travelers pack airspace and fans fill college football statements as new cases in the u.s. hit the highest level since january. plus, the state with the highest labor day gas price ever. crime wave in chicago, at least 55 people are shot in the city over the holiday weekend, including a four year-old-boy, the new crackdown on illegal gun sales. a small town cries foul: workers at a minnesota factory are worried their jobs will be outsourced to china. unbearable, why officials in tahoe are telling residents to be on the lookout for bears. and surf s up: a different kind of therapy for front line healthcare workers. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m jamie yuccas in for norah. tonight, millions of storm victims from the gulf coast to the northeast are bracing for yet another blast of heavy rain and possibly even more floods. flash flood wa
and we have engine start. yuccas: plus, up, up and away, the james webb telescope blasts off on a mission to reveal the beginnings of the universe. whoo! yuccas: and later, a teaching tree. the tree is a teaching moment. yuccas: this bright symbol of christmas bringing healing light to a family and community during dark times. ing light to a sys this is the cbs weekend news. . yuccas: good evening, i m jamie yuccas in new york, adriana diaz is off. today, christians around the world are celebrating a christmas tainted by covid. the latest surge in cases fueled by the omicron variant forced people to suddenly change their plans, from how they traveled, to how they worshipped. in the u.s., daily new cases are at their highest level since late summer. the daily average of new covid cases is now at more than 197,000, that is up 65% over the last two weeks. there are more than 70,000 people hospitalized, up 10%. elise preston is in new york where they re seeing a r
the war on cancer: a new treatment that can help prevent one of the devastating side effects of chemotherapy. royal baby s first photo. baby lilibet makes her debut in the family s christmas card. a t.s.a. agent turns super hero to save a baby s life. and bringing christmas cheer and light to a nation s military family. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m jamie yuccas in for norah. we begin tonight with this year s holiday season looking like a disappointing repeat of last year, all thanks to the omicron variant. case numbers are racing up, more people are entering the hospital, healthcare workers are overwhelmed. average daily cases fueled by the highly transmissible variant have now exceeded the delta peak from the summer. meanwhile, americans are shattering records at pop-up testing sites with long lines stretching around b
consumer confidence rises as president biden declares christmas shipping problems solved. we re also working to unstick bottlenecks between the ports and the stores. yuccas: day three and still no verdict. the jury remains out in the manslaughter trial of a former minnesota police officer. the capitol riot investigation: why the house select committee wants to speak to a republican congressman who is a top ally of former president trump. the war on cancer: how close are we to a vaccine for breast cancer? and a new york school teaches lessons in kindness, both inside and outside the classroom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, and thank you for joining this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. i m jamie yuccas in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with a major milestone in the fight against covid. the f.d.a. has authorized the first antiviral
in glasgow, scotland, where protesters are calling for more action on climate change. yuccas: last-chance tourism it s rush to see the changing sights of a warming planet. and later, three cheers. politicians raise a glass to working together. the country would be a lot better off if everybody would be willing to sit down and kind of have a beer together. this is the cbs weekend news. yuccas: good evening. i m jamie yuccas. adriana diaz is off. tonight, police in houston are investigating a deadly crush at a music festival. at least 50,000 fans were there to hear rapper travis scott when chaos in the crowd turned to panic. at least eight people were killed and many more injured. one concert-goer called it hell. in a statement posted on twitter, scott said he s devastated by the deaths and that investigators have his total support. cbs lilia luciano is in houston tonight with the very latest. lilia. reporter: jamie, authorities say this is now a criminal investiga