Important because they touch local communities. Every one of them is about a local community in some way. We have to keep making that pitch. We also need to make this argument about the public relevance and how not only how much poorer we would be without them and the work that we do but how incapacitated we would become if we did not have these entities doing what they do. With only two years left of the Obama Administration how do you approach priorities to get as much done as you can . I was just talking about this with a few people this morning. I think we have to think about the most important things 1st of all. And sort them out. Things that would be reasonably pursued in his timetable. There is a way that i and my administration might have a longer life than that. We do understand there is this big moment coming. The scope of the work that we agree to take on we dont want to take on things that could not reasonably be done for eight years. That is too far. Trying as best as we c
U. S. Cuba relations and wonder how much of the ideas heard the word thought id never thought it would be a good place to be. [laughter] but were glad you are here. But it is consistent with the other cuba related events but over the years cuba has captures the imagination i remember back when we were trying to get support for the west colombia Free Trade Agreement that enjoys a lot of support from clocks on this panel with columbia represented the generating interest now in that was limited compared to cuba which seems to capture the imagination and. Is not on the politics of the u. S. Cuba relations we dont have time to go through the long history but it is an emotional issue. There are families to have the property confiscated whose families were attended and have strong views with the current government in cuba but today we will focus on the president s announcement and what the perspectives are from the legal and Business Community i want to mention in that category of great timin
As the country remembers 9 11, how the pandemic has changed the way we remember those lost. Plus, in high school on 9 11 it was a call to service because of that day. Odonnell 19 years later, the first living Delta Force Member receives the medal of honor. How Sergeant Major Patrick Payne helped save more than 70 lives while dodging isis bullets. Highrise rescue five workers hurt when a parking deck collapses. How they got out. The four expolice officers charged in the death of george floyd appeared together in court for the first time. One of the former officers in a bulletproof vest. And, on the road with cbs Steve Hartman. Heed up angi lifo chan this is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with a staggering and rising death toll tonight from 100 wildfires that are now raging across 11 western states. And as we come on the air, at least 17 peopl
Becomes law. Lastditch challenge the president calls on supporters tomarch on washington to protest the election, and more than 100 House Republicans may try to block joe bidens certification as president. Only on cbs news a princeton scholar who was held hostage for years by iran has an ominous warning for the incoming president about irans intentions, and what that mean for america. Could mean for america. New year, new severe weather. Cars sliding off roads, and blizzardlike conditions in the plains. Plus, new tornado threats tonight. Caught on Camera Police rescue a mom and daughter from the chilly waters of baltimores inner harbor. And, we go on the road with Steve Hartman how a broken light became a beacon for kindness. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west. And happy new year. Norah is off. I am margaret brennan. We begin tonight with sobering numbers on the coronavirus pandemic. Conf
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