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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell 05/18

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, News Commentary, Daily News

3.8620 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast, after early positive results from Moderna's vaccine trial set the stock market soaring, a look at how exactly this vaccine works and why researchers are hopeful.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Breaking news tonight, President Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19.

0:08.4

Despite warnings, the president has been on the unproven drug for the last week and a half.

0:13.6

I'm taking the two, the zinc and the hydroxy. All I can tell you is, so far I seem to be okay.

0:22.6

Promising vaccine news. Early results in a small human trial leads the stock market to surge, how it works, and who gets it first.

0:29.6

Open for business as the nationwide death toll tops 90,000 images of packed boardwalks and bustling block parties. Plus tens of thousands of auto workers are back on the assembly line.

0:42.3

Multi-million dollar scam.

0:45.3

The Secret Service says a Nigerian crime ring used stolen Social Security numbers

0:49.3

to collect millions in your unemployment benefits.

0:53.3

Terror in America.

0:55.0

The FBI says the Saudi Arabian gunmen

0:57.0

who opened fire at a U.S. naval base in December

1:00.0

had a link to Al-Qaeda,

1:02.0

their first attack on U.S. soil since 9-11,

1:05.0

how agents got the information from his iPhones.

1:09.0

Tropical Storm Arthur, where the first-named storm of 2020 is hitting and heading.

1:15.4

Massive fire, dramatic video tonight as firefighters in Los Angeles try to fight enormous flames.

1:22.7

And a survivor's story, he beat the odds in the battle of his life.

1:30.7

This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

1:37.5

Good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with that breaking

1:41.3

news. President Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine.

1:45.1

It's a commonly used anti-malaria drug that he's repeatedly promoted as a game changer for treating

1:50.7

coronavirus. Just last month, the FDA warned doctors about the risks of using that drug on coronavirus

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