Earth written response to manchins announcement appeared to make things more tense. Word today of a sunday night phone call between manchin and President Biden to try mend the relationship and try to save something legislatively. But breaking in just the past few minutes, the cdc now says only chron is the most Common Coronavirus variant in the u. S. Accounting for nearly three quarters of the covid19 cases. This as the Biden Administration is dealing with a massive increase in the overall number of coronavirus infections. And the perception it was not ready for either delta or the new omicron strains. The president is scheduled to outline his response to the surge in a speech tomorrow. Wall street is not waiting. Investors bailed today with major markets losing around 1 percentage point in value. Over the weekend a Federal Court reinstated the administrations Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses there are several Emergency Petitions between the u. S. Supreme court seeking to block tha
Nations highest Military Honor for their brave act of service and sacrifice. Well bring you that ceremony live when it happens. Welcome to Meet The Press daily im chuck todd. The political reality facing the president is that its his disappointments that are reverberating more with voters right now. Just look at hi Approval Rating or last months Election Results and looks as if the white house is going end the year with disappointments on two big issues. The first, the president s build back better agenda agenda is not going Pass Congress this year has many in the party hoped. It might not even come to the floor until spring at the earliest. The discussions between President Biden and senator manchin have been going very poorly according to a source familiar with the matter. Does Beg The Question should they have worked with manchin much earlier and not written the bill before finding out what he was against . Democrats signaling they are going to pivot to the issue of Voting Rights no
Following some informing from there. And dr. Kavita patel, physician and fellow at the brookings institution. A former Obama White House Policy Director and a medical contributor here at msnbc. Gabe, you and i were just talking about the markets, at one point, reacting to this. They were down 900 points, as we speak, down 882. Tell me what we know about this variant so far. Yeah, chris. A lot of people around the world are closely watching this, and the World Health Organization has just convened an Emergency Meeting today to discuss this variant, and there are several more fastmoving developments. Belgium has just confirmed its first case, meaning the strain has spread to europe. Public Health Authority are now watching this very closely. This morning, another worrying new Covid Variant surging abroad. Scientists in south africa identified the strain, which has also been found in other Southern African countries and has spread to israel and hong kong. Expert warning this contagious va
Plus, dr. Fauci on what you need to know to stay healthy and safe. You get vaccinated, and you get boosted. Brennan tragedy at sea. Dozens of migrants are killed when their Boat Capsizes in the english channel. Well have the latest. In a firstofitskind mission, nasa launches a spacecraft directly towards an asteroid, hoping to change its course. N. F. L. Players step up how pro football athletes from wisconsin are helping the families of the deadly Christmas Parade tragedy. And, home for the holidays. How a program at one Animal Shelter is giving pets a Second Chance at a forever home. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. Im margaret brennan, in for norah. Three white men were found guilty of murder for chasing down and fatally shooting a 25yearold black man named Ahmaud Arbery in february 2020. Those men may now spend the rest of their lives in prison. The tri
Plus, dr. Fauci on what you need to know to stay healthy and safe. You get vaccinated, and you get boosted. Brennan tragedy at sea dozens of migrants are killed when their Boat Capsizes in the english channel. Well have the latest. In a firstofitskind mission, nasa launches a spacecraft directly towards an asteroid, hoping to change its course. N. F. L. Players step up how pro football athletes from wisconsin are helping the families of the deadly Christmas Parade tragedy. And hoe for the holidays how a program at one Animal Shelter is giving pets a Second Chance at a forever home. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah. Three white men were found guilty of murder for chasing down and fatally shooting a 25yearold black man named Ahmaud Arbery in february 2020. Those men may now spend the rest of their lives in prison. The triggerman, Travis Mcmichael; his