Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than 217,000 positive tests reported on thursday. Shattering the single total set a day earlier. We dont want to scare
Once available, icu capacity falls below 15 . That is expected to happen within 48 hours for most of the state, and a short time later. Once it does, more businesses like salons, and personal services, will have to close for at least three weeks. Fresh will be restricted to take out and delivery only, and retail capacity will be reduced to 20 . The governor also slapped a statewide ban on nonessential travel. The bottom line is if we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We are a few months away from truly seeing Real Progress with the vaccine, real distribution, real accessibility, real availability. We do not anticipate having to do this once again but we really all need to step up. The governor announced the states first vaccine orders are going into tomorrow and the first doses could be here by december 12. A live look at San Francisco where the ability to work remotely has led to a lot of empty apartments. Good evening, im
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 going to begin with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, ordering people to stay at home to try to stop the virus from spreading any faster. Now, tonight, president elect joe biden says hes going to ask all americans to wear a mask for
A motion to boost uranium enrichment just days after the killing of a Top Nuclear Scientist driven from their homes now living hand to mouth ethiopian refugees fight hunger and uncertainty in sudanese refugee camps and covering it japans relationship with the Face Covering the new exhibit billed as a theme park for masks. And sport around madrid could be set for an early exit from the European Champions League defeat against shakhtar dont yes has put reality on the brink of elimination. Donald trumps bid to overturn the u. S. President ial election result has suffered another major blow with the attorney general saying there is no evidence. Of widespread voter fraud bill barr told the Associated Press that the Justice Department investigation has in his words not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected at different outcome president elect joe biden be trumped 53062232 votes in the Electoral College and more than 6000000 votes in the popular vote well alan fisher is following eve