Ths th this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, february 26th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning bitterly cold air is moving in across the eastern twothirds of the country. Windchill advisories are in effect from montana to kentucky. Folks in chicago have bundled up. There, windchills are expected to reach as low as 30 below zero today. And look at this picture of the great lakes taken by government satellite. Last week saw melting of some of the covering lakes. In midfebruary, nearly 0 of all lakes were covered in ice. Eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the big freeze and much needed weather in the midwest. The freezer still wide open to the arctic. Plenty of cold air still to come over the next few days. In fact, reinforcing shots of cold air headed toward the weekend into march. Only 16 in minneapolis. Down toward nashville, just getting up to the freezing mark for the afternoon high. And then we look toward thursday. E
United states has now passed 21 million coronavirus cases. And hospitalizations are reaching another record high. The question is, is the worst still ahead for certain states. Its way too early for this. Good morning. And welcome to way too early, the show thats been certificates fied and certifiable for quite a while now. Im kasie hunt on this wednesday, january 6th. We will start with the news. This morning, georgia is halfway to flipping completely blue in two Crucial Senate runoff races. Nbc news projects that democrat Raphael Warnock is the winner of the special election against incumbent republican senator Kelly Loeffler. Warnock leads by 53,000 votes, roughly 1 percentage point. And his win gives democrats at least one net gain in the senate. The reverend at Martin Luther King Ebenezer church makes history as the states first africanamerican senator. May my story be inspiration to some young person trying to grasp and grab hold of the american dream. So, georgia, i am honored by
January is now the second deadliest month for coronavirus. So far 64,000 deaths recorded, more than 8300 in a few days. Our biggest problem is lax of sax seen. Did the last year cost lives . You know, it very likely did. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you there. In st. Louis. And good morning, wherever you are watching this morning. Former President Trump will face an impeachment trial for the second time. We know the date now is february 9th, monday, House Democrats will walk over the single charge of incitement of insurrection to the senate. The trial will start two weeks later. Senate leaders reached a deal to delay it. Yeah, meanwhile, President Biden is attempting to push ahead with his agenda, of course, hes taking executive action to address the pandemic, the economic crisis including expanding food aid and raising the federal minimum wage. He says we need to act like were in a national emergency. Theres another urgent matter as w
Businesses crushed financially by the pandemic. President joe biden laying the ground work to raise the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour for federal workers. Calling for an additional 1,400 direct payment to some americans. Also tonight, news on former president trumps impeachment trial. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now says she will send the article of impeachment to the senate on monday. So will the trial begin at 1 00 p. M. The next day . Or will Senate Leaders agree to delay, or come up with an agreement to divide their work with the trial . What our mary bruce learned tonight. We also have new reporting here. The outrage after hundreds of National Guard members called in to defend the u. S. Capitol for the inauguration, they were then ordered to leave the capitol, seen getting rest on the floor of a parking garage. Lawmakers on both sides furious tonight. So who made this decision and why . What weve learned. And this evening here, we celebrate the life of hank aaron, who became b
The question about when the impeachment trial for donald trump will happen. While the white house was insist tent that he was leaving his timing decisions, which of course could affecting his agenda to the senate, biden told us, he does have an opinion on when it happens. President biden signing another round of executive orders today as he attempts to use the power of his office to blunt the economic fallout from the pandemic. We have to act. We have to act now. Reporter by expanding food stampls and speeding up stimulus checks for eligible americans who havent received them yet, biden is hoping to deliver desperately needed relief. We cannot, will not let people go hungry. We cannot let people be evicted because of nothing they did themselves. We cannot watch people lose their jobs. Today his top economic aide spoke bluntly about the challenge that is facing them. Our economy is at a very precarious moment. If we dont act now, we will be in a much worse place and we will find ourselv