“If you’re telling someone that social distancing doesn’t work, or that you know something that’s proven to be a cure when it isn’t, we want to take that off our services completely,” Zuckerberg said. Source
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“CBS Evening News” headlines for Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source
Trump defends taking hydroxychloroquine
President Trump will continue to take hydroxychloroquine after the FDA has warned it is not safe or effective for treating COVID-19. Weijia Jiang reports. Source
Son missing for decades reunited with family
Parents who spent decades looking for their son who was abducted as a toddler in China were finally reunited with him Monday after 32 years. Mao Yin was reported missing when he was 2 years old. Source
U.S. confirms more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus
All 50 states will have lifted their coronavirus restrictions and will begin a new normal, but the CDC reports that only two states have the guidelines to reopen as coronavirus cases continue to increase in some areas. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest. Source
Schiff slams “smear” campaign against Marie Yovanovitch
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff introduced the two witnesses that will testify Wednesday evening and noted that David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, was a witness to the “smear” campaign against former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. He also mentioned that Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, oversaw the military assistance package to Ukraine that was delayed over the summer. Source
Day 4, Part 10: David Hale’s and Laura Cooper’s opening statements
Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and David Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, spoke briefly before being questioned by staff and members. Watch their opening statements in the fourth day of public impeachment hearings. Source
Gordon Sondland implicates Trump officials in “quid pro quo” scheme
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union implicated President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a “quid pro quo” scheme to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. Sondland said “everyone was in the loop.” Nancy Cordes reports. Source
Trump distances himself from Sondland after bombshell testimony
President Trump watched some of the most explosive testimony by Gordon Sondland and told reporters it exonerated him. Several members of his cabinet also cited by the ambassador, including Vice President Pence, tried to distance themselves from the scandal. Ben Tracy reports. Source
Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh charged with fraud and tax evasion
Baltimore’s former mayor, Catherine Pugh, is facing 11 counts of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy. It all stems from a children’s book she wrote. Jeff Pegues reports. Source