legislatures, and only two have democratic governors arizona and kentucky. in both those states governors katie hobbs and andy beshear have attempted to counter trans health care bans by signing executive orders which carve out protections for minors within their state. in response to these bans, reliably liberal states such as california and new york have passed shield laws protecting access to transgender health care. but how many adults and youth identify as transgender in the us? according to the ucla school of law s williams institute, a research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law, there are about 1.3 million adults in the united states that identify as transgender. that s about 0.5% of the entire adult population, but about 1.4% of youth ages 13 17 identify as transgender the largest amount of all the age groups. for more on this, i spoke to us navy admiral rachel levine about transgender rights. she is the assistant secretary for health for the us
democratic governors arizona and kentucky. in both of those states governors katie hobbes and andy beshear have attempted to counter trans healthcare bans by signing executive orders that carve out protections for minors within their state. in response to these bans, liberal states like california and new york have passed shield laws protecting access to transgender healthcare. but how many adults and youth identify as transgender in the us? according to the ucla school of law williams institute, a research centre on sexual orientation and gender identity law, there are about 1.3 million adults in the united states who identify as transgender that s about 0.5% of the entire adult population. but about 1.4% of youth ages 13 17 identify as transgender, the largest number of all the age groups. for more on this, i spoke to us navy admiral rachel levine about transgender rights. she is the assistant secretary for health for the us department of health and human services, and
the snow continues to fall and blow across roads. the brutal snow creating dangerous driving conditions. caucus big chill. republicans scramble to meet iowa voters this final weekend of campaigning despite the frigid weather. it is cold. plus, taiwan voters choosing a new president, defying china. i m elizabeth palmer in taiwan. voters have just elected a new government, and beijing s not going to be happy. rallying cry. thousands march in the nation s capitol for gaza. new warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv. aid agencies say thousands in gaza, the israeli government faces an international court on charges of genocide. and later, golden gate focus. the photographer capturing life s joys and struggles on the famous bridge. i came out here one day by myself photographing and never really left. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening, everyone. adriana is off. i m wei
administration expected come out of these meetings? well, two key issues at the forefront, that being the conflict that s unfolding in gaza, but also the release of hostages. as you mentioned there, it s a critical time, as the u.s. looks for israel to move away from its high intensity war, as that death toll grows in gaza. so, rhonda armor will be meeting with secretary of state, antony blinken, and national security adviser, jake sullivan, this afternoon. he is a close confidant of israel s benjamin netanyahu, and he s also a member of the war cabinet and previously israel ambassador to the united states. israel has assured the united states previously that it plans to move towards a lower intensity war, more precise strategy that targets hamas leadership. but there hasn t been a timeline as to when that will happen. u.s. officials have previously said that they would expect those localized operations to happen in january. but again, publicly, we haven t really received a
we start this hour with a shocking incident at our southern border. look right there in that highlighted area. because a human smuggler is dropping a 4-year-old child over that very tall wall to american soil below. pete: this comes nearly two weeks after the expiration of title 42 and highlights the surgent need to stop those cartels and human smugglers. we have been watching, do you see the baby actually fall the 4-year-old. right there they say the child is okay. griff jenkins is live at the white house with the latest for us, griff? good morning, ainsley, pete and steve, these videos are far too common, yesterday the border patrol chief raúl ortiz tweeting that video out. it s hard to watch. it s heart breaking. you see the smuggler dropping the 4-year-old toddler near san diego. near the san ysidro port of entry. he drops. fortunately he was okay. border patrol agents and emsz quickly responded to begin rendering care and first aid to the child who fortunately was