reinstates covid-19 testing for all flights coming in from china. scott macfarlane reports on the decision amid a surge of new cases overwhelming china s hospitals. prayers for benedict the 16th. the 95 year old former pope is quote very si tantlyonitorg hi woening cononsi car pileu the extraordinary scene of a deadly accident on a busy bridge. andh hart. cbs s steve hartman shows us how one good deed can spark a global wave of this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we have some breaking news from the biden administration. the centers for disease control announces new covid-19 testing requirements for all airline passengers traveling from china. plus federal and local prosecutors open investigations into a battled congressman elect george santos who admitted to lying about his background. and while the death toll rises in buffalo tonight,
accommodate customers on its flights as soon as possible. jericka. duncan: so many people impacted. tanya, thank you. the death toll from that brutal holiday winter storm has risen to 69 nationwide with at least 38 in western new york. right now a travel ban remains in effect in buffalo. the city is struggling to clear the streets and fully recover from that historic blizzard. today the erie county executive kritd side the city officials for their response. the mayor is not going to be happy to hear about it but storm after storm after storm after storm, the city unfortunately is the last one to be opened and that shouldn t be the case. embarrassing, to till the truth. duncan: the national guard is going door to door as you see there doing wellness checks while state police are passing out meals. now to that major storm on the west coast bringing heavy rain, strong winds and snow. it s all a part of a system being called an atsd moss ferric river which can cleed to extreme floodi