More fights over mask mandates, and why hundreds of students were sent to quarantine just days into the school year. Brutal temperatures, with much of the country broiling, when will the Heat Break . E acgsosd inloda, T Ats of a new stoight i the new violence against Ride Share drivers. Cuomos future, a major development in the Impeachment Investigation into new yorks outgoing governor. Dream finish the field of Dreams Game turns back the clock and gets its own hollywoodstyle ending. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Dokoupil good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im tony dokoupil. And we begin in afghanistan, where the final stage of americas longest war is playing out amid a relentless advance by the taliban. It now controls nearly all the major cities and is within 50 miles of kabul. A Pentagon Spokesman says the military is concerned by the speed of the taliban advance and the
Louisiana, which now has nearly ten times as many cases as a week ago. New yorks governor says he is seeing some signs that those unprecedented stayathome orders now in 20 states may be working and helping to slow the rate of the virus spreading. But he warns hospitals are still not ready for the dramatic increase in infections expected to come in the next three weeks. On wall street today, an agreement on that 2 trillion Financial Relief package now working through congress sent stocks soaring, but tonight on capitol hill, theres this news. It appears the deal may have hit a snag. Our team is covering every angle of this, and meg oliver leads us off tonight from new york city. Meg . Reporter norah, we just learned that 13 covid19 patients at one New York Hospital died in the last 24 hours. This after the governor said today that the aggressive social distancing enacted this week appears to be making a difference. We can slow it, and we have slowed it. Reporter Governor Andrew Cuomo sa
Slowing infections in the empire state, but no one is immune. Prince charles, the heir to the throne, tests positive. Is Queen Elizabeth now at risk . And as spain surpasses chinas death toll, surprising good news from italy. The growing Mental Health crisis. As stress and anxiety rise, medical advice on how to get through it. And portraits on the porch. Photographers lifting spirits and capturing memories using a slightly wider lens to capture this new world. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news and a grim milestone. This has been the deadliest 24 hours in the u. S. Since the pandemic began. More than 900 people have been killed by the coronavirus nationwide, and cases here now top 64,000. While the majority of infections are still in new york, tonight there are new hot spots emerging including in louisiana which now has nearly ten times as many cases than
Weve had to divert ambulances over the last several weeks because the huge number of patients coming in. Hospitals are forced to send people elsewhere as unvaccinated patients are strange resources. Plus, the new data showing just how important those boosters are. The u. S. Embassy in kiev is asking the State Department to evacuate personnel as tensions remain high over fears that russia may try to invade ukraine, and nato supplied weapons are arriving in the country right now. New details in the case of Brian Laundrie, what rewrote about Gabby Petitos death in a notebook found near his remains and how the petito family is responding. A stunning discovery off the coast of tahiti. It shows how little we know about our planet. Why researchers are so fascinated by this coral reef and the secrets it could unlock about Climate Change and the future of life on our planet. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning to you on this saturday, january 22nd, were so grateful to have you. Im christi p
more serious treatment, to grady hospital or trauma treatment. civilians have been pushed back quite a ways and being here in downtown atlanta, a sense even of those not directly victimized by this, a sense of fear. this is wednesday, middle of the day, downtown atlanta, and now a huge police presence, shots fired, an hour later the shooter still at large. so, people are afraid and they are wondering what is happening in the heart of their city. john: and again, we asked the question of joe cardnellie do we know any specific area or danger posed by the person on the loose if he encountered someone, or are they just casting a net far and wide across the city as we see some pictures of you mentioned medical personnel exiting the building. some are wearing hair nets, may indicate they were involved in administering medical procedures at the time. again, this is an office building, it s not an actual hospital. northside hospital, the affiliated hospital is up at the intersectio