CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/06
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- should students be forced to wear masks when school starts? The debate that's heating up in Florida. Also -- Spirit Airlines CEO is apologizing after thousands of passengers were left stranded. The travel chaos and what was behind it.
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, a major milestone in the race to vaccinate America. |
| 0:04.6 | And as the new school year approaches, the debate over masks in the classroom heats up. |
| 0:11.7 | COVID cases among children skyrocket and frustration boils over in Florida. |
| 0:17.3 | The governor there banning schools from making masks mandatory. |
| 0:21.5 | Plus, news about a plan to provide booster shots. |
| 0:25.9 | Raising the stakes. |
| 0:27.7 | A former aide to Governor Cuomo files a criminal complaint, accusing him of groping her. |
| 0:33.4 | The governor's lawyers fight back. |
| 0:36.8 | Roaring Inferno. |
| 0:38.6 | Dramatic video of California's relentless Dixie Fire growing bigger by the hour. |
| 0:44.6 | Two towns erased from the map in 24 hours. |
| 0:48.9 | Plead deal. |
| 0:50.5 | A former MMA fighter known as Wildman is the first to plead guilty to assaulting an officer in the capital riot. |
| 1:00.4 | Airline meltdown. |
| 1:02.3 | Passengers in limbo as spirit cancels hundreds of more flights. |
| 1:07.1 | We press the CEO for answers. |
| 1:09.5 | What do you say to those passages? |
| 1:12.9 | Olympic streak. |
| 1:14.6 | Alison Felix sets a record for medals on the track, |
| 1:18.1 | and the American women reigns supreme on the sand. |
| 1:22.6 | And on the road, CBS's Steve Hartman |
| 1:26.4 | on how a young intruder stole a homeowner's heart. |
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