What mailin voting might look like in the covid era with so much on the line, we did an experiment to see if every vote really will be counted. And name game. First on cbs this morning, well talk to the head coach of the nfl franchise now called the Washington Football Team. Say what . But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I looked at my team and i said, the timing for this event is not right with whats happened recently. The flare up in florida. The planned celebration for President Trump to accept his nomination in jacksonville, florida, is now off. The announcement comes as covid19 cases in the u. S. Surpass 4 million. Its impossible really to stop the virus. And even when we try to do our best, even when weve locked everything down, it still leads to a mountain of dead people. Alexandria ocasiocortez criticized republican congressman ted yoho on the house floor after the two lawmakers had a verbal confrontation. Representative yoho called me, and i quote
At age 104. And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. Wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangerous. People have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain in the next several hours. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 wheeler on its side. The driver shaken but not hurt. You okay . Reporter hanna slammed the
And later, john lewis, a lion in americas civil rights struggle makes his final journey across the Edmund Pettus bridge. This is the cbs weekend news. Yuccas good evening, im jamie yuccas in los angeles. With money running out fast, americans are looking for a new coronavirus lifeline from congress. The latest on those negotiations and the virus straight ahead but first to a developing story. Tonight hawaii is bracing for a brush with hurricane douglas. You can see here, wind, flooding and surf are forecast to be dangero people have begun to seek shelter in honolulu. The category one hurricane will pass close to the island chain. And late today President Trump approved a disaster declaration for texas after it was hit by hurricane hanna. Janet shamlian is in corpus cristie. Reporter this is the power of a strong category one hurricane. 90 mile an hour winds flipping this 18 wheeler on its side. The driver shaken but not hurt. You okay . Reporter hanna slammed the southern texas gulf co
Not activating alert sirens resigns. President biden meets with leaders of japan and south korea to shore up alliances amid increasing instability in the pacific. And israels minister for strategic pairs discusses tumultuous politics at home and his countrys diplomatic deal with saudi arabia. Lets not underestimate the impact that an israeli saudi arabia deal could have and would mean at least the beginning of the end of the arabisraeli conflict. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. And friends of the newshour, including jim and nancy build there and kathy and Paul Anderson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation, fostering an informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like yo
sen. klobuchar: goodmorning. i call the order of this hearing of the rules committee on upcoming elections. i would like to thank my colleagues for being here. our witnesses who i will introduce shortly are acting secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania chapman. i want to thank you. damon hewitt, who is the president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. tammy patrick the senior advisor for elections for democracy fund. we will hear from two witnesses who will be introduced by senator blunt. i thank you for being here. louisiana secretary of state ardoin and wesley wilcox the supervisor of elections for marion county, florida. in 2020 we saw election officials across the country rise to the challenge of holding elections in a global pandemic. we thank everyone of you for that. thanks to the work of the local election officials and volunteers. and everyone who took part, we had more options for americans to cast a ballot and becaus