CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 10/12
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 12 October 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- after a day of contentious hearings in the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, why Democrats want the Judge to recuse herself from any cases related to the upcoming Presidential election if she joins the nation's highest court. Also -- troubling new numbers - why are coronavirus cases on the rise in 39 states around the country, and what an alarming new study is now showing about how long the virus can live on some surfaces.
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, the battleground blitz begins with just 22 days to go. And as President Trump trails in key states, he races back to the campaign trail for a week of rallies. |
| 0:11.1 | Thousands of people wait hours and long lines on the first day of early voting in the critical state of Georgia. |
| 0:17.4 | Just a week after being discharged from the hospital tonight, the president hosts a rally |
| 0:21.7 | in Florida, why Dr. Anthony Fauci says that's asking for trouble. And Joe Biden is going after |
| 0:27.9 | Trump voters in the Rust Belt. Supreme Court Showdown. Never in American history has a Supreme |
| 0:34.6 | Court confirmation fight happen this close to a presidential election. |
| 0:39.2 | The tough questions Judge Amy Coney-Barritt faces from senators. |
| 0:44.2 | Fall coronavirus surge. 17 states break single-day records in the last week. |
| 0:49.8 | Why a top infectious disease doctor says it is out of control. |
| 0:53.4 | It's more like a coronavirus forest fire, where in fact it just burns, burns and burns. |
| 0:59.1 | The aftermath of Hurricane Delta, downed power lines, extreme flooding the damage tonight. |
| 1:06.2 | Deadly shooting in Denver, the private security guard suspected of killing a protester prompts |
| 1:11.9 | concerns about escalating violence at political protests. Crossing the border. The mother and toddler |
| 1:19.0 | we first met at the nation's largest migrant processing facility. Nearly 15 months after they |
| 1:24.5 | were in cages, tonight we reconnect with them in Florida. A season unlike any |
| 1:30.4 | other, the L.A. Lakers bring home the championship after a decade, winning one for the late Kobe Bryant. |
| 1:40.3 | This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. |
| 1:47.2 | Good evening and thank you for joining us. |
| 1:48.6 | We're going to begin tonight with the final frantic sprint to election day. |
| 1:52.1 | As we come on the air, the White House says President Trump has tested negative for coronavirus, |
| 1:56.6 | and his doctor has cleared him to hit the campaign trail tonight just a week after leaving the hospital. |
| 2:02.0 | His supporters say that can come soon enough, as new polling suggests Joe Biden is widening his lead over the president to double digits nationally. |
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