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KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell July 12, 2024

This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news as california is effectively back under lockdown tonight. As the surge of coronavirus cases exploding across the u. S. Is now slamming headon into the countrys largest state. Tonight Governor Newsom says is he is stopping Indoor Dining in restaurants and closing all bars, wineries and movie theaters statewide. After a weekend that saw the states beaches overflowing, the governor is also closing gyms, churches and nonessential offices in the states 30 hardest hit counties. Essentially shutting down california for 80 of People Living there. And the states two Biggest School systems said today they will only do Distance Learning in the fall. Tonight closures come as Coronavirus Infections are now growing in 40 states and at a rate nearly twice as fast as in april. In florida new cases have jumped so dramatically that the Sunshine State now ranks ahead of all but three countries in infections worldwide. The nations top Infectious Disease expert warned today we havent even begun to seat end see the end of the pandemic. Dr. Anthony fauci pointed to video of crowded bars and people not Wearing Masks saying things went from shutting down to throwing caution to the wind. And as we come on the air there are more than 3. 3 million confirmed cases nationwide. And the virus has killed more than 134,000 people here in the u. S. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Jonathan vigliotti will lead off our coverage tonight from los angeles, jonathan . Reporter norah, this is a major setback for businesses like the ones behind me. Businesses that said they were already struggling just to get by and already exhausted their personal loans. The governor tried to stop this surge. He closed all beaches over fourth of july weekend but that didnt work. Now the worlds fifth largest economy bracing for more closures. Reopening reversal tonight in california. Effective immediately indoor operations at restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movies and museums must close. Bars are the hardest hit both indoor and outdoor operations now banned. This is in every county in the state of california, not just the counties that were on the monitoring list that we announced on july 1. Reporter the onetwo punch landing as the state averages more than 8,000 new cases a day. Three times more than one month ago. Numbers are surging nationwide. This is a really serious problem. It is truly historic. We havent even begun to see the end of it yet. Reporter despite a spike in florida, miamis mayor today resisted calls for more elosures. Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic. What were seeing in wuhan six months ago, five months ago, now we are there. Reporter overall florida added 28,000 new cases over the weekend as more people push testing sites to capacity and sitesvid patients fill up to capacity and new covid hospital beds. In parts of the south hospitals are being pushed to the brink, at least 12 hospitals throughout mississippi are at icu capacity. I think were teetering on the edge of failure. And if we continue to see demand increase then it will certainly overwhelm our system. Reporter across the country there is a concern that younger people are still not getting the message. In texas one doctor describes a 30 year old patients last words after attending a socalled covid party. They looked at their nurse and they said i think i made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax but its not. Reporter this fourth of july party in michigan is yielding both positive cases and calls for everyone who was there to be tested. And in new york city, once the epicenter of the virus. We do see one trend that is g rrisome for young adults, we see the infection rate rising and the particular group were concerned about is 20 year olds to 29 year olds. Jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. Reporter im mola lenghi in hard hit arizona, the state that leads the nation in the number of people testing positive for the virus. One out of every four as testing problems multiply around the nation and no federal standard in place, states are on their own. Today we visited one testing site east of phoenix. How long had you been searching for a place to get tested. I had been keeping track of it for the last probably six weeks or so. Weeks or so. Reporter six weeks. Yeah. Reporter wow. And thats just to get an appointment. While long lines inundate Testing Centers from miami to los angeles, some in phoenix, especially in lower income neighborhoods have had waits up to 13 hours. Why is that . Its not bad luck. Its for a reason. There have been a lack of testing in that part of the community and a lot of people came all at once. Long lines is going to dissuade people from getting testing. We want the opposite of that. Reporter josh willbear and his team in Arizona State think they may have found a solution. They designed a saliva test, one of the first in the country, quicker and less intrusive than those nasal swabs with a turn around time as short as one day. The faster you can get the results, the quicker they realize they need to isolate and get away from other people. There are huge backlogs so the more we can provide testing the faster everybody will get testing. Reporter so this cold be significant. We believe so. We think we can really make a difference. Reporter most folks we have spoken to here at this 24 hour testing site in mesa, arizona say the process has gone pretty smoothly lately. Theyre knocking out about 800 tests a day here at this facility and even though its critical of the governors approach to the virus, admit that test has improved significantly here throughout the state in recent days. But they still stress that testing is still not keeping up with the rate of infection throughout arizona. Norah . Odonnell one in four infected, mola lenghi, thank you. Now to the intensifying debate over sending kids and teachers back to school. The Trump Administration and teachers unions are at odds and their differences come as outbreaks at summer camps teach us more about the impact of covid19 on kids. Heres cbss janet shamlian. Reporter californias two Largest School districts, los angeles and san diego today announcing classrooms will not open next month. Classes going online only, impacting more than 700,000 students. The school year will begin in august. It will not start with students at school facilities. Reporter the decision comes as the administration continues its full court press to reopen school. There is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them. Reporter but it is already dangerous for teachers. Three in arizona who shared a class room in june all got the virus. One has died. I think theyre playing politics with our childrens lives. Reporter Miranda Whitford is like many parents, very worried. The former teacher has two Young Children shes decided to home school. What if you had to go back into the classroom this year. I would be terrified. Reporter at this health care where Covid Patients have tripled, doctors say one size doesnt fit all. If are you in montana you are going to probably open schools, if you are in atlanta, if are in georgia and florida, you may not be able to open schools. Reporter but they did that 6in detroit today. And parents protested that the School Bus Yard on the first day of summer school. And tonight in Atlanta School officials are voting on whether to start the school year virtually online only for the first nine weeks. Something one board member calls a failure. Norah . Odonnell were going to continue to follow this story, janet shamlian, thank you. Today dr. Anthony fauci said the country hasnt even begun to see the end of the pandemic and experts are still learning more comy week about covid19. His comments come as Top White House officials distributed a list of the times they say fauci has been wrong. Cbss paula reid reports tonight from the white house. Reporter this afternoon President Trump put a positive spin on his relationship with dr. Anthony fauci. I get along with him very well, i like him personally. Reporter but he acknowledged they dont always see eye to sigh. I dont always agree with him. Reporter fauci tells cbs news he is now persona non grata at the white house after months of speaking his mind and contradicting the president. Just today fauci offered the kind of blunt assessment of the pandemic that has frustrated the president , summing up the countrys situation this way. This happened, you know, your worst nightmare, the perfect storm. Reporter this weekend white house advisors openly criticized mp ci, some of whom feel he doesnt represent the interests of the Trump Administration. I respect dr. Fauci a lot. But dr. Fauci is not 100 right. Reporter and white house trade advisor Peter Navarro told cbs news fauci has been long about everything i have ever interacted with him on. Were doing a great job. Were doing very well with vaccines and were doing very, very well with therapeutics. Reporter in his effort to reopen the country, president erump has lashed out at just about anyone who urges restraint including officials at the cdc. Today he even retweeted former Game Show Host Chuck Woolery who suggested everyone is lying to keep President Trump from getting a second term. Today President Trumps former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said we have a testing problem here in the u. S. He cited his own familys difficulty in getting tested and called it inexcusable. Norah . Odonnell paula reid tonight at the white house, thank you. The owner of washingtons nfl team had vowed this day would never come. But in the face of calls for Racial Justice and threatened loss of sponsors, today the team said it is dropping the name redskins which many see as a slur against native americans, heres cbss nikole killion. Reporter for the first time in its 87 year history washingtons marquee football franchise is getting a makeover. Monday morning the Team Announced in a statement it will be retiring the redskins name and logo. Quarterback Dwayne Haskins tweeted it will always be hail to the redskins but looking ad to live with thise. I have had to live with this name for all of my life. Reporter congresswoman Eleanor Holmes norton fought for the name change. What does this mean for the nation . I think this will be read as part of the george floyd revolution. Reporter following recent Racial Justice protest its the team faced mounting pressure to remove the native american moniker from sponsors like nike, pepsi and fedex. We tiring the name in this case is probably a positive net present value project for them. It will likely end up making money on this change rather than actually losing money. Reporter in a statement the National Congress of american e meaned ad we commend the washington nfl team for eliminating a brand that disrespected, demeaned and stereotyped all native people. And called on other teams to retire caricatures. The Cleveland Indians is reviewing its name while the Atlanta Braves say they will reexamine a tomahawk cheer by fans. Reporter Washington Owner Dan Schneider and coach ron rivera are working on a new name. Theyre reportedly considering the warriors, another popular choice is the redtails in honor airhe tuskegee airmen, norah . Odonnell nikole killion, thank you. Today firefighters are struggling to control a raging fire aboard a u. S. Navy warship docked in san diego. The strike groups commander says a Fire Suppression system was being worked on when the fire broke out and could not be activated. Weve got more from david martin. Reporter the fight to save the Bonhomme Richard went into its second day with the outcome still in doubt. The Amphibious Assault ship which was undergoing maintenance in san diego has been burning since sunday morning. Despite the combined efforts of hundreds of military and civilian firefighters, as well as helicopters dumping buckets of water. So much water the ship is beginning to list. The fire with temperatures as high as 1,000 degrees started below decks but has now spread to the top. The superstructure and the upper deck continues to burn, the forward mast has collapsed. Reporter rear admiral Philip Sobeck said nearly 60 sailors and civilians have been treated at local hospitals, mostly for smoke inhalation and heat txhaustion. Five remain hospitalized in stable condition. The navy wont know until the fire is out whether the 20 year old ship will be worth repairing. David martin, cbs news, washington. Odonnell the pandemic is reshaping the president ial race, our new cbs battleground poll shows joe biden with a six point lead over trump among likely voters in florida. In arizona it is a tie and in texas biden is within a point of point ofdent. Th mr. Trump swept those states in 2016 but now all three states are inundated with infections. Heres ed okeefe. Reporter joe biden suddenly strong showing across three sun belt states including in the republican stronghold of tech as texas is do due in large part to the president s handling of the covid19 crisis. Our president wasnt prepared for this pandemic. Reporter the more concerned someone is about getting the virus, the more likely they back biden. Roughly six in ten think their states reopened too quickly, and most say that is because of pressure from the Trump Administration. We did the right thing. Now we opened. We got to get it open. Reporter but biden is urging his supporters to ignore the new polls. Democrats worry about becoming overconfident and know the numbers will tighten in the fall. Bidens advantage comes as the president s Reelection Team is struggling. A rally scheduled for saturday night in New Hampshire was scrapped in part because of the risk of a smaller crowd, like the one mr. Trump spoke to last mr. Trump spoke to last mont month in oklahoma. And in florida the president s support among Senior Citizens usually a key g. O. P. Voting bloc is slipping amid coronavirus concerns. Ed okeefe, cbs news. 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Rivera was last seen wednesday afternoon boarding a rented pontoon with herfouryearold son josey. He told investigators they went swimming and she helped hi

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