Federalization of juneteenth before that. And now, national celebration of black freermd. But there lies at least part of my point. Infrastructure. It will pass because white americans, including republicans, agree on the need. And they are proportion addly affected by bad roads, and substandard airports. And its also easy to make peace with another paid holiday. But as we saw last week with the for the people act and for months now the Police Reform Legislation in George Floyds honor, Senate Republicans remain adverse to helping Black Americans overcome threats that disproportionately affect them, like bad cops, and suppressed votes. Of course, on Voting Rights, it makes sense from the gops standpoint, why empower that will and already have defeated you . But on curbing police lethality, there is really no excuse not to proceed. Unless, of course, all lives truly dont matter. And so we start with congresswoman karen bass, democrat, of california, who is coauthor of the George Floyd Ju
despite urgent warnings, people are traveling this holiday week at the highest levels since march, more than 1 million flying in just 1 day tonight the parts of the country most at risk as hospitals see more record numbers. the search for solutions. how to keep schools open safely. why some are succeeding even as the pandemic grows. the big new recall by gm, almost 6 million vehicles could be on the road with dangerous airbags. which models are affected and holiday displays for our times, my report honoring the heroes on the front lines. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. the government s general services administration is for the first time acknowledging joe biden s win for president. notifying the president-elect that the formal and official transfer of power can begin. the decision comes more than two weeks after biden was projected as the winner and after a series of legal an
sted to socialia med of the chinese tes nnistar msingsi for weeks.wh athe t government iamed is now saying about her return topu bl licife. luck be a lady tonight saenrgt: and later, a sin city stacople okg inup a meback. repteorr: iits imsspreive or appalngli or ia lttle bit of both? tishis t hecbs weekend news. ar sgent: good evening. i irm ika sargent. adandia az is off. tonight, the cre salm in keno wsha,isnscoin, afterpr otteesrs took to tsthe reets ointher cities follongwi the not guilty vicerdt aonll counts kyfor leit rtenhouse. e illinois teenager testified hect iedne slf-defense when hesh otnd a killed two men and wounded a irthd in the summfer o 20 during a prostte. e ondemonstratiotun rnedto in a iriotn protland. t it was peal cefuin new york ci.ty cbs nancy chen isn ie knhaos, e whershcoe vered ther tial from day one. good eveninag, nncy. epr:orte irika, good evening outo y. despinite itl iaconcerns of unre, stthe city is moving forward aftefrr iday s a
destroy our nuclear arsenal. retail sales surge ahead of the holiday season. why some companies are offering cash bonuses and higher wages to get workers on the job. new safety requirement: after a six-year, cbs news investigation into car seat backs, a new law that could save children s lives. helicopter rescue: 10 people saved from floodwaters as a strong storm knocks out power across the pacific northwest. tiktok lawsuits: could you or your kids be entitled to some of the $92 million class action settlement? and the gift of music: a country star s remarkable act of kindness. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we want to begin with an alarming spike in covid cases across america as we head into the holiday season. more than 150,000 new infections were reported on monday. that is the most in two months. cases are rising in nearly half the country, with the u.s. s
the root of the problem is in the company s algorithms. i ve seen a number of companies and facebook was the worse. now with tens of thousands of pages of facebook internal documents, haugen is pulling back the curtain. a toxic stew that opened the door for the insurrection on capitol hill. one of the consequences is it is optimizing for content that gets engagement, reaction. the own research is showing that content that is hateful, polarizing, it s easier to inspire people to anger. misinformation, angry content is enticing to people. very enticing. and keeps them on the platform? yes. facebook has realized that if they change the al kbor rhythm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they ll click on less ads and make less money. facebook wrote every day our teams have to balance protecting the ability of billions of people to express themselves openly with the need to keep our platform a safe and positive place. we continue to make significan