The wall is here. Rup. Reporter new and old. Yes. Reporter and theyre still here. Theyre still here, theyre coming across. Garrett and later. Bond, james bond. Garrett remembering sean connery, the actor who put the double o in cool. Now, about that honeymoon. This is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone. Im Major Garrett in new york. Happy halloween. The last weekend of a president ial campaign is typically a frenzied spectacle with candidates blitzing as many battleground states as possible, but this is hardly an ordinary election. Americans are in the grip of a deadly pandemic. Local hospitals across the country are straining to meet the moment. Infections are spreading fast. Friday smashed a daily record for new infections in the yut, more than 99,000 reported. Today, President Trump makes four stops in pennsylvania, joe biden in two in michigan. On sunday, the president rallies in five states. Mr. Biden holds two rallies, both of them in pennsylvania. These two cla
Lot of americans who need it most. On sunday, another 172,000 people were diagnosed with the disease here in the united states. That is just shy of the record we saw last week. Case numbers are rising in basically every state in the nation. The positivity in states like wyoming, south dakota and iowa are all over 50 . And as we have been telling you, the federal government is doing next to nothing. So one by one, cities and states are forced to take matters into their own hands to try to bring these numbers down. On monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was ramping up restrictions, hitting the socalled emergency brake on the states reopening. New rules were also announced in the cities of philadelphia and kansas city. And two republican governors are now taking steps to curb the virus as well. Oklahomas kevin stitt who faced serious backlash after tweeting a picture of his family at a packed restaurant in march now adding restrictions for bars and restaurants there. And iowa
Dominant strain. I would not be surprised if it is already here. The new variant spreads more quickly, more contagious, but not more dangerous. Quick spread is what were seeing. The United States passed the 18 million case mark yesterday and took just four days to get from 17 million to 18 million cases. Thats the quickest jump yet. Theres some relief on the way. Vaccines are getting where they need to be. Health and Human Services secretary today joining more than 600,000 others that received their shots. Economic help is coming after Congress Passed a new relief bill. Hear some of whats in the 900 billion package. Theres a 600 direct payment some people will receive. Theres also increase in Unemployment Benefits for 11 weeks, an extension of eviction protections until end of january, and 15 increase in the snap program for six months. Dr. Anthony fauci also had his chance to get the vaccine today at the same event where we saw the hhs secretary, alex azar, director of National Instit
Tonight from inside the Briefing Room. In just a few minutes President Trump will be revealing his opening up in america guidelines, he hopes to turn the corner of what we have been experiencing during this Coronavirus Crisis and we have received a copy of the guidelines from chad pergram, he got them from our sources and here is what they say. For states that satisfy the socalled gating criteria of a downward trajectory for 14 days, the first guidelines call for all vulnerable individuals to remain sheltering in place, continue social distancing in public, avoid groups of ten or more people, returned to work in phases, keep schools closed, restaurants, movie theaters, sporting venues can operate under strict physical distancing. Elective surgeries can be resumed, gyms can open but bars must stay closed. As cases continue to decline, states will be enter phase two when restrictions can be pulled back further including reopening schools and reopening bars. If the situation continues to
Midmay today, but across the country, the competing signals. The governor of ohio already plank to ease some restrictions. In south dakota, a state that never issued a stay at home order, that major outbreak at a Food Processing plant. Hundreds sickened, now the largest cluster in the nation. And tonight, many hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses, still stretched to the limit. The moment one doctor f the e. R it was too much. Also developing tonight, the horrific toll on some of the most vulnerable. New reporting on a terrible discovery. At least 15 found dead in a small morgue at one new jersey nursing home. Police tipped off when more body bags were requested. 68 dead since just january, two nurses among the victims. Tonight, the investigation. The financial toll on American Families growing tonight. 22 million americans out of a job in the last month. More than 5 million workers filing unemployment claims in just the last week. The food lines across this country, even as