development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this
super saturday. also tonight, president biden leaves washington for the holidays. what the economy strong, but some voters saying bahumbug. the campaign season now just days away. in the czech republic, a day of mourning, one of europe s deadliest mass shootings. plus, christmas canceled. cbs chris shows us why bethlehem s big night is silent this year. normally, celebrations would have bound, but because of the war, there s hardly anybody here. later, it s an american town spreading the holiday spirit all year. this is going to the united kingdom, australia, japan. with festive flair and a special stand. you don t think of like christmas things in florida. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. adriana is off. i m robert costa in washington. the holidays are here. around 115 million are packing up suitcases and are headed on their christmas and new year s travels. today was forecast to be the busiest trav
palestine, ohio. we re watching all that again today. dana: meantime president biden is heading to pennsylvania today going to roll out his election year budget plan pushing to connect with voters in what will be a must-win state for either of the candidates. welcome to a new hour of in us news, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. president biden expected to lay the ground work for a possible second term using his budget proposal as part of a political push to launch attacks against republicans. you have heard a lot of them already actually. meanwhile his democratic coalition is showing signs of strain thanks to recent moves by his administration on immigration, also the d.c. crime bill. all this as the president sets his sights on new government spending and raises taxes on the wealthy. he is doing it by raising a massive amount of taxes. now, you either believe there are two types of economists now on capitol hill. there are people wh