A side swipe of isaias. The queen of the skies flies into history and later operas Opening Night where romans once watched chariots. This is the cbs overnight news. Garrett good evening, everyone, im Major Garrett in washington. Coronavirus remains a threat to Americas Health and economy. Todays maryland republican governor called it a twin crisis. Southern california battles wildfires and the eastern seaboard casts a wary eye on Tropical Storm isaias. But we begin with triumph bathed in starlight. The return to earth of two of nasa astronauts courtesy of spacex. A private firm with ambitions seemingly as boundless as space itself. Their dragon capsule splashed down in the gulf of mexico after a mission to the International Space station. Mark strassmann has more. Dragon spacex comm check. After six minutes of silence, Spacex Mission control wanted to hear from the astronauts. We read you loud and clear. When the crew dragon capsule came into view, everyone with spacex breathed easier.
Result of arson fires. And coronavirus takes out the countrys Oldest Department store chain. Liquidation sale signs could be seen on lord taylor locations yesterday. The nearly 200yearold Company Announcing its declared bankruptcy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 3rd. Thank you for joining us. Hope you had a good weekend. Lots of news to get to. Were beginning this half hour with the possible hurricane heading for landfall in North Carolina. Residents and President Trump has already approved a disaster declaration for parts of the state. Isaias is a Strong Tropical Storm and heading northnorthwest. Before its done it will bring as much as six inches of rain to North Carolina. Reporter josh chapin is there. Reporter beachgoers raving about the weekends weather even as a storm threatens this beach town again. For Tropical Storms, we have to look at the totality of impacts. Reporter New Hanover County Emergency Management is not yet calling for evacuations. For ea
Platforms chinese owners 45 days to sell its u. S. Business. What it could mean for an estimated 100 million american users. And spacex splashdown. The future is here for commercial space flight after the first landing for restaurants in years. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Our state has weathered more than our fair share of storms in recent years. But this time, were going to have to do it with a mask on. All eyes on Tropical Storm isaias. The slowmoving storm churns off the east coast of florida but has set its sight on the carolinas. If something can go wrong, it can. Ramp up your precautions and be ready. The White House Task force coordinator warns the u. S. Is in a new phase of the pandemic. I want to be very clear. What were seeing today is different from march and april. It is extraordinarily widespread. The search for eight Service Members feared dead following a training accident off the coast of Southern California has come to an end. Two nasa
Mile an hour winds and heavy rain. We will go there live as some covid19 testing sites are closed for the storm. Our sunday focus on misinformation about coronavirus. Where it comes from, how it spreads and why it is hampering americas handling of this crisis. Plus, harry smith visits olympic gold medallist tommy smith, a half century after his iconic stand at the 1968 summer Olympic Games to get his thoughts on the athlete protests of today. And later, a sunday sitdown with oscar, emmy and tony win are viola davis on her rise from a childhood of poverty to the heights of hollywood and why she knows theres more to life than all of those golden statues. The elixir is living a life thats bigger than you. Thats what it is. If you are not doing that, then you are not doing anything. Nothing. A sunday sitdown with viola dave us plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin with the latest on Tropical Storm isaias moving slowly along the coast of florida and impacting the states
Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Nick Offerman, Charli Damelio, musical guest haim and featurinthe legendary roots crew questlove 1222 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. And welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Youre here. [ cheers and applause nice to see you. Well, guys, everyone is still talking about the coronavirus. And i gotta be honest, things are getting a little crazy out there. Today in central park, i saw a a squirrel rubbing purell on his nuts [ laughter ] steve wow. Jimmy the coronavirus doesnt seem like its slowing down, and now the governor of new jersey has declared a state of emergency its serious, the last time this happened was when they ran out of pinky rings at a soprano convention [ laughter ] seriously, there hasnt been a a state of emergency in new jersey since the great track suit fire of 98 [ laughter ] meanwhile, because