the new study that babies could be protected from covid through breast milk. europe s third wave. thousands flee paris as it enters lockdown. plus, the astrazeneca vaccine gets a boost from the leaders of britain and france. the breaking news tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo now faces accusations of sexual harassment from a current aide. george floyd evidence. a key ruling tonight that the jury in the derek chauvin trial will get to hear the details from floyd s prior arrest. march madness is back. the buzzer beaters, and the apology tonight from the ncaa after female players call out the inequalities of the food and the gym. washed ashore. what is a military drone doing on a florida beach? and cbs s steve hartman is on the road, how a teacher saved a student s life. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. thank you for joining us, we re beginning with the investigation to this week s shooti
mitt romney is picking up a significant endorsement in south carolina today. one that could help boost his standing with tea party republicans who continue to question his conservative credentials. romney now has the backing of governor nikki hailey, who herself was propelled into office with tea party support. can she convince those same tea party voters to back mitt romney? joe johns is joining us now. this is a huge day for mitt romney. tell us what we know. mitt romney continued to get a bunch of big endorsements. this goes up on the top shelf. republicans of south carolina have been telling the romney organization to make more of a play for voters in the state and stop acting like there s no way he can win there. the nikki hailey endorsement suggesting the romney camp is responding. the nomination race in the early state of south carolina, the first primary in the south, just got interesting. nikki hailey endorsing mitt romney for president. today is the day i m thro