Critics have called racist for decades. And red state shift. Our Battleground Tracker shows joe biden running strong in three states that President Trump needs for reelection. See which voters are turning against the president and why. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Education is a promise to students and their families. If schools arent going to reopen and not fulfill that promise, they shouldnt get the funds. Cases are now surging nationwide. But florida has shattered the record for new single day covid19 infections. You tweeted seriously, people, stop buying masks. Once upon a time we prescribed cigarettes and leetchs and cocaine as heroin treatment. President trump put on a mask for a visit to walter reed. I nothing against masks but i believe they have a time and a place. At least 21 people were hurt after a navy ship caught fire while under maintenance at Naval Base San diego. You could smell all the ash in the air. Controversial use of force is
Post as head of the biomedical authority, and replaced with the guy who makes trumps omelets at maralago. This was a scary hearing today. He warned us the window is closing to address the pandemic. Unless that window is a drive through window at kfc theres no way trumps going to bother. Bright said if we dont get our act together the United States could be headed for the darkest winter in modern history. The good news is hes saying we might make it to winter. The doctor was watching and stopped on the lawn to talk about him. I dont know him. I never met him. I dont want to meet him. And he looks like an angry, disgruntled employee. Who frankly, according to some people, didnt do a very good job. Jimmy thats right. I dont know him, never met him, but he sucks. At this point, does he have any not disgruntled employees . Bright pushed back on the president when he was pushing this hydroxychloroquine as a miracle drug. It has been proven it is not a miracle drug but it seems someone forgot
Million doses to 6,500 pharmacies across the u. S. Next week. So, how will this work . And scientists in the uk tonight, after already dealing with the uk variant, now warning of another possible mutation similar to the brazilian and South African strains. So, what does this mean about what we could see here . The Impeachment Trial of former President Trump set to begin one week from today. What his lawyers submitted today. How they plan to defend the former president. As House Democrats reveal they will argue donald trump is, quote, singularly responsible for the deadly assault on the capitol. Overseas tonight, after surviving being poisoned, alexei navalny, Vladimir Putins most vocal critic, sentenced to more than 2 1 2 years in prison. What navalny signaled through the window. Here at home tonight, spacex suffering a major setback on the landing pad. Also tonight, paying tribute to a wellknown actor. And the covid scare involving players for the super bowl. Good evening and its grea
Alexandria ocasiocortezs revelation. Vaccinated at your local pharmacy . The new white house plan tonight to increase the number of shots to americans. Reversing trumps hardline immigration policies. President biden aims to reunite families separated at the border. Women and the pandemic. In our series, we look at the economic toll. A shesession. Why more women are leaving the workforce than men. Putin, the poisoner. Protests tonight as Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny lashes out at the russian president after hes sentenced to prison. Leaving in his prime . The Surprise Announcement about amazons founder, jeff bezos. And, plot twist how this group of women in a smalltown book club banded together to vaccinate their community. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. There are several major headlines as we come on the air tonight, including former President Trump la
Joining me via zoom is laura olson to talk about the battleground state in 2020. Lets go back to 2016. Laura pennsylvania is going to be a very close state again. All eyes on pennsylvania. It was pretty unusual change. Democrats had done well. It was a swing state. He was able to flip some democratic areas that had previously supported obama. These were pretty pivotal changes. Since then we have seen trends accelerating. There are some areas in the southeastern part of the state moving towards democrat, including local elections. Democrats pick up some local races there. It was a boost to democratic motivations. Delegations. It is interesting on the ground right now. Pennsylvania joining michigan and wisconsin as socalled blue wall, for democrats. Looking at 2020 with joe biden, who is from scranton, how did that play in your part of the state . Laura one unusual thing with not having rallies coming through the state, we would have been hearing a lot more from joe biden about scranton.