The chinese of a global computer hacking campaign. The question, will the biden administration retaliate? gun violence in america: the country s brutal weekend. A sixyearold girl killed and dozens were shot. Floods ravage germany. We re in europe tonight where the death toll is climbing, why the german government is now under fire. Billionaire space race, amazon s jeff bezos gets ready to go to space with his brother, aa legendary aviator and dutch teenager. Why bezos says this mission is more than a joy ride. Prince harry s big announcement, what s next for the royal living in america? and profiles in service. Meet dr. Andy, how this 101 pediatrician and world war ii veteran is still giving back. 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. We re going to begin tonight with new signs and worries that the covid pandemic is once agan tightening its grip. The stock
Followup. Reporter: these statebacked hackers have enriched themselves in the course of their attacks and have demanded millions in ransom payments including a large ransom request to an unnamed u. S. Company. China was also formerly accused of orchestrating the massive hack earlier this year of microsoft exchange, which impacted tens of thousands of computers and networks around the world. The biden administration says it has raised these actions directly with the chinese government. Together with our allies, together with our partners we re not ruling out any additional actions to hold the prc accountable. Reporter: the justice department unsealed an indictment of four chinese nationals for an espionage campaign to hack into the computer systems of dozens of victim companies, universities, and government entities. Prosecutors revealed various ways that stolen secrets were passed including being embedded in photos of a koala and donald trump. Those charged allegedly worked for china s
Sentenced to eight months in prison, less than prosecutors wanted. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. I m jim acosta, and you are in the situation room. We begin this hour with the delta variant hitting this country harder every day. Let s go to our chief white house correspondent kaitlyn collins. Covid trends are moving in the wrong direction all across the u. S. And tonight the markets are feeling the pain as well with the dow s biggest nose dive this year. Reporter: yeah. And, jim, the fears of the delta variant seem to be making their way into the market, sending the dow down 700 points at closing today. It started going down at the opening. It never bounced back from that, making it the worst day not only of 2021, but since october. Amid these concerns about potential of another slowdown and the impact that the delta variant is going to have on the u. S. With the delta variant spreading throughout the u. S. , president bide
what we learned about the power of the former president s support after voters went to the polls in five states. tonight s other top headlines: the c.d.c. s summer travel warning about testing. the latest from ukraine as the u.s. embassy opens in kyiv, even as war rages on. plus, eye on america : why these women are taking a leap of faith to raise awareness about mental health issues facing female veterans. and one nation, one team, one pay: the game-changer as a deal is reached to make sure the women s national soccer team is finally paid the same as the men. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from new york o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we want to begin tonight with some breaking news; the president just announcing new actions to try and ease the pain of the baby formula shortage. there are two major measures, first, to help with supply chain issues p
of the former president s support after voters went to the polls in five states. tonight s other top headlines: the c.d.c. s summer travel warning about testing. the latest from ukraine as the u.s. embassy opens in kyiv, even as war rages on. plus, eye on america : why these women are taking a leap of faith to raise awareness about mental health issues facing female veterans. and one nation, one team, one pay: the game changer as a deal is reached to make sure the women s national soccer team is finally paid the same as the men. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from new york o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on thissed with night. we want to begin tonight with some breaking news. the president just announcing new actions to try and ease the pain of the baby formula shortage. there are two major measures, first to help with supply chain issues president biden is invoking the defense production act to get ingredients