Medical workers on the front lines face shortages of life saving equipment and concerns for their own safety. And Health Departments across the country say monday was the deadliest day since the outbreak began with the virus now claiming more than 1,000 i should say 100 lives, rather in this country. And tonight, West Virginia is reporting its first case of infection. That means coronavirus is now in all 50 states. In new york, the mayor says a citywide shelter in place could be coming soon. And all this on st. Patricks day, where instead of crowds of revelers, many bars are shuttered. We have a team of correspondents reporting on the pandemic, but we will begin with nancy cordes on the capitol hill. Nancy, could this end up being the biggest bailout in American History . Reporter it very well could, norah, and congressional leaders say they hope to craft it within a week. The centerpiece would be the Cash Payments or tax rebate of 1,000 or more that would get sent to hardhit American
This doctor is a bit of a super hero herself here because she was the first to link the water to high levels of lead in the children of flint. The word lead when youre a physician or pediatrician signals what in your brain . There is no safe level of lead. It impacts cognition. How children think actually drops by two levels. It impacts behavior leading to things like developmental delays and has lifealtdering consequences. Youve heard a lot about the future of driverless cars. But what about this . Thats right, 18 wheels on the road and nobody in the drivers seat. Dont be surprised to see this on american highways soon. How close are we to a day when these trucks have no driver . Well be operating on the public highways with real cargo with a real fleet in 2021. ticking im lesley stahl. Im Bill Whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im jon wertheim. Im scott pelley. Those stories, tonight, on 60 minutes. ticking cbs money watch sponsored by lincoln financial, helping you cre
Morning we all have traffic and weather on the 2s but first several families displaced after a raging fire sweeps a row of homes in brooklyn. And there have been injuries to report cbs 2 has more live from Cypress Hills, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris and mary. Yes minor injuries to report and all residents belongings have been destroyed. I want you to take a look at whats been left behind after this six alarm fire. There are piles of rubble and two buildings extremely damaged but one build in the middle of those two. Thats a home that is no longer standing almost completely leveled by this fire and residents we spoke to though they were shaken were grateful no one was seriously hurt. She watched with tears in her highs as her home on arlington avenue burned sunday night. She rushed over from work to find the flames. Dont know. Her multifamily home along with two others were destroyed by the six alarm fire believed to have started in a nearby garage, 250 firefighters battle
Sevenday forecast and details from lauren. Certainly very wet out there on the roads. No major problems we do have reports of the outbound gowanus near hamilton avenue. Watch out for that. In addition to that, we have plenty of speed restrictions on the roads including your Staten Island crossings here. So outer ridge crossings gothleles bring near 35 miles per hour. The traffic holds are about to let up any second so youll be able to use it. But travel at 35 miles per hour. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on we 4 5 01 right now and breaking news. We are getting new information about a slashing in Grand Central terminal that happened in the last 90 minutes or so. Kath ine creag has been spwoeaking with police, what are they saying happened there . Reporter darlene, we learned the victims hand badly beaten ra. N to the token booth here at the subway station and said he needed help. We just came back from the su ofbway platform and saw there are still Police Officers and a P
To help residents protect their four-legged friends against potential contact with rabid animals, Westchester County will hold a free rabies vaccination clinic for pets, officials announced. The free vaccinations will be given to dogs…