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
Shelter in place order has just been lifted. Correspondent brook silva bragga has the latest developments. Police swarmed the campus of Ohio State University in columbus responding to reports of an active shooter. The University Twitter account warned student just before 10 00 a. M. , active shooter on campus, run, hide, fight. Watts hall, 19 and college. Houses department of material science, engineering, cbs affiliate in Columbus Ohio reports the attacks and when a vehicle crashed into the building. Firefighters responded to a possible gas station. It is still a very active situation. There are lot of student, standing by, in fact, were near the armory here, students are peering out windows, trying to get an idea just whats happening. Police say one assailant killed by law enforcement, but the campaign remains on lockdown. Brook silva bragga, cbs3, Eyewitness News. And also, developing this noon, back here at home, teen boy shot on his way to school in wilmington. Police trying to fi
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were going to lead the broadcast with the deep freeze, because tens of millions of americans are facing a bitter cold night. Lows were in negative territory across the midwest today Single Digits in the northeast. The ill arctic wind blew no good pummeling much of the country with snow, ice and chaos. Kevin youkilis is in jamie yuccas is in the thing of it. Icy roads more like demolition derbies than highways. Kent barnard with the Minnesota Department of transportation says black ice is the major worry. Its really hard sometimes to see black ice because it basically blends in with the pavement. And then we get all the crashes like we did today. Absolutely. Reporter residents of sioux falls, south dakota, began their day clearing up to six inches of snow dumped by yesterdays storm. In sioux city, iowa, this s. U. V. Veered off the road and ended up in an icedover river. No one was injured.
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were going to lead the broadcast with the deep freeze, because tens of millions of americans are facing a bitter cold night. Lows were in negative territory across the midwest today Single Digits in the northeast. The ill arctic wind blew no good pummeling much of the country with snow, ice and chaos. Kevin youkilis is in jamie yuccas is in the thing of it. Icy roads more like demolition derbies than highways. Kent barnard with the Minnesota Department of transportation says black ice is the major worry. Its really hard sometimes to see black ice because it basically blends in with the pavement. And then we get all the crashes like we did today. Absolutely. Reporter residents of sioux falls, south dakota, began their day clearing up to six inches of snow dumped by yesterdays storm. In sioux city, iowa, this s. U. V. Veered off the road and ended up in an icedover river. No one was injured. Today Iowa State Police were
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Were going to lead the broadcast with the deep freeze because tens of millions of americans are facing a bitter cold night. Lows were in negative territory across the midwest today, Single Digits in the northeast. The ill arctic wind blew no good, pummeling much of the country with snow, ice and chaos. Jamie yuccas is in the thing of it. Reporter more than 200 pileups around minneapolis made icy roads more like demolition derbies than highways. Kent barnard with the Minnesota Department of transportation says black ice is the major worry. Its really hard sometimes to see black ice because it basically blends in with the pavement. Reporter and then we get all the crashes like we did today. Absolutely. Reporter residents of sioux falls, south dakota, began their day clearing up to six inches of snow dumped by yesterdays storm. In sioux city, iowa, this s. U. V. Veered off the road and ended up in an icedover river. No one was injured. Tod