Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 2020-12-26

This program is 30 minutes long

• Commercials

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  05:29:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Preview/Introduction Adriana Diaz (Chicago)

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:31:20 pm

• Nashville, Tennessee / Christmas Bombing

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  05:31:20 pm — 05:36:50 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Jeff Pegues) The Christmas morning bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, when an RV exploded introduced; scenes shown of damages in the street, the explosion; details given about the link to resident Anthony Warner@ with a Google map of an RV at his home; on the timetable of the RV's movement before the blast. The theory the AT&T building was targeted noted.

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (Nashville; Mola Legnghi) The Nashville downtown area where the police evacuated people before the bombing featured; scenes shown of debris & fires in the street. [Downtown resident Noelle & Jeffrey RASMUSSEN - describe what happened with the explosion: a fireball in the sky.] [Police Chief John DRAKE - says we wanted to get people out.]

• Coronavirus / US / / Relief Bill

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:38:30 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (West Palm Beach, Florida: Paula Reid) The prospects for a showdown between President Trump & Congress over the coronavirus stimulus relief bill featured; Trump tweet on the legislation & tweet from Senator Lindsey Graham quoted; details given about the issue of the money in stimulus payments.

• Coronavirus / Global / Vaccines

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  05:38:30 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Lilia Luciano) The fears of a post-Christmas surge in the cases featured; statistics on the crisis in California, & hospitalizations cited; details given about the hospitals' crises. [Los Angeles County public health dir. Barbara FERRER@- comments.] [Governor Gavin NEWSOM@- fears a surge on top of a surge.] [In Cleveland, Dr. Sherry WILLIAMS; victim Brandy Houser%'s husband Chris HOUSER - offer views on aspects of the coronavirus crisis.]

• Coronavirus / Global / Christmas

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (London: Holly Williams) The Christmas celebrations around the world amid the coronavirus featured; scenes shown from Notre Dame Cathedral, the Vatican, London, hit by a variant of the virus, in Moscow, Croatia & Australia. [Queen ELIZABETH, Australian SANTA - speak.]

• Blake Death

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:45:00 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) The death of notorious double agent Goerge Blake@, of MI6, who spilled secrets to the USSR in 1961, reported; photos shown.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Lysol; Xeljanz; Geico; Mucinex; Carfax; ZzzQuil; Airborne; "Face the Nation"

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:46:30 pm

• Coronavirus / US / Ski Getaways

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:49:00 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) Report introduced.

  (No location given: Anna Werner) The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on ski getaways featured; scenes shown from Alta & Park City, Utah, where skiing is restricted. [Snowwcat driver Devin KLEIN, Rustler lodge manager Tom POLLARD, SKIER, chairlift FOREMAN, Ski Utah Assn. Nathan RAFFERTY - comment on the situation at the resorts.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Dovato; Lysol; Capital One; Mucinex; Beneful.

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  05:49:00 pm — 05:52:30 pm

• Kentucky / Snow

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) A man, Timothy Browning, in Ashland, Kentucky, shown dealing with snow with a blow torch.

• Winter Weather

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:10 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) The weather forecast for the week presented; weather maps shown.

• Holiday Shopping

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) The surge in holiday sales reported; statistics cited.

• Pro Football / Brady

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) The victory for the pro football Tampa Bay Bucs under Tom Brady shown.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: SimpliSafe; Lysol; Prolia; Vicks; Aveeno; Mucinex.

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:56:30 pm

• Teenage Inventor Revisited / Rao

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  05:56:30 pm — 05:58:40 pm

  (Studio: Adriana Diaz) The story of now-15-year-old Gitanjali Rao@, covered by CBS in 2017 when she invented a lead testing kit, updated; scenes shown of the ytoung inventor scientist. [RAO - talks about testing water; reacts to being named "Time" magazine's Kid of the Year, on the common goal of COVID-19.]

• Good Night

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  05:58:40 pm — 05:58:40 pm