more in aid and weapons. plus president biden welcomes the leaders of finland and sweden, supporting their bids to join n.a.t.o. tonight s other top headlines, record-breaking heat in 19 states, wildfires surge across texas and new mexico, plus monkeypox found in the u.s., the symptoms of the rare disease. and finally tonight, they re in a class of their own. we ll introduce you to these four extraordinary cadets from west point who are now rhodes scholars. how historic. think about the four of you together, pretty special. yes, ma am. just a little bit. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, some news for passports with small children. a top health panel is recommending kids five to 11 get a covid booster. it comes as the pandemic is rearing its ugly head once again. more than two years
congress authorizes billions more in aid and weapons. plus president biden welcomes the leaders of finland and sweden, supporting their bids to join n.a.t.o. tonight s tonight s other top headlines, record-breaking heat in 19 states, wildfires surge across texas and new mexico, plus monkeypox found in the u.s., the symptoms of the rare disease. and finally tonight, they re in a class of their own. we ll introduce you to these four extraordinary cadets frompoint who are now rhodes scholars. how historic. think about the four of you together, pretty special. yes, ma am. just a little bit. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, some news for passports with small children. a top health panel is recommending kids five to 11 get a covid booster. it comes as the pandemic is rearing its ugly head once again. more than two years since it began, infections are on the rise nationwide. just in the past month alone, covid cases
announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. despite condemnations from the u.n. and major world powers, myanmar s military crackdown on protesters is only getting bloodier and more dangerous. a human rights group says as least 38 demonstrators were killed on sunday. it is the deadliest day so far since last month s coup. and there could be more deaths we just don t know about. the military junta has now declared martial law in six districts of yang orngs which is myanmar s largest city. i want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been monitoring all of these latest developments and of course this increase in violence on the streets against protesters. what more can you tell us? hi, paula. reporter: well, robyn, it s very clear to everybody that the level of force that security forces are now using against protesters is increasing. it is definitely on the rise. as you say, yesterday being the deadliest day so far that we know of since
history last night at the grammy awards . we begin with a new push from the white house to raise awareness for its recently passed covid relief package. president joe biden and others will be crossing the country starting today as a help is here tour. supportive voices are already outlining its benefits as part of the messaging blitz. the fact is, it s strongly bipartisan across the country. it s only in the congress of the united states where the republicans refused to meet the needs of the american people where they didn t vote, as i said, voted no and take the dow. you can be sure all their states and communities will be benefitting from this and they won t be complaining about it back home. and the treasury secretary is trying to calm concerns that it could lead to major inflation. the most significant risk we face is the work force scorned by a long period of unemployment. people being out of work and not able to find jobs can have a permanent effect on their wel
weekend. 2 million a day. those are great numbers 16781% of the country has been fully vaccinated, a weekend have have now cnn reporting releasing right now. the biden administration launching a $250 million media blintze targeting the vaccine. what s the goal? the concern? that s coming up. health experts warn complacency could trigger another deadly surge. they don t want to see any more scenes like thissing large crowds hitting miami beach, masksless in the streets, other places as well. for more details, let s bring in cnn s medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. good morning. good morning. this is a large campaign. a quarter of a billion dollars. let s take a look at where that money is going to go. it s go doing go largely to tv, radio, billboard print, and digital ads. there will be a podcast by a well-known figure. we don t know who that is. while it will talk about social distancing and staying away from crowds, it will focus on vaccination and they re going to p