here are tonight s headlines. the once a day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into cocaine found at the white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. >another near o hare and international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. at your own risk. norah: beachgoers at the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high level of bacteria. with the changing climate we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now,
Welcome to the beat, everyone. We are beginning with a big show. We just have former Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer joining us tonight. He recently retired, you may recall, and crated the vacancy for his former clerk. He is here tonight. And the coauthor of the art of the deal, tony swarts, returns with insight on Donald Trumps life as a defendant and a warning for any possible second term our top story is the latest in the legal problems that are swirling around trump considering right now he begins this week facing new testimony in the criminal trials a ruling on those gag order violations alleged by the d. A. Fallout from new indictments of 18 allies for Election Crimes in the states. Outrage over his own Supreme Court lawyers claims about this license to kill and the oral arguments which we got at the end of last week. The problems are breaking through in many different ways. In fact here is one way to put it. The collision of so many cases within a five day span underscores
opill will soon be made available to millions of americans without a prescription. women s health advocates are hailing today s news as an important step in reproductive rights in the wake of last year s supreme court decision that overturned roe vs. wade. more than half the country has banned or limited abortion access since the supreme court ruling. opill will become the most effective birth control method available over-the-counter. currently, an estimated 10 million women in the u.s. use prescription birth control pills. cbs s janet shamlian has the details tonight from houston. good evening, janet. reporter: norah, good evening to you. this is unprecedented and it is a game changer for reproductive health care. they easier access is likely to have the biggest impact on tens of millions of teen girls and lower income women who may not have a doctor. the daily pill called opill, which has been available in this country by prescription for 50 years, could be on store shelves withou
(Archived document, may contain errors) August 2,1991 HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AMONG AMERICAN CHILDREN INTRODUCTION A startling number of children are in danger of starving. one out of eight children is going hungry tonight. So began a CBS Evening News broadcast last March 27th.