voters in wisconsin after an eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into the building. tonight, what happened to the driver. super bowl super security. an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you won t want to miss, living well. tonight, the author who says he has unlocked the secret to living a longer life. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters, one day after delivering his state of the union address to a combative crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what s exp
people that they are trafficking into america, how they enslave them in the sex trade and how the treat these people and leave them for dead in the deserts. we need to pick up the pieces of those families who lose loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. dana: mexico s president obrador rejecting claims that mexican drug traffickers are responsible for the fentanyl in the u.s. and saying it is u.s. problem. not mexico s. bill: bill melugin back at his post in brownsville, texas, where he has been most of the week. hello. good morning to you. it is well established fact that fentanyl is mass-produced in mexico by mexican drug cartels in their labs using chemicals imported from china. mexico s president said they have nothing to do with that and it s all the u.s. s problem. he said take a look. here we do not produce fentanyl and we do not have the consumption of fentanyl. why don t they, the united states, take care of their problem of social decay? fentanyl is pouring into the
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
i m john roberts in washington and she goes by the nickname the python huntress and it s an interview you ll only see all new at 2:00. sandra: it is a busy friday here and we have a lot of news to get to and the white house is facing questions this hour after the president rolled out that plan to hike taxes 4 trillion for the $4 trillion and imposing more spend during the inflationary times. john: we start with stunning results of a vote on capitol hill and the house voted eunanimously and covid-19 and te vote was 419-0, which means every democrat that was president voted yes. sandra: this is happening exactly three years to the day, john, after the world health organization declared covid-19 a global pandemic and setting off a series of decisions to shut down the world and leaving the big question where did this virus come from? john: for years there s been an unwillingness by media and many democrats to look at theories beyond the narrative that came from the to
take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t