lead to a crisis if no deal is reached. the gop senator said they desperately need flood relief attached to that bill voted no. if it had any chance of passing, i would have voted yes because i need it in my state. on the other hand, he was cynical of senator schumer to attach relief for disaster victims to something that he knew wasn t going to pass. leveraging their pain, leveraging their pain for something they can do quite easily. the ramifications of a government shutdown here would reach far and wide, from the cdc to the fda. remember, we re still in the middle of a pandemic. the pentagon, homeland security, national parks, housing, even the smithsonian museums all facing major shutdowns. democrats have option to move past republican obstruction, separate being the two parts would allow democrats to raise the debt ceiling with just 51 votes, but it would take time and the clock is ticking. there is no one better than ryan nobles to explain all this. he starts our
two separate infrastructure bills and all of this with a potential government shutdown now looming. rachel scott with late reporting from the hill. and tonight, our robin roberts with former president obama. will the democrats unite in this moment and what about the price tag? what the former president told robin. also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a former marine wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a sheriff s deputy in florida. authorities tonight with a warning. new reporting on the deadly amtrak derailment. three people killed, dozens injured. tonight, the new clues now with the ntsb on the ground there. news tonight on the man who shot former president ronald reagan, john hinckley jr., now granted his unconditional release. and the reagan library is already responding tonight. the moving moment. the rolling stones paying tribute. and there is news coming in right now involving north korea. reports involving what could be their latest provocation. good e
one year biggest increase ever. we re in philadelphia where they re struggling to get gun crimes under control. reagan shooter to be freed. 40 years after he nearly killed then-president ronald reagan john hinckley oaf reach also a deal. d.e.a. drug warning, the alert tonight warning about a dramatic increase in fake prescription drugs containing deadly amounts of fentanyl. facebook reversal, why the social media giant is pulling plans to launch instagram for kids. and hispanic heritage month, celebrating america s car culture in a new light. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us. we are going to begin with that breaking news from new york. in one of the most prominent trials of the #metoo era, a federal jury has convicted r&b superstar r. kelly on all counts, eight of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering, a charge usually ass
laundrie is still in the preserve. we ll tell you why. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden s rosy scenario. a scenario not shared by key members of his own party. right now, democrats are locked in a stalemate that could kill the president s legislative agenda. president biden, though, not letting that get him down. you know me. born optimist. i think things are going to go well. i think we are going to get it done. and but i have meetings tonight, tomorrow, and for the next little bit. well, it may not be by the end of the week. i hope it s by the end of the week. #. all right. here is the issue. right now, progressives in the president s own party are holding his $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal hostage because they want to vote, first, on a $3.5 trillion spending plan. it s a massive price tag. a plan, itself, hasn t yet been finalized but it says or they say it will include spending on, well, a whole lot of
and older, those deemed high risk and those two work in front line and high risk occupations. elizabeth cohen is here. there is still confusion about the guidance for boosters and exactly how long people are supposed to wait and what order they re supposed to wait in line for it. so somehow president biden getting it publicly, does that, i don t know, clear up some confusion or send a message? yes, i think it does clear up some confusion. let s take a look first at his schedule. so as you mentioned, he got his first shot on december 21st. he got his next shot on january 11th. and then he got a shot today on september 27th. so take a look at that and you ll see, he got pfizer, and he s more than six months out from his second shot. so that is the first thing. in order to get a booster right now, you are supposed to have gotten pfizer, not moderna or j&j and more than six months from the second shot. now let s take a look at other people who are eligible for their third shot.