before dangerous variants over whelm us? should the republican party leadership join lowly voices. and do they have an extremist in their midst? she is set to meet with kevin mccarthy, and then donald trump called marjorie taylor green to show his support for her. that is another battle, a potentially circular battle. friends and friends have now shunned another man because of his vote to impeach. listen to this. it s really difficult. imagine that everyone that supported you, or so it seems that way. your friends and your family, have turned against you. they think you re selling out. i got a certified letter twice from the same people disowning me and claiming me i m possessed by the devil. this is a time to choose. possessed by the devil. how dare he cross donald trump. g.o.p. congressman joins me in a moment. should president biden or senate republicans give a little or a lot as he prepared to meet with ten of them at the white house just hours from now. they re an
california digs out as the midwest and northeast get ready. and later, we visit a texas restaurant getting rave reviews for its witty words. for its whitty word. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. tonight, the vaccination rollout is ramping up. fema is enlisting help from the pentagon to get millions more americans evacuated. the c.d.c. reports a total of nearly 30 million doses have been administered. but the longer it takes, the more time the virus has to mutate. today, the number of infected americans topped 26 million, the death toll now nearing 439,000. the good news: new cases have fallen in 41 states, hospitalizations are down, too. but the risk remains high everywhere. cbs danya bacchus in los angeles tonight has the latest on the vaccine rollout and the virus fight. danya, good evening. reporter: good evening, adriana. here in los angeles county, covid deaths are the highest in the nation. as hospitalizations
discovery, one that if true, could turn the whole pandemic around. this missouri woman, her name is patricia durgess, was licensed in missouri as an assistant physician. she had done med school at a school in the caribbean but she hadn t been accepted into a residency. she wasn t a full doctor. the rules say a person with mid-level professional accreditation like hers can only do so if they do it in collaboration with a fully accredited doctor. there s nothing wrong with being a physician assistant, there s lots of room in our system for lots of different licensed professionals. but i think it s safe to say that april 11, just about a month into the coronavirus pandemic, this is not the person you would expect to be announcing that in fact she had discovered a cure for covid-19. but there she was, april 11, on facebook, quote, this amazing treatment stands to provide a potential cure for covid-19 patients that is safe and natural. and wouldn t you know it, she would be happy
americans had already died from covid and we all knew it was going to get so, so much worse. the future was looking then, and would turn out to be, incredibly grim. on that same day, april 11, a woman in missouri said publicly she had made an important discovery, one that if true, could turn the whole pandemic around. this missouri woman, her name is patricia derges, was licensed in missouri as an assistant physician. she had done med school at a school in the caribbean but she hadn t been accepted into a residency. she wasn t a full doctor. the rules say a person with mid-level professional accreditation like hers can only do so if they do it in collaboration with a fully accredited doctor. there s nothing wrong with being a physician assistant, there s lots of room in our system for lots of different licensed professionals. but i think it s safe to say that april 11, just about a month into the coronavirus pandemic, this is not the person you would expect to be announcing t
historic swearing in. former mayor pete buttigieg becomes the first openly gay cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the senate. new video tonight of three officers involved in george floyd s death forcibly arresting an innocent man weeks earlier, raising questions about previous patterns of behavior. women and the pandemic. what you need to know about misinformation being spread about covid vaccines and fertility. also tonight, why this chart-topping country music star s songs will no longer be played on major radio stations. and, grid-iron girls. the trail-blazing women that will make history during super bowl 55 on cbs. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with that new astrazeneca vaccine, which now appears to not only prevent people from getting severely ill from coronavirus it may also slow the spread of