. S. Brazil india and mexico account for more than half of the total deaths and new hotspots keep emerging such as smaller countries like israel it led the world in new cases per capita over the past week despite a return to lock downs there. You have to use terry shoals reports now from the belgian town of st rudin and one familys heartbreaking loss to the pandemic. The world has lost a 1000000 lives. One of them meant the world to 10 year old lorenzo my grandpa was the best his grandpa luke picked him up from schoo
Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We of course begin with the Vice President ial debate. Vice president mike pence and senator Kamala Harris squared off last night. Their exchanges were relatively calm at least compared to last weeks president ial debate. Still, there were some tense moments on stage. So Danya Bacchus is in Salt Lake City where the debate took place. Danya, what were some of the main points that they sparred over . Good morning, annemarie. Right away the candidates paashed over the coronavirus they went on to spar over the economy, climate change, the Supreme Court, and whether justice was served in the Breonna Taylor case. The coronavirus pandemic was center stage last night with plexiglass dividing Vice President mike pence and california senator Kamala Harris. The American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. From the very first day, President Donald Trump has p
Francis says free market capitalism has failed people in the wake of the pandemic well find out what else is in his latest and 6 a. M storm alex leaves at least 2 people dead and dozens missing of the french and italian alps homes are washed away in the worst flooding in living memory. And get out of has welcomed u. S. President donald trump spoken out for the 1st time from the hospital where hes being treated for covert 19 even released a video message on twitter adding that the coming days will be the real test of his fight against the coronavirus earlier the president s doctors also said trump was doing well but followup questions shifted to the timing of trumps infection and diagnosis of doing his best to reassure the United States i came here wasnt feeling so well i feel much better now working. Hard to get me all the way back i have to be back because we still have to make America Great again weve yaba there but we still have steps to go and we have to face that you know and ill
Experience for hundreds of campers who got trapped by an outofcontrol fire in california. The creek fire has burned more than 73,000 acres since friday evening in the Sierra National forest. The only road out of a popular Recreation Area threatening the lives of more than 200 people. Military helicopters got there in time, taking everyone to safety. Cbs news spoke to one man who says he barely escaped. Were all in the water and we just we keep going down into the water to protect us from the embers. Some of the embers the size of golf balls. Winds blowing 40, 50, 60 mileperhour in some cases, some of the gusts. We keep going under and under and under. In my mind im going, are we going to die from the fire or from drowning . 20 people had injuries ranging from burns to broken bones. More coming up ahead on cbs this morning. A gender reveal party is to blame for a wildfire east of los angeles. Cal fire authorities said the el do fra generating pyrotechnic device used during the party. So
Streaming on cbsn bay area , we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east at the bay bridge. Officials are warning to brace for the heat and save on the energy to avoid power shutoffs. Good morning, it is monday, september seventh. It is a labor day. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. And lets get your forecast as we start th ceak rerecords. We could, we are looking at another day of extreme heat for the bay area, so we have heat advisories for the coast and right around the bay with excessive heat warnings in effect for the rest of us in pink and th at viis in effect as we go through hour day. We do have a spare the air alert that remains in effect th those hazy, smoky skies once again, they wiare 21 days a row, a record 21 days for a spare the air alert in effect and we will be watching our fire weather concerns. We do have a red flag warning that is in effect as we go through tonight all the way through wednesday morning. Checking temperature