could actually be less. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, this is early start. good morning. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. tuesday, march 2nd. 5 a.m. here in new york. we begin this morning with a third woman coming forward with an allegation of sexual harassment against new york governor andrew cuomo. anna rusch tells the new york time she met the governor at a new york city wedding reception in 2019. she thanked him for his kind toast honoring her friends. she removed his hand and she said the governor told her she seemed, quote, aggressive and placed her is hands on her chee. rusch said cuomo asked if he could kiss her. she pulled away as the governor drew closer. rusch tells the times, quote, it s the act of impunity. i didn t have a choice in the matter. i didn t have a choice in his physical dominance over mere at that moment and that s what infuriates me. even what i could do, removing his hand from my lower back, ev
water crisis, the city where more than 160,000 residents haven t had clean drinking water for weeks, including a pregnant woman using buckets to flush the toilet. i m really scared. o donnell: state of emergency as flood waters rise in kentucky. rolling back voter rights, the republican push in more than 40 states to limit voting access. the royal tell-all. prince harry and meghan markle sit down with oprah. he explains the fear that led them to flee the u.k. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. o donnell: order in the operating room? the stunning moment a plastic surgeon appeared for traffic court while performing surgery. lady gaga s dog walker speaks out. what he says about his very close call with death. and how an innovative idea at a texas high school is helping feed hungry students. 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 for joining
prime minister accuses the military of attempting aide to some rallying in his defense but many others demanding the prime minister resign. the dog wolf her employed by pop star lady gaga has been shot 2 of her french bulldogs stolen in a brazen attack in los angeles. on pablo foley s welcome to the program european union leaders have faced struggles in managing the coronavirus crisis with the slow rollout of vaccinations putting increasing pressure on them there are also divisions over certain members imposing border restrictions but they have agreed now on the need for vaccine certificates which they hope can lead to a lifting of travel barriers that will aid to tourism this summer member states could start issuing the e.u. vaccine certificates within 3 months. with slovaks nations coronavirus variance border chaos and summer holidays at risk there was no shortage of talking points at this virtual e.u. summit during a 4 hour video call leaders try to find a united way forwa
grant lotus newly-elected oakland police chief lauren armstrong. walking the fruitvale neighborhood today talking to business owners introducing himself to people who ve lived there can force michelle kingston went along for the meet and greet. heard the concerns of our businesses are heard the concerns of our residents. the new chief of oakland police introducing himself to business owners in the fruitvale neighborhood on thursday i said from day one that i wanted to get on the ground and meet with our community make what our business owners. the chief went in and out of stores throughout the fruitvale neighborhood while he didn t tell us exactly why he chose this neighborhood to walk on thursday counselor to says there have been a number of robberies here to area so we need to protect due to the fact that i have businesses. and mom and pop try to make them that we re still brand my grandmother person said beast old join the chief on the walk and handed out masks to peopl
minutes were tracking your drive times and much more willing james back to you. thank you very much our top story this morning, the house of representatives is set to vote on the nearly 2 trillion-dollar covid relief package today and that s right a minimum wage boost is unlikely to be in the final version that reaches president joe biden yeah we have washington correspondent reshadhudson joining us live from dc with the latest on what we expect to play out today were shot good morning. good morning that decision from the senate parliamentarian dealt a major blow to democrats and their effort to try and raise the federal minimum wage this is president biden gets a vote today on the house and the house on his first major piece of legislation. i hope congress passes the american river rescue plan today, the house is set to vote on president biden s relief plan that would provide millions of people with $1400 stimulus checks. the need is great. the opportunity is there and e