in jeopardy? a grim covid milestone, the pandemic claims five million lives around the globe. and the latest from new york city, where a vaccine mandate leaves only 6% of city workers on unpaid leave. the inside story new from our interview, hillary clinton s closest aide talks about the monica lewinsky scandal and whether hillary clinton blames her for costing her the 2016 election. tonight the extraordinary lockdown in china as the government prevents more than 30,000 guests from leaving disneyland. and a princess on a mission to pay it forward and save the lives of kids just like her. 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 with powerful words from the u.n. secretary general on day one of a climate conference. we are digging our own graves. the global summit brings together the leaders of nearly 200 countries, although
could you thanksgiving plans be in jeopardy? a grim covid milestone, the pandemic claims 5 million lives around the globe, and the latest from new york city, where a vaccine man date leaves only 6% of city workers on unpaid leave. the inside story new from our interview hillary clinton s closest aid talks about the monica lewinsky scandal and whether hillary clinton blames her for costing her the 2016 206 election. tonight the extraordinary lockdown in china as the government prevents more than 30,000 guests from leaving disneyland. and a princess on a mission to pay it forward and save the lives of kids just like her. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with powerful words from the u.n. secretary general on day one of a climate conference. quote, we are digging our own graves. the global summit brings together the leaders of nearly 200 countries, although two of the world s biggest polluters were noticeably missing. more on that
friday marked the single busiest day in the skies ever. add in 34 million at risk of severe weather and we have a potential recipe for a travel disaster. we have your forecast and when you may want to steer clear of the roads. plus, a weekend of gun violence in america, at a nightclub in kansas and a block party in baltimore, injuring dozens and claiming two lives. what we re learning about these mass shootings. later, the ride of a lifetime that no one asked for. the scary moment at an amusement park that should give everyone pause. it makes me second-guess guesting on a roller coaster now. let s begin with what you need to know as you get ready for your independence day celebrations. sizzling temperatures and severe storms in the forecast while americans set travel records not seen since before the pandemic. aaa projecting nearly 51 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home as a storm system moves down over the carolinas and 36 million people under heat
that means traveling from coast to coast are stranded. some of them forced to drive thousands of miles. we were at the airport at noontime on sunday, finally made the call at 10:30 p.m., that we could not afford to lose any more time if we were going to drive. i can t rely on southwest to get the family home, so we maid need to leave a little early to drive ourselves home. the kreismt on the blaming the travel disaster on schedule and outdated infrastructure. the ruling that keeps on tens of thousands migrants now bait in limbo. we ll go to el paso, texas in just a moment. let s begin with an absolute nightmare for southwest airlines passengers. 0% of today s 2700 flight cancellations are from southwest. the company s ceo, bob jordan, said system upgrades are floes to avoid a repeat. the tools we use to recover from disruption service works well 90% of the time, but we need to double down on our existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances s
hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us. we are now focusing on the top business stories. we start with the cost of energy and a dispute in australia that has been causing shock waves here in europe. workers at liquefied natural gas or lng facilities operated by energy giant chevron have been threatening to strike from today over pay and conditions, stoking fears of disruption to global gas supplies in the run up to winter in the northern hemisphere. that has sent wholesale gas prices soaring in europe. in the last few hours, though, unions have said they will delay their walk out for a day because of progress being made in talks. gas prices have fallen sharply. let s get the latest from our correspondent phil mercer in sydney. he is keeping track of this. what is the latest? we understand what is the latest? we understand that - what is the latest? - understand that both sides in this debate, the trade unions and the us energy giant chevron are still in