Vaccine to get to your doctors office. And we celebrate the life of jeopardy host alex trebek. How he became part of the lives of tens of millions of americans. He will be so missed. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. For all those of you who voted for President Trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. But now, lets give each other a chance. President trump still refusing to concede. Making claims of voter fraud with no evidence. Do not concede, mr. President. Fight hard. Your partys leaders are acting like babies. The most important thing is that we respect our democratic process. So happy. I want to cry. Across the nation, biden supporters celebrate and Trump Supporters protest. Going to turn into a civil war is what its going to turn into. Rightfully so. T. My biggest fear is were dealing with a surge at the same time that were trying to vaccina vaccinate. Alex trebek, the host of jeopardy died following a battle with pancretic cancer. We love you.
Caused by an equipment problem, not an attack. Five americans on a peacekeeping mission were among those killed. Cbs david martin has new information on the crash. Reporter one American Service member was pulled from the wreckage, but five others died when their black hawk helicopter went down in the sinai peninsula, once a battleground between egypt and israel. Two members of the french and czech militaries also died in the crash, apparently caused by mechanical failure. Its the single worst loss of American Life in the nearly four decades u. S. Troops have patrolled the sinai. About 450 americans are part of an International Force set up to monitor the 1979 peace treaty between egypt and israel. Robert satloff is with the Washington Institute for near east policy. We are ensuring that each side keeps to its agreements and that peace is sustained at a cornerstone of the middle east. Reporter the pentagon wants to pull u. S. Troops out of the sinai, but has never overcome objections fr
Reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news. Tonight, a new wave of coronavirus cases is now crashing across the country, taxing intensive care units and threatening to roll back months of progress in the fight against covid19. As we come on the air, more than 60,000 americans are now hospitalized with the virus, an alarming new high. Bracing for asis climbing, too. The c. D. C. Is now bracing for as many as 20,000 more americans to die in just the next three weeks alone. The countrys top Infectious Disease expert saying hes hoping pfizers new vaccine may help change that. Dr. Anthony fauci says the new shots could get emergency approval as soon as next week and could be available to most americans by april. Well, tonight, well take you inside the complex plan to make that happen. President trump took credit for the Vaccines Development today on twitter while continuing to uilsely allege Election Fraud
This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. This is the cbs evening news ith norah odonnell, reporting odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us, were going to begin tonight with a possible breakthrough in the development of a coronavirus vaccine. Just as the country is entering a dangerous and deadly new phase of the pandemic. In a surprise announcement, the drug maker pfizer said its vaccine is 90 effective and it could be ready for approval in weeks. Well, that sent the dow soaring closing up more than 800 points. Its a glimmer of hope in what president elect biden is now calling a very dark winter ahead. One of his new advisors bluntly called it covid hell. And as we come on the air cases re growing at sucgrowing at such an alarming and exponential rate, tonight the u. S. Has topped 10 million infections, that is more than a million new cases since the end of october. And with the death toll rising again in cities like el paso now
News with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news. The coronavirus outbreak that began in President Trumps inner circle is growing. Tonight, another white house staffer and a senior military leader who was with the president on sunday have been infected. And as we come on the air, nine fourstar officers, including all but one member of the pentagons top brass, the joint chiefs of staff, are under quarantine. Think about that. President trump, meantime, appears to be governing by tweet from the white house residence, where he is still being treated for coronavirus. Tonight, the president is ordering his treasury secretary and republican lawmakers to stop negotiating with democrats on a multitrilliondollar stimulus bill designed to help millions of americans who are out of work due to covid19. The president says hell return to the table if hes reelected. And he says hes ready to deba