simply unthinkable! norah: plus, we hear from the greatest generation. what were you fighting for? freedom. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. 80 years later, the world remembers the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the allied expeditionary force. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you being with us. the sun rose over normandy s cliffs this morning, just as it did on june 6, 1944, as the liberation of western europe began with the largest amphibious invasion in history. president biden joined other world leaders to honor the bravery and sacrifice of the d-day heroes. he drew a straight line from the fight for freedom in world war ii to the fight against russia s aggression now, saying, freedom is worth it. democracy is worth it. the world is worth it. cbs mornings anchor tony dokoupil is at the american cemetery in normandy. good evening, tony. reporter: good evening, norah. you know, with all world war ii veterans now in their upper 90s or
New york and new jersey among the hardest hit. You do have to be careful out there. A lot of traffic lights are not working and a lot of branches are on the streets. My neighbors house a tree fell in the middle of his house. When that wire went down there was a huge explosion, a fire, my two neighbors saw all the lights. Heavy winds and wires going everywhere, cars, just crazy damage. Sandra were live from queens, new york this morning, a man was killed by a falling tree there. Just tragic. Good morning, sandra. Isaias came and went quickly but the damage it left behind is absolutely incredible. Take a look at this. The winds were so strong here in estoria, queens, it ripped this giant tree right out of the sidewalk and then it landed right on top of this car here. Not only this car but come over here with me and it landed on top of a second car. There are cars with trees on them all over estoria. The mayor was here late in the evening yesterday taking a look at the damage. He says the
Even his own staff to demand changes to the 900 billion deal calling it, quote, a disgrace. And leaving the desperately needed help for millions of americans suffering financially from the pandemic in limbo. Is that what he wants . What is the game hes actually playing here . President trump also announced a flood of pardons for former aides and allies, including some who pleaded guilty during the mueller investigation. Some corrupt former members of congress and some military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of iraqi citizens in 2007. So what has been clear for four years now of President Trump is he does nothing quietly and hes definitely leaving the white house kicking and screaming. Lets go to the white house, lets get the latest as things have changed minute by minute. John harwood is joining us now. John, the president s demand bli blindsided a lot of people on the hill and white house. If the president vetoes it, he could override it. Is that the level of humiliation he
Have very little to do with the negotiating of that hardfought bipartisan bill, now says he wants bigger stimulus checks, 2,000 per person instead of 600. And some of the president s Biggest Senate allies are backing him this morning. Meanwhile, Top Democrats say they wanted bigger checks all along. We heard from spoker pelosi moments ago saying theyre red i do bring this to the floor possibly tomorrow, christmas eve. Pelosi saying, quote, lets do it. The last minute injection of chaos coming as the president goes on a pardoning spree of friends, associates, even convicted killers. It includes two caught lying in the mueller russia investigation. Also, get out of jail cards to a pair of disgraced former House Republicans who were the first to endorse then candidate trump. Kelly odonnell is at her post at the white house. We eerts also joined by our justice correspondent Pete Williams in washington, d. C. Kelly o. , lets start with you there at 1600 pennsylvania. That video put out by t