settled over washington as the city braces for whatever may happen tomorrow. a homeland security memo warns of at least the potential for violence. we also have to say it s totally unclear how many will show up. there are various predictions of fewer than a thousand people, we ll see, but today capitol hill police said they re taking no chances. there have been threats of violence in association with the events for tomorrow, and we have a strong plan in place to ensure that it remains peaceful and that if violence does occur that we can stop it as quickly as possible. we are hearing some chatter. what we re concerned about, i think more than anything, is the possibility of counter-demonstrators an making to this demonstration and there be violence between those two groups. that man, the capitol hill police chief, originally had asked for 100 national guard men to be on stand-by, but he later revised that request after talks with the pentagon and the senate sergeant-in-arm
both houses of congress are in recess. members for the most part are out of town. another major development we are following tonight, a setback in white house plans to make vaccine boosters widely available as soon as monday. today, an fda advisory committee voted against recommending a third dose of pfizer s vaccine for most fully vaccinated adults among us. the panel did hold a second follow-up vote and agreed to recommend boosters for people over 65 and for those at high risk for contracting severe disease during the day long meeting. members said they needed to know more about the impact of these third shots. recommending a third goes to younger people is just not something that i would feel comfortable with at this. point i think we should be concerned with immunity clearly seems to decrease overtime. do we want to wait until more previously vaccinated people get sick? i want to support a recommendation for people over 65, i have a hard time supporting it for anyon
i m jim sciutto. there is a possible government shutdown on the horizon. the office of management and budget is now instructing federal agencies in case to prepare for a possible default. lawmakers have just seven days to prevent the government from running out of money. democrats are considering a party line vote to avoid a shutdown as president biden works behind the scenes to keep his two-track budget and infrastructure strategy alive. democratic lawmakers are running out of patience as they remain divided on that price tag, $3.5 trillion for the spending bill. the white house says it s par for the course. the president s always been open to negotiations and discussions and knew that he was not going to be alone able to wave a magic wand and pass a proposal. cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju joins us from capitol hill. i always ask you to handicap these things because you ve seen drama there and last-minute deals or failure to reach deals. where to
requirements follow through on their threat? breaking news from los angeles, an arrest in the shocking killing of the wife of a beloved music mogul inside their beverly hills mansion, how police track down the suspect after he shot himself in the foot. help wanted, could a shortage of construction workers throw a wrench into your plans to buy a new home? hunger crisis, the worst familiar i in a decade ravages a country as children are caught las of the heafrbr brn theoa creating more meaningful connections. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight omicron is spreading to a growing number of states. moments ago the governor of new york announced five new confirmed cases. it has also been detected in california, minnesota and colorado. since omicron was first discovered by scientists in south africa, it has spread to at least two dozen
doses of the pfizer vaccine, of course, parents would have to go along. and that s proving tougher than anyone predicted. the news comes as the governor of texas, greg abbott, has moderate mounted abroad challenge to the administration s vaccine mandate. abbots order to buy van vaccine mandates. that only sets up a legal confrontation with the feds, but it also forces businesses to make tough choices in texas. he s also getting backup from fellow republican governor, and fellow trump are robbed desantis in florida. he s proposed a lot of shield all workers from being fired, for pete not getting the vaccine. this afternoon, the white house put both governors on blast. 700,000 american lives have been lost to covid-19, including more than 56,000 8000, and 68,000 in texas. why would you be staking steps that prevent the saving of lives? that to make it more difficult to save lives? i think it s pretty clear when you make a choice that s against public health information and da