A new round of hearings. Reporter mr. President , will you participate in the Impeachment Hearings next week . Odonnell a woman is convicted of homicide after killing a young woman in newn a. A human dynamo steals the show, setting a west point record. Hes crying tears of joy. Odonnell a babys cry never sounded so good. Why this little boys parents have so much to be thankful for. And a new approach that could give new hope to Pancreatic Cancer patients. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. Just hours before tens of millions of americans head home for the thanksgiving holiday, backtoback storms may be ruining their plans. Two out of three people will
feel the impact from heavy snow winds. More than 2,000 flights were canceled or delayed today in the u. S. Are only going to get worse. Weve got a team of reporters covering these Monster Storms and where theyre heading. Barry pedersen leads off us in denver. Barry,
but still flying more flights than competitors as everyone ramps up to handle the passenger surge. meanwhile, with an unprecedented increase in unruly, disruptive even violent behavior on board often over the mask mandate, the nations airlines are asking the justice department to fully prosecute anyone that behaves violently toward flight crews or passengers, pushing for fines and jail time tom costello, nbc news, washington reporter: this is kerry sanders at port miami. where for 15 months there have been no passengers but on sunday, a cruise ship with volunteer passengers finally set sail freedom of the seas now putting royal caribbean s new covid health and safety protocols to the test. the two-day cruise around the bahamas with employees as passengers everyone vaccinated. proof of performance trip required by the centers for disease control.
whether required or not. i think people are just so excited that they didn t get that they didn t get to cruise last summer, they didn t get to cruise this winter, that they are willing to, whatever the cruise line needs me to do, i will do it because i want to get on that ship. governor desantis paedmade c because there seems to be a lot of interest in cruise passengers to be vaccinated before cruising, that this requirement is a moot point but the cdc of course is being very careful about the conditions that a ship th needs to meet before it s able to set sail, if a particular ship does not meet a certain threshold of vaccination, the cruise lin does need to have test sailings with volunteer passengers before they are allowed to actually have a revenue cruise, amara and boris. it will be interesting to see how much demand there is for cruising. did h
the f.a.a. is testing that, but kris van cleave reports some critics say that test is unrealistic. evacuate, evacuate! reporter: in a simulated cabin that can be filled with smoke and plunged into darkness, the f.a.a. will try to determine at what point the size of seats and the space between rows becomes a hazard to evacuating a plane quickly. but they ll do it without any of the obstacles passengers may encounter during a real emergency, like bags, smoke, comfort animals, or the dark. during the testing, we re going to try to minimize the variables to the ones that are important for this particular test. that gives us a much cleaner look at the empirical data so it s much easier to make conclusions and recommendations. reporter: during the 12 days of f.a.a. testing at this oklahoma city facility, the 720 volunteer passengers will be broken into groups of just 60. that wouldn t fill even half the seats on the smallest 737. these tests are going to be nothing but a sham. re