lester holt. good evening. with potential war looming between russia and ukraine and covid still ravaging the country, president biden making news tonight on several fronts as he offered a self-assessment of his first year in office in a nearly two-hour long news conference, the president appeared to hit the reset button as he begins his second year in office tomorrow, vowing to get out of the white house more and seek more outside advice and input the president enumerating accomplishments, lower unemployment and millions vaccinated, while acknowledging rising inflation and not being on top of covid testing in the early days but the president also exploring the mind set of vladimir putin amid growing signs of a russian invasion of ukraine. kelly o donnell has our report reporter: tonight president biden struggling with soaring inflation, a stalled agenda and sinking approval ratings is searching for a reset. in his first solo white house news conference in nearly a year,
hospitals on the brink. the omicron surge is overwhelming healthcare facilities nationwide. plus the big announcement from starbucks about its vaccine mandates for employees. trump business fraud. the new details from the new york attorney general about the family business. stabbing suspect arrested. after a week-long manhunt, the man accused of murdering a u.c.l.a. grad student is in police custody. tonight, the dramatic jump in homicides nationwide.ic and honoring a trailblazer. the tribute to the n.h.l. s first black hockey player who continues to make a difference in his community. 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 re going to begin tonight with president biden marking his first year in office with a news conference, as his administration faces a growing list of challenges and setbacks. well, just today, senate democra
110 years. the district attorney says that s too much time behind bars, but what do the survivors think? let s go out front. good evening. so good you are with me. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news. the cdc shortening its recommended kwarn teenage time for all americans who test foifbz for covid now saying people should isolate for five days instead of ten, as long as they don t have symptoms and also wear a mask around others for an digzle five days. that is also the quarantine guidance for those exposed to the virus who are not boosted. saying boosted individuals do not need to quarantine but should wear a mask for ten days after exposure and get tested on the fifg day. this comes just hours after president biden told the nation s governors on a conference call today, quote, we have to do better. wh when it comes to testing. do you know how tough it was for some folks to get a test this weekend, shows that we have more work to do. it s
we will talk about that tonight. about the ongoing difficulty still of getting tested or even buying a home-test kit. we will look at the impact omicron is already having on our kids and what comes after the holiday break. we will also focus on the disruption at airports, and talk about one idea that sounds like common sense to many, but others say it s a step too far. i took that up earlier with dr. anthony fauci. we have been saying that vaccine mandates for domestic flights should be considered, should be seriously considered. is that something that president biden is seriously considering? is it something the administration is considering? no. what i said, jim, was that everything when that comes up as a possibility, we put it on the table and we consider it. that does not mean that it is going to be likely to happen. right now, i don t think people should expect that we re going to have a requirement in domestic flights for people to be vaccinated. when i was asked
Prada french coats, but it s been rough. reporter: he faced racism and homophobia but used his influence to push for inclusion. his legacy is really every time he knocked down a barrier, he made it easier for other people of color to achieve in fashion reporter: talley also advised the obamas on fashion and served as a judge on america s next top model . if you want to get to the top of the fashion industry, this is the man that you need to impress. reporter: today vogue s anna winter calls his loss immeasurable in this 2020 mémoire the chiffon trenches, talley wrote, to my twelve-year-old self, raised in the segregated south, the idea of a black man playing any kind of role in this world seemed an impossibility. to think of where i have come from, where we have come from in my lifetime, where we are today is amazing yet of course we still have so far to go. joe fryer, nbc news. up next, how one woman s garage is feeding her community and inspiring america.