Historic swearing in. Former mayor Pete Buttigieg becomes the first openly gay Cabinet Secretary to be confirmed by the senate. New Video Tonight of three officers involved in George Floyds death forcibly arresting an innocent man weeks earlier, raising questions about previous patterns of behavior. Women and the pandemic. What you need to know about Misinformation Being spread about Covid Vaccines and fertility. Also tonight, why this charttopping Country Music stars songs will no longer be played on major Radio Stations. And, gridiron girls. The trailblazing women that will make history during super bowl 55 on cbs. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with that new astrazeneca vaccine, which now appears to not only prevent people from getting severely ill from coronavirus it may also slow the spread of it. Researchers say thats
Once they walk out. Well have live coverage of that, get their read on how it went. Even before the meeting going to started Congressional Democrats took a first step setting up a process that would allow them to approve covid relief without, repeat without, republican votes. Also breaking right now, new details emerging about the case against former President Trump that will be made during had his Impeachment Trial next week. Were told House Democrats plan to accuse him of intentionally inciting rioters with a months long effort to subvert the will of the american voters. This, as divided republicans grapple with the future of the gop after trump and just ahead of a Critical Party Meeting from the House Republican leadership on wednesday. Lets go straight to the white house right now. Our chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins is joining us right now. President bidens goal of Passing Covid relief with bipartisan support is facing a huge test right now. Reporter it certainly i
tonight fresh in their minds. democratic senator rafael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. senator warnock as you know won his seat in the 2020 election in a narrowly decided runoff. walker a former running back with the former president firmly behind him. senator warnock is a pastor. herschel walker is currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. here s how the abortion issue came up tonight. a week before the debate a former girlfriend made public accusations that you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc interview this week you said the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said, that s a lie. i put it in a book. one thing about my life, i ve been very transparent. not like the senator. he s here things. at the same time, that s a law. on abortion
plus, an alarming new claim from former republican congressman about a call that came from the white house during the capitol attack. and also ahead, the top republican in the house unveils the gop agenda if they win in november. but the plan is being slammed and focused more on talking points than substance. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, september 26th. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with a new interview by republican congresswoman liz cheney over the weekend. the wyoming representative who lost her re-election bid in a bitter primary battle last month says she ll do whatever it takes to keep former president donald trump from taking back the white house in 2024. and that includes campaigning for democrats and leaving the republican party if necessary. we cannot afford to be a society where we re tearing each other apart. think about what the leaders say about american democracy. they say our elections can t really they don
intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51