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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/21

CBS Evening News

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3.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- with at least five people now confirmed dead, the latest on the devastation in California as wildfires rage out of control. Also -- the latest on the sentencing of actress Lori Loughlin for her role in that college admissions scandal - what she said today in court before a judge sentenced her to two months in prison.

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0:00.0

Tonight as we come on the air, weather threats on both coasts. The death toll rising from wildfires in California and residents from Texas to Florida brace for impact from twin tropical storms.

0:13.8

In California, at least five people are dead, with more than 60,000 evacuated. The smoke reaching all the way east to Nebraska.

0:23.1

Tonight, firefighters stretched thin and pleading for reinforcements.

0:28.2

Historic storm threat, not one, but two tropical storm systems are barreling toward the mainland

0:34.3

at the same time. could they both become hurricanes?

0:39.2

On-time delivery?

0:41.0

The Postmaster General promises mail-in ballots

0:43.7

will be delivered fully and on time,

0:46.6

but he won't commit to reinstalling

0:48.7

hundreds of mail-sorting machines

0:50.6

to handle the surge.

0:52.8

You will not bring back any processors.

0:55.2

They not need it, sir.

0:57.2

Dyer prediction.

0:58.6

The CDC says the coronavirus could kill more than 200,000 by mid-September, as colleges crack

1:04.6

down on those campus parties.

1:07.5

Pipeline explosion.

1:09.0

At least four people are missing and several injured after an enormous explosion at a pipeline in Texas.

1:14.6

They'll lay details on the search for victims.

1:18.3

2020, America decides the president blasts the Democrats after their convention attacks.

1:24.6

Joe Biden grimly declared a season of American darkness. What we can expect when the

1:31.0

Republicans take the stage next week. This full house star is headed to the big house. Tonight,

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