now around 275 charged, plus the tens of millions of dollars needed to repair the capitol. our nation s soldiers struggling. tonight, our cbs news reporting: families who say they can t feed their kids. we are military and we are struggling. o donnell: and, we visit the food bank that serves 1,500 military families. how you can help. the boss meets the judge. bruce springsteen admits to taking tequila shots with fans, and then getting on his motorcycle. the news on the charges tonight. meet this 105-year-old who beat covid. the secrets to her longevity. why a college dropout gave $20 million to the school he couldn t afford to attend. and, superheroes and their sidekicks. how these injured animals are helping children through thapy. 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 are going to begin tonight with breaking news and another possible
week with the senate expected to follow shortly thereafter, along with direct checks, paid leave, additional unemployment insurance, the bill includes a transformative monthly child tax credit, and minimum wage increase, both expected to help with millions of children and adults out of poverty. there s overwhelming public support for the legislation, even 60% of republicans back the bill. that s outside the sausage making factory of washington. inside the beltway, elected republicans who clearly are uncomfortable with the prospect that biden might get something done, well, they re desperate to launch a counter attack against the democratic president, attacking any old thing will do. also talking about republicans. the go to is the same as usual, pick out women, people of color, and just go off. so several republicans have decided to target biden s cabinet nominees of color like debra haaland. and xavier becerra, and neera tanden, the nominee for omb. haaland got a boost from
for attacking the capitol police. plus, congresswoman val demings on her call today to confront white supremacist terror. aren t we tired? aren t we as a nation exhausted? haven t we had enough? and as the president pursues his agenda under the radar, how one senator from west virginia has become the most powerful lawmaker in america when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as the democratic party and the biden administration is pushing forward, the republican party is stuck looking backwards. we have reached a crucial moment for the covid relief americans desperately need and want and the gop is openly trying to stop it. this friday is the first big vote, right? the house will vote on joe biden s $1.9 trillion rescue package. the senate aiming to get it to biden by march 14th and then for biden to sign it into law. the republican party is opposing this rescue package in part because they are still moans over the twice impeached loser.
brighter season, we ve had some real milestones just over a month into the biden era. a new covid-19 vaccine requiring only one single dose has just been approved. and yet another promising weapon to president biden s war-time response to the pandemic, and despite the complete absence of republican support, the president s covid relief bill passed in the house this weekend. signaling that some help may be coming to americans as unemployment benefits expire and rent, as always, is due. and i m cautiously optimistic that the federal government is in the midst of perhaps the most rigorous conversation it s ever had on the threat of white supremacist terrorists, prompted by last months s insurrection and the four years that led up to it. but even as the nation attempts to move on from that terrible time, right-wing die hards and the politicians that serve them simply cannot leave the wilderness, and the reemergence of donald trump on to a world stage. there he is live in orlando,
loose, and he s going to join us later tonight. because it s going to be part of his decompression to come on this show. that moment was so incredible. and it was so clear that he was just like, his exasperation was just, like, exploded in a burst of ad-lib expression. i absolutely want to know what he s thinking. and now that he s had time to put it all together instead of just exploding in that moment, i m looking forward to hearing you talking to him. and here s the worst part of it for jerry connolly. it s not the last time he s going to be in a hearing with jim jordan. this is going to be a recurring problem in his life. he ll be good at it. he ll be good at it forever. well done. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. we have breaking news tonight about the minimum wage increase in the biden covid relief bill. it s all up to the senate parliamentarian. that is what white house chief of staff ron klain said earlier tonight on msnbc. and that was not necessar