Ceremony is taking place at oracle park for jason cortez. Earlier, there was a solemn procession with jason cortezs casket carried on the back of a fire engine. He was a 13 year veteran of the San Francisco fire department. He fell 3 stories at a training facility. He was a husband and father of three Young Children and the son of a retired San Francisco firefighter. In jackson, grayson, nobody can ever be your dad. Your dad loves you and nobody can ever take that away. You loved you to the moon and back and now he loves you to the heavens and back. There will be a session following the ceremony from oracle park to holy cross the ceremony. That is where a private family burial will take place. It is an it the week for another high fire danger. A red flag warning is in effect. We have morning on we have more on this impact for residents. Northern california has already seen several devastating wildfires since august. This time of the year is the heart of wildfire season. The hope is to
Angry knowing that his killer is still out here walking the streets freely its very difficult for me to come on the street that i have to have resilience and strength because he would. And the kind of person terrence words. Friday marks 4 years since 4 in 4 kerry lost her son terrence at the location. She now stands at with her husband terence senior and her daughter erica, 4 years of waiting for justice. That never keen i feel that its gotten harder because the desire for a mother to want to see justice served for injustice. Its extremely difficult. Terence was just 22 years old at the time. This was the scene that night on august 14th 2016 when hundreds of people took cover after gunfire erupted a Birthday Party in the 300 block of 15th street in oakland. It marks extreme emotion, he laid in the street here. All night long after being hit by one bullet, a stray bullet. A party where they were celebrating a friends life and yet he lost to the second victim Craig Fletcher cooks also di
Disease expert calling recent white house attacks on him bizarre and urges his critics to stop this nonsense. Back to school fears. A teacher in texas says she is writing her will before she returns to her classroom this fall. Tonight which states are and arent reopening their schools. Racing to a cure. The encouraging news about Modernas Covid vaccine. But tonight new questions about how long the immunity lasts. Floyds fi first time reporters get access to body cam video from two of the officers charged in George Floyds death. What the new evidence shows. And the 90yearold who climbed a mountain without ever leav her house. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight as we unfortunately so often do, with more records being shattered nationwide, and another startling projection of how many people will likely be killed by the coronavirus
We are going to begin tonight as we unfortunately so often do, with more records being shattered nationwide. And another startling projection of how many people will likely be killed by the coronavirus in the coming months. Tonight one of the leading models used by the white house says to expect nearly 90,000 more americans to die from the virus by november 1st. Well, that alarming report comes as a surge of infections sweeping the u. S. Keeps expanding. 41 states are now seeing spikes. More than 67,000 new cases were reported nationwide in just the past 24 hours. That is yet another one day record. In florida where infections have grown by more than 100,000. In a little over a week, lines to get tested just keep getting longer. Well, tonight the countrys largest retailer walmart and its largest grocery chain kroger say theyll start mandating masks for customers in all of their stores. Several states including alabama are also issuing orders requiring face coverings. Now as the pandemi
in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen