ball a few months after that horrific crash. cybermonday: have you done your online shopping? which products have the biggest discounts today, as americans are expected to spend at least $10.2 billion. sex trafficking trial, the woman accused of recruiting underage girls for sex offender jeffrey epstein faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted. remembering lee elder, the golf great who broke down racial barriers as the first black goll barriers as to play at the masters. and a heart warming story about the world s most premature baby who survived and thrived tonight, his story of strength. 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 re going to begin with that new covid variant that the world health organization poses a very high risk around the globe. the omicron strain hasn t turned up in the u.s. but dr. anthony fauci warns
u.s., plus new vaccine data provides hope for children. facebook under fire: leaked documents say fueling hate and conspiracy theories means big money for facebook, a former insider tells us facebook could stop it, but won t. the top priority is growth. o donnell: tonight, mark zuckerberg responds. countdown to election day: the fight over schools and covid mandates takes center stage. independent voters in a key state tell us why they may be voting republican this time around. and all in a day s work: tom brady touch down record? check. making a kid s dream come true? double check. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and to our viewers in the west thank you for joining us. we want to begin with severe storms are impacting millions of americans from coast to coast. tonight the san francisco bay area is recovering from what s being called the strongest storm to hit the region in more than
covid hot spot: we re in idaho, where vaccination rates are low, i.c.u.s are jammed, and medical staff is pushed to the limit. i have put more people in body bags over the last two years than i have in the last nine. brennan: afghanistan chaos. dozens killed in a suicide attack, the worst since the u.s. withdrawal. who was behind it? nobel peace surprise: journalists from the philippines and russia are honored for defying repression to report the truth. and kindness many times over. cbs steve hartman is on the road with a woman who turns her yard sale into dozens of random acts of kindness. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west. norah is off tonight. i m margaret brennan. we re going to begin with that jobs report landed with a thud today at the white house. many forecasters had predicted a jobs gain of about 475,000 for september. instead, the u.s. economy only cre
reporter: i m elaine cobbe in paris with why this vote matters far beyond france s borders. diaz: weekend journal: what s poisoning america s national bird? and later, this category trebek treasures. fans line up for a one-of-a-kind estate sale. he s like a national treasure. ( laughs ) easure. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. today, ukraine s president said that the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, and the defense secretary, lloyd austin, would visit the country s embattled capital, kyiv, tomorrow, orthodox easter sunday. so far, there s no comment or confirmation from the state department or the pentagon. volodymyr zelenskyy spoke at a defiant news conference, where he said the visit was not a big secret. also today, russian forces launched deadly missile strikes on odessa, hitting a residential neighborhood. the russians also took aim at targets in the besieged city of mariupol. cbs charlie d agata h
of the travel mask mandate. viral video outraging. why syracuse police put an eight-year-old boy in a cop car over an allegedly stolen bag of chips. abortion battle heats up: we meet the doctor who commutes hundreds of miles as nearly two dozen states ban or restrict access to abortions. today s other top headlines: why you re paying more for your netflix subscription. a wildfire in arizona explodes. and learning to fly. how these california pilots are teaching kids the sky s the limit when it comes to their dreams. 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 for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, the war in ukraine nears a turning point, as russian forces surround the battered southeastern city of mariupol. russian soldiers and military hardware are pouring into eastern ukraine and ramping up its ground assault along the 300-mile-long front