at least seven people, leaving tens of thousands without power and hundreds of accidents. the alarming new warning about that massive cyber attack tied to russ now being called a grave risk to the government and beyond tough questions in congress for the family behind the maker of oxycontin and what they had to say about the opioid painkiller tied to so many deaths. millions of packages stranded or delivered late. tonight, warnings of new delays and what a teacher of the year tells me about educating our kids, some valuable lessons for us all this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. there are several breaking covid-19 developments as we start here tonight just a short time ago, an independent panel of experts recommended the fda approve a second vaccine, this is the one made by a company called moderna. a decision that within days could start injecting 6 million more vaccine doses into distribution networks and this evening the need couldn t be m
response if russia invades ukraine. zoo tiger attack, police shoot and kill an endangered tiger after a man reaches into its cage. what s happening? i m being attacked by a tiger. garrett: truck driver s 110 year sentence reduced. colorado governor shortened sentence to ten years following nationwide outrage. violence against women act, why lawmakers haven t fully reauthorized a landmark law since it expired in 2013. american ingenuity, how a group of young people came up with the idea of saving the planet by feeding the hungry. and a return trip to atlanta to visit the airport s piano man. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capitol. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with covid cases soaring. it was exactly two years to the day that the world learned of an unknown virus causing flu-like symptoms in china. now the omicron varian
response if russia invades ukraine. zoo tiger attack, police shoot and kill an endangered tiger after a man reaches into its cage. what s happening? i m being attacked by a tiger. truck driver s 110 year sentence reduced. colorado governor shortened sentence to ten years following nationwide outrage. violence against women act, why lawmakers haven t fully reauthorized a landmark law since it expired in 2013. american ingenuity, how a group of young people came up with the idea of saving the planet pi feeding the hungry. and a return trip to atlanta to visit the airport s piano man. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with covid cases soaring. it was exactly two years to the day that the world learned of an unknown virus causing flu-like symptoms in china. now the omicron variant of that coronavirus is fueling another global wave of infection. the u.s. record nearly half a million new cases in a sing
Some adventures. she was there since she was 75 and that is when she started? that is incred captioning sponsored by cbs garrett: tonight, the omicron fueled covid wave explodes. record setting infections lead health officials to urge caution ahead of new year s eve celebrations. we knead to take action to protect ourselves, our families and our communities-at-large. garrett: plus pfizer booster shots ready to be authorized for 12 to 15-year-olds while a new study shows the vaccine s effectiveness at protecting children. extreme weather coast to coast, colorado wind whipped wildfires force thousands to evacuate, storms across the south and flooding across southern california. there s a lot to clean up. we have the new storms coming in, so it s going to be a mess. garrett: u.s. warning, president biden warns vladimir ptin of a decisive u.s.
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