step of joining every other living secretary of defense, and condemning donald trump after january 6th. that is remarkable and the american public cannot forget about that. alyssa fair griffin, good to have your insight. thank you. thank you. the nation s top spy warns that the war in ukraine could escalate further in the months ahead. and new covid concerns, a sub variant of the omicron strain is quickly spreading. that s ahead. er 7 million kids develop their passion for learning through our grow up great initiative. and now, we re providingng billions of dollars for affordable home lending programs. as part of 88 billion to support underserved communitities. including loans for small businesses in low and moderate income areas. so everyone has a chance to move forward financially. pnc bank: see how we can make a difference for you.
more-contagious omicron strain. doomsday cult mom in court. the new details tonight from the case of lori vallow, accused of killing her children and saying they were zombies. rare nor easter. wintry weather in april knocks out power to hundreds of thousands across the northeast. mysterious deaths: tonight, the naval investigation into three saferls serving on the same aircraft carrier all found dead within days of each other. today s other top headlines: an independent autopsygrand rapidse shooti. netflix announces its first loss of subscribers in a decade. and finally tonight, the n.b.a. player who s giving up his entire salary for a cause close to his heart. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we come on the air with some
that s more than in the whole of last year. this illegal amphetamine is now one of syria s main exports. this hospital is treating more and more people from across the region for captagon addiction. none of the patients here wants to talk, but the clinical director tells me he sees serious cases. the consequences of taking this drug is, like, violence and psychosis. it is very addictive as well and people start with one tablet and then increase by two or three, and then shift into a more serious drug like crystal meth. jordan is up against powerful drugs cartels. the long conflict next door now brings a new misery. yolande knell, bbc news, amman. a new variant of the omicron strain of covid 19 has been discovered in northern ireland,
transmission, meaning that it seems to be extending in the air for longer periods of time, for longer distances. it is more measles like than flu-like in terms of the transition pattern. there are two new varieties circulating in new york that seem to be more contagious than the b2 that we ve seen. there s this b6 mutation that seems to give the virus more ability to defeat the vaccines, at least the antibody response induced by existing vaccines. it is unclear if they will spread here. they have other mutations that make them less transmissible so it is unclear how transmissible these will be. this virus is evolving ways to make it slightly more contagious each time we get a new version of the omicron strain. again, the fact that the mutation is happening within the omicron lineage, that s what we thought would be the end game
now, it s less than what one might expect given the number of cases, but it s still substantial, and what we have here with omicron is a 1 2 punch. you have this rise in hospitalisations, which are still substantial, but at the same time a lot of the healthcare workforce is getting knocked out now. not very sick, but sick enough to be at home with breakthrough covid infection. and we ve seen for the last two years in the us mortality rises even further when there s a surge on the emergency rooms, and they get overwhelmed, or our intensive care units. so that s the danger really of omicron, is just the sheer numbers and simultaneously knocking out a component of the healthcare workforce. and in a way one of the huge frustrations, isn t it that you might be a healthcare worker who feels frankly just a bit off colour,