Eye Opener: Evacuations underway as Dixie Fire spreads
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Urgent evacuations across North Central California as the state's largest wildfire engulfed a small town. Also, Florida sets a pandemic hospitalization record. All that and all that matters in today?s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
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CBS Evening News, August 4, 2021
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Andrew Cuomo defiant as New York State Assembly ramps up impeachment probe; Marathon mom pushes Olympics to allow nursing babies.
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8/4: Red and Blue
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White House urges Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign; Siblings to Representative Paul Gosar speak out
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Ad transparency and misinformation researchers banned from Facebook, report says
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Facebook is facing criticism after it banned a group of researchers studying advertisement transparency, according to a report by The Verge. The social media company says the academics violated user privacy guidelines, but the researchers say that's not the case. Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, joins CBSN's Lana Zak with his analysis.
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Widespread extreme weather signals worsening climate crisis
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"I've never seen anything like this," CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli says of the array of climate-related disasters happening around the world. He joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the significance of droughts, heat waves, fires and flooding that are hitting various parts of the globe this summer.
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U.S. housing insecurity amplified by pandemic
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The COVID pandemic has amplified a growing housing crisis in the U.S. This week, the CDC issued a temporary moratorium on evictions until October 3, 2021, for families in areas with substantial or high transmission rates. This saves many families but not all. Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, join CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss why they feel "America is designed to have a housing crisis."
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