His messages are being fact checked, the president signs an order to make social media platforms responsible for the content on their pages. Theres nothing id rather do doan get rid of my whole twitter account. Odonnell but will it backfire . Hail to the graduate hes got four College Degrees at an age when most havent even made it to high school. Boston marathon canceled for the first time in its 124year history. The worldfamous race is called off, but organizers say runners can still participate virtually. And tonight, call it pomp under the circumstances. Some of the most inspiring graduation speeches for a special graduating class. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight out of minneapolis, where the National Guard is being mobilized after violent protests erupted overnight over the death of george floyd. A Minneapolis Police officer press
George floyd. A Minneapolis Police officer pressed his knee into the unarmed African American mans neck for more than seven minutes monday as floyd pleaded for help and said he couldnt breathe. Frustation over the lack of charges against the officers turned into anger overnight, as protesters looted stores and set buildings on fire. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Hose riots continued today, spilling into st. Paul, where crowds ransacked shops and smashed windows. Late today, the state capital was evacuated. And it all comes as minnesota and the rest of the country are facing th dual toll of rising jobless claims and cases of coronavirus. Today, we learned another 2. 1 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week, and as we come on the air tonight, more than 101,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. There are now more than 1. 7 million confirmed cases nationwide. So theres a lot of news to get to tonight. Were going to begin wi
It was hot yesterday, just wait until this afternoon. It gets even hotter with plenty of sunshine. We will talk about the heat advisory in just a moment. It is a mild warm start to our day. We are in the 50s and 60s under clear skies and the heat advisory is in effect for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline from 11 am until 7 pm, not just today but also for wednesday and thursday due to this very hot temperatures. Well above average for this time of year. 82 in San Francisco, 88 in oakland, 97 in san jose and triple digit heat in concord. 17 to 23 degrees above average for this time of year. I will talk about the cool down and the next chance to see some showers in a few minutes. Following some breaking news out of oakland, going live to the scene of a grass fire. Of firefighters just put out it. Is started at around old port street. This started before 4 am and it quickly grew to many more. We have not gotten any official words on the size but plenty of c
With san jose camera with the sunshine and now lets show you our Sales Force Tower camera as we look east and you can see that sun after starting off the day with those low clouds in areas of fog along the coast and right around the bay starting to catch that clearing this afternoon and on our current wind speeds, were catching the westerly to northwesterly winds and that is that marine influence and thats the 14 Miles Per Hour winds and 7 Miles Per Hour winds at halfmoon bay and temperature change making sure its 11 dees cooler yesterday at this time at sfo and 12 degrees cooler in oakland and 5 degrees cooler at halfmoon bay and all of the ick land locations as we go through the rest of our afternoon and ill talk about a cool down for all of us and next chance for showers coming up in the extended forecast. Back to you. Senate white house drafting an executive order that would make it easier for platforms to sensor free speech. This comes as the president feuds with twitter. Cbs repo
The nations pandemic epicenter gets a date on when it can begin reopening. What it could mean for the nation at large, and the move the president just made about the pandemic thats getting bipartisan backlash. And ready to launch. Hopes soar that today for the first time in nearly a decade astronauts will take off from u. S. Soil. Well go live to the Kennedy Space center on check in on the launch of spacex. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther king jr. This is chaos. Reporter the fired Minneapolis Police officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. Outrage spills into the streets across our country. The country with an open wound. None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. Reporter President Trump defended his tweet on the protests where he said, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where it came from. Repo