Getting wrong about the Abortion Law in texas . Well go live to austin for a fact check on that. And we are at the 18month mark of the pandemic. What is the Twomonth Cycle and why is delta such a Media Dilemma . We have covid insights that you wont hear anywhere else. But first, how News Sources should be covering a Critical Point in bidens presidency. He is facing some serious headwinds right now. These headlines tell that story. He is coming off the afghanistan withdrawal, and now this may be the single most important month of President Bidens tenure, between afghanistan, booster plans, Vaccine Mandates and the infrastructure plan. 3. 5 trillion is the shorthand heard on Tv News. But Today Senator Manchin says he wont vote for a bill that is that big. So we hear the Price Tag cons constantly, but whats being purchased . How much do you know about the purpose of the social Safety Net Bill . Democrats are, in the words of the New York times, taking the most significant expansion of the
Negotiators are still ironing the details out of the bipartisan bill, which is expected to focus on physical infrastructure. However, Progressive House democrats are already signaling that that package doesnt do enough to address their needs and they want the second bigger bill done first or at least at the same time. They want to insure their separate legislation that would invest in child care, paid leave, and combatting climate change, does not get sidelined. Heres what Mondare Jones told me last hour. These are the things that must be in that larger reconciliation package. And its whats going to get me to the table to support that much, much pared down bipartisan Infrastructure Package that still leaves out so much of what americans urgently need in this moment. However, arizona democrat, Senator Kyrsten Sinema poured cold water on her partys hopes of passing her partys larger package. She said, quote, while i support the beginning process, i do not support a bill that costs 3. 5 t
Tennis Phenom Cocoa Goff now out of the games after Testing Positive for covid19. Two athletes in tokyos olympic Village Testing positive now. In all, at least 58 cases of coronavirus have been found among athletes, officials, and contractors there. The number of olympic participants falls, the number of cases in japan is climbing fast. A big spike shows no signs of slowing ahead of fridays opening ceremony. Cnns Blake Essig is live in tokyo, japan. What are officials saying this morning . Reporter well, you know, laura and julia, with a few days to go before the start of the olympics, its fair to say things are not exactly going smoothly. As you mentioned, so far 58 people involved with the games have tested positive for covid19 after arriving in japan. Theres also a growing list of athletes and olympicrelated personnel who have been forced into isolation after being considered close contacts with people who tested positive. Despite that, olympic officials maintain they will be able t
I went as somebodys guest. laughter battiste the tributes pouring in for actress betty white, who died just shy of her 100th birthday. And later, a million meals americans answering the call for military families in need. This food makes a huge impact on their lives, on their family lives. This is the cbs weekend news. Battiste good evening, and happy new year. Im Nikki Battiste. Adriana diaz is off. We begin 2022 with the world entering the third year of the pandemic, a scaleddown times square town ringing in the new year, as most of the United States faces explosive growth of daily new coronavirus cases. New infections are averaging nearly 400,000 a day, up a staggering 200 over the last two weeks. Yet, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate than cases. Elise preston leads off our coverage tonight from new york. Elise. Reporter nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. The Omicron Variant is also partially to blame for the states highest Hospitalization To
Among the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia though they changed their name after one of their members murdered Heather Heyer with his car. Of course, their Extremist Views and ridiculous plastic shields earn them lots and lots of mockery this weekend when several were awkwardly left stranded at the arlington Memorial Bridge because their u haul wasnt large enough to carry them all home. They look really stupid and it easy to laugh at them, but to do so is to under estimate them and millions like them whose radical ideas are on the asent in this country. Let not forget, the many that laughed at donald trump back in 2016 and even after he was elected, thanks to four years of trump, this is a backsliding democracy thanks to an International Think tank. Thats no joke. The truth is this country doesnt have a great track record of recognizing authoritarians for what they are, at least not until its too late. A darling of the American Press and american papers credited Italia