Pharmacies open 24 hours a day, uber and lyft providing free transportation to folks wanting to get vaccinated. Child care, if you need child care, the president saying places are providing free child care. So a ground and local game across this country, trying to get as many folks vaccinated as possible, reaching that 70% number by the month of july. One shot in the arm of americans. So as we think about that, and the covid response when it comes to the biden administration, the president facing another major uphill battle, and we are just minutes away from a rare meeting at the white house, and potentially a make or break moment for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. The president will sit down with a prominent member of the opposing party, even if some top biden advisers move, it s still a high stakes move. Not even the vice president will be there. Both sides say they want a deal, but privately they re still far apart. Not only on how to pay for it, but even the very definition o
Connection beginning with the gop s nonstop attacks on our democracy. Unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on january 6th, don t be fooled. Today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. They re still happening but they re unfolding in slow motion. This time not only through violence but through policy as well. Now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. That s according to the brennan center for justice. It s not just bills. Gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the state s 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. And in texas republicans nearly passed senate bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any election result based on nothing but hearsay from partisan pole watchers. It does other awful things too. Democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bill by literal
cbs news is there. less than half will recover. diaz: in our eye on earth, a beach battle. off-roaders in california facing off with rare birds. and later, hippo love: one woman s mission to save the threatened species. and without my intervention, none of the hippos would have survived. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. a man of courage, fortitude, and faith. that s how britain s prince philip was remembered at his funeral today. only 30 family members and friends were allowed to attend because of britain s covid restrictions. the queen sat alone, her face covered, as she bid farewell to her husband of more than seven decades. the service, small, but no less powerful. cbs roxana saberi is outside windsor castle where today s service was held. roxana, good evening. reporter: good evening, adriana. prince philip wanted a low-fuss funeral, but today s service seemed fitting for the longest- serving spouse of a
further, you shared an account of your communications with president trump with a local news outlet in your district which recorded that you had a very heated conversation and that you urged the president to quote health get help to the capitol. and blito reported that you shared an even greater degree of detail with your colleagues in a widely-attended conference call on january 11th. on that call, according to the report, you stated that president trump had admitted, quote, some degree of responsibility for january 6th in his one-on-one conversations with you. the letter also cites mccarthy s floor speech in the days after the insurrection, acknowledging that trump bears responsibility for the attack and addresses mccarthy s own culpability in continuing to amplify the expresident s big lie in the wake of the insurrection. citing his visit to mar-a-lago on january 28th, days before impeachment, posing with donald trump for a photo. and that is where we start today with some
russia as the biden administration warns it will impose severe penalties if russia invades ukraine. we ll tell you how russia is now respond. we could learn soon whether tennis star novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in australia where he s being detained amid a fight over his visa. no red carpet, audience or tv coverage. why the golden globe awards will look very different tonight. sometimes we need a little help here. you re waking up on sunday, jan january 9th. good morning to you. great to be with you, christi. we start with the omicron variant surging rapidly across the united states. cases are rising at an alarming rate, as some of the nation s largest school districts fight to get student back into classrooms this week. in chicago, a standoff after the teachers union voted to teach remotely while the city wants in-person learning. chicago s mayor rejected a new proposal from the teachers union had virtual beginning wednesday and in-person classes starting