it s like a few sentences. [laughs] and she is expressing her agreement an acceptance of another elizabeth warren tax the rich idea. in this case rich corporations, tax on corporations that report over billion dollars in profit in minimum tax that 15%. senator warren is now the junior most democratic member of the senate finance committee which she got on specifically to get her hand in tax writing. she has chairmen on her side and now senator sinema, tonight they issued the statement saying that works for me and the infrastructure bill. now on the, so let me just ask you this because i know you ve been covering the slightly, the objections such as we understand them from senator sinema haven t in part about how the build back better bill was going to be paid for. she was objecting to lots of the proposals because she does not pay for. now one thing she is in favor of his this corporate minimum tax rate, does senator manchin also say he is in favor of that corporate minim
reporter: i m roxana saberi on the spanish island of lai a palma, where residents are entering their second month of living in the shadows of this volcanic eruption. yuccas: and later, the young pumpkin farmer turning his hashest into hope. for a five-year-old to understand helping people, it s amazing. this is the cbs weekend this is the cbs weekend news. yuccas: good evening. i m jamie yuccas in los angeles. adriana diaz is off. tonight, tens of millions of people living in northern california and the pacific northwest are bracing for a blast of what s called a bomb cyclone. it s a super-charged storm powering up in the pacific and closing in on the coast. it s expected to deliver a river of rain to the region, causing flash flooding, mudslides, and even evacuations. cbs lilia luciano is in los angeles and joins us with the latest. lilia, good evening. reporter: good evening to you, jamie. weather here in california is about to get way more intense. a massiv
educating our children: the massive investment in pre-kindergarten that s a key part of the president s build back better plan. why it could have a huge impact for america s kids, and their parents. the great resignation: millions of americans ditched their jobs. but for what? and, why millions more are thinking of doing the same. severe weather: the new threat from flash flooding. the forecast for the first significant rainstorm for the west coast in months. what up? o donnell: and on the road: how dads on duty are straightening up a troubled school. we decided the best people who can take care of our kids are who? are us. 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 so much for joining us. we are going to begin with the latest on the deadly shooting on a movie set on a ranch in santa fe. tonight, actor alec baldwin, who fired the shot that killed the cin
secretary of state pompeo and white house chief of staff meadows about the call. at no time was i attempting to change or influence the process, usurp authority or insert myself in the chain of command. do you regret speaking with bob woodward? no, i think it s important for me to speak to the media. when this is washed out, those who were saying that general milley actually was treasonous in what he did, i think are going to owe the general an apology. howie: one pundit did say she was sorry. i owe him an apology. he didn t act rogue. and and that was very important. it s important for me to acknowledge. howie: the book said milley informed some officials but milley s version, and he s doing damage control here, is far less dramatic if the general was briefing even the trump white house, it s hard to make the case he went a traitor ous route. some questions questioned why he spoke to woodward at all. when bob woodward calls, i m busy. i have a foreign policy to try
end game look like? after a horrific summer surge that plagued the unvaccinated, the number of cases and hospitalizations are finally falling. more than half of the u.s. is now fully vaccinated. but at the same time, we re back to an average of about 2,000 covid deaths a day. and in places like idaho, the virus is killing so many people, hospitals and funeral homes don t have enough space to store the bodies. is this what living with the virus looks like, or is there more we can do to stop the suffering? one man who has been right at the center of this global crisis is dr. scott gottlieb. he was the fda commissioner in the trump administration and also the author of uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and why we can defeat the next pandemic. dr. gottlieb, so great to have you with us tonight. thanks ta lot. thanks for having me. here s what the delta variant in the summer looked like. cases have been falling in the past few weeks, so is the virus over? in the