i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the word. you are in the cnn newsroom on this holiday weekend. it s great to have you along. we want to start tonight with cyber, and what could be one of the most significant cyber attacks yet. a ransom ware attack has paralyzed the networks of at least 200 u.s. companies. cyber security experts are again blaming russians, just weeks after president biden told vladimir putin to back off. tonight, biden is weighing in, telling reporters, we re not certain who is behind the attacks, adding, the initial thinking is that it was not the russian government. now, we do know for a fact that this was the same gang of cyber criminals believed to operate out of eastern europe or russia that hit the meat supplier jbs foods in the spring. my next guest is one of the country s top cyber security experts. he says this is the most significant ransomware attack we ve ever seen. joining me now is the cofo
said her under staffed and struggling after friday s attack left one of them dead and the emotional moment that the injured officer left the hospital airlines are ramping up for the summer travel surge. what her doing to get you to your destination faster. and one for the ages, the greatest buzzer beater in ncaa history. what that player is saying now about that shot. good evening on this second easter of the pandemic it was a day filled with hope, but some worry pope francis celebrated mass in front of a small group, and the square was empty, italy is under a strict lockdown. churches are coming back to life from one service in new york and to this service in an outdoor baseball stadium there s positive news about vaccines 106 million americans have at least on one dose. we start off tonight a global challenge of faith. you on this second easter inth age of covid, in person services are back but different across the country, houses of worship are a mix of social dancing.
senator ted cruz isn t alone. why americans are heading to mexico despite covid travel warnings. can-undrum how an aluminum shortage could soon hit your home. and later, a clue on how alex alex trebek s jeopardy! wardrobe is going to good use. what would your dad think about what you re doing? i think he would be happy. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. president biden today approved a major disaster declaration for texas. that makes emergency federal aid available to those in the lone star state impacted by those severe storms and the record cold that pummeled the south this week. at least 50 people are dead. millions of others are left without power, heat, or clean drinking water. a warm-up is forecast for this weekend, but as temperatures ri, so dfrustrion.raa is in dallas with the latest. good evening, omar. feed the people are sorting produce behind me here for a food drive. in the last two days, this group has s
we ll look at also what president vladimir putin does after his high-stakes call with president biden. and we ll be talking with russian chess legend and pro-democracy activist, garry kasparov. and turning now to that breaking news on the pandemic, the ceo of pfizer says the company s covid booster shot is effective in neutralizing the omicron variant for those who get the third shot. three doses against omicron are almost equivalent to the two doses effectiveness we had against the original variant. this is very good news. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, sam brock, as well as dr. nahid bhadelia, she is an infectious diseases physician and the medical director of the special pathogens unit at boston medical center. also an msnbc medical contributor. sam, what else are we learning out of pfizer this morning? reporter: jose, good morning. it does get a little bit confusing, but here is the essence of it. what scientists are measuring right now is antibody prod
where it just wakes and to primary season, and already both parties seem to be circling their wagons around their likely nominees. a rematch between president biden and donald trump seems inevitable. but both men face plenty of uncertainty between now and november. that s why president biden is south carolina tonight, a week ahead of its forest in the nation democratic primaries. a victory seems certain. but the mood of black voters and the state is hard to predict. and just a bit, i ll ask to black activists who helped engineer the presidents 2020 win in georgia about what the president needs to do to repair his standing with african americans before election day. as for donald trump, he faces twin challenges. his last republican rifle is sharpening her attacks as the campaign moves into her native state. and the former president s legal troubles are mounting. a new york jury yesterday hatching him with an 83 million dollar judgment and his defamation trial. john it may not