buried in this box? we re realizing wait, there was a former wife? we finally come around this turn. the whole side of the mountain is on fire. marriage, money, and murder. some say more than one. when people say i know how you feel, you have no idea how i feel. i don t want you to know how i feel because no one should ever feel this way. the night forest was profoundly dark. below its thick canopy of tree, even the meager moonlight was shut out. as the driver rushed too fast down the twisting stomach-turning track, inches from yawning inky black depths, desperate to save the passenger s life. what were they doing up here so far from civilization, from safety? and what answers did the fire consume? as one of them was launched on a path as dark and twisted as the mountain road itself. one evil begetting another and another until this whole story is a mixture of murder, blood, failings, grace, heaven and god and so there s some real craziness to it. but to beg
has become. and going home with gold. the olympic flame extinguished in tokyo. how american athletes, especially american women, stole the show. i m phil mattingly in washington in for fredricka whitfield. right now, the covid pandemic is surging in the u.s. and shows no signs of slowing down. to know how bad it is, all you have to do is look at the numbers. the average number of daily cases has increased nine fold since july, the delta variant fuelling this rise in cases and overwhelming hospitals in many states. hospital even more troubling is how this variant is affecting children. childhood and teen cases have jumped 84% in the past week. despite those numbers, only half of the country is vaccinated. health officials say the drive is because of the unvaccinated which make up most of the hospitalizations and deaths we re seeing now. we would not be in the place we are in right now with this delta surge if we had been more effective in getting everybody to take advantag
of the road on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. majority leader chuck schumer with a progress report. i repeat, that democrats are ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. once again, that will require the cooperation of our republican colleagues. i hope they will cooperate so we could move for quickly. other wise we ll proceed by the book. next, comes a vote expected within the next hour or so on an amendment to finalize the bill s language. if that happens on our watch, we will let you know. and the other big story this sunday. new testimony by trump s former acting a.g. revealing previously unknown efforts to subvert the 2020 election. the new york times first report that jeffrey rosen had a two hour meeting friday with the justice department s office of the inspector general. and then saturday gave closed door testimony to the senate judiciary committee in which he claimed one of his deputies, jeffrey clark, the
whitaker: plea deal: a former m.m.a. fighter, known as wild man is the first to plead guilty to assaulting an officer in the capitol riot. airline meltdown, passengers in limbo as spirit cancels hundreds of more flights. we press the c.e.o. for answers. reporter: what do you say to those passengers? whitaker: olympic streak. allyson felix sets a record for medals on the track and the american women reign supreme on the sand. and on the road. cbs steve hartman on how a young intruder stole a homeowner s heart. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. whitaker: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank norah is off tonight. i m bill whitaker. we begin tonight with the sobering news that for the first time in six months, the u.s. has topped 120,000 covid cases in a single day, a strong signal that the summer surge is only growing. but as we head into the weekend with the pace of shots picking up, today the
but the timing of a final vote remains up in the air. here s senate majority leader chuck schumer earlier today. we can get this done the easy way or the hard way. it s in either case the senate will stay in session until we finish our work. it s up to my republican colleagues how long it takes. vice president kamala harris was seen on capitol hill today talking to senators about voting rights and support for that infrastructure bill. so what is at stake for the american people in much need of infrastructure investment? the bill includes $550 billion in spending for bridges, roads, public transportation, broadband and more. joining us now to discuss the action on the hill tyler pedro, white house reporter to the washington post, daniel strauss senior political reporter for the guardian and democratic strategist juanita toliver. we ve been watching it for weeks and does feel like we are finally close to seeing some movement. what do we expect next from the senate?