we ll discuss the pushback we re seeing on covid restrictions. as we count down to the beijing olympic games, we ll look back on the two years since the chinese authorities locked down the city of wuhan . thanks for joining us. we are following developments in ukraine this hour as fears mount over a possible russian invasion. the u.s. state department says it will be reducing staff levels at the embassy in kyiv starting with nonessential staff and family members out of an abundance of caution. ukraine says russia has now deployed more than 127,000 troops in the region. amid the heightens restrictions, antony blinken is set to meet with eu foreign ministers virtually today and brief him on his meetings with russia s foreign minister. ahead of that, u.s. s top diplomat issued this warning. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, aer is vee and a united response from us and from europe. and, again,
republicans for refusing to raise the debt limit. they need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. o donnell: covid cases dropping: the hopeful news as america sees fewer new infections. plus, why dr. fauci revises his guidance about whether families should gather for the holidays. pivotal supreme god, guns and abortions, what could be the most consequential year in a generation. school lunch crisis, the nationwide shortage leading staff to spend their own money to feed student. breaking news: federal agents shot, gunfire on an amtrak train. and tom s triumphant return, tom brady s hero welcome as he breaks an n.f.l. record. 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 thank you so much for joining us. social media giant facebook, instagram and whatsapp. all of them knocked offline for about six hours today leaving billions of users locked out. the cause of
this is cnn breaking news. it s a brand new hour, thanks for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. if you re wondering why your facebook or instagram page is not loading, you re not alone. the social media giant is facing major outages across multiple platforms today, and they still are not disclosing what s going on. here s what we know, though, is this is happening on a day that is really bad for facebook. we heard from a whistleblower last night, and she s accusing facebook of intentionally allowing hateful content and misinformation to spread on the platform in order to make more money. more on that in a moment. first let s bring in donie o sullivan, and focus on the outages. this is highly unusual, we are now going into hour four of this outage across facebook, instagram, and whatsapp, all of course owned by facebook. here is what facebook is saying in a statement. this is from a few hours ago. we are aware that some people are having troubl
contain this. the coronavirus tonight. the mandates kicking in across the country. in new york city tonight, amid the protests, authorities now pointing to the numbers. now 96% of teachers are vccinated. and the virus and christmas. what dr. fauci said today about christmas this year. the deadly shootout onboard an amtrak train. the suspects boarding the train, later one of them opening fire. president biden tonight accusing republicans of playing russian roulette with the debt ceiling after they voted to raise it several times in the trump years. a reported $7.8 trillion added to the debt under president trump. cecilia vega at the white house tonight. the woman known as baby rowe, roe, breaking her silence right here. how she learned who she was. who approached her at 18. and what she now says as the supreme court takes up a case that could affect the future of roe v. wade. linsey davis is here. the hospital shooting in philadelphia. the gunman wearing body armor a
president biden blasts republicans for refusing to raise the debt limit. they need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. o donnell: covid caseso dropping. the hopeful news as america sees fewer new infections. plus why dr. fauci revises his guidance about whether families should gather for the holidays. pivotal supreme court turn, god, guns and abortions, what could be the most consequential year in a generation. school lunch crisis, the nationwide shortage leading staff to spend their own money to feed student. breaking news, federal agents shot, gunfire on an amtrak train. and tom s triumphant return, tom brady s hero welcome as he breaks an n.f.l. record. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we want to begin tonight with what has been a brutal day for social media giant facebook, instagram and what s app. all knocked offline for abou