oliver, jericka duncan is off. >> oliver: good evening, i'm meg oliver, jericka duncan is off.he u.s. joins the european union imposing strict new travel restrictions in response to the new omicron variant. in addition to south africa, a host of other countries are included in the u.s. restrictions. affecting an estimated 122 scheduled flights between the u.s. and south africa in december. cbs' debra patta leads off our coverage tonight from south africa. >> reporter: once again, a pandemic weary world has been plunged into uncertainty following the discovery of a new variant by south african scientists which could be more transmissible and vaccine resistant. one nation after another has shut its doors to countrieson across southern africa. the u.s. follows tomorrow, ands israel has imposed the world's toughest restrictions to date, banning all travelers for the next two weeks. >> now is the time to act fast, early, hard and strong. >> reporter: but with omicron already circling the globe, public health experts say border closures don't help. there is bitter anger here over the

from new york here's jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening, thank you for joining us, president bidens a new week with something he and democrats have been lacking, momentum. but they've got it for now with the house passage of this massive bipartisan infrastructure plan. still, sharp divisions remain with republicans and democrats. late today the president and first lady seen there ignored reporters' questions as they headed out to the beach on a cool day near their delaware home, they even posed for a selfie, but soon they will return to the political heat that awaits them in washington, that is where we find cbs' christina ruffini tonight. christina, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. after last week's poor performance in the polls democrats are feeling the pressure, not just to get something done, but to get something done that voters will actual notice in their everyday lives, especially ahead of next year's mid term election. >> bluntly, we blew it. >> reporter: speaking on "face the nation" today, virginia senator tim kane said if democrats had passed the

jericka? >> duncanhat happens next, lilia luciano for us in los angeles, thank you. two weeks after the u.s. listed the covid travel ban to europe the world health organization is now warning of a surge in covid deaths across the continent. unless proper actions are taken. here's cbs' imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: belgian police use water canons after some demonstrators chanting freedom turned violence, earlier tens of thousands took to the streets of brussels to protest against thousands took to the streets of using re-- newly reinforced restrictions like mandatory mask and work from home orders as infection rates continue to spike. several european countries are now convulsing with protests after the world health organization declared the continent the hot spot of the coronavirus pandemic. in the netherlands, there was a second night of violence, this time in the capitol the hague. dozens have been arrested in what police are callingol antilockdown disorder after a partial lockdown went into effect last w

from new york, here is jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening and thanks for joining us tonight.-20 summit wrapped up, with president biden reasserting the united states is reclaiming its leadership on the world stage. mr. biden also faced political heat over the direction of his domestic agenda. and chief white house correspondent nancy cordes joins us now. she's been traveling with thepoa president. nancy. >> reporter: jericka, this was the president' first solo press conference since his last foreign trip more than three months ago. this was relatively brief, lasted less than half an hour, and in it he insist that his recent drop in support in the u.s. has not affected his influence with world leaders here. >> i didn't run to determine how well i'm going to do in the polls. >> reporter: as he wrapped up his the time in rome, president biden was peppered with questions about his political standings at home. a poll out today shows his approval rating has dropped seven points since august. >> the polls can go up and down and up and down, the same with every president. >> reporter

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jericka duncan takes a look at one woman who turned her passion into a career. >>> i love sewing.eporter: mimi g.'s youtube >> reporter: mimi's youtube videos have been life changing. >> i ran away at 15. it's hard to sew when you're homeless. >> reporter: not only for the people learning from her but for the now-45-year-old sewer herself. >> about 2012 i remember sitting there having a conversation with my then-husband, and he said, you know, why don't you film it. it was so grainy and like you could hardly see. it was fuzzy. but people loved it. >> reporter: based in atlanta, she now has over 300,000 youtube subscribers, a retail fabric business, and a sewing academy. in 2007, youtube started sharing revenue with its most popular users called creators. that idea exploded the video platform into the titan it is today. its model was quickly copied by other popular sites. >> if you want to start monetizing on youtube, the level of audience has to be somewhere around 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours. then when you reach that threshold, you're at it for some time on a sustained basi

." >>> i'm jericka duncan. thanks for staying with us.ederal government put student loan payments on hold during the pandemic, but americans will likely need to start paying again next year, and the numbers are staggering. more than 45 million people in this country owe nearly $2 trillion. when we visited a university that is easing the financial burden for students as some lawmakers push for cancelling student debt entirely. here is "cbs mornings's" co-host nate burleson. >> is all student debt cleared at the university from. >> 2020 in february then in the fall of '20 and the spring of '21, we eliminated student debt. >> they're trying to ah solution to an ever growing problem that. >> already were facing a lot of issues with covid, okay. we had money through the american rescue plan, and we said you know what? this is something we have to share. >> reporter: aaron walton is the president of the country's largest hvcu. they're one of a handful of schools currently reducing the debt of tuition on students. and that debt has skyrocketed.

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," on this veterans day a cbs newsoks into why more than 30 service members who appear to be qualified for the purple heart are still waiting for their award years later. >>> plus, actor and director kenneth branagh stops by the times square studio to talk his movie "belfast." >>> and in "a more perfect union," country music star vince gill surprises students in a tennessee community recovering from devastating floods. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

." >>> i'm jericka duncan in new york.nks for staying with us. >>> president biden is in glasgow, scotland, today where he will join leaders from nearly 200 countries at the un climate summit. the two-week session is expected to include some of the most important international climate negotiations since the 2015 paris climate accord. mr. biden arrives after the g20 economic summit in rome, the world's leading economies made a commitment to cut pollution from burning fossil fuels, including cole. great britain is already making major strides and scaling back its use of cole, and roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: this used to be the uk's biggest power plant fueled by cole. now it's one of the last. >> there is very little coal left here now. >> reporter: they will stop using coal to produce electricity next year. the entire country is set to follow. >>> is this the fuel of power? >> we believe so. >> reporter: they have been transitioning to a different kind of fuel, transported by train here to northern england, wood. ar

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