Focused on the humanitarian crisis in texas entering a new week. The long lines and millions without clean water and the 11yearold who died from suspected hypothermia. The massive lawsuit filed by his family. The investigation into the death of a life of a man the investigation into Elijah Mcclain what paramedics did wrong. One year since the shooting death of amaud aubrey. And my conversation with the amazing young woman just made at sea. Announcer this is nightly news with lester holt good evening, we reflect on those we lost topping a 500,000. President biden leading americans in a moment of silence. In that silence, a somber remembrance. It has been a year of tough calculations over 56,000 of hospitalizations down 44 million have received one vaccine dose there are hurdles still ahead. Miguel almaguer with the latest reporter the president with the enormity of the death toll on his shoulders paused to remember the half million americans who lost their lives to the virus grandparent
Dozens of boeing 777s grounded after an engine explodes midair. The details tonight of how much danger the passengers faced. The mess in texas texans charged thousands for their electricity in the middle of the states disaster. Trumps tax returns the Supreme Court rules new york prosecutors can see the former president s financial documents. No legal basis an investigation into the death of Elijah Mclain while in Police Custody says mclain shouldnt have been detained in the first place. Out of this world tonight the video of nasas mars rover as it landed on the red planet. And the incredible story of a Childhood Cancer survivor whos yep, headed to space. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin toni news,f news few ever thought possible. News which somehow, no matter how many times we say it, is still so hard to comprehend. As we come on the
White supremacists and others who stormed the capitol back on january 6th. The doj would have a rule there. President biden will deliver remarks ahead of a candlelighting Ceremony Planned to mark the moment of the passing of 500,000, half a million american covid19 deaths. Its amazing to reach this point. A tragic number. Though, we should note as well, the signs of hope are emerging. New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending down, significantly. Thats good news. And after extreme weather caused millions of vaccinations to be delayed, dr. Fauci says well be caught up and this is pretty fast by the middle of this week. Lots to get to. Lets begin on capitol hill, evan perez on the Senate Hearing about to begin in minutes. Evan, interesting history with merritt garland, of course, but tell us, is he likely to get republican, democratic and republican support . You know, thats an interesting thing. We do expect he is going to get some republican support, which underscores the
Coronavirus. President biden is planning to lon nor the americans killed by the pandemic with a Moment Of Silence and a Candlelight Vigil outside the white house tonight. Lets begin our coverage with dan simons with the latest on the fallout in the investigation into what happened on that united flight saturday afternoon. Dan. Reporter good morning, erica. Well, the ntsb says the likely culprit appears to be a fractured fan blade that then took out another blade. These are preliminary findings. No conclusions have been made. The regulators want to determine how that uncontained Engine Failure took place and prevent Something Like from from happening in the future to do that, the faa is saying all those boeing 777s, they should be inspected, of course, thoroughly inspected before they can fly again. In the meantime, seeing those images, seeing all that debris fly out of the sky, it continue to be mindboggling. Heres how one passenger described the terrifying moments as she spoke to new