Putin breaks his silence. Why the russian president says the west is ignoring his demand. And cbs Holly Williams is in the trenches tonight on ukraines eastern border. The search for a nominee. Tonight, the president lobbies u. S. Senators as he nears a Supreme Court choice. Could his pick get republican support . Trumps tornup documents. Why some of the former president s records central to Congress Investigation had to be taped back together. And an american kindness. How one teenager is giving thousands of Sick Children the gift of reading. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are approaching the point in the pandemic where everyone in america who wants a Covid Vaccine will be eligible to get one. Tonight, pfizer asking the f. D. A. For Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children ages six months to four years old. Now, this comes earlier than expected. The company say
And we find out what these adelie and Gentoo Penguins in antarctica have to tell us about global warming. Hello and welcome. We begin in beijing where the Winter Olympics torch relay has just got under way. Over the next three days, 1,000 people will carry the torch past chinese landmarks, including the Summer Palace and great wall. Its a scaled down event with very few spectators because of coronavirus restrictions. But despite the governments commitment to a zero covid strategy, the Omicron Variant is spreading. The Beijing Olympics organiser says 32 new cases have been detected among games related personnel in the last 2a hours. Lets go to beijing and our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. You are covering every twist and turn as these games are about to begin. Talk us through todays torch relay. This about to begin. Talk us through todays torch relay. Todays torch relay. This is nothina todays torch relay. This is nothing like todays torch relay. This is nothing like the todays
3,000 u. S. Troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. Hello, welcome to America Reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be back with you. Sandra great to see you. Welcome back. Sandra smith in new york. Additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. John the pentagon says the u. S. Is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new Satellite Images reveal the extent of russias military activity in the region. Sandra steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now . Whats he doing now and whats he going to do, the question many World Leaders are asking themselves. Putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. Twisted it around saying the u. S. Was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive buildup of Russian Forces
Putin breaks his silence. Why the russian president says the west is ignoring his demand. And cbs Holly Williams is in the trenches tonight on ukraines eastern border. The search for a nominee. Tonight, the president lobbies u. S. Senators as he nears a Supreme Court choice. Could his pick get republican support . Trumps tornup documents. Why some of the former president s records central to Congress Investigation had to be taped back together. And an american kindness. How one teenager is giving thousands of Sick Children the gift of reading. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are approaching the point in the pandemic where everyone in america who wants a Covid Vaccine will be eligible to get one. Tonight, pfizer asking the f. D. A. For Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children ages six months to four years old. Now, this comes earlier than expected. The company say
Electoral college results. The times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. The Washington Post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. Maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. Here is Committee Chairman Bennie Thompsons take. We are glad that he came. And obviously it is all part of the work that we do. He is a great patriot. He loves this country more so than other people who do not. And this afternoon another Committee Member explained what investigators hoped to learn. Understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former Vice President , to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan . That is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and details. Today, donal