that we tragically saw come down. norah: plus, what we are learning about the victims. fathers, husbands who came to america for a better life. they were people who were very honest, hardworking people. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we do want to begin with some breaking news because maryland officials have just announced that they have recovered the first bodies from the water after that deadly bridge collapse, and authorities also revealing they are now shifting to a new phase. investigators today were onboard that cargo ship, interviewing the crew and collecting evidence. the navy says they are going to bring in barges into the port that will be outfitted with these heavylift cranes to help clear the channel. now, the cranes, which have a lift capacity of up to 1,000 tons, will be used, along with other support vessels, to remove the submerged portions of the bridge. the biden adminis
american history tv continues now with a look at the historical and political legacy of former house speaker newt gingrich. this was part of a two-day conference hosted by the library of congress. it s just under an hour and a half. this is our final panel on the congress in history on newt gingrich. arguably one of the most influential speakers of the house in the past 100 years. i think there s no dispute we re all living in the era and legacy of newt gingrich. so i m going to turn it over to jacob strauss, who s our chair. for the panel from the congressional research service. thank you, colleen. it s a pleasure to be here. you guys have put on a great conference. it s wonderful to get away from my desk for a little bit and talk to people about all kinds of subjects related to congress. so i m very happy to be here. as colleen said, we re going to talk today about the historical and political legacy of newt gingrich. obviously, we stand between lunch and you going home
news, this discussion is just under an hour and a half. hello. hello, everybody. i m gordon friedman, friedman. thank you. three or four months ago maybe we should get some people together. and i thought that sounds like a good idea. i started trying to find people. it was difficult. then stuff started happening in dc that was vaguely reminiscent to some of the things we worked on. and all of a sudden everybody seemed to want to show up. this is just fantastic. on a personal level. raise your hand if you were on the the committee staff. this is pretty amazing. so, we said good-bye to each other 43, 44 years ago. and when i got ready to do this i called jim hamilton who was my boss back then. i say jim, i mean it i ll have it in tomorrow. he says gordon you better have it in tomorrow. so it was just like no time has passed for a lot of us. the other thing i was struck with, when we broke up. i don t know how many remember this. sam dash had a final meeting and we were all st
executive orders, rolled out a national agenda to combat the pandemic while delivering an honest answer to the tough times ahead. let me be very clear things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. the death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. for the past year, we couldn t rely on the federal government to act with the urgency and focus and coordination we needed. and we are seeing the tragic cost of that failure. our national strategy is comprehensive, it s based on science, not politics, it s based on truth, not denial, and it s detailed. our national plan launches a full scale wartime effort to address the shortages by ramping up production of syringes, needles, you name it. the new president s plan involves invoking the defense production act, increasing state aid, including rolling out fema, expanding testing and treatment and requiring masks on public transportation, including aircraft. re-opening more schools and businesses also a key par
we just passed the 28th anniversary of your win at the masters. we it.tit did. it gets lost. nicholas wins in 86. and if i didn t like him so much, i d be great guy. i d be bummed out. because everybody always remembers 86. you remember 87, right? i m in the sand and i got to get down, right? nobody thinks i can. i open up the club handle so much. they re whispering. this will never work. and it goes straight up in the air. i had no idea. saves par. jerry drunk as a skunk like in the bar because he doesn t think i can go it. jark ketcket still fits. you know what it is human growth hormones. go right up the street there s a doctor. really. is that what it is? still looks great. doesn t really fit. and i m happy it doesn t have food on it. i m not going to complain. i m not going to lie. every time i go down to amen corner, i tear up. how i got this job. yeah. all right. can i get to the news you idiots? seriously. in a second mika. in