developing. biden s white house calling the situation at the border a challenge at a big problem but still not calling it a crisis. this is as the administration officials blame the trump team for what is happening there. now biden s homeland security chief s warning we are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border when we have in just the last 20 years. john: pretty shocking statement. were going to speak with texas senator john cornyn and arizona s attorney general who is leading efforts to sue the biden administration over its immigration policy. so-called public charge. we begin with casey stegall live at the southern border in alamo, texas. casey, what s the situation? john, sandra, good to see you. the border patrol agent chief for this very sector which is the rio grande valley of south texas, one sector alone covers and encompasses some 277 miles of the entire southern border. over the last couple days, he says his agents have arrested almost
meghan s interview with oprah? cuomo resists calls to resign. the new york governor says he won t step down as two more women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. george floyd murder trial. no justice, no peace! o donnell: tensions are high in minneapolis as the officer who knelt on floyd s neck goes on trial, why jury selection was suddenly delayed. crisis at the border. documents obtained by cbs news show a record number of unaccompanied minors flooding into the u.s. as the biden administration scrambles to find shelter space. it is international women s day. people around the world commemorate female achievement and fight for the future. and unifying america. how a community came together with get well cards. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capitol. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with our first real glimpse of what life could soon be
the federal safety net and will cost nearly $2 trillion. plus the new york governor digs in. two former aides say andrew cuomo harassed them. the top two democrats in new york s legislature say he should quit. but the governor says no. legislators who suggest that i resign because of accusations that are made against me, the i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn t elected by politicians. i am not going to resign because of allegations. no. there is no way i resign. up first, though, major new information in the covid pandemic fight. just last hour the cdc offering a public health playbook for americans who have received their covid vaccine. a list u might say, of what they can do safely and what they can t. we would like to give the opportunity for vaccinated grandparents to visit their children and grandchildren who are healthy and who are a local. but our travel guidance currently has been unchanged. dr. wallenski there laying out the guidelines and try
fully vaccinated, but that is only 9.4% of the entire population so obviously miles to go until we reach herd immunity. also potential fallout today from oprah winfrey s interview with prince harry and meghan markle. the couple accusing the royal family of blatant racism, lack of support and yanking their security protection. meghan there even revealing there were conversations, concerns about baby archie s skin color, she says, before he was born. more on the pressure buck hamm palace is now facing, but, first, let s get a update on the stimulus checks with cnn s jessica dean live on capitol hill. jessica, we were expecting the house vote tomorrow. it s been delayed a day. do you know why? reporter: yeah. right now, brooke, our explanation from one senior democratic aide is simply this is a giant bill, and it needs some time to process its way through the system. they are working on getting all that paperwork back over to the house and then it needs to go through the rules
tapper. the cdc released its full set of guidance for americans, loosening some specific restri restrictions. if grandparents can be vaccinated they can visit their daughter and family even if they have not been vaccinated so long as their daughter and her family are not at risk for severe disease. vaccinated americans will still need to wear a mask in public and many other settings with unvaccinated people and travel is being discouraged for now. there s also a turning point in the battle against coronavirus today. there are now more than 31 million people fully vaccinated in the u.s., and that is more than all the americans infected during this entire pandemic, as cnn s nick watt reports. you can visit your grandparents if you have been vaccinated and they have been, too. reporter: finally, guidance for the fully vaccinated. how the government would like you to behave. fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing a m