Sleuths in the world working on that mystery. They will figure it out, he said, you can trust them, so here we are at the endor of august, and what is the answer? where did covid come from? so far, no one has told us, and we are starting to suspect that nobody ever will. It s not like the media are planning to push that issue. Vladimir putin is not from china. They don t care. M the coronavirus investigation? what coronavirus investigation? like joe biden himself, they have no memory of anything that happened three months ago. And come to think of it, maybe that was the whole point of the exercise. You announce a fake inquiry into something you have absolutely no interest in learning more about, and then you bet on the fact that everyone will forget that inquiry exists. Pretty tricky. Maybe that is the real purpose of the intel agencies, actually. Not to gather intelligence, but to provide political cover to the politicians who control them. Oh, that is a good question, wolf, i will ha
christian missionaries released in haiti, tonight the latest on their condition. boycotting china, the big announcement from the white house about the winter olympics, what it means for u.s. athletes. plus biden prierps for a prepares for a crucial meeting with russian president vladimir putin. jussie smollett testifies, what the actor accused of staging a racist attack on himself said on the stand. a final salute to bob dole, flags at half staff tonight as we look back on the life and legacy of an american hero. and a time-honored tradition, the kennedy center honors here in the nation s capitol. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you so much for joining us. we begin with an alarping surge in covid infections in the u.s. for the first time in the month the country is averaging more than 100,000 new cases per day. more than 1100 are dying each day from covid and 50,000 tre
enough with higher taxes, higher prices. simply enough. maria: gop leader kevin mccarthy is here in his first interview since the eight half-hour epic long speech. slamming nancy pelosi spending tax plan. how many states can the gop turnover in 2022. plus republicans denouncing cheney as primary challenger small blood. her bid to unseat cheney and donald trump s endorsement. plus this morning austria is back on full lockdown as the fda pushes booster shots for all in the united states. doctor scott atlas on dr. fauci and the politicians making medical decisions. then another high profile celebrity vanished by the chinese communist party. a potential hostage before joe biden s call when xi jinping. what is joe biden doing to stop the authoritarianism and why is he tiptoeing around xi jinping. we need people to understand that china is a geopolitical competitor in a potential adversary. they seek to overtake us. marsha blackburn is here on china, inflation in biden attorney
alan dershowitz joins us shortly. but first, a sidebar that shouldn t be lost. i m talking about msnbc being banned from the courtroom. as the jurors were leaving after a day of deliberations, police stopped a man who identified himself as an msnbc price. and as judge bruce schrader explained, he said his bosses in new york had given him an assignment. he gave that information and stated that he had been instructed by ms. ryland in new york to follow the jury bus. i have instructed that no one from msnbc will be permitted in this building until duration of this trial. this is a are serious matter. howard: nbc claims this was a freelancer who just happened to be near the bus and had no intention of photographing the jurors. if he was trying to do that, it would be monumentally dumb given the tense situation in the wisconsin town. was msnbc actually thinking of putting out pictures of the jurors and putting them in danger? i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard
that s something you need to decide with your doctor. alisyn, victor. elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. top of the hour, i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. republican governor greg abbott is facing push back on his controversial and broad band on covid vaccine mandates, including private businesses from enforcing vaccination mandates. american and southwest airlines both based in the lone star state vowed to continue requiring their employees to be vaccinated. abbot is up for reelection next year. he has been on a bit of a collision course with president biden who just last month announced that all employers with 100 or more workers should adopt vaccine mandates or covid testing regimens. ed lav reporter: i think everybody in texas is looking at abbot t s move through the prism of politics he finds himself in the middle of, and that is he is facing a primary challenge to be reelected next year. that primary is coming up in the spring