A major heat wave in store for the Pacific Northwest and growing Fire Concerns for the droughtstricken southwest. Lets get to meteorologist chad myers. Chad . John, a remarkable heat wave about to occur in the northwest. Also, British Columbia as well. Hundreds of record highs will be broken without a doubt. To the east there will be some severe weather. But this remarkable heat wave across the west is going to happen thursday, friday, saturday, and into sunday and then at the same time were going to get almost 10 inches of rain in parts of missouri. One side across the country to the other. Seattle has only been over 100 degrees three times in history. The forecast is for three times again by monday. New day continues right now. Im Brianna Keilar alongside john berman on this new day. Combatting crime, President Biden taking action to address a surge in big city violence. Democrats strategizing their next move after Senate Republicans knocked down, even debating, an election reform bi
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, ordering people to stay at home to try to stop the virus from spreading any faster. Now, tonight, president elect joe biden says hes going to ask all americans to wear a mask for
Efforts to keep people safe. And from the big screen to your living room. A Hollywood Studio plans to stream all its new movies at the same time as they are in theaters. What it means for the future of entertainment. Thinking outside the box. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. We as a country are in a very, very difficult, if not crisis, situation when it comes to the explosion of cases. New concerns over vaccine distribution. Pfizer slashed its vaccine rollout target in half. In washington, nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell holding talks about reaching a covid relief bill before christmas. Im going to have to ask for more. Right when you get there. When we get there. President trump has not ruled out firing attorney general bill brr. You still have confidence in bill barr . Ask me that in a number of weeks from now. A wildfire continues to grow out of control in california. Forcing thousands of people to evacuate. We had to depend upon neighbors to come and g
Ms. Bradshaw thank you very much. Back and the next person to speak for us would be laura coxe. I see you. Waiting to see if you get on muted. Please spell your first and last the floor is yours. Cox. Name is laura thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon. I am asking you to delay certification. There are too many questions that need to be answered, too many numerical anomalies and credible reports of procedure irregularities. Distrust. Remove the this vote will be certified and the will of the people will be upheld but we need to ensure that there is a fair and accurate vote first. This election had its issues and every step of the process has been stacked against republicans, starting with the challenger process. Every election they find credentials for thousands of republicans to volunteer to observe and challenge the. Lection counting process this year i was honored to perform that duty and thousands showed up across the state. Electionity of Electio
Been movement and supported and we will be taking will call the just like we did and our teams meeting. This did not change. [indiscernible] orthere any discussion motion regarding the approval of the minutes . Discussion on the approval of the minutes for october 15 . Will you please take a roll call vote . Taken]all vote four ayeir, you have votes. The second item on the agenda is the certification of the november 3, 2020 general election. Thank you, chair brad chop. Chair bradshaw. [indiscernible] all fourike to thank of you for your dedicated service to our stay. The staff recommendation is that you certify. You have before you the results of michigans election. More than 5. 5 million ballot, ars cast a record in our state. Two constitutional amendments. [indiscernible] dissipationng amidst a Global Pandemic is inspiring and voters should be commended for having their voices heard in november. State. Lf of our this is an effort that is unprecedented in scope and difficulty. Long be