wrestler makes history. devastating drought: water trucked in, dirty dish water used for the garden. one of america s most picturesque towns is taking evacuad as california s largest blaze grows overnight. travel chaos: thousands of people stranded for days. and the unruly skies: why a flight attendant taped this passenger to his seat. skin cancer breakthrough. could this revolutionary technology be the future of early detection. scaling back. why former president obama had to tell hundreds of birthday guests to stay home. and marathon mom: why one runner s mere presence at the olympics is a win for young mothers everywhere. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west everyone, thank you for joining us, norah is off tonight, i m major garrett. tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo is holding firm and laying low with no indication he plans to resign, despite numerous confirmed a
the time capsule discovered after 134 years at the site of a confederate monument what historians found inside the box. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m kristen welker in for lester with just four days until the new year, a troubling trend tonight. the united states is racing toward the all-time high for new covid cases, approaching a mark set nearly a year ago. at the same time, the cdc now says the omicron variant accounts for fewer cases than previously reported, meaning there were more delta cases at the start of the surge it comes amid rising concerns over the spike in childhood cases of covid an nbc news analysis finding the average number of children hospitalized jumped more than 50% over the last four weeks country return to and major changes are coming to school districts like new york city as some colleges across the country return to virtual learning this as confusion swirls about those new cdc guidelines i will talk to dr
the ghost of biden s past in the approval rating is at historic lows. anita: too funny, nicole. nicole: a shocking twist in the investigation into the alec baldwin movie set shooting why the cross gun may have been loaded before the movie kirchoff the scenes. anita: and david. david: head football coach at pacific state has strong feels about halloween candy. what is your favorite candy corn. do not go trick-or-treating at his house. you will not want to miss the rent on the candy that he does like. anita: the cdc director is now backtracking after she said the agency may change the definition of fully vaccinated the current definition is two doses of pfizer or moderna and one dose of the johnson & johnson vaccine. watch. we will continue to look at this we may need to update our definition of fully vaccinated in the future. anita: today in about-face the cdc director now saying no plans to change the definition. the definition of fully vaccinated is pfizer or mod
from california through the middle of the country, all the way to the northeast. heavy snow and ice, dangerous travel, high winds. and in the northeast, the rare tornado warning, ginger zee takes through it all. the team on the ground in east palestine, ohio, the epa ordering the company norfolk southern to cover the cost of the cleanup or face heavy fines. and to reassure the public, the popular republican head of ohio and head of the epa going from home to home, drinking from the tap. dramatic day in court in the alex murdaugh trial, the surviving son on the stand, his father charged with murdering his mother and brother, now watching his son testify. news coming in of a deadly avalanche in the u.s. several hikers killed. new images of the deadly plant explosion outside cleveland, the blast seen from miles away. also a baby formula recall, 145,000 cans recalled over a possible bacterial risk. and news tonight on our robin roberts, her triumph ten years ago today,
reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i can as