saying great to be home and great to be back with all my colleagues, and i think we re going to get a lot done. in just a moment we ll talk about all of this with california democratic congressman ro khanna. 150 companies are now signing on to the bill to pass the john lewis voting rights act as texas lawmakers continue to make the round on capitol hill urging congress to take up voting rights bills. we ll talk with one of those lawmakers later in the program as well. also today the biden administration saying it will start evacuation flights later this month for afghans who assisted the u.s. during its 20-year mission there, and the number of new coronavirus cases in the united states has doubled in recent weeks, driven by the delta variant and lagging vaccination rates. lots to cover, but we begin this hour with the very latest from washington, d.c., and joining us now is associated press white house reporter jonathan lamire and punch bowl news founder anna palmer, both m
mixed mask messages: the confusion as the governor of illinois urges people to wear masks indoors. the guidance tonight from the c.d.c.. tax evasion charges: the trump organization and its chief financial officer expected to be indicted as early as tomorrow, but what about the former president? remembering donald rumsfeld. as defense secretary he led america s response after 9/11, but drew sharp criticism over his leadership during the iraq war. election chaos: the mistakes that s thrown new york city s mayoral election into turmoil. pill for post-partum depression. the new hope tonight for new mothers. plus how strangers came through for a young man who always goes the extra mile. 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 on a very busy wednesday. we re going to begin tonight with breaking news about the disgraced comedian and year-old is out of prison and back at his home
overturned his sexual assault conviction. cosby did appear in front of reporters late today but did not speak to the media. former president donald trump says the situation along the southern border is worse than it has ever been in u.s. history. he toured the area today with the governor of texas. we ll have a live report from the border. the longest serving general to oversee u.s. forces in afghanistan is warning about a potential civil war there. once american troops complete their withdrawal. taliban forces have been expanding their territory for several weeks. weave have that story later. late today the ncaa board of governors voted to allow college athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image and likeness. officials acted just one day before several states enact laws forcing schools to change their amateurism rules. now, to the life and legacy of former defense secretary donald rumsfeld. anyone who thinks it s easy is wrong. it is an attack on a way
2021 and good reason. bill: this theory is coming back into mainstream. three of these researchers working at the wuhan lab are now reported to have been treated at the hospital. what happened at that point? who were they exposed to? either at the hospital, en route or perhaps at home. all these questions are out there to try to be solved. dana: even dr. anthony fauci says he is not convinced covid developed naturally and called for an investigation on the matter. john ratcliffe slammed the biden administration for not doing enough to confront china. they put a 200 page plan on covid-19 not one word on the origins of covid-19 even though there is increasingly intelligence and evidence that indicates that the origins was a lab leak from the wuhan institute of virology. they aren t helping themselves by putting people in with ties with the chinese communist party or doing work for china and the chinese communist party into this administration. bill: we ll talk to former
alert after the release of bodycam video footage showing an officer shooting and killing a 13 year old boy in an alley. buckingham palace sets out the plans for prince philip s funeral including the list of those who ll attend the service. and david attenborough on what the global lockdown has taught us about humans and our affect on nature. president biden has said that the new round of us sanctions imposed on moscow is a proportionate and measured response to alleged russian interference in us elections and cyberattacks. russia has responded angrily to the new measures, summoning the us ambassador and warning that they deal a serious blow to mutual relations. mr biden said he could have gone further, but chose not to, saying any escalation of tensions was in neither country s interests. i was clear with president putin that we could have gone further. but i chose not to do so. i chose to be proportionate. the united states is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation