failure. our interview with a soldier first on a cbs. less people could have been killed. norah: new car owners beware. you may have to pay to keep those fancy features. hands-free cruise control are sure is nice, but are you willing to pay a subscription fee for it? nothing worth having comes easy. norah: and we go on the road with a pilot whose dreams are sky high. the word impossible is an illusion behind the word possible. it s just a distraction. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. we begin with history in the house of representatives and the expulsion of republican george santos from the halls of congress. what happened today was rare. since the first congress of 1789, more than 11,000 lawmakers have served in the house and just five expelled. that is, until today. santos is now the sixth. what is also rare is a bipartisan vote like we saw today. two weeks ago, the house ethics
health ministry says that the death toll has passed 8000 people. it follows attacks which killed moo people in israel with hundreds taken as hostages. the latest nighttime attack struck around 150 targets according to israel and killed key figures within hamas which is designated as a terror group by the uk, us and many western nations. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ground operation has entered the second phase with israeli troops and the north and south. he has want of the war with hamas will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint press conference he described the conflict as the second war of independence for israel and declared they will win the wine make every effort to bring the israeli hostages back home. also on saturday, in his first common since the war began three weeks ago, hamas s leader in the gutters strip has offered to return hostages in return for the frank of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement yahya sinwarsaid. a m
Neeraj Khemlani, who was the CBS News chief till now, is leaving his role. He informed CBS staff about his departure and his new engagement with a multi-platform deal, focusing on content creation. This includes documentaries, scripted series, and books for Simon & Schuster.
prt ia briefing today about the latest with the omicron variant, and that he is in regular touch with health officials from around the world. today, president biden also went to church with his family here in nantucket, and did a little holiday shopping to try to highlight small-business saturday. now, many of these stores around the country are struggling to stay afloat amid supply chain and inflation issues that are driving up costs. of course, the omicron strain brings another financial challenge with the stocks taking a dramatic tumble yesterday. the president, though, said he is not worried at all about the markets, focusing on keeping the new variant at bay instead. today, dr. anthony fauci, the president s chief medical adviser, agreed that the variant is probably already here. in the u.s. in countries like israel and belgium, but he says blocking toes stfrom certain couriesbu
close eye on this new variant. and while efforts are being made to contain it, they re also preparing for the possibility it could be he were soon. as millions of americans travel this holiday weekend,s u.s. officials hope to keep omicron out by restricting travel from several southern african nations. some travelers say the new variant doesn t concern them yet. i like to travel, so i ll just have to see. you know, it seems normal now. reporter: cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook says these new travel restrictions might slow but likely won t stop the spread of omicron. it wouldn t be at all surprising if this variant were already in the united states, and people shouldn t panic if that happens. reporter: the new variant appears to be highly transmissible, but there s still much that we don t know. we ve seen that the vaccines are effective against delta and other variants. can we say yet whether or not it s effective against omicron? reporter: we don t kn