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
U. S. Postmaster general after a warning that millions of mail in votes might not be counted in time for the president ial election. More demonstrations in jerusalem protesters have been calling for the israeli Prime Minister to resign over his handling of the Coronavirus Crisis and corruption charges. On me everyone should have the courage to talk about the monarchy. Breaking taboos in finding their voice the mass antigovernment rally planned in thailand on sunday. School. Football Champions League semifinals of the. Former indian cricket captain. Welcome to the program has been a 7th consecutive day of mass protests calling for longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after last weeks disputed election tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital minsk today but the mood was also subdued in cases as people laid flowers and lit candles at the site where a protester was killed in clashes with police by the russian Authorities Say the 34 year old died when an explosive b
amount is under way in d.c. president biden is headed this morning to one place key to his victory in 2020, pennsylvania, and just as he is facing rough polling in battlegrounds georgia and michigan and why the team is brushing it off this morning. and he is ordered to pay hundreds of millions about the smears of the sandy hook shootings, and spreads hate speech, but thanks to twitter, alex jones is back on twitter. with fredricka whitfield and kate whitfield, i m john berman and this is cnn news central. all right. this morning, rudy giuliani is in a federal courtroom in washington, d.c., as his hearing is under way in a defamation trial. donald trump s former attorney has been sued by shea moss and donna freeman because they say that rudy giuliani spread false lies about them of ballot tampering, and this is what they told the january 6th committee last year. i have lost my name. vi lost my reputation. i have lost my sense of security all because of a group of peo
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And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe