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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/19

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, Daily News

3.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast - with Kamala Harris set to formally accept the nomination for Vice President on the Democratic ticket, what to expect from her speech tonight - and what will President Obama and Hillary Clinton say in support of the Biden campaign during their speeches this evening? Also - the latest on those devastating wildfires in California -- the dramatic survival stories from the front lines.

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Tonight we're following two big developing stories as we come on the air,

0:35.2

raging wildfires exploding in California, forcing thousands to

0:39.9

evacuate, and a historic first. America will hear from Kamala Harris, who becomes the first woman

0:46.4

of color to accept her party's nomination for vice president. Over 10,000 lightning strikes fuel

0:53.5

in inferno in the Bay Area.

0:55.6

Homes engulfed in flames, residents forced to flee in the middle of the night,

1:00.2

the governor of California declaring a state of emergency.

1:05.1

America decides 2020. Kamala Harris makes history when she accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president tonight.

1:12.8

And former President Barack Obama argues this election is about the future of American democracy.

1:20.3

Calling for a boycott. President Trump denounces cancel culture, but tonight why the president is telling his followers not to buy

1:28.6

Goodyear tires, the tire of choice for the presidential limo. Plus, the president attacks his

1:34.3

own party for calling his hand-picked postmaster general to testify. Evicted for partying,

1:41.4

as major universities struggle to stop the spread of coronavirus,

1:45.9

one big college kicks students off campus because of a dorm party.

1:50.9

Toxic plume, why a dramatic explosion at a plastics factory in Texas is leaving firefighters

1:56.6

warning nearby residents to stay indoors.

2:00.2

Tracking tropical threats.

2:02.1

Three storms are on the move tonight.

2:04.2

Will they hit the U.S.?

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