whitaker: plea deal: a former m.m.a. fighter, known as wild man is the first to plead guilty to assaulting an officer in the capitol riot. airline meltdown, passengers in limbo as spirit cancels hundreds of more flights. we press the c.e.o. for answers. reporter: what do you say to those passengers? whitaker: olympic streak. allyson felix sets a record for medals on the track and the american women reign supreme on the sand. and on the road. cbs steve hartman on how a young intruder stole a homeowner s heart. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. whitaker: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank norah is off tonight. i m bill whitaker. we begin tonight with the sobering news that for the first time in six months, the u.s. has topped 120,000 covid cases in a single day, a strong signal that the summer surge is only growing. but as we head into the weekend with the pace of shots picking up, today the
this amid that number. 62% of police officers lost on the front lines last year lost to covid. also tonight, questions over the vaccine and the flu shot. should you get them at the same time? and what about your children? what parents need to know. tonight, a flight from new york to california and the alleged troubling attack on a flight attendant. the unruly passenger forcing the plane to divert to denver. news on the deadly shooting on that movie set. new images tonight of alec baldwin after authorities said all options remain on the table when it comes to any possible charges involving that shooting. and news tonight, what allegedly happened on a previous movie set. the deadly charleston church shooting that horrified this nation. tonight, the $88 million settlement for survivors and victims relatives. what the governoacowat as we re on the air tonight. the storms hammering millions from florida up to the carolinas. then tomorrow, washington, d.c., philadelphia an
the mandate, too, and all of this amid that number. 62% of police officers lost on the front lines last year lost to covid. also tonight, questions over the vaccine and the flu shot. should you get them at the same time? and what about your children? what parents need to know. tonight, a flight from new york to california and the alleged troubling attack on a flight attendant. the unruly passenger forcing the plane to divert to denver. news tonight on alec baldwin after authorities say all options remain on the table when it comes to any possible charges involving that shooting. and news tonight, what allegedly happened on a previous movie set. the deadly charleston church shooting that horrified this nation. tonight, the $88 million settlement for survivors and victims relatives. what the government now acknowledges. the dangerous tornado threat as we re on the air tonight. the storms hammering millions from florida up to the carolinas. then tomorrow, washington
Questions. we ll be here every weekday at 3:00 on-air on livestream, answering your questions. wo tonight, breaking news. former new york governor andrew cuomo now criminally charged. the albany d.a. saying a criminal complaint now filed. accusing cuomo of forcibly touching an unnamed woman. the claims resembling those from a former aide who says he groped her at the governor s mansion. what we ve just learned and stephanie ramos standing by. also tonight, president biden s domestic agenda. what the president has now declared. the president delaying his overseas trip to visit capitol hill. what happened inside that room today and will there be a vote? rachel scott live on the hill tonight. the showdown over covid vaccine mandates here inew yo. new york city firefighters defying the mayor. reports of garbage in the streets. some sanitation workers against the mandate. some members of the nypd against
reporter: for people who were vaccinated early on, including seniors, those who live in long- term care facilities, and healthcare workers, the f.d.a. says a plan to provide covid vaccine booster shots could be unveiled next month. bill. whitaker: manny bojorquez in miami. tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo could be facing even more trouble. a former aide has now filed a criminal complaint, accusing cuomo of groping her. the governor refuses to step down, and now he s fighting back through his lawyers. here s cbs nikki battiste. reporter: while governor andrew cuomo appears to lie low, the heat is turning up. just two days after an independent investigation concluded that cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, one of his accusers is the first to file a criminal complaint with the albany county sheriff s office. the woman, identified in the report as executive assistant number one, tells cbs news and