CBS Evening News, June 23, 2020
Fauci calls next weeks are "critical" in combating surging coronavirus cases; San Francisco mural honors health care workers
Fauci calls next weeks are "critical" in combating surging coronavirus cases; San Francisco mural honors health care workers
A former top Pentagon speechwriter says John Bolton is a "creature" of the Trump administration, not a critic of it, in response to claims made in the former national security adviser's new book. John Gans, the director of communications and research for the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House global policy center, and former chief speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss.
Lawyers for Paul Whelan, the American convicted of espionage in Russia and sentenced this week to 16 years in prison, say he will not appeal his sentence. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata explains why.
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to ravage Yemen as a humanitarian catastrophe grips the country. The exact number of cases remains unclear as heavy fighting continues between Iran-backed Houthi rebels, separatist groups and Saudi-backed government forces. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joins CBSN to explain the latest developments.
Among the new songs recently released to honor the Juneteenth holiday – commemorating the end of slavery in America – is a never-before-released solo recording of “Never Gonna Break My Faith” by the late Aretha Franklin. “Sunday Morning” producer Sara Kugel talks with legendary music exec Clive Davis about the importance of the song, and of Franklin’s thrilling rendition, to today’s social justice movement.
Though Georgia passed a hate crimes bill Tuesday, it can't be applied retroactively to Arbery's case, a DA said.
Polish President Andrzej Duda is the first foreign leader to travel to the White House since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
His comments alluding to George Floyd and the coronavirus drew criticism on social media and alienated sponsors.
"People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public" are exempt from the rule, according to the county website.
Former federal prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky testified in Congress about political pressure to go easy in sentencing Trump ally Roger Stone, and in a separate case a federal appeals court ruled in favor of former Trump aide Michael Flynn. CBS News legal contributor Keir Dougall joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.
A surge in infections around the U.S. is dampening Wall Street hopes for a swift exit from recession.
Bill Barr claims mail-in voting "absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud." But defrauding a U.S. election is not that easy.
Citing a CDC order, border officials have expelled tens of thousands of migrants, including children and those seeking asylum.
Here's what America looks like in a post-coronavirus-quarantine world.
While outdoor gatherings are safer than indoor gatherings, there are precautions you should take if you do go to the beach.
The legendary music exec talks about the late singer's never-before-released solo version of "Never Gonna Break My Faith"
Zelinsky withdrew from the Stone case in February after the Justice Department moved to recommend a lighter prison sentence than the prosecutors had sought.
Jack Powers said some neighbors didn't even ask him to mow their lawns – they were just happy to donate.
The dust plume appears to be one of the most extreme in recent memory, and it's heading for the southeastern U.S.
"I demand justice and I demand their respect and for my daughter as a a soldier," Guillen's mother said.
“Sunday Morning” takes us near Lake Erie in New York, where a great horned owl dad and mom are busy with childcare. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Demands for wholesale changes in policing that may have seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago have erupted since the death, in police custody, of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and follow other cases of black people who have died at the hands of police officers. Correspondent Jeff Pegues reports on the longstanding tension between black and blue, their origins, and what calls to "defund the police" actually mean.
The comedian, who's been living in quarantine for three months with his kids, has some thoughts on what would make an ideal Father's Day this year.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who has proactively confronted the coronavirus outbreak in his state, has performed some political jujitsu – asking people to do hard things and sacrifice because of the pandemic, and getting more popular in the process. "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley sits down with Cuomo to discuss leading New York's so-far-successful efforts to "flatten the curve"; the Trump administration's COVID-19 response; living in quarantine with his daughters; and his political future.