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eye on america pressured parents, the key voting block, fed up with inflation and education. cbs s caitlin huey-burns talks to moms and in pennsylvania. reporter: what is the most important issue as you are casting your ballot? o donnell: state or emergency parts of florida now under a hurricane watch where the storm could hit. and the largest lottery prize ever how much money could you take home if you win the powerball? this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on the eve of a big night in this country, election day. tonight, it s the final chance for democrats and republicans to deliver their closing arguments. hundreds of candidates are making one last push to get out the vote ahead of election day, with control of the senate and the house on the ballot, both parties are pulling out all the stops with president joe biden, former presidents barack oba ....
pandemic, getting infrastructure passed up on capitol hill, as well as one of the largest investments in climate change initiatives that was passed earlier in the fall. this would certainly mark a big moment of change for the white house, as president biden is entering his final two years of office, and potentially launching another re-election bid. ron klain has worked with biden for a very long time, dating back to his time in the senate, also as vice president and advising his campaign from the outside back in 2020. cnn has reached out to the white house for comment on this and has yet to receive comments specifically. the new york times today is reporting on a very significant development as they say the white house chaff ron kli chief of staff ron klain will step down in near weeks. is he stepping down, does it have anything to do with the recent classified documents, handling of, you know, from the white house? is it instead, as the new york times is repor ....
for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll speak to a climate change specialist. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from the announcement that china s borders will be reopened next month. in the last hour, the us announced it would require negative covid tests for travellers from china from the 5th of january. that follows tighter measures outlined by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan, and india. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency, as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime appa ....
when the opportunity arises. so you get a bit of time to do that? when i can. when you can. well, look, you know, you ve been secretary of state at the dcms for four months now and you ve recently announced a big u turn, a big policy u turn. why have you decided not to privatise channel 4? so i think i agree with my predecessor and many other predecessors that have looked at this issue before, that there are long term sustainability issues and threats to channel 4. we know that it is a dramatically changing media landscape out there, which you ll be only too familiar with. we know that linear advertising is taking a hit, organisations are having to evolve and adapt and become more dynamic to cope with that and channel 4 have a very rigid business model. the public broadcaster restrictions, for one, don t allow them to create their own content, which means that their ability to flourish is capped from the off. and that sustainability fuelled the decision under my predece ....
and there s a mention here right at the start to checking playbook first thing in the mornings. that s a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mimic the minister s media habits. yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as it s come out, i look through playbook. i will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while i m getting ready in the morning and obviously then try and stay alert throughout the day and see what else is happening. and then i ll read the papers at some point, either probably in the evening as well. and what about streaming services? do you have a lot of subscriptions? are you a netflix, disney+, what person? yeah, we ve got netflix and amazon prime in my household, so watch a bit of both. they re really good for unwinding. i find that i prefer the things that don t take too much brainpower. when you ve been through a lot of legislation or different policies, it s nice tojust relax sometimes ....