is going to make anyone that helps ukraine pay with a nuclear attack. we will go there shortly. all of that is the backdrop is the president makes a plea for a huge commitment. $33 billion were ukraine, dwarfing any of his prior requests for money going to ukraine and also asking for 22 billion in aid and another thing on his list, find a way to forgive student loans and perhaps some of this is an effort to turn around the numbers. and deeply underwater on the economy. this is no bigger factor than how they are performing especially with the prospects coming up in november so it must have landed like a lead balloon. and how the court agenda is going over. do you think that the public is blaming democrats? i think there blaming oil companies. but they won t take that out even if you pass this bill. i don t think what you say is making very much sense. bill hemmer is joining me now. thank you so much for being here, bill. nobody knows his stuff quite like chad. so wha
moderna now asking the fda for emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children younger than 6 years old. what the company is saying about the vaccine s effectieness. many parents getting impatient, wondering how much longer they ll have to wait. in other health news, the u.s. reporting the first death of a child possibly tied to a mystery global outbreak of hepatitis. the cdc issuing a nationwide health alert. at least 20 cases in six states under investigation. health officials trying to find a common link. new pictures of former marine trevor reed back home in texas tonight for the first time in nearly three years since being imprisoned in russia. what his parents are now saying about his health. and questions tonight about two other american prisoners. the fda moving forward with plans to ban menthol cigarettes. public health officials say the move could save hundreds of thousands of lives, especially among young people. news tonight on the american com ec
six. big blow to big tobacco. the f.d.a. s historic push to ban mentol cigarettes. why it could save hundreds of thousands of lives. sailor suicides: after at least seven service members take their own lives, we hear from sailors aboard the uss george washington, about substandard living conditions. eye on america : our nation s teacher shortage, and the need for black male educators. and helping our military and their families find a dress for all occasions. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, a clear sign from the white house that the war in ukraine will likely drag on for months or even years. president biden today asking congress for an additional $33 billion to support ukraine s defense against the russian invasion. the proposal includes more than $20 billion in military assistance, such as artillery and armored veh
now back in the u.s. and major news on the pandemic. moderna asking the fda to authorize its covid vaccine for kids as young as 6 months old. breaking this morning new numbers from the government finding the u.s. economy shrank in the first three months of 2022. we ll take a look at what s going on. and we begin with president biden expected to ask congress to fund a new aid package for ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the matter. joining us with more is nbc white house correspondent mike . good morning. what kind of aid is the president asking for? reporter: when president biden announced last week he planned to send a new funding request to congress this week, one he will offer specific details on later this hour, he described this as a critical period entering into a new phase in the battle in ukraine between russia and that country as they defend their territorial sovereignty. primarily focused in that donbas region. interestingly, as first report
committee for his role in facing a false slate of electors for donald trump was so committed to the big lie that he said that he would completely purge the voter rules there. i get to appoint the secretary of state of state and that secretary of state will clean up the election logs. you have to re-register and we ll start all over again. what could go wrong? earlier this week in michigan, republicans nominated a trump-endorsed election denier. who has appeared in qanon rallies to be the state s top election official and they nominated another 2020 election denier who sued to overturn michigan s 2020 election results to be their candidate for attorney general. the seemingly relentless march of big lie republican candidates faces its biggest test perhaps in georgia where as we reported earlier this week, trump endorsed election fraud conspiracy theorists. david purdue is running on a platform of lies about the 2020 election in his bid to unseat sitting republican governo