size of san francisco, another destroying power lines, the record-breaking highs out west. texas two-step: democratic lawmakers flee the lone star state, their last-ditch attempt to stop new voting restrictions, and where they are tonight. in the streets, cubans fed up with the communist government stage nationwide protests. frustration boiling over as coronavirus sweeps across the island. edge of space: the billionaire s race to the stars. how richard branson s big bet could one day lead to rocket rides for everyday americans. unexpected guest: how a british paratrooper fell 15,000 feet into a california kitchen with his parachute still attached. and meet the painter whose superpower is kindness. how he s transforming lives with drips of paint and drops of joy. 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 on this monday night. we are going begin wit
not giving up. they are still trying to find survivors at this hour. we expect another update at the bottom of the hour. we will go there live when it happens. president biden says he will visit the site thursday with the first lady. correspondent steve harrigan starts us off live tonight with the latest from surfside, florida. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. we have just gotten in some new pictures of rescue workers on that rubble pile where no one has been pulled out alive since last thursday. the initial shock of a disaster is captured on scanner traffic of the first first responders to arrive who compare the scene to 9/11. i see many people on the balcony. the building is gone. there is nothing. it almost resembles the trade center. 200 plus rescue workers search in shifts around the clock as frustration grows with the taste of recovery and the lack of an explanation for why the building fell. there is a possibility for secondary collapsing which puts a l
pandemic, even as new infections continue to drop nationwide. in demand, states complain about a lack of vaccine doses while expanding who s eligible to get their shots. the frustration tonight as americans try to sign up. punished by their party. republicans who voted to convict former president trump now facing censure back home as president biden tries to move his agenda forward. and the new investigation, house speaker nancy pelosi is demanding tonight. fiery finish, the stunning come from behind victory after an explosive ending at the daytona 500. we ask how did everyone walk away from this. royally thrilled. meghan markle and prince harry announce they re having another baby.. plplus did thehe duke and d ducs channel a movie moment in their california backyard? and happy yardi gras? how new orleans is turning its annual parades into a rolling house party. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening t
cdc. this morning, vice president kamala harris pitched the administration s covid relief plan as the answer for ramping up vaccinations. she says, teachers should be a priority and move up in line. here is what she just told savannah guthrie about the urgency to get this passed and people vaccinated. sometimes you talk about hurricanes and what we need to do relief afterward. this hurricane is still raging. we still have people dying on a daily basis. we have got to address this. that s what the president and i and the american rescue plan is designed to address. an emergency that is occurring right now and is ongoing. we need to act and we need to act now. the race to vaccinate some communities is so urgent that one pastor of a black church in virginia is literally going door to door asking his members to get one. his church was slated to open its doors a few seconds ago. it s a place where people can get vaccinated with the help of county nurses. nbc s aaron gilchrist
they can t handle. the buildings are not made to withstand these kinds of temperatures, and we re seeing that play out in the fact that people are trying to stay warm however they can. people have been sending in pictures of the thermostats inside their homes, and it s heartbreaking. one reads 45 degrees. i spoke to another gentleman who had to move his wife across the street in the snow after it dropped into the 30s there into a neighbor s home because they were the only ones that had a fireplace. that s up here in dallas. in houston, they re also breaking record lows as well. we had a chance to hear from the county judge in harris county on the state of really this frigid disaster playing out. take a listen. demand is up right now. a lot of the plants, the production plants, are down, and that is natural gas, all sorts of production. in order for the texas power grid not to fail, there has to be a balance between the two. the weather is going to go away in a couple days.