for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
look at the year that has passed and the year that is ahead. through the prism of one state s experiences. while there is still much pain here, and a long way to go. there is some good news. some light, at the end of the tunnel. one recent analysis ranking rhode island number ten in terms of vaccine distribution. and the state just increased the eligibility to those 60 and over, as well as people as young as 16, with an underlying condition. i saw that hope, myself, this weekend, as i visited a mass-vaccination site at the dunkin doughnut center, not far from where i am standing right now. where vulnerable residents were getting their first and second covid shot. take a listen. what was it like, after you got your first shot in your arm? what was that kind of emotion for you? oh, it was it was wonderful. but i tell you, today, it s really touching me today that we re so fortunate to have this vaccine after-only a year. it s a sense of freedom like, okay, now, i can i
Need to retool their ventilation systems. A violent weekend. At least five children killed in cities across the country including this eight Year Old Girl in atlanta. On the attack, the president goes after nascar and driver Bubba Wallace as he appears to defend the Confederate Flag. Breaking news on that white woman who called police on a black man bird watching in central park. The criminal charge she faces and does that mean jail time . And we end tonight with a story of inspiration, a mom beats covid19 then gives birth to triplets. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with a dangerous and growing surge of new coronavirus cases across 40 states. Pushing hospitals to test limits. Taxing Testing Capacity and forcing governors to close businesses that had just reopened. And tonight, the countrys top Infectious Disease doctor says mos
Distancing pose the highest risk. But the Trump Administration is doubling down, saying, open your schools in the fall. Deadly police ambush. Two Police Officers responding to a call about domestic violence, shot and killed at the door of the home. The police chief saying they never stood a chance. Taking down the duke. Uscs film school taking down an exhibit dedicated to film star john wayne over racist remarks. What the wayne family is saying tonight. And lucky to be alive. A man waking up to find a 450pound bear in his living room, after breaking through the front door. The bear lashing out, then getting away. The man survived. Tonight, talking to abc news. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. A lot to get to tonight. The new record set in the number of covid19 cases. But we begin with the explosion on the u. S. Navy ship docked in san diego. Multiple alarms going out. Firefighters responding. At least 21 people reportedly hospitalized, including in
Children, their families and their teachers at risk. The economic pitch, joe biden hopes will unify his party. Donald trump has been singularly focused on the stock market. Ill be laser focused on working families. Welcome to inside politics. Im phil mattingly. John king is off today. A crisis situation this morning in states all across the south and west. The coronavirus is burning through that part of the country. Infecting tens of thousands of people every day. The death count here in the United States stands at nearly 135,000 as of this morning. The cdc says we could bury 25,000 more of our fellow americans by the end of the month. Heres the math. 33 states seeing their daily case counts up from a week ago. The number of cases serious enough to require hospitalizations has nearly doubled in just the past three weeks. States like arizona, texas, florida, are running low on hospital beds and yet here is the president. Were on track to produce a vaccine in record time and very, very s