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 so much for joining us. we'll begin with that breaking news because the f.d.a. says it is authorizing pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12-15, and that is a move that will allow about 17 million teens to get the shot. and it could be another step in reopening schools nationwide this fall. pfizer says its two-dose vaccine, which has already been given to more than 59 million americans 16 and older was also found to be highly effective in this younger age group during recent clinical trials, and without any serious side effects. the white house says it is already working on plans to vaccinate teens if the c.d.c. advisory panel signs off on wednesday. and since millions of pfizer doses are already available across the country, it's possible some teens could start getting shots later this week. now all of this has major implications for parents who have a lot of questions tonight. cbs' jon lapook is standing by with answe

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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 are going to begin with breaking news because, after more than a week of deadly airstrikes and pounding rocket attacks, israel and hamas have moved from the brink of war to the start of a cease fire. tonight, both sides say they have agreed to stop the relentless bombing that has killed more than 200 people, and reduced portions of gaza to rubble. moments ago, president biden said the u.s. would provide rapid humanitarian assistance and that israelis and palestinians equally deserve to live safely and securely. while the truce follows last- minute negotiations led by egypt after days of what the white house has called "quiet intensive diplomacy," but tonight gaza is largely without power and water and israel is still reeling from eleven days in the crosshairs of an estimated 4,000 hamas rockets, all of which is to say that tonight's truce is fragile at best. cbs' ed o'keefe is at the white house with more on pr

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 are going to begin with breaking news and good news. it is a watershed moment in the coronavirus pandemic. a sign life is rapidly returning to normal tonight, the centers for disease control say americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks or maintain social distance and almost all situations whether they are outside or inside. simply put, president biden says vaccinated americans have earned the right to greet each other with a smile. tonight about one in every three americans is now fully vaccinated and the white house hopes that these newly relaxed restrictions will encourage those who haven't gotten their shots to do so. still there are some caveats. the c.d.c. director says people who are not fully vaccinated should keep wearing masks indoors and that everyone will need to wear them at certain times including while traveling. and while health officials say this does not mean the pande

norah. >> o'donnell: omar villafranca, thank you. rising floodwaters force hundreds to evacuate today in southern louisiana. about 30 miles southwest of baton rouge, flood barriers failed and water actually poured over a highway this morning. louisiana has been pounded by torrential rains all week. more is expected this weekend from a system in the gulf of mexico. a storm is also brewing in the atlantic ocean, and either one could become the first named storm of the season. all right, tonight we're learning more about prince harry's struggle with mental health, brought on by the death of his mother, princess diana. he is opening up for aopening ua documentary series with oprah winfrey. cbs' nikki battiste has the details. >> reporter: more stunning revelations from prince harry, telling oprah in their new apple tv docu-series that he wants to be a better father than prince charles has been to him, and that his wife, meghan markle, encouraged him to seek therapy. >> only after meeting meg did you start the process of trying to figure

norah. >> o'donnell: thank you.vidence that the grand ole party remains to a large extent the party of trump. house republicans chose an outspoken supporter of the former president to be their third ranking leader. cbs' nikoe killion reports from the capital. >> reporter: house republican >> reporter: house republican leaders trie united front after replacing liz cheney with elise stefanik. >> i want to congratulate elise stefanik. >> reporter: the 36-year-old new york congresswoman overwhelmingly won a majority of votes by secret ballot, replacing cheney who upset party leaders for criticizing former president trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election result, and his role in the january 6th attack. and how can you be unified as long as you have some membersbe who support the former president and some who don't? >> we are unified and i look t the voters across america. republican votes are unified in their support and their desire to work with president trump. >> reporter: stefanik was instantly praised by the for

i'm norah o'donnell.is is the cbs overnight news. >> i am chip reid in washington, thanks for staying with us. governments around the world are threatening facebook and other social media giants to comply with their internet crackdown orders or face restrictions. russia is demanding they remove all content deemed illegal by moscow and restore pro-kremlin material that has been blocked. facebook released their first ever threat assessment on efforts to spread political disinformation. the company removed more than 150 so-called influence operations after criticism that it failed to block russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> reporter: the nearly 40-page report reviewed by cbs news found a growing number of groups at home manipulating information for political and financial gain. facebook stresses the problem is very real in other countries. facebook investigators found election meddling by russia and iran was compounded by new efforts to distort the facts. >> domestic manipulation and

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellng to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with that sweeping decision to send more than one million children in new york city back to school. in a move that has enormous implications for families across the u.s., tonight the country's largest public education system says it will end the distance learning options it started during the pandemic, forcing students and teachers back into classrooms this fall. school systems nationwide are expected to follow new york's lead in the hope that getting children back to class will help get parents back to work. that announcement comes as the u.s. is bouncing back from the virus, with new infections now averaging less than 25,000 a day. that's actually the lowest in nearly a year. well, tonight nearly 59% of americans 12 and older have now gotten at least one dose of a vaccine, plus we've got more on that c.d.c. investigation into a small group of teens who got the vaccine and later suffered mild hea

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellning to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with that breaking news out of san jose where tonight another american city is grappling with the horror of a mass shooting. at least eight victims are dead and others are wounded after a transit employee opened fire on his coworkers before killing the valley transit authority forced a nearby school to lock down and sent employees scrambling. well, tonight, rail service for thousands of commuters in the nation's tenth largest city is suspended as investigators search for explosives they believe may have been left by the 57-year-old shooter, samuel cassidy. and at the white house, president biden has ordered flags at half-staff. in a statement, he says, "enough, that we can and we must do more to end an epidemic of gun violence." cbs' jamie yuccas is in san jose tonight and is going to lead off our coverage. good evening, jamie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the shooting took place inside two buildin

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i'm norah o'donnell.s overnight news. >> i am chip reid in washington. cbs news has been investigating troubling evidence of drug use and criminality within the ranks of the u.s. navy seals. our catherine herridge spoke to a retired and active duty seals wishing to remain anonymous and in part two of the investigation we hear how some seals capitalized on the raid that killed osama bin laden ten years ago and how some seals are calling that a disgrace. >> reporter: killing osama bin laden ten years ago was celebrated in the streets. the operation by fieseal team s. >> they should never have said navy seals did this. >> reporter: eric spent 20 years as a seal with tours in iraq and afghanistan. >> i don't know if this is going to help. but at least it will expose the problem. i am hoping that this encourages good seals to say enough is enough. >> we became a brand. >> reporter: these seals retired and active duty agreed to speak with cbs news on -- >> ever known that seals took out osama bin laden. you bel

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from t from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with that decision by a north carolina prosecutor not to charge sheriff deputies in the deadly shooting of andrew brown jr. the 42-year-old black man was killed during an early-morning raid by police last month as they tried to serve him with drug-related warrant. brown's family calls the shooting an execution. but tonight, the district attorney says the killing was justified, showing a portion of body camera video he says shows brown nearly hitting two officers as he sped away in his car that morning. his now, the decision not to press charges is doing little to calm outrage in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight, and as we come on the air, there are calls for new protest and for the u.s. department of justice to file federal charges in the case. well, cbs' jeff pegues is going to lead off our coverage tonight from north carolina. good evening, jeff. >> reporte

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 are going to begin tonight with millions of americans still out of work, and millions of jobs that still need to be filled. president biden said today the economy has a long way to go after a report showed only 266,000 new jobs were added in april. now, economists had expected closer to a million. at the same time, the unemployment rate ticked up toto 6.1%. but while the stock market took the news in stride with the dow up 229 points to another record high, republicans didn't. and tonight they're blaming president biden for extending federal unemployment benefits they say are an incentive for workers to stay home, leaving bars, restaurants and other businesses struggling to hire. the white house says that's wrong, with the president calling the recovery a marathon, not a sprint, and his treasury secretary blaming irregular school schedules for keeping people at home with children instead of out looking for jobs

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 tonight with a nationwide call to action as americans remember the death of george floyd. it has been a year since floyd's cries of "i can't breathe," sparked the largest social justice movement in history, and tonight his family is here in washington, where they spent the day on capitol hill and met with president biden for more than an hour. the president had hoped to mark the day by signing police reform legislation bearing floyd's name. instead, it remains stuck in congress. at the same time, in minneapolis and in cities across the u.s., americans continue gathering tonight, reflecting on a year of change and challenge, of protests and pain, as the country confronts its complicated history with race, justice, and policing. and nowhere was that more evident today than at the site where the 46-year-old died as quiet remembrances were briefly interrupted by gunfire. cbs' weijia jiang is at th

soon as >> o'donnell: wow. dr. jon lapook, thank you. >> all right, tonight america is on high alert, for cyberattacks to critical infrastructure as the f.b.i. has identified the group behind the ransomware attack that forced this country's largest fuel pipe-line to shut down. cbs' jeff pegues is following the investigation. >> reporter: tonight u.s. officials are pointing the finger at a shadowy russian cyberhacking group blaming them for friday's attack that caused nearly half of the fuel supply flowing to the northeast to come to a grinding halt. >> we will be meeting with president putin. >> reporter: the white house now calling it a criminal act. >> so far there is no evidence based on from our intelligence people that russia is involved. although there is evidence that the actor ransomware is in russia. they have some responsibility to deal with this. >> reporter: the russian affiliated hacking group known as darkside implanted ransomware into colonial pipe-line's business computers holding their company data

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. we're going to begin tonight with the big reopening of the big apple, a symbolic step for a country finding its way out of the pandemic. 14 months after the nation's largest city was forced into hibernation, new york city is an insomniac once again. tonight, restaurants, gyms, and theaters can operate at full capacity. masks are no longer required for those who are fully vaccinated. and even the subway is running around the clock. last march, new york accounted for half of all new infections in the u.s., and as we come on the air, just 2% of the country's cases now come from the city. and nationwide, new infections are below 30,000 a day. that's for the first time in 11 months. still, returning to our old reality is turning out to be harder than it sounds with americans confused about when and where to mask up. and the head of the c.d.c. saying it's still too early to declare victory over the virus. cbs' mola lenghi is going to lead off our

i'm norah o'donnell.s the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm jan crawford in washington, thanks for staying with us. it's been a year and a day since former police officer derek chauvin murdered george floyd on a mainneapolis street, some had mass demonstrations and others showed support in the form of money. big corporations pledged millions of dollars to social justice initiatives. we look at the impact of that financial support. >> reporter: in minneapolis, and around the world. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: protesters enraged by the video of george floyd's death and fueled by decades of injustice began asking what more can i do? in the days and weeks that followed, donation this is that supported civil rights and black lives poured in. >> this is the director of the north carolina community bail fund of durham. >> we bail out folk who is cannot afford to pay. we get the folks who need it the most, you know, the working class, the poor, the homeless, who can't afford to pay a bondsman, so they la

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with that decision to uphold facebook's ban against donald trump, just as the former president is openly campaigning to oust a key leader of his own party. now, the ruling from an independent oversight board created by facebook says the social media company was right to ban mr. trump for a video he posted online during the january 6 insurrection, but was wrong to keep him off the platform indefinitely. well, tonight, the former president is blasting the decision, calling moves by facebook and other companies to block him from social media "a total disgrace." and he's not mincing words about the leadership of the g.o.p., either. in a new statement, mr. trump is calling wyoming representative liz cheney, the number three republican in the house, a "warmonger," and says she should be replaced with one of his allies. well, cheney, the daughter of former vice president dick cheney, voted to impea

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellgood evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with the deadliest 24 hours in the conflict between israel and hamas militants, and the growing calls for the u.s. to intervene in what many fear is rapidly becoming a humanitarian crisis. as we come on the air, israeli warplanes continue to pound gaza, destroying the network of underground tunnels used by hamas, reducing entire buildings to rubble and killing more than 200. hamas is not letting up its assault either, bombarding israeli cities with rockets as sirens sound and residents run for cover. and with the death toll on both sides mounting and many palestinians in gaza now without clean water or fuel, the white house says it is engaging in "quiet intensive diplomacy." but tonight, members of the president's own party say those efforts need to be much louder and are calling for the u.s. to help broker a peace. mr. biden has just spoken to the israeli prime minister, and cbs' ed o'k

.>> o'donnell: tonight, welcome captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, welcome back to new york once the epicenter of the pandemic, the city reopens, restaurants and stores back at full capacity after more than a year. "the city that never sleeps" is back in business after coronavirus shutdowns. masks in new york not requiredew for the fully vaccinated. vacci. and in texas, the governor takes it a step further and bans mask mandates. plus, what dr. fauci is saying about a covid booster shot. f.b.i. manhunt: newly released t shows vicious attacks on officers as republicans push back on a commission to investigate the events of january 6. crisis rages on. israel's prime minister vows to keep pummeling hamas, despite president biden's call for de- escalation. plus, children of war. we ask 10-year-olds from gaza and israel what they tell each other if they met. >> i'd just hug her and tell her that i know what you feel. she'. >> o'donnell: trump organization under criminal investigation. could the bombshell announcemene from new york's attorney general mean possible jail time f

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, >> o'donnell: all right, ed o'keefe, thank you.ell, tonight, new evidence the covid vaccines are having a powerful impact in the battle against the virus.orted no cov 16 states reported no covid deaths yesterday, and nationwide, deaths have fallen to 546 per day. they actually haven't been that low in more than a year. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports. >> my message to young people, of course, is simple: get vaccinated. >> reporter: tonight, the positive news on covid comes with a plea to vaccinate as cases in children are on the rise. nearly a quarter of new weekly covid-19 infections are in kids, according to the american academy of pediatrics. more than 600,000 children ages 12-15 have been vaccinated since the pfizer vaccine was authorized for that age group last week. that still leaves more than 16 million to go. >> nervous? >> reporter: the university of miami health system is trying to boost the numbers, sending this mobile pediatric unit to underserved com underserved communities, like the little haiti neighborhood, to give sh

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 on this busy friday. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news. the biden administration says it is banning travel to the u.s. from india. with the coronavirus crisis there spiraling out of control. as we come on the air, new infections in india, which is a key u.s. ally, have reached more than 386,000 in just the past 24 hours, with so many people now sick and with so many variants of covid 19 circulating there, the c.d.c. recommended the travel ban, out of fear that new strains of the virus could make it into the u.s. tonight's decision comes at the same time the white house is touting success here at home, announcing today that 100 million americans have now been fully vaccinated. that's about 40% of all adults nationwide. experts worry that getting the rest of americans vaccinated could be much harder-- because even though shots are more available than ever, fewer and fewer people are signing up to get the

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with a run on gasoline from florida to virginia, with panicked drivers lining up at gas stations fearing a fuel shortage. as we come on the air, there are reports of gas stations across the southeast running dry. at the same time, the price per gallon is running up, closing in on highs not seen in 6.5 years. and tonight, the governors of north carolina, georgia, and virginia have all declared states of emergency. now, all this comes after a ransomware attack targeted colonial pipeline and forced the company to shut down over the weekend. that's essentially turning off the tap for thousands of gas stations. well, the white house is trying to calm fears saying that while the southeast is facing a "crunch" over the next few days, there is no concern about running out of gasoline. but that's not stopping commuters from topping off their tanks, leading to concerns tonight that scared drivers coul

stayay asleep. >> o'donnell: a college-bound student is now an inspi >> o'donnell: a college-bound studentiration all over the world. cbs' jim axelrod with the story of how this young woman turned her loss into triumph. >> oh, yes! (incoherent happy screaming) >> reporter: abigail mack is on quite a run. getting into harvard, after making a splash on tiktok. 18.3 million views of her tips for writing a college essay.s for writing a colleges say >> i used to have two parents, but now i have one. i always knew i wanted to write about my mom in some capacity because it's something that has really shaped my life. >> reporter: abigail's mother died when she was eleven. >> i hate the letter "s." >> reporter: her essay focused on the issues with the letter "s," the difference between having a parent and parents. >> and i think that has also contributed to why people have really connected with this because the theme itself is very universals to loss. >> i was extremely moved by her story. >> reporter: 5,000 miles away in brazil, anna pratt lost her dad two months ago. wanting to come to the u.s. f

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. well, tonight joel greenberg, the former florida official and accused sex trafficker at the center of the investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz is expected to plead guilty next monday. it was reported last month that greenberg has been cooperating with federal investigators telling them that gaetz had given multiple women money and gifts in exchange for sex. gaetz insists he is innocent. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. you can't get there from here, a large crack forces a major u.s. bridge to shut down. when will it reopen? and the traffic jam after a small plane came down on a highway instead of a runway. ona highway instead of a runway. ♪ because things are coming back. ♪ making now, the time to move forward. ♪ at u.s. bank, our goal is getting you to where you really want to be. ♪ because side by side, there's no telling how far you'll go. ♪ u.s. bank. we'll get there together. ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a hig

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with significant and positive new numbers showing a dramatic turn in the fight against the coronavirus nationwide. as we come on the air tonight, the u.s. has reached a seven- month low in new infections of the virus. hospitalizations and deaths are also down significantly. and in some areas that were once overwhelmed by covid, including parts of california, vaccinations are so far up, and cases so far down, some communities may reach herd immunity. and with the f.d.a. expected to authorize pfizer's vaccine for children 12 and older in the coming days, today the secretary of education said he expects schools across the country to be fully reopened in september. still, while infections are dropping, so are the number of people getting vaccinated. in just one week, the rate of americans getting their first shot has dropped by nearly 25%. and tonight, that is forcing to eragecinaons.ative fre u

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i'm norah o'donnell.tomo ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm catherine -- in washington, thanks for staying with us. the united states has -- ufos, the military calls them uaps or unidentified aerial phenomenon and for the first time the united states admits there are is something out there. >> reporter: what you are telling me is that ufos, unidentified flying objects are real? >> bill, i think we are beyond that already. the government has stated for the record that they are real. i'm not telling you a that. the united states government is telling you that. >> reporter: he spent 20 years running intelligence operations worldwide, he had not given ufos a second thought until 2008. that's when he was asked to join something at the pentagon called the advanced aerospace threat identification program. or atip. >> the mission was simple, collect and analyze information involving aerial vehicles. what, i guess you call them ufos. we call them uaps. >> reporter: you know how this sounds? it sounds nu

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with breaking news and a game changer for parents worried about their children getting coronavirus. the f.d.a. is now expected to expand the emergency authorization for pfizer's vaccine to include children as young as 12 years old. now, the decision which "the new york times" reports could happen as early as this week could allow more than 15 million teens to get the shots before the start of the next school year. the news comes as connecticut, new jersey and new york-- once the epicenter of the pandemic-- announced today that shops, restaurants, gyms and other businesses will be allowed to operate at full capacity starting may 19, including, yes, broadway theaters. and new york city's iconic subway system will also return to 24 hour service in two weeks. and in florida, governor ron desantis signed an executive order to end local mandates in his state. but tonight five other states are stil

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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 tonight with the president's new goal to get 70% of adults vaccinated by july 4, part of what he's calling a new phase of his administration's fight against coronavirus. tonight, the white house says the plan includes shifting doses to local pharmacies, adding walk-in appointments, and closing down those mass vaccination sites. and the move comes as the rate of new vaccinations nationwide is falling fast. about half as many americans are getting their first shot now than were just a few weeks ago, and experts worry herd immunity may now be out of reach. well, mr. biden acknowledged today his new benchmark will require convincing people who have hesitant that the vaccines are safe, and he implored americans to avoid that misinformation and talk to people they trust who have been vaccinated. the president also suggested that the f.d.a. will soon sign off on giving pfizer's vaccineve to children

norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. tonight the senate is set to block a bipartisan investigation into what was the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. this despite an emotional appeal today from the mother of a capitol police officer who died after being hurt in the january 6th assault. we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: nearly five months since officer brian sicknick lost his life after being sprayed and attacked during the insurrection, his mother gladys turned to capitol hill determined. you think you can change minds today? >> i hope so. bryan had a work ethic second to none and he was just there for our country. >> reporter: mrs. sicknick said it would be a slap in the face if there was no commission established to investigate what went wrong on january 6 when four others died and over 140 police officers were injured. joined by sicknick's girlfriend injured. joined by sick and two officers who braved the siege, they lobbied republican snators not to block a bill to establish the

. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you. we're going to turn to india now and another deadly day along with a record number of new covid infections. in a country of nearly 1.5 billion people, fewer than 3% have been fully vaccinated. cbs' chris livesay reports from new delhi. >> reporter: with cases skyrocketing and vaccines at a trickle, prime minister narendra minister narendra modi is under mounting pressures from leaders, even dr. anthony fauci, to impose a strict nationwide lockdown. exactly how he would do it in a country with 65 million people e living in slums is a living in slums is a gargantuan challenge.gantuan challenge. roughly 2 million people live elbow to elbow in new delhi's slums. in such cramped conditions, social distancing, let alone isolating, are virtually impossible. take chand babu who lives in this tiny hut with his wife and four children. no electricity, no running water and one common toilet shared shared across five families, few wearing masks. as far as health services-- so no covid vaccines, no

( abbot sonic ) >> o'donnell: what >> o'donnell: what would you say if you came face to face with the a second chance at life? cbs' steve hartman is "on the adnionore ththdein t m >> s ot reporter: fishermen are known for their fish stories. >> holy mackerel! >> reporter: but the whopper that charter boat captains mark pisano and paul strasser are about to unspool is all too real. >> that story, it just... really throws a loop at me. >> it was catastrophic, imagining what she went through that day is unspeakable, really. >> reporter: 35 years ago, paul and mark were piloting a charter back from catalina island off the california coast when they came across a capsized boat and an orange life vest bobbing in the waves. mark jumped in and pulled out nine-year-old desiree rodriguez, and uncle all perished. desiree had been in the water 20 hours. >> it was against all odds that she was still coherent and alive. >> reporter: this was the last time paul and mark ever saw little desiree, and they've always wondered about her. >> okay. >> reporter: which is why a podcaster named phil friedman

norah. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. and thes il me news ahead right here on tonight's "cbs evening news." the fallout from the violent and shocking arrest of an elderly woman with dementia. plus the paltry supply of poultry. what's behind america's sudden chicken shortage. >> o'donnell: tonight, three rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and nutrients to and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself, 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not t

here is norah o'donnell with the preview. >>> coming up after kpix 5 at 6:00.ader on a mission to help the homeless. and more on gas prices are going up. tonight on cbs evening news with norah o'donnell. >>> all month long kpix 5 is recognizing the class of 2021. this is madison morgan. she's graduating with a bachelor in theater arts. congratulations. you can send a photo of your graduate to kp this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. >>> dennis o'donnell is here with sports. and home cooking continues to be a winning recipe for the giants? >> and strong arms. the giants continue to get it done with a strong starting pitching. and just enough offense. and check it out. the first pitch of the game and willie calhoun, down the line was or robbed. and the giants had nothing in the bottom of the first. scoring all the way from first base and would score later. he struck out the side and had a career-high. the 24-year-old became the youngest a giant to rea

economy struggles to >> o'donnell: tonight, the surprising jobs report, as the u.s. to rebound fro rebound from the covid pandemic, the unemployment rate goes up, but so does the stock market.oc. the message from the biden administration: take a deep breath, the road to recovery will be bumpy. but what about the concern that expanded unemployment benefitst, incentiv incentivize people not to work? we talked to one restaurant manager who says business is booming, but she's never been so shorthanded. pfizer asked the f.d.a. for full approval of its covid vaccine, the first to do so. so, will that make it easier to get shots in arms? and the u.s. prepares to vaccinate teens 12 and older.

good luck, captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, a fragile cease-fire in the middle east but with clashes in captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, a fragile cease-fire in the middle east, but with clashes in jerusalem, how long will it last as anti- semitic incidents here in theree u.s. are on the rise. we go inside gaza for the first time to streets filled with rubble. >> reporter: 22 people were killed in this building. >> o'donnell: and meet survivors, including five-month-old omar. plus, what president biden is saying tonight about the 11-day crisis. anti-semitic attacks-- jews targeted as incidents skyrocket during the conflict in the middle east. what synagogues are doing to beef up security. mask battles: tempers rage as towns debate mask requirements. plus the biden administration wants people to swipe right on

we have that and more news tonight right here on the cbs evening news. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, a hole-in-one like you've never seen before at the pga championship. and brandon crawford asked the same question i have every time i he can. >> so bring the class of 2021. danica newland is in castro valley. whatever you do, don't agree with dennis. she is graduating from uc davis of the degree in clinical >>> remember when the national league west was supposed to be a two team race, the doctors and padres, giants did not get that memo, they flew home tonight with the best record in all of baseball, and they got about a months worth of run support today. they said 12 men to the plate in the third inning, to blow it open. the rst career grand slam, part of a nine run inning. they did not stop there. brandon crawford, the three ran jack in the fifth, the fourth home run of the to4. ing up the dodges thrsace in the american, give a season-high five. a two-run shot from the number nine shooter martin maldonado. astros beat the a's 8-4 to take two out of three. he hit a hole-in

that and more news tonight here on the cbs evening news. >>> i dennis o'donnell. coming up in sports, they play for a national title. and steph curry is to basketball what ken bastida is 2news anchoring. >> he is like the picasso of our time. >>> almost long we are solving the class of 2021, onyx hunters graduating from abraham lincoln high school in san francisco. great name. he plans to go to city college and the study journalism. congrats. and you can see your grant grad photo it's beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. - or the beast. - the beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. has failed. the beast, john cox, will shake up sacramento, cut taxes. learn about california's nicest, smartest beast at johncox.com it's beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. - or the beast. - the beauty, - [macaw vo] pretty boy. has failed. the beast, john cox, will open schools, get our economy roaring. learn about california's nicest, smartest beast at johncox.com allie wagner, fired up, watching the alma mater and the national title game broncos taking on top-ranked florida state, 84th minute. the

i am dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >> tip my cap. i'm moving on. >> move on. 4:57. >>> get ready for what's called the summer of revenge travel. what travelers need to know. that is james brown and bill cowher welcoming you back to the midnight snack run. this is one tricky obstacle course. he's reaching... but he pushes it away! he's approaching a plate of iced cookies... he blows right by 'em oh the fridge looks like he's headed for the soda. wait! he jukes left! grabs the water bottle now he's just gotta get out of there. look what dropped from the sky! don't do it dennis. that's the way you execute a midnight snack run. stand up to cancer and rally want you to reduce your risk for cancer, go to takeahealthystand.org. >>> right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a mountain lion caught in san francisco right outside someone's front door. the big question now, is it the same one seen prowling all over the city? >>> ots fired,homes evacuated, a suspect behind bars. hours' long standoff in santa clara county. >>> worsening d

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o'donnell. jay russell george, the treasury inspector general for tax administration. nina olson, the executive director of the center for taxpayer rights. and charles o. rossotti, former commissioner of internal revenue service, currently a senior adviser at the carlisle group. i'm delighted that you are all here. and would like to -- i guess i'll begin with my opening statement, and then i'll give the other members a chance to come here. this is, i think, an important and timely hearing on the tax gap and the related role of offshore tax evasion. my republican colleagues and i may disagree on what makes a fair tax code. but we very much agree that everyone should pay what they owe. that principle is what today's hearing is about. the irs conservatively at this times the tax gap, the difference between taxes that are owed and taxes that are collected to be $441 billion per year. commissioner redig recently testified that the tax gap may have grown as high as $1 trillion in recent years, trillio

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