gotten tested before traveling or seeing family for the holidays. if that s the case, images like you re seeing now probably look familiar. lines down the street, in the cold, three, four, five hours of waiting. these particular photos are in gotham city, this is from washington, d.c. take a look at this ariel shot. this is what the situation looks like in miami, florida. embarrassing, frankly. two years into a global pandemic that has dominated all of our lives. again, it is very possible you already have personal experience in this arena. behind the surge in testing, omicron, which the cdc now says is the dominant variant of covid in the united states. 73% of new cases in this country and upwards of 90% in certain areas. feels like that in new york city. sadly yesterday officials in texas announced what is thought to be the first omicron related death in the u.s. an unvaccinated man over the age of 50 with underlying health conditions who had contracted covid twice. so all
warning from the pentagon that the country s rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. could america s adversary have hard-to-detect missiles? aaron rodgers benched: the n.f.l. s reining m.v.p. tests positive for covid. did he lie about being vaccinated? 156 miles per hour tonight, the shocking details of the early-morning crash involving a raiders wide receiver that killed a 23-year-old woman. and nursing school boom: amid the pandemic, an increase in applications for students to become america s future heroes. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we begin with the new wave of covid vaccinations ramping up tonight for kids 5-11 years old with pfizer s mini-dose getting the green light from the c.d.c. late tuesday. health officials say it s a major breakthrough with more than 2,000 schools in recent months stopping in-person learning bec
post-election shift. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s begin over at the white house. jeff zeleny is standing by. only moments ago we all heard it, the president was asked directly if he took any responsibility for the election outcome last night in virginia. tell our viewers what he said. wolf, president biden stopped short of taking any personal responsibility as the leader of the democratic party after last night s very dispiriting win for democrats in new jersey, potentially and the loss in virginia. the president talked about the divide in his party. he talked about the need to get the agenda through but he did not do any deep soul searching for what may have led voters to turn against him in states he won overwhelmingly just a year ago. but again, he did call for congress to act. what i do know is, i do know that people want us to get t
stand? china s nuclear buildup: the new warning from the pentagon that the country s rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. could america s adversary have hard-to-detect missiles? aaron rodgers benched: the n.f.l. s reining m.v.p. tests positive for covid. did he lie about being vaccinated? 156 miles per hour tonight, the shocking details of the early-morning crash involving a raiders wide receiver that killed a 23-year-old woman. and nursing school boom: amid the pandemic, an increase in applications for students to become america s future heroes. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin with the new wave of covid vaccinations ramping up tonight for kids 5-11 years old with pfizer s mini-dose getting the green light from the c.d.c. late tuesday. health officials say it s a major breakthrough with more than 2,000 schools in recent months stopping in-person learn
implications. not just for the candidates and the constituents, but for president biden and donald trump as well. the next 24 hours we could get a real feel for what s next for the midterms, next year. in virginia, a state joe biden carried by ten points, the race is neck and neck. will voters in the commonwealth respond to former governor terry mcauliffe s efforts to tie the republican glenn youngkin to trump. or will youngkin s focus on education make the difference. and governor phil murphy is trying to become the first democratic governor to win re-election in the state in 44 years. he s facing a tough challenge from jack ciattarelli who is taking part in this race. it also features a democrat trying to link his republican opponent to donald trump here. cnn s miguel marquez live at a polling location in new york city where voters are also choosing a new mayor. first let s go to sunlen serfaty in arlington. sunlen? reporter: polls are open here in virginia, voting got