Disgraced usa. Still testifying before the committee. In a few minutes we expect to hear from senators who participated and joined by the gymnasts who are survivors of nassar s abuse. When that press conference happens, we ll take you there live. Also this hour the president is scheduled to meet with leaders in the business community about the pandemic response as cases are rising nationally, again. Vaccine soft mandates for u. S. Businesses, if you will. Today s top story is a reminder of the potency of the pandemic politically after a recall defeat in california. Despite some serious concerns about voter enthusiasm, could governor newsom s strategy be a model for democrats around the country in elections this year and perhaps next year, though i would hold off on the next year given the uncertainty of covid. He did handily defeat the recall vote. Republicans did not put any dent in his level of support. He may emerge from this ordeal even stronger politically. Wait until you see the
Recall vote, we ll look at what is driving the anger of his opponents. As people around the world remember the victims of september 11th, we re seeing the first of what could be several documents released by the fbi related to its investigation of those terror attacks. This follows an executive order by president joe biden, the document still contains seg redactions but here is a bit of what we re learning. It points to alleged logistically support provided by a saudi consular official and saudi intelligence agent. Based on multiple connections, the agent is described as a saudi student in los angeles at the time. The document designdescribes hi being deeply involved to help the two hijackers. The saudi embassy in washington says it welcomes the document but any allegation that saudi arabia was complicit is false. Now, thousse documents were released after sole almost ceremonies earlier in the day for the 9/11 victims. For the families left behind the tragedy remains a vivid memory und
Start hiding information from the public to promote the covid vaccine. Until this summer, osha require employees to retain records of any worker who suffered a serious side effect from the vaccine. Then in june, the guidance suddenly changed to this. Quote osha will not enforce a direct recording requirements that require any employers to report side effects from covid 19 vaccinations. That was a major change, especially since we are still learning so much about these vaccines in their possible side effects. Just hours ago for example, the telegraph in britain reported that quote teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer heart problems from the vaccine then be hospitalized from covid 19. In in israel were more than 80 percent of adults are vaccinated, covid cases are spiky. Israel has one of the world s highest daily infection rates. Heat exclude that in his remark to the nation joe biden didn t answer that. Instead, he put osha, the same agency that has been hiding evidence of
There s no turning back. Whitaker: raid gone wrong: a chicago family sues police after officers kick in their door and hold them at gunpoint, even two young girls. So what did you do when you saw the gun? i was crying. Whitaker: olympic home coming: fans celebrate a triumphant stateside return for team u. S. A. And the tenyearold who proves kindness is contagious. This is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. Whitaker: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight, i m bill whitaker. We re going to begin tonight in the west, which is getting ravaged by nearly 100 wildfires. Overnight, the largest one in california, all but destroyed greenville, an historic gold rush town. Buildings that had stood since the 1800s were leveled in hours, leaving an apocalyptic scene. In just three weeks, the so called dixie fire has burned more than 500 square miles, an area larger than the city of los angeles. More t
Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. And what a decade it is coming up. Happy new year! as we begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, nine out of ten people watching only one of three networks. More than 30 million people are addicted to it. Social critics are mystified by its success. What is it? it s television s primetime prairie pot boilers dallas. ” a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil and ruin our family name. I assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. Brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. Dallas established new ground in terms of a weekly onehour show that literally captivated america for 13 years. Dallas is a television show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s, and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, jc. R. Ewing as a pop phenomenon. Tell me, j. R. , which slut are you going to stay with tonight. What diff