Tonight, an unprecedented disaster in California.

Firefighters struggle to contain dozens of wildfires as parts of the state are engulfed in flames.

Fire shoots 100 feet into the air.

Smoke and embers turn the daytime sky into night as some are forced to drive through the blaze to get out these are the kinds of

unbelievable conditions that rescuers are facing and news of firefighters injured at least one critical

how they saved themselves from the blaze breaking news the rochester police chief and his

command suddenly retire the same day the family of dan Daniel Prude sues for the handling of his death.

Eight weeks until Election Day, as the president hits two battleground states how his campaign blew through $800 million.

Will President Trump help fund his own reelection campaign?

Plus, a new poll shows it's a dead heat in the crucial state of Florida.

Back to school means back to online learning for millions of students,

as we learned 70,000 new cases of coronavirus and children over the last two weeks.

Vaccine promise.

Drug makers pledge safety over politics, but are Americans ready to roll up their sleeves?

A new poll says not so fast.

History on the court.

What's so special about the U.S. Open quarterfinals this year?

Here's a hint.

Three of the women also go by mom.

And a father and son serve up kindness in the toughest of times.

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

Good evening and thank you for joining us. We're going to begin tonight in California where dozens of wildfires are now raging out of control in what's being described as an unprecedented disaster.

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