Breaking news tonight, America's COVID perfect storm.

As the U.S. shatters another record,

63,000 new infections in one day, the new warning

from the nation's top infectious disease expert.

State of disaster.

With cases there exploding, the governor of Texas extends its emergency declaration,

saying next week things will get even worse. Tonight, what Governor Abbott says he still won't do.

Testing crisis. With COVID screening sites overwhelmed, lines now stretch for hours in the high heat.

In parts of South Florida, one in every

three tests is coming back positive. What experts say you should do if you can't get a test.

Facing off with Fauci. The growing rift tonight between the president and Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Why hasn't the country's leading expert on coronavirus briefed the president

in two months? And the president cancels his weekend rally. Saving Roger Stone. Is the president

about to give his longtime political ally and advisor a reprieve? Just days before the self-described

dirty trickster was set to report to federal prison.

Faye makes landfall. The extreme weather battering the northeast as we come on the air.

Plus two-thirds of Americans bracing for a record-breaking heat wave this weekend. We're tracking the

forecast. Glee star's final moments.

The new surveillance video, actress Naya Rivera boarding a boat with her son before disappearing on a California lake.

The update just coming in from police.

And Steve Hartman goes on the road tonight with a selfless act that changed two men's lives.

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

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