could sales top $9 billion today? severe weather threatens to mess up holiday travel in the northeast and pacific northwest. what you need to know. a labor strike at kellogg s drags on as union workers fight for better pay from companies they say are making record profits. online shoppers beware, cyber intelligence experts say thousands of fake web sites are popping up every day waiting to steal your money. we have tips to avoid getting scammed. and steve and steve hartman s on the road, with the story of a foster dad who is thankful for his expanding family and the kids who are thankful for him. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. dokoupil: good evening and thank you for joining us on this post-holiday friday. i m tony dokoupil in for norah. and we re going to begin with growing concerns about the new variant of the coronavirus first discovered earlier this month in south africa and since turning up in belgium, israel, even hong kong. the world health
on high alert amid growing concern of the new strain of the coronavirus. the world health organization has named it omicron and classified it as a variant of concern. omicron was first reported to the world health organization by south africa where the new variant, quote, appears to be increasing in almost all provinces. fears of another deadly wave of the coronavirus has forced some countries to act swiftly on friday. several nations including japan, canada and the united kingdom announced travel restrictions for people coming from the southern region of africa. the biden administration decided to do the same. beginning monday november 29th the united states will restrict travel from botswana, eswatini, former swaziland and mozambique, namibia and zimbabwe. belgium, israel and hong kong have had one case of the omicron variant within their borders and you know there is never just one. no cases have been identified in the u.s. to date. we expect omicron to be identified quick
countries around the world are racing to implement travel restrictions from south africa as well as neighboring countries there, while here in the u.s. the new concerns causing the stock market to fall dramatically, dr. anthony fauci on nbc this morning explaining why this variant is different than the others, and that he would not be surprised if it was already here in the u.s. it seems to have really spread rather rapidly in south africa, even though the numbers are relatively small, its ability to infect people who have recovered from infection and even people who have been vaccinated make us say this is something you ve got to pay really close attention to and be prepared for something that s serious. it may not turn out that way, but you really want to be ahead of it, and that s the reason why we re doing what we re doing. plus, the biden administration issuing a long-awaited report reforming the country s oil and gas leasing program calling for companies to pay more
two dozens charges for killing arbery as he jogged through a south georgia neighborhood early last year. their claim of self-defense was rejected the men face the possibility of life in prison without parole, and this is not over. all three men are also facing federal charges for hate crime and kidnapping in connection with arbery s murder. ryan young is live in brunswick. what is next in this case? reporter: i think you mentioned it right there. these three men face the sentencing and also face the federal charges. we know moving forward they will face more legal battles the idea this man would be chased through a neighborhood and then shot. imp listen to what she had to say. he s brought about the hate. he s implemented change already. reporter: one of the things where he know, we have trials like this. to see what happens this afternoon. and to be here yesterday and watch everyone sort of explode in jubilation after the verdicts were read, was quite something t
ahmaud arbery, a black jogger, who they chased and shot dead. they said the verdict was based on facts and proved the jury system works. georgia s governor said he hoped the verdict would lead to what he hoped a was a path of healing and reconciliation. joe biden said it was the justice system doing its job. ryan young has been following every step of this trial. the verdicts are no. what s next for these men? happy thanksgiving, alex. the sentencing has to go forward and the judge had to make the final decision, but when you talk about the people who have spoken about this case, brian kemp, and what s changed here. there s now a hate crime law and they got rid of the citizen s arrest law that was in the state for so long, but take a look at this image of the men being walked out of court. so surreal yesterday. as they were being walked to the car to go to jail, there were so many people cheering about the fact they were found guilty. when you think about this for the famil