conservative supreme court justices raise serious questions about whether the biden administration can mandate that america s largest companies require a covid shot. remembering sidney poitier: reactions pouring in tonight after the death of the first black man to win the oscar for a black actor. the world s top tennis player stuck down under. tonight, what his rival rafael nadal is saying about the consequences of djokovic s vaccination status. and on the road. the heartwarming acts of kindness helping make this new year a little brighter. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are following several big stories on this friday night and we want to begin with the sentencing of three men convicted in the murder of the ahmaud arbery case. it garnered national attention after video surfaced of the men chasing and shooting the 25-year-old black man in a georgia rez dec
americans should prepare for the spread of omicron. senator joe manchin deals a blow to joe biden s build back better. peng shuai s latest interview. announcer: live from london. this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. monday, december 20th. nearly two years since the covid-19 pandemic turned the world really upside down. the threat is far from over. one u.s. health experts says we re beyond counting the waves, the country is facing a tsunami. it is now being detected in 45 states. you can see on your screen. experts say it s just a matter of time before omicron accounts for a majority of new cases. it comes as the u.s. is already grappling with the surge driven by the delta variant. countries now averaging more than 130,000 a day infections a day and experts warn omicron will only add fuel to that fire. have a listen. we are going to see a significant stress in some regions of the country on the hospital system, particularly
rising inflation. how bad will it get? treasury secretary janet yellen joins my exclusively in moments. plus, needing a boost. some americans rush to get another shot as the gap grows between those who want the vaccine and those who refuse it. in a state where less than 50% are fully vaccinated, what, if anything, will convince them? arkansas governor asa hutchinson is ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of the union is wanting to be a fly on the wall. president biden is hosting joe manchin and chuck schumer in delaware today as biden puts increased pressure on his party to deliver a deal, to upgrade the nation s social safety net and take steps to come bite climate change before biden leaves for europe on thursday. democrats have just seven days until october 31st. that s the date that speaker pelosi set to advance the agenda. at a cnn town hall this wook, president biden expressed confidence his party would deliver. while it is now clear the siz
state. david miliband and anne-marie slaughter will talk to us about the sanctions, refugee crisis and more. and as another earth day passes, we will bring you a big idea about how to wean countries like china and india off coal. but first, here s my take. the next phase in the war in ukraine is now apparent. over the next few weeks and months, russian forces will try to expand control of their occupied territories in eastern ukraine and dig in. the ukrainian army and people will resist fiercely and low-grade battles will likely persist in these areas, as they have in donbas since 2014. that means the only way out of this conflict is to put enough pressure on russia to force it to the negotiating table and seek sanctions relief in exchange for a peace deal. to achieve this, the coalition against it needs the staying power to maintain and even ratchet up sanctions and embargoes against moscow. and that is only conceivable in a scenario in which energy prices come down fr
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