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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 06/18

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, Daily News

3.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- a seventh straight day of unrelenting heat in the west -- as the Gulf prepares for severe flooding. Plus, President Biden's plea to unvaccinated Americans to go out and get their COVID shots and what he said about the possibility of future lockdowns.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.3

Each week, we break down the game like nobody else can.

0:09.9

From how the season is built to why the players make the moves they do,

0:14.5

it is the ultimate companion to the show.

0:17.1

So if you love Survivor, I think you're going to love On Fire.

0:19.9

Follow and listen to On Fire with Jeff Probst on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.2

Good evening and thank you for joining us.

0:32.6

Nora is off.

0:33.6

I'm Tony DeCopal.

0:34.8

We're going to begin tonight with breaking news on two weather emergencies now threatening much of the South and the West.

0:41.2

Right now, 30 million Americans are bracing for high winds, powerful storm surge, and as much as a foot of rain from a system that's gaining steam in the Gulf.

0:50.7

Tonight, there are tropical storm warnings and flood watches from Louisiana to the

0:55.1

Florida Panhandle and as far inland as Atlanta, with some coastal communities fearing flash flooding

1:00.9

just weeks after being inundated by devastating rains. Meantime, in the West, there is no sign of

1:08.0

rain where it is desperately needed. Fort 40 million people are sweltering tonight,

1:12.4

living under a so-called heat dome

1:14.3

that's melting high-temperature records

1:16.6

and making dangerous drought conditions even worse.

1:20.2

From California to Arizona,

1:22.2

the blast furnace of hot air

1:24.0

is putting pressure on electrical grids and water supplies

1:27.2

heading into the holiday weekend.

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