the virus latest strain powers a covid comeback. reporter: i m danya bacchus in los angeles where new restrictions could trigger a requirement to mask up. all-star spotlight. the wnba s biggest names gather while brittney griner s detention in russia takes centre court. and later, the stones still rolling after 60 years. the band this week marking the anniversary of their first performance. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with new developments from that january 6th committee investigating the capitol attack and what many have called an attack on american democracy. so far, the committee has held six hearings. and this week, we could see the final two. the back-to-back hearings will focus on white nationalist groups and what former president donald trump was doing as he capitol was under siege. today we re learning new information following friday s c
recent comment likening some in the latino community to tacos. a heated exchange on capital hearing focused on abortion rights. republican senator clashing with a law professor over whether men could get pregnant. the missouri senator is being accused of being transphobic and encouraging violence because he thinks only women could get pregnant. increasingly brazen shoplifters targeting bodegas and supermarkets across new york city walking out with a suitcase closed up amid new fuels that the crisis is being fueled by soft on crime policies. the president sets up for a crucial trip to the middle east. white house correspondent kevin corke has the very latest for us tonight. evening, kevin. reporter: evening, shannon. president has the trip to the middle east. frankly, it an opportunity to right the ship f you will, on a ship, if you will, on a number of friends. that won t be easy given his popularity over there is just about as low as it is here. after two years of str
pat cipollone has corroborated almost everything that we have learned from the prior hearings. and he had clearly tried to talk president trump down from his efforts to override the election. reporter: cipollone speaking to the committee after bombshell testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. he said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. reporter: meanwhile, in a stunning reversal, steve bannon now saying he is willing to testify publicly before the january 6 committee. after spending months refusing to cooperate. on monday, a judge ruled bannon s new willingness to testify will not delay his trial next week. for contempt of congress. charges brought because bannon stonewalled the committees s repeated questions. federal prosecutors calling it a last ditch attempt to avoid accountability. the main
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