i went as somebody s guest. ( laughter ) battiste: the tributes pouring in for actress betty white, who died just shy of her 100th birthday. and later, a million meals: americans answering the call for military families in need. this food makes a huge impact on their lives, on their family lives. this is the cbs weekend news. battiste: good evening, and happy new year. i m nikki battiste. adriana diaz is off. we begin 2022 with the world entering the third year of the pandemic, a scaled-down times square town ringing in the new year, as most of the united states faces explosive growth of daily new coronavirus cases. new infections are averaging nearly 400,000 a day, up a staggering 200% over the last two weeks. yet, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate than cases. elise preston leads off our coverage tonight from new york. elise. reporter: nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. the omicron variant is also partially to blame for the
warning for americans thinking of an international getaway. tiger attack aftermath. naples zoo reopens as prosecutors mull charges against the man who reached into the tiger s enclosure. and on the road. how a michigan dad s idea got the kids out of the house and on to the ice. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we leave 2021 with some echoes of 2020 rising covid cases and scaled-down new year s eve celebrations. there s one big difference, though vaccines have made a difference and reduced risk. it s already 2022 in some parts of the world, of course, and in a few hours, new york city will greet the new year with a traditional ball drop, but a smaller crowd than originally planned. we start tonight where we must with the death of an american tv icon, betty white. white died today at her home in los angeles
tornadoes across parts of the south. new covid records. omicron surges as america prepares for a new year s celebration. plus, the state department warning for americans thinking of an international getaway. tiger attack aftermath. naples zoo reopens as prosecutors mull charges against the man who reached into the tiger s enclosure. and on the road. how a michigan dad s idea got the kids out of the house and on to the ice. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we leave 2021 with some echoes of 2020 rising covid cases and scaled-down new year s eve celebrations. there s one big difference, though vaccines have made a difference and reduced risk. it s already 2022 in some parts of the world, of course, and in a few hours, new york city will greet the new year with a traditional ball drop, but a smaller crowd than originally planne
long time senate majority leader harry reid, her former colleague, his wife of 62 years announced in a statement that reid passed away peacefully while surrounded by friends following what she called a courageous four-year bat well pancreatic cancer. combative but soft spoken, reid was elected to the united states senate in 1986 after serving two terms in the house of representatives. he held the role of senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and was a pivotal figure on capitol hill touring the administration s of both george w. bush and barack obama. president biden worked for two decades in the senate and eight years while vice president paid tribute to a person he called a great american and a dear friend. in a statement the president wrote if harry said he would do something, he did it. if he gave you his word, you could bank on it. that s how he got things done for the good of the country for decades. president biden also listed a number of reid s accomplishments inc
joe. with us, we have our katty kay and host of msnbc s politics nation and president, the national network, reverend sharpton and host of way too early, jonathan lemire. katty, how was your christmas? i didn t cry anywhere silently in any corner. it was great, my son had covid. we had a craft, we put bubble wrap between the front and backseat of the car. that was my idea of trying to create sort of a secure environment. he came home and he was in his room but at least he was in the house with us. that s great. yeah. you got to make do. we do what we can. fantastic. we do what we can said every parent ever born. reverend al, what about you? how was your christmas? great, we did what we did every year, we fed hundreds of hungry and homeless people and a lot of elderly just don t have anyone to eat christmas with. mayor-elect adams and lieutenant governor joined me several hours to give dishes. we could not let them to sit in the headquarters to eat but we g