american hostages: three more christian missionaries released in haiti, tonight the latest on their condition. boycotting china: the big announcement from the white house about the winter olympics, what it means for u.s. athletes. plus biden prepares for a crucial meeting with russian president vladimir putin. jussie smollett testifies: what the actor, accused of staging a racist attack on himself, said on the stand. a final salute to bob dole, flags at half staff tonight asaf we look back on the life and legacy of an american hero. and, a time-honored tradition, the kennedy center honors here in the nation s capitol. (stevie wonder playing superstition) very superstitious writing s on the wall this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you so much for joining us. we begin with an alarming surge in covid infections in the u.s. for the first tim
we ll be live in paris to explain what the result in france could mean for politics around the world. also ahead. president zelensky s aides say he s been holding a meeting in kyiv with america s top diplomat, antony blinken, and the us defence secretary lloyd austin. on orthodox easter sunday, the president asked his people not to be consumed by anger at russian atrocities. and as residents in shanghai struggle with lockdown, we ll look at the effects of china s zero covid policy. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am here in singapore, and midnight in paris where supporters of emmanuel macron have been celebrating what looks like a historic victory. he s on course to win a second term as french president the first time in 20 years that french voters have chosen to re elect a sitting president. a few hours ago, the challenger marine le pen conceded defeat, with the polls indicating she had gained just under 41.5% of the vote. that s
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us on this saturday, i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with breaking news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been admitted to the hospital. his office says he arrived at the hospital a short time ago. cnn has more from jerusalem. what do we know about his condition and what he was taken to the hospital. well, this is all coming in just in the past hour or so. very much developing story that we re trying to confirm all of the details. what we know for a fact though, is that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was taken to the hospital, he was taken to a hospital north of tel aviv, and appears not far from one of his homes are north of tel aviv. that is according to the prime minister s office, who says he is in good condition and undergoing medical evaluation. we are seeing from israeli media that is reporting that he was taken by his convoy, not in an ambulance or anything like that, and fully consciou
accompanied by strong winds, especially in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s friday, the 14th ofjuly. there are calls for clarity over how the government will fund pay rises of up to 7% for more than a million public sector workers. several unions have welcomed the latest offers, but others say they re not enough, as our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: cuts don t pay the bills. stopping the strikes is the government s hope. but afterjunior doctors in england began another walkout yesterday, they said the 6% rise they d been offered was not enough. appointments and operations cancelled again, adding to a mounting backlog for the nhs. and, as ministers urged unions to say yes to the increases offered, they warned there could be more to come. i think there will be a new wave of strikes in the nhs and what really needs to happen is the government needs to come to the table, pay a proper pay rise to these workers. i think everybody wa
i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom i never experienced this kind of heat. it s really, really hot. smoldering heat takes over the u.s. as temperatures could hit 130 degrees in some places this weekend. cnn as reporters all across this developing story. plus. we ended this without anyone else getting hurt. pennsylvania fugitive murder suspect michael burnham has been caught. we ll look at what tipped off the police to his arrest. and a major decision from the fda this week that will impact millions of women and girls in the u.s. more than 80 million people remain under heat alerts, as the weeks-long heat wave continues and intensifies here in the u.s. dangerously high temperatures will continue across the western part of the country throughout the weekend with temperatures getting hotter in the south early next week. the weather prediction center says daytime highs will range between 10 to 20 degrees above normal in central and southern california and rea