an 18-year-old winning the highly-coveted u.s. women s open. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly-3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. one by one, the names of the victims read aloud. each one, precious to those who knew them. the grief and sorrow of so many captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. my uncle, firefighter christopher michael mazulo. i know you are with us every day watching over us and even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me all the crazy, fun things you did and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. and new york city, right now, two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. the 20th anniversary ceremonies were also held at the
and a cnn exclusive investigation ucncovers evidenc of genocide ini tigray. the white house s latest move to halt an alarming spread of covid-19 is provoking and angry backlash among republicans, they are furious that many large companies could soon face hefty fines. the administration s tough new measures directly impact more than 20 million people whose jobs are tied to the u.s. government. an executive order now requires all federal workers and contractors to get their shots soon or they could be fired. kaitlan collins reports that is only the start. reporter: president biden unveiled new measures to try to encourage tens of millions to get vaccinated saying he believes those 80 million americans who still have not done so have, quote, failed to get the vaccine. making an appeal to those talking about safety and efficacy of these vaccines and also areas where they may not have a choice. one of those is a new vaccine mandates for all federal wo workers. previously they co
second lieutenant. she will join us along with her mother who is a brigadier general who witnessed that explosion. they will share their memories 20 years later. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we begin today with our health lead and president biden s message to republican governors looking to challenge his new mandate on businesses to either test or vaccinate their employees. biden saying, quote, have it. the president s new policies will affect about two-thirds of the american workforce or roughly 100 million americans, forcing federal employees and federal contractors and healthcare workers, all of them to get vaccinated, even private businesses with more than 100 employees will need to make sure their workers get weekly testing or get the shot. for context, 75% of u.s. adults already have at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. biden is talking specifically to the roughly 27% of eligible unvaccinated americans who are the ones keeping this pandemic going
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
an eye on that stop with you so if you keep pictures of the president, that s what we re watching. but we re going to start today with the republican party s full embrace of extremist policy views that completely ignore the views and priorities of a majority of texans. today it s voting restrictions, fueled by fears of voter fraud, even though texas investigated the 2020 election result and found no fraud. no fraud in any of the measures they today banned. but facts be damned. governor abbott this afternoon signed into law a restrictive voting bill that democrats in the statehouse held up for weeks. many of them fleeing to washington, d.c., to rally support for federal legislation. the voting restriction law now set to take effect in texas, targets ballot access measures disproportionately used and needed by voters of color. procedures particularly popular in harris county, that s home to the democratic stronghold of houston. the new law will also make it much more difficult