zerlina maxwell in for lawrence o donnell. such important breaking news about abortion. it reminds us how important it is to protect the federal bench. mitch mcconnell prioritized it and progressives should think about doing that. seriously. thanks, my friend. thank you. we re going to be talking to congressman barbara lee momentarily about that breaking news. but i want to begin tonight by talking where we re at. we re at an inflection point because donald trump might be gone, but the stress test he s putting our democratic system through is still very much in progress. and what we do right now in this moment will have a lasting impact on our democracy. and it will dictate whether our democracy survives. you think i m being mellow dramatic? trust me, i m not. ask yourself this question. when else in our history has one party been so concerned only about winning? and completely consumed with one single man s ego? so much so that they ve been willing to lie, cheat, and
hold donald trump accountable for the january 6th attack on capitol hill. the former president getting some tough news from the white house and capitol hill. and then, a major move, waking up this morning in the texas abortion law battle, breaking late last night as a federal appeals court rules the law can, in fact, continue to be enforced for now. that s the keyword. and then dramatic new video of a hostage situation that ended with gunfire and terror in a los angeles apartment building. new efforts as well by the doj to protect officials at increasingly chaotic school board meetings over mask mandates, coming under fire today. and then the latest fallout from a whistle-blower s inside account to congress about facebook and what it is not doing to protect its users. all of that is coming up. but we do want to begin this hour on capitol hill where we are following some major developments with the january 6th committee, announced it may soon hand out a criminal contem
search for a cause: new underwater pictures of a ruptured oil pipeline. could a container ship have caused the 13-inch crack? hospitals under attack. tonight, the silent enemy. and in one case, allegedly leading to the death of a baby. shipping deadlines: we know it seems early to think about it, but the dates to keep in mind for sending your holiday presents. and, expanding horizons. making the great outdoors more inclusive. 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 re going to begin with major news in the fight against covid. pfizer today applied for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in children, ages 5 to 11. pfizer has said a mini-dose of the vaccine is safe for younger children. cbs news has learned the c.d.c. s advisory committee will meet the week of november 1. that means your child might be able to get that fir
committee, and it is from the republican staff. it is five pages, the republican staff. i will be concentrating on this report tonight, rachel. you have done a masterful and thorough job on the big fat one that s really important. this one is of its own importance for different reasons. it is stunning. it really is a stunning document, and it s the report i guess maybe no one else will pay attention to, but it does have something work noting in it. neil katyal is going to join us. i m looking off to the side because i m looking at my notes today. they say trump was trying to make sure stuff got investigated, quote, in a thorough and unbiased manner. i wrote in my notes, lol, lol, lol, lol, lol, lol. so i just amused myself with that report today, but you actually tearing it apart is going to be fantastic. it reads as though as if it was written by a staff full of jeff clarks. wow. go, lawrence. go get it. go get it! thank you, rachel. the staff from the senate judic
a very warm welcome to the programme. the head of the world health organization has described it as an historic moment. millions of children in africa are said to be vaccinated against malaria for the first time after the endorsement of the widespread use of a vaccine. malaria kills more than 400 thousand people a year, many of them young children. our medical editor fergus walsh reports on the who s fergus walsh reports on the who s plans to roll out the vaccine across the continent. this is a milestone in public health. after decades of research and trials, this one in kenya, at last a vaccine against one of the world s deadliest infections malaria. the disease is spread by mosquitoes, which are infected with the malaria parasite. this triggers fever, and in severe cases, organ failure. the world health organization said the vaccine would now be widely rolled out across africa. this long awaited malaria vaccine is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria contr