With norah odonnell, reporting from the n brennan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im Margaret Brennan. There is breaking news tonight on the president ial transition. And we are going to get to that in just a moment. But were going to begin first with the millions of americans ignoring warnings from the c. D. C. Not to travel tonight. A dangerous move that Health Experts are warning will send the deepening crisis into an even faster and deadlier tail spin. Tonight one model used by the white house says americans should expect the death toll to double by the first of march to nearly half a Million People nationwide. With millions already on the road or in the air tonight, part of an estimated 50 million americans expected to travel for thanksgiving, experts say it is guaranteed that cases of coronavirus will soon explode even more than they are right now. More than 3 million americans have been infected since the beginning of the month. That means about
U. S. From eight countries. Abcs david kerley starts us off from Dulles Airport with all those details. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. This ban went into effect just a couple of hours ago. Specific airlines, specific airports, told that Electronic Devices bigger than a phone like this will not be allowed in cabins on direct flights into the u. S. This morning u. S. Officials taking the extraordinary step of banning electronics bigger than cell phones from the cabins of jetliners flying in from 8 middle eastern countries, including several allies, each of saudi arabia, the gulf states, all in an attempt to prevent this, a laptop smugg onto a smol yee jetliner detonating after takeoff. The ban prevents laptops, tablets, cameras and dvd players. It does not include phones or medical devices. What theyre trying to do here is take an extra step to take anything that could be packed with explosives out of the cabin and prevent some sort of a device being manually detonate
Major questions this morning. And sound and safe and sound. Did someone take meier si. Reports tom bradys jersey was found in mexico and showing this man allegedly walking off with it after bradys big win. How police cracked the case. Good morning, america. Welcome back to robin. Donke. What an historic showdown. Fbi director taking on a sitting president testifying President Trump is not telling the truth when he accuses president obama of wiretapping and repealing for the first time hes investigating whether the Trump Campaign was colluding with russia. It would be treason. Even the Top Republican said a big gray cloud is hanging over the trump white house. President was on the trail speaking to a large crowd in louisville but not addressing that investigation. So well have much more on that in just a moment. First to that breaking news about the ban on devices on board flights heading to the u. S. From eight countries. Abcs david kerley starts us off from Dulles Airport with all tho
Major questions this morning. And sound and safe and sound. Did someone take meier si. Reports tom bradys jersey was found in mexico and showing this man allegedly walking off with it after bradys big win. How police cracked the case. Good morning, america. Welcome back to robin. Donke. What an historic showdown. Fbi director taking on a sitting president testifying President Trump is not telling the truth when he accuses president obama of wiretapping and repealing for the first time hes investigating whether the Trump Campaign was colluding with russia. It would be treason. Even the Top Republican said a big gray cloud is hanging over the trump white house. With all that going on the president was on the trail speaking to a large crowd in louisville but not addressing that investigation. So well have much more on that in just a moment. First to that breaking news about the ban on devices on board flights heading to the u. S. From eight countries. Abcs david kerley starts us off from
Transition says shes giving president elect biden access to Government Resources and funding after michigan officially certifies he won. Will President Trump now concede . Plus, mr. Biden makes historic cabinet picks. The first latino to head Homeland Security, the first woman to head u. S. Intelligence. Racing to a cure. Breaking news, as a third Covid Vaccine reports strong results. Could the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine help stop transmission . Plus tonight we take you to the front lines inside a hospital that will be one of the first to have a vaccine. A major recall involving nearly 6 million s. U. V. s and trucks. Well have the latest details for you and your family. And a texting mixup brought him into their family. Tonight, why their thanksgiving ritual became even more meaningful this year. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im M