that applies whether you re a u.s. citizen or not. foreign nationals have to prof t prove they are fully vaccinated. that does not apply to americans. there is still so much we don t know. one of the biggest questions, how dangerous is it? thus far it doesn t look like there s a great degree of severity to it, but we ve really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn t cause any severe illness comparable to delta. thus far, the signals are a bit encouraging regarding the severity. at the same time though delta remains the dominant strain in the united states. still, cdc director michelle walensky says omicron is being carefully watched. we know we have, you know, several dozen cases and we re following them closely and we are every day hearing about more and more probable cases so that number is likely to rise. u.s. now averaging about 120,000 new covid cases a day. as you can see there, that is the highest level in
we are not looking for a war with iran. tough choices for the biden administration, how should the president respond to a deadly attack on u.s. troops. and today on shil, house lawmakers a step closer to a vote to um peach a cabinet member. good morning, i m cakasie hunt. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. new details are ae merging on the strike in iran. the three soldiers killed were all from georgia, a sign of the 718th engineer company. we re learn ing the drone that kilned them approached the outpost around the same time an american drone was returning to the base. u.s. officials tell cnn that led to confusion and caused a delay in the u.s. response. the enemy drone was flying low to avoid detection and may have been intentionally following the american drone. also this morning, cautious optimism for a hostage release and potential cease-fire in the war between hamas and israel. an agreement on the framework has been reached by negotiators in paris. the proposal that
honouring european unity. he has landed in france, off the plane and into a car and he is heading off for dinner with emmanuel macron and we are told he will be talking about the humanitarian support that france can offer and reaffirming the military support that president macron has already agreed to. we heard earlier he gave a speech in aachen in germany where he received this prize pot european union, where he called germany a true friend in the fight against russia. he was also in italy before that where he met prime minister giorgia meloni and she also said italy would support ukraine as long as necessary and he also got to meet the pope whilst in italy as well, who said he was praying for ukraine. a lot of promises for support in the last few days from germany and italy and this is exactly what president zelensky once, he wants to show russia that the international support he has been enjoying for the last few days is continuing and there is no sign of it waning ahead o
the balance of power in congress. we have team coverage. charles watson is live in atlanta, rich edson live in pennsylvania. and. selena zito with reaction in just a few minutes. trump backed mehmet os has narrowed the gap in pennsylvania. in harrisburg we find rich edson right now. reporter: this is a full day for john fetterman. he finished a rally in front of union members. he is pushing his campaign promises. says he wants to raise the minimum wage. protect abortion rights. and he knocked his republican challenger mehmet oz. mehmet oz hasn t forgotten a day that i had a stroke. in january i will be much better but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz and republicans nationwide have been campaigning on inflation, making the case democrat stimulus spending and turn away from fossil fuels raised costs across the country. the oz campaign s communication director said pennsylvania cannot afford more of the same with his dangerous ideas to put criminals back on our streets
outrage in los angeles. cbs s mark strassmann reports on a los angeles city council meeting erupting with anger, after racist comments were revealed in a secret taping. a cbs news investigation the never-before-seen text messages linked to brett favre and mississippi s massive welfare scandal. and, remembering angela lansbury. 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 for joining us on this tuesday night. russia s revenge continues as its missiles rain down from the skies across ukraine for the second straight day. air raid sirens sounded during the early morning rush hour, as residents took cover in bomb shelters and subway stations. multiple cities across the country were hit with fresh rockets and kamikaze drone attacks, as the death toll continues to rise.eath toll continues t russia s military appear to be targeting residential areas, including a scho