Biden to take a more active role in pushing both sides of the conflict through the ceasefire. This Morning Secretary of State Blinken speaking at a joint Press Conference in denmark slamming hamas for indiscriminate Rocket Fire while also calling to the israeli government to do everything possible to avoid more civilian casualties. The president will be making remarks on the pandemic in the next hour as mass confusion rose across the country. Joining me now nbc chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel in Tel Aviv and white House Correspondent Peter baker. Richard, we see people sifting through rubble in their communities today. Tell us whats the latest from there . Reporter so it was another night of punishing Air Strikes into the gaza strip, as you said, the israeli military saying it is targeting an underground tunnel network, subterranean city that they say hamas uses to move rocket, to hide in, to move personnel, that it wants this metro as the israeli military describes it to be
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