Shots. Mission to space the first all civilian crew to go to orbit. Meet the billionaire paying the 200 Million to take the historic group on a threeday trip. Plus, what it means for the future of space tourism. Biden backs americas top general. What the president is saying tonight after Reports Chairman Mark milley secretly called china behind thenPresident Trumps back. Cbs News Exclusive she survived taliban bullets. Now malala tells us what she fears most for women and girls in afghanistan. North korean threat rising tensions after new Missile Tests. And all the right moves. An innovative program thats Teaching Life Lessons with a chessboard. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. T hed shocking allegations that the f. B. I. And u. S. A. Gymnastics enabled a serial sexual predator through botched investigations and inexcusable lies and cover ups. Star gymnast Simone Biles broke down as she and other top u. S. Gymnasts accused the f. B. I. Of deliberately ignoring years of Sexual Abuse at the hands of disgraced Sports Doctor Larry nassar. And biles said what happened made this summers olympics especially difficult for her. More than 150 women and girls have said the u. S. A. Gymnastics and michigan State University Doctor abused them over the past two decades. Nassar is now serving a 40 to 174year prison sentence. And the gymnasts were on Capitol Hill for a senate judiciary hearing, following an inspector generals report on the f. B. I. s mishandling of the nassar investigation. Cbs Nikole Killion leads us off tonight from Capitol Hill. Good evening, nikole. Reporter good evening, norah. This Hearing Room was filled with emotion as each gymnast described their abuse and the toll it continues to take on them to this day. Tonight, the Worlds Mostelite Gymnast appeared on a different stage. Being here today is taking everything i have. Reporter tearfully opening up on Capitol Hill about the abuse they faced by former Team Doctor Larry nassar. To be clear, i blame larry nassar. And i also blame. An entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. Reporter olympian Simone Biles was one of four athletes who painstakingly described being molested by nassar while competing at the highest level. I was naked, completely alone with him on top of me, molesting me for hours. Reporter Gold Medalist Mckayla maroney says when she told an f. B. I. Investigator what happened, she was met with silence. After that minute of silence, he asked, is that all . Those words in itself was one of the worst moments of this entire process for me. Reporter her case was one of the first to be referred to the f. B. I. In july 2015, but the bureau failed to properly investigate, according to an internal justice department report, waiting more than a year before opening a formal probe. By then, approximately 70 other young athletes had been assaulted by nassar, who was later convicted. The f. B. I. And others within both u. S. A. G. , and u. S. O. P. C. , knew that Nassar Molested Children and did nothing to restrict his access. Reporter days before the hearing, the f. B. I. Fired one of the lead agents on the case as senators pressed director Christopher Wray on the failures. What am i missing here . Ay one failures. What i dont have a what am i missing here . I dont have a good explanation for you. It is utterly jarring to me. Reporter wray apologized and said the bureau will not let this happen again. I, and my entire senior Leadership Team are going to make damn sure everybody remembers what happened here. Reporter do you take him at his word . I dont take peoples words for things. It has to be action so, you know, hopefully today will be a day that effectuates real change. Reporter gymnast Mckayla Maroney said the f. B. I. Agents involved in this flawed investigation should be prosecuted. The Attorney General and deputy Attorney General declined to testify today, but they are likely to be asked about that next month when they do appear. Norah. Odonnell Nikole Killion, Thank You so much. Odonnell Nikole Killion, Thank You so much. Reporter they launched into history. The dreams of inspiration fours civilian space voyagers are now a reality. God speed. Reporter they suited up this afternoon and headed into their Spacex Crew Dragon capsule. Im ready to go. W member sian proctor. Every day it gets better and better the. Reporter from the launch tower, high bof this is where the Rocket Launch is. This is where you get strapped in. Reporter the billionaire chartered the flight. The Price Tag . Reportedly about 200 Million. This is a first, thats significance, thats responsibility. Reporter responsibility being the first that there will be a second and a third . Absolutely, you have to get this one right for all the other great missions to follow. Reporter for three days theyll orbit the earth, soaring some 360 miles above the planet, about 100 miles higher than the international space station. A Custombuilt Cupola will give them hemispheric views of earth and deep space. Its nextlevel space tourism, beyond the quick flights by billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos to the edge of space. The inspiration for his flight is also a Charity Drive for st. Jude Childrens Research Hospital in memphis. St. Jude saved my life. Reporter Crew Member hayley arceneaux, a Physician Assistant at st. Jude. When she was 10, the hospital treated her for bone cancer. So were going to call the patients from space and i think its really going to show them what theyre capable of. Reporter spacex has spent almost the last six months training the civilian crew, and they all say they understand that space moments like this involve risk. Norah. Odonnell well be watching. Mark strassmann, thanks so much. And we want to turn now to the covid pandemic, which has now claimed the lives of one in every 500 americans. And get this for those 85 years or over, its one in every 35. Cbs Omar Villafranca has new Details Tonight on the intensifying battle over booster shots. Reporter tonight, pfizer and now moderna are making a major push for booster shots, but the Food And Drug administration is staying neutral. Today, the f. D. A. Released new documents from pfizer ahead of an advisory Panels Meeting on friday to discuss covid booster shots, claiming that protection from its vaccine loses some effectiveness after six months, but improves to 95 after a third dose. But in a separate document, f. D. A. Staff noted that theyve yet to verify some data that would support an additional dose, saying the current vaccines still afford protection against severe Covid19 Disease and death in the united states. But in much of the u. S. , the issue isnt third doses. Its convincing americans to get their first dose. In tennessee, less than 45 of the population is fully vaccinated. In shelby county, children make up 35 of the active cases from the last two weeks. If we could get our Vaccination Rates up even more, if we could get people to mask consistently, we would be doing the job of protecting those kids who are under the age of 12 who really dont have the option of being vaccinated right now. Reporter 17yearold Jacob Rodriguez got covid. He was unvaccinated. Felt really tired, headache, couldnt taste nothing. It was awful. The nurse comes in and hes like, it looks like jacobs played 4 quarters of football with no pads on, On The Inside of his body. Reporter when you hear that from a medical professional, what are you thinking . Truthfully, god, where are you taking us with this . You know, am i going to be on that list of is my kid going to be one of those numbers . Reporter President Biden met with c. E. O. S today to discuss his Vaccine Mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees, and here in memphis that means locally based businesses like fedex and autozone. But here at the free Vaccine Clinic we noticed traffic was slow, just like the vaccine rate. Odonnell that Moms Message should be a wakeup call. Omar villafranca, Thank You. Well, something pretty well, tonight, the president and the pentagon are defending the nations top Military Officer after Bombshell Revelations that he reached out to china, fearing a war in the final days of the trump administration. Cbs Nancy Cordes reports from the white house. Reporter President Biden expressed complete Support Today for the nations highest ranking Military Officer. I have great confidence in general milley. Reporter general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, is facing calls from some republicans to resign, after two veteran reporters wrote that in the tumultuous closing days of the trump presidency, milley secretly reassured the chinese we are not going to attack. In their new book, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa Say Milley feared that former President Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election and might go rogue, launching a strike against china. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said milley did nothing wrong. I can tell you, frequent communication with two countries like Russia And China is not atypical at all for a chairman of the joint chiefs. Reporter the book, published by simon schuster, a division of viacom cbs, said milley also warned senior military officials in january not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved. The white House Press Secretary argued today its important to consider the timing. The former president was fomenting an insurrection, and there was broad concern from a range of members of his national Security Team about his Behavior And Fitness for office. Reporter some of that concern, the authors write, came from c. I. A. Director gina haspel, who they say feared President Trump might try to strike iran in his final few days in office. Norah. Odonnell Nancy Cordes, Thank You. And we want to turn now to afghanistan and how the Talibans Takeover will impact women and girls. Malala yousafzai survived an Assassination Attempt by the Taliban In Pakistan for speaking out about education for women. A. Well, earlier, we spoke with the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. What do you think will happen to the gains made by women and girls in the past 20 years . There were zero girls in school in the past government of the taliban. Right now, so many children were in school, getting their education. And 39 of those children were girls were in school. They may not be able to go to their schools again, and the women and girls i have talked to, a lot of them right now want to be in a safe place, or they want the taliban to actually guarantee them they are safe. Odonnell what are you hearing from your afghan friends about how women and girls are doing right now . Girls are afraid to go to school. They had dreams and theyre worried that they may not be able to sit in the classroom anymore. Women are worried about Gog Re Cstantly under the surveillance, where people are watching them over how they act, how they speak, how they behave, what they wear, how you know, how theyre dressed. Their rights are denied to them. Odonnell why do you think the taliban is afraid of educating girls . When women and girls are educated, when they are aware of their rights, when they know islam allows them to have equal rights, then these women can challenge them and they can tell them, you cannot say this to us. So i think awareness, education, and enlightenment is dangerous to the ideology of the taliban, or any other Extremist Group that is out there. Odonnell so if you were able to meet with President Biden, what would your message to him be . I would definitely ask him to Stand Up and support the rights of women in afghanistan, and Stand Up for girls education. We cannot lose the gains that we have made over the past many, many years. Its the decision of the u. S. And other countries that have led to the situation that the people of afghanistan are witnessing right now. So he has a huge responsibility. And in this moment, we must not forget it is the people who suffer the most. Its the civilians who lose their homes, become displaced who lose their Loved Ones and lose the peace they had before. Odonnell if theres a young Afghan Girl watching this, what is your message to that girl . My message to, you know, every girl, always, has been that they must believe in their voice. This is about your future. This is about your dignity. This is about your human rights. And, you know, your voice is very much needed in this moment. Sometimes you hope that somebody else will do something for you and speak out for you. Sometimes The World is silent, and The World doesnt do anything. So you must raise your voice, and you must speak out for your rights. Odonnell malala, i want to show you a story in the Economist Magazine this week. It says, why nations that fail women fail. We know that societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable. What must The World do now . When you ensure every Girl Access to complete and quality education, it adds up to 30 Trillion to The World economy. When girls are educated, it improves economies and helps to tackle climate change, it reduces poverty. So the advantages of educating girls are enormous. Odonnell and that is malalas lifelong goal. And you can find more of our exclusive interview with malala tonight. 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