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response team. nationwide, cases climbing quickly, hospitalizations reaching peaks we have not seen since the early days of this pandemic. and more unvaccinated americans are dying. i ll talk to two doctors in two different states experiencing the same tsunami of hospitalizations. we re not even at the worst of the surge in omicron yet. also this hour, the balance of power in washington at a tipping point. it could all boil down to newly redrawn state maps ahead of the 2022 midterms. right now in north carolina a panel of judges hearing a case that could be a major boon for republicans. how it s dialing up pressure on democrats to pass voting rights legislation. also, just days from the anniversary of january 6th, the state of extremism in our country. a closer look at what people who were at the u.s. capitol that day have been up to in their hometowns since the insurrection. here s a hint. more culture wars. we want to start with the latest on this pandemic and t ....
a mix of new daily cases. still that does not take into accountant americans learning their positive through at home rapid tests. chuck schumer is making his top priority passing voting rights legislation of the martin luther king day holiday two days from now. he still has no buy in on a filibuster change to make that possible. if the right to vote is the corner stone of our democracy, how can we permit a situation that republicans can pass voter suppression laws at the state level with only a similaring vote and not allowing others to do the same. i ask that of my direct colleges. this cannot hold. senator manchin just spoke and we ll have more on that in a moment. and we re just two days away from the january 6th look into the insurrection. it could spark another major national sdpent. are we in a better place now than we were on january 5th of last year? i think there has been some reassuring signs, but the undercurrents and the conditions that lead to janua ....
we also talk with a scientific adviser to puerto rico s governor about how the u.s. island territory is dealing with the flood of new infections. also, on this, as a combination of covid and winter weather, it makes for another terrible travel day in the air. and on the ground, as well. on capitol hill, senate democrats are making voting rights their first big priority for the new year. and out west, a one-time silicon valley star now faces jail time after she was convicted of defrauding investors. and new instability in haiti, as the prime minister was forced to flee an independence day event after a deadly shooting at his office. his office says that it was an assassination attempt. and we begin this hour with our top story, evolving coronavirus pandemic. just in the last hour, the head of the cdc, dr. rochelle walensky, approved a third dose of the covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 with compromised immune systems. she also approved a smaller window between ....
the war on cancer: a new treatment that can help prevent one of the devastating side effects of chemotherapy. royal baby s first photo. baby lilibet makes her debut in the family s christmas card. a t.s.a. agent turns super hero to save a baby s life. and bringing christmas cheer and light to a nation s military family. 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. we begin tonight with this year s holiday season looking like a disappointing repeat of last year, all thanks to the omicron variant. case numbers are racing up, more people are entering the hospital, healthcare workers are overwhelmed. average daily cases fueled by the highly transmissible variant have now exceeded the delta peak from the summer. meanwhile, americans are shattering records at pop-up testing sites with long lines stretching ar ....
guilty in the shooting death of duante wright. the war on cancer: a new treatment that can help prevent one of the devastating side effects of chemotherapy. royal baby s first photo. babe lilibetmation her debut in the family s christmas card. a t.s.a. agent turns super hero to save a baby s life. and bringing christmas cheer and light to a nation s military family. this is the cbs evening this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i m jamie yuccas in for norah. we begin tonight with this year s holiday season looking like a disappointing repeat of last year, all thanks to the omicron variant. case numbers are rackingum, more people are entering the hospital, healthcare workers are overwhelmed. average daily cases fueled by the highly transmissible variant have now exceeded the delta peak from the summer. meanwhile, americans are shattering records at pop-up testing s ....