Rockstar, his reputation as a budget slashing Deficit Hawk Family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person. The search for sanford through his office into chaos and turned up a secret Love Affair and a bizarre set of lies that cohen mean the phrase to hike the Appalachian Trail, but also revealed something deeper. How even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of a human being. And counterintuitively when the world was crashing down around him bearing at all oh, might have been the savviest political move of Mark Sanford is career its monday night. Do you know where your governor is . Thats what the citizens have. South carolina are wondering where in the world is our governor a mystery tonight, in South Carolina the states governor, Mark Sanford, disappeared for days. Governor alert The Search for Mark Sanford in june 2009, South Carolina governor Mark Sanford became a missing person. News began
Custody. Chicago maori lightfoot earlier today held a press conference saying guns and gangs are the, quote, common enemy causing the rise in violent crime and so many of the shootings on the streets of her city. Senior correspondent mike toe bun live mike tobin live from chicago with the latest on this tragedy. Mike? reporter: and, eric, the police officer who gave her life in the name of mix safety was just 29 years old. She d only been on the force since 2018. A police source tells me the other officer was shot three times, and and one of the bullets went through his eye. It was a very emotional scene outside the university of chicago hospital where he is fighting for his life at this hour. Officers gathered, they hugged and shed a tear for the fallen and gravely wounded officers. Mayor lori lightfoot declared a day of mourning as flags have been lowered to half staff. She urged the public particularly in black and brown neighborhoods to end the constant strive with police. Police s
To covid. At least 127 cases connected to the games. But the first medals awarded. Athletes putting their medals around their own necks. And excitement on the field for team usa. The women s soccer team bouncing back from their surprise loss. James longman is in tokyo. Here at home, the flooding and fire threats. Monsoon rains putting millions of people at risk. Crews making a dramatic rescue in arizona. And further west more than 80 large fires burning across 11 states, many uncontained. These firefighters along the nevada/california border driving right through the massive flames. Rob marciano is standing by. And the devastating landslides in india. More than 100 people dead. More than a thousand others rescued. The deadly boat collision in georgia. Two boats smashing into each other on a lake in the early morning hours. What we re learning from the ators tonight. The group s vice president taking a firm stance after the league announces new rules. What he says about players who don
trouble for air travelers. crime and punishment, calls for leniency are growing after a truck driver is sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a deadly crash. we begin with the omicron variant surging across the u.s. the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases is near 200,000 a day. that is up 166% in the last month, nearly the record numbers from last january. the most important metric, hospitalizations, are steadily rising with more than 71,000 americans sick enough to need hospital care right now. tragically, more than 1,400 americans are dying each day from covid. and with people gathering for holiday celebrations, this surge is expected to worsen. listen to what dr. anthony fauci told cnn this morning. we re certainly going to continue to see a surge for a while. i fully expect it will turn around. i hope it turns around as sharply as what we ve seen in south africa. now, testing centers across america are seeing very long lines with some people waitin
consumer confidence rises as president biden declares christmas shipping problems solved. we re also working to un- stick bottlenecks between the ports and the stores. yuccas: day three and still no verdict. the jury remains out in the manslaughter trial of a former minnesota police officer. the capitol riot investigation: why the house select committee wants to speak to a republican congressman who is a top ally of former president trump. the war on cancer: how close are we to a vaccine for breast cancer? and a new york school teaches lessons in kindness, both inside and outside the classroom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m jamie yuccas in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with a major milestone in the fight against covid. the f.d.a. has authorized the first anti-viral pill to treat the virus, though the white house war