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people knew you, obviously, as mayor pete for a long time how is secretary buttigieg fitting you? pete. but i'm certainly excited to be the secretary. >> seth: you got off to a sort of, inauspicious start in that you had to quarantine after being exposed. how was quarantine for you was it as difficult as it's been for many people? >> you know, i didn't love it. but i'm glad to be on the other side of it this morning, i took the dogs out for a walk before breakfast. and it just felt -- even though it was gray and icy, it felt fantastic just to be outdoors again. and obviously, you know, we're urging people to be careful to take every safety measure, and it was important to me to make sure we're practicing what we preach >> seth: and, so, this was your first oval office meeting. obviously, you couldn't be there in person, so you were wheeled in on a big screen tv. how was that as an experience? >> yeah, i mean like, you know, like most americans, right, i've always wondered what it's like inside the oval office and the first time in my life i'm actually invited to go into the oval o

caldwell: i come to the floor today to support the nomination of pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation. we all know the nominee as mayor pete, a man who basically came onto the national stage as a midwest mayor who had lots of enthusiasm for making investments in america's future. so today we're considering his nomination to be secretary of transportation at a time when we need a lot of work done on transportation. and in my opinion, he's a young, energetic mayor who is going to help us usher in a new era of transportation. that means there's going to be a lot of bipartisan dialogue about how we get there, but this job should not be underestimated in the importance that the transportation secretary and the investments for the future need. that is, our transportation system serves as a backbone of our economy and when it's not doing well, the consequential impacts of that affect our economy. it affects how our business compete in a global economy. it affects ho you people get to and from work, and it affects their home life as well. so it's a big job that we have, and i know that this m

please help us get every bottle back. >>> breaking news, transportation secretary pete buttigieg quarantining his security detail tested positive. the security agent was in close contact with buttigieg as early as this morning. he tested negative earlier today and he's "outfront" now. secretary, i really appreciate your time. i know you're taking the necessary precautions and obviously, you're going ahead and doing what you did before under these circumstances. at this point, are you fairly certain that's all this is a precaution? >> you know, we have to be careful. we have to take this seriously. i did have a negative test today and i feel fine. i spoke to the agent and he feels all right, as well. he's not having symptoms but he did test positive. it's a reminder this is why masks matter and testing matters and get up, go to work and feel fine and turns out you're positive. we've gone through the steps and following protocols. as it is for so many americans that have been through this, frustrating to be confined to quarters and separated from my husband who was not exposed when i was but ma

mister buttigieg is known to many as mayor pete and demonstrated april impressive familiarity with our nations entire transportation challenges. challenges which are pronounced in states like my own. or projects like the gateway tunnel, our top national priority. i know mister buttigieg is committed to working with members from both sides to improve rail and transit, highways and more in urban centers and everywhere in between. i'm excited to call him secretary pete by the end of the day. getwith him immediately on helping the mta, the nation's largest transit network in the country and moving gateway forward after years of cynical obstruction in the trump administration . on covid. even as we continue to confirm president biden's nominee, the senate will turn this week to the historic task of preparing a rescue package to lift our country out of the depths of the awful covid-19 pandemic. and set our country back on the path to normalcy. despite the best efforts of congress over the past year, the needs in our country are still great and still urgent. the disease has been with us for n

. >> tucker: pete buttigieg is little, but he's deep, a manat with deep thoughts.he secretary of transportation, the nation's road ands we always are railways are the pen and paper of his mind. we'll share that with you if you can handle them. that's straight ahead. ♪ piano playing ♪ ♪ “what the world needs now” ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope help now at redcross.org >> announcer: and now, deep thoughts with mayor pete. >> it's not a glamorous issue, but the shape of our democracy is the issue that affects every other issue. >> tucker: that was the elfin pete buttigieg, professional barack obama impersonator. the rest of the world did not recognize his insight, pete buttigieg is a secretary transportation now, the most coveted job in all of america. already secretaryre pete is transporting us into another world, a world where everyone is free to walk in the middle of the highway. >> what's the biggest way that personal trepidation has been changed by the pandemic? >> it's soon to say, but the patterns are not going to be exactly theow same. what

. -- pete buttigieg. lisa: where will you be interviewing him? kevin: on bloomberg. aside, the path ahead is a part of this -- because the capital the administration has been expending. lisa: how much consensus is there on the main set of infrastructure spending? kevin: they are worlds apart, and you hit the nail on the head with energy policy and how that has begun to get wrapped in. it is not just republicans and democrats. the senate energy community -- committee, they have concerns. the politics i would suggest, there are four different camps -- hardliner progressives, moderate democrats, this fascinating alliance of sorts of the far right raising concerns that, if you want to get into it, ethanol versus other fuel, energy sectors, but it is different. jonathan: foreign policy, to what degree is this administration trying to isolate the saudi crown prince? kevin: it is a world apart from the previous administration. we talked about china in particular and how there are similarities, but in dealing with the saudis, this is a world apart in terms of the tone biden

. >> in one of his first public events as transportation secretary pete buttigieg met , with transit and railway workers at union station in washington, d.c. and outline some of the administration's agenda. sec. buttigieg: good morning. thanks, everybody, for coming. i'm delighted by the opportunity to lead the department of transportation and wanted to make sure we were getting out and about right away, because there are so many essential workers in america's transportation system, like the workers that you see behind me who we have been speaking with, who we depend on for our economy, for our way of life, and while many americans are wrestling with the complexities of working from home, many other americans don't have the opportunity or the option of working from home, and they are supported by these extraordinary workers who look after the safety, the efficiency, the effectiveness, of american travel and are doing it right here in the region. i really love being here at union station. his is a special place. i remember from being here on a school trip when the food court was the m

pete buttigieg is the secretary of the transportation now.t coveted job among the best and brightest. the mckenzie alums want it. already secretary pete transporting to us another world where everyone is free to walk in the middle of the highway. >> what is the biggest way that transportation has been permanently changed by the pandemic? >> it's too soon to know for sure but i think it's safe to say that the old patterns of life, the 9:00 to 5:00 monday through friday commuting patterns are not going to be exactly the same. >> how might it change what your staff does? >> you know we think "planes, trains and automobiles" but what about bike, scooters or wheelchairs for that matter? >> things you plan to pay attention to? >> yeah. roads are not only for vehicles. we have to make sure, that pedestrians, bicycles, businesses can coexist on the same roadway. >> tucker: that is right. it's not just for vehicles. businesses are on there, too. mark steyn joins us. what do you think of this? >> mark: he was appreciate. it turns out that the democracy

pete buttigieg joins us now, the transportation secretary. secretary buttigieg, thanks for joining us this morning. we just heard jon karl say there >> jon karl, thanks very much. >>> let's bring in one of the new cabinet secretaries. pete buttigieg joins us now, the transportation secretary. secretary buttigieg, thanks for joining us this morning. we just heard jon karl say there that there's no margin for error on the democratic side of this covid relief bill. any senator can derail it. are you confident the democrats will hang together to get this done? >> yes, because it's so important, and because the american people want this to happen. look. each passing day the need for relief becomes more urgent, ensuring that we have the resources to defeat this virus, but also to support american working families, and by the way, that's not just a unifying priority for the democratic coalition. that's something that has a remarkably large degree of support among republicans, at least among republican voters, republican mayors. we're hoping that will

reportera: pete buttigieg juramentÓ esta semana para secretario de transporte en estados unidos.rar el cargo. fue becado en harvard, en donde estudiÓ en el instituto de polÍtica. tambiÉn estudiÓ en la universidad de oxford. >> hay muchos ojos sobre Él. reportera: buttigieg tambiÉn compitiÓ en las primarias demÓcratas. >> me parece bien. >> si respondo desde mis valores, esto podrÍa traer consecuencias desde el punto de vista de las familias. reportera: esto enviÓ un fuerte mensaje, segÚn activistas de la comunidad gay. domina siete idiomas. jorge: cuÁles serÁn los retos que enfrentarÁ? >> tendrÁ que manejar las crisis en las aerolÍneas. ademÁs, va a tratar de reconstruir las carreteras del paÍs. jorge: gracias. ilia: la joven poetisa que participÓ en la toma de posesiÓn de biden aparecerÁ en la revista time. jorge: la publicaciÓn sale maÑana. ilia: tiene 22 aÑos. [música] partera: ¡puja, agripina, puja! ¡puja, vamos! ¡ayúdame, agripina! ¡puja más fuerte! el bebé no se mueve, no reacciona. ¡tenemos que sacarlo ya! ¡puja, agripina! ¡ya viene!

. >> this morning, transportation secretary pete buttigieg will be sworn in by vice president kamala harris. buttigieg is the first openly game man to win senate confirmation for a cabinet position. former acting director of national intelligence richard granell was the first gay man to serve in a cabinet last year. >>> thortsz in southern california are looking into ca an d d ke hpils with second and third degr e usfi wckly pit with out. have big decisions to make after suffering serious damage during the nor'easter. three homes in the town of sandwich werendermined by the heavy surf. one of them completely toppled over. and they say the beach has eroded rapidly and it led to the destruction. >>> a big snowball fight on the campus of the university of virginia has prompted an apology. it was not in line with the school or local covid-19 protocols and they are rededicating to those policies, including social distancing and wearing a face mask. >>> and here in new york, more than 17 inches of snow helped a snowman. >> you have to love it. over in d.c., our white house team created the

draining the swamp later, but first we start tonight with the new secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. just with your brief reaction where a passenger plane with engine trouble dropped large pieces of debris over neighborhoods before landing safely. >> it's very concerning. weefr pleased to see the airplane has landed safely at the airport. impact as well with this debris out there. i know ntsb is already mobilizing so an independent agency can provide right away information as they piece together what has happened and eventually make recommendations about anything that we need to do in response. >> so you will be monitoring this because clearly this gives a lot of concern to those families, those in that community that has the debris, but also the people that use airlines often, as i do, to travel in. >> absolutely. and, you know, america's reputation for excellent air safety is not something that just happened. it happened because of close regulation of understanding whenever an incident happens why it happens and ensuring that we have the highest standards in this country. so as se

. >> lawmakers are back from recess for earlier they confirmed pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation. at 2:30 p.m. they will hold a confirmation vote for the nomination of alejandro mayorkas to be holy and secure the secretary. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the senator from delaware. mr. carper: thank y,

and transportation secretary pete buttigieg in quarantine after exposure to a member of security detail covid. secretary buttigieg joins me, let's go out front. good evening.

. >> reporter: new questions today about domestic travel after transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that there is an active conversation with the cdc about possibly requiring a negative test for domestic air travel. in response, cdc director dr. roichelle walensky said that will be another mitigation tool. however, she is stressing now is not the time to travel. in new york, i'm erica hill, cnn. >>> and you just heard it there in erika's report. the travel industry bracing for a potential shakeup as the biden administration considers covid tests for air travel within the u.s. we'll have reaction on the other side of the break. stay with us. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. we sold an ipad worth $505 for less than $24. a stand mixer for less than $20. a 4k television for under $2. a macbook pro for under $16. as well as a playstation 4 for under $16. and brand new cars for less than $900. dealdash.com offers hundreds of auctions every day. all auctions start at $0 and everything must go. and don't forget, we offer a full 90 d

at noon, members vote on the nomination of pete buttigieg for transportation secretary and at 2:30 p.m., a vote on the nomination for the homeland security secretary. at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three, the armed services committee hears from deputy defense secretary nominee kathleen hicks. >> next, a look at restrictions on in person religious gatherings during the pandemic. the heritage foundation hosted the event looking at a case brought before the supreme court, arguing against these restrictions due to first amendment protections on religious freedoms. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome to heritage live. my name is emily and i am the director at the heritage foundation. this event is religion is essential: covid lockdowns and unjust religious discrimination. on the people -- on the eve of thanksgiving, there was an important victory one on behalf of religious liberty. a roman catholic diocese and -- stopped evan or cuomo from -- governor cuomo from capping religious gatherings. neil gorsuch wrote, the only explanation for treating religious places differently from -- during a pande

. >> and recently confirmed transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that bringing fast trains to the u.s. is a priority of his. >> we have been asked to settled for less in the country, and i don't know why people in other countries have better train service and investment in higher speed service. >> there are several high speed rail service, and some funded privately and others in florida and texas and las vegas, but they are all facing a budget shortfalls and regulatory hurdles, and while high speed travel is everyday in other parts of the world, we are not here in u.s. >> and come on, there are kids on bikes passing us from boston to new york. >> yes, in japan and other parts of the world. from boston to madrid, the average speed is 217 miles per hour, and then looking at new york to d.c., 150 miles per hour, and that is only for certain sections, and that is due to the trains not able to operate at the maximum speed, because of the aging in infras infrastructure, and they are hoping that this administration and pete buttigieg will spearhead the talks around infrastructure and

. >> mister president, i rise to support the nominations of pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation and alejandro mayorkas to head thedepartment of homeland security. they are both exceptional choices by the administration to fillcritical positions . this afternoon when we vote on mister mayorkas , it will be the completion of three of the four national security elements of the cabinet for president biden. we previously voted for secretary of state and secretary of defense. the post remaining after today's actions if they are favorable and i believe they will be is the office of attorney general. i would like to address that directly. first let me say this mister president.wh when you feel you are a target of terrorists, a personal targetof terrorists, you will never forget the moment . it only happened twice in my life. on september 11, 2001 as the united states senator i was at a meeting in a room several feet away from the senate chamber when the attack on the world trade center took place and the attack on the pentagon. those were terrorists at work , killing innocent people. th

joining us to discuss this and other issues, transportation secretary pete buttigieg.r pete, rechristened secretary pete, thanks for joining us. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. you look at texas here. here's the biggest energy producing state in the country that could not provide energy to millions of people. and we -- i know you've seen them. we've been playing stories all week. people couldn't keep their children warm. they now can't get clean water to their children. what does this crisis tell us about the broader state of american infrastructure? >> well, this forces the question. are we going to do what it takes to remain the greatest country in the world or not? and our infrastructure reflects an example of how americans have been expected to settle for less. we're seeing it with the condition of our roads and bridges. the availability of travel options on trains. and right now, in the worst possible way, texans are seeing it when it comes to our energy infrastructure. infrastructure doesn't always sound sexy. it doesn't always sizzle when we're talking

at noon members vote on the nomination of pete buttigieg to be transportation secretary.t 2:30 2:30 p.m. a vote oe nomination of alejandro mayorkas to be homeland homelany secretary. at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3 the senate armed services committee here some deputy defense secretary nominee kathleen hicks. >> former president trump became the first president to be impeached twice. last week house impeachment managers delivered the article of impeachment against the former president on incitement of insurrection to the senate with maryland democratic representative jamie raskin reading the article before the senate. >> donald john trump doesn't work impeachment and trial removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> the following day senators were sworn in as jurors in the trial. republican kentucky senator rand paul requested a point of order to dismiss the impeachment charges unconstitutional. >> therefore i make a point of order that this proceeding which would t

. >>> today pete buttigieg took the oath of office as the nation's first lgbtq confirmed cabinet secretarys husband held the bible. fellow history maker and vice president kamala harris administered the oath. pete buttigieg will join me tomorrow for his first interview since becoming biden's transportation secretary. oh, and, yes, we will talk high-speed rail. >>> up next, the democratic senate majority gets their gavels. senator raphael warnock joins me on what the new power-sharing agreement means for the democrats' go-big agenda. >>> and south dakota's governor looks at the flaming wreckage of her covid policies and says, this is all fine. >> we did have tragedies and we did have losses but we also got through it better than virtually every other state. >> no, no, no. not even close, governor. back with more of "the reidout" after this. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ ♪ ♪ yesterda

transportation secretary pete buttigieg, thank you for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> switching topics, one week removed from the end of the impeachment trial of former president donald trump, now the ncaa is suing trump, his lawyer rudy giuliani and two far right groups, proud boys and oath keepers saying they conspired to incite the events on capitol hill on january 6th. leading that lawsuit is congressman bennie thompson, chairman of the homeland security committee and he joins me now. congressman, thank you for being with us this evening and let me go right to it. you compared modern day extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers to the ku klux klan, claiming the groups morphed out of the klan connection. please explain. >> well, as you know, that law was passed back in 1871 because the ku klux klan were preventing newly elected officials from the south coming to washington and doing their jobs. we saw members of congress doing their constitutional duties and reaffirming the election of november. and so in the midst of members of congress doing their jo

transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> i know that ntsb is already mobilizing so that they -- an independent agency can provide right away information as they piece together what has happened. >> tom costello reporting dad that amazing story. back in the spotlight former president trump expected to speak at the conservative political action conference in orlando next weekend. two sources familiar with the plans tell nbc news mr. trump will close out cpac. it's going to be his first public dad-camera speaking engagement since leaving office last month. mr. trump has addressed the conservative conference several times in the past. he is set to speak dad the last day of the conference sunday february 28th. >> more than just vaccine shipment delays. all that extreme winter weather is causing a humanitarian crisis in texas. more than 14 million texans are without clean water. they are now being forced to boil their water or find bottled water until supply is deemed safe. the freeze dad its way to surpassing hurricane harvey as the state's costliest weather event in history. today pres

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>>thanks for shot today was also a historic day in washington as the senate confirmed pete buttigieg as the new transportation secretary. this makes buttigieg the first openly person to take a cabinet post he will take over a transportation department with 55,000 employees budget in the 10's of billions of dollars and today the senate has also come from u c berkeley alumni. >>my orcas to head the department of homeland security by orcas is the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees disaster response border security and cyber threats by orcas had previously served as an assistant us that in central california. now to a developing story in south florida investigators have identified the 2 fbi agents killed this morning. >>especially agents, daniel out fun and laura schwarzenberg are the 2 agents in 3 others were shot while serving a search warrant. in a child exploitation case in sunrise florida near fort lauderdale of the 3 agents injured 2 are in stable condition at a hospital the suspect. he's believed to have killed himself. >>another big national story we

who fly domestically to get a negative covid test before their trip transportation secretary pete buttigieg says there are talks with the cdc but nothing definite the cdc rule went into effect at the end of january requiring negative test for international travelers and u.s. citizens entering the country. the u.s. travel association says mandatory testing could divert scarce public health resources away from other priorities. still ahead standing together how a coalition of asian-american organizations are >>the east bay tonight members of asian-american organizations here in the bay area are band together to call for an end to violence targeting their community as follows a series of attacks kron four's has it made you know has the story. >>we are asian-american organizations from san francisco and oakland who are here to hold the pain and fear of our community in the wake of recent incidents of violence and to demand action. >>action from city leaders to put a stop to a wave of violent incidents occurring to asian americans here in the bay area these leaders from several asian american or

senate has confirmed pete buttigieg as the transport secretary for the biden administration.nly 13 senators voted against the appointment. secretary buttigieg will oversee spending on infrastructure as well as emergency aid given out for public transit systems and airlines struggling in the pandemic. a sector that could see major changes if the administration pushes through new fuel economy standards. buttigieg is the former mayor of south bend, indiana, and one of the democrats who challenged biden for the democratic nomination. he marks the first openly gay senate confirmed cabinet secretary. mark: power to his elbows, they say, and possibly another presidential contender in years to come. kate, thank you very much, indeed. if kate ran for president, i would vote for her. great to see you. time for focus. alexei navalny sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison this tuesday in moscow but the silencing of navalny doesn't mean the protests against vladimir putin will stop. our report from moscow takes you to the heart of the demonstrations. behind the scenes of the anti-corruption c

. >>> just in, pete buttigieg has just been confirmed by the senate to become the transportation secretary. he is the first openly gay cabinet member in american history. the 39-year-old former presidential candidate is the youngest u.s. transportation secretary. former south bend, indiana, mayor said he will focus on infrastructure and transportation safety. >>> after weeks of pressure from regulators, tesla is recalling nearly 135,000 model s and model x vehicles. that's a lot of cars. they have touch screen display issues that led to the loss of several safety-related features. affected cars made at tesla's fremont plant include the s model sedan made between 2012 and 2018 and the model x suv made between 2016 and 2018. the touchscreen issues interfere with driver's ability to use heat and air conditioning, defrost and defogging system, but it also impacted rear view cameras and tesla autopilot feature while parking and driving. as part of the recall, tesla will make that fix for free. >>> all this week, we are highlighting our climate in crisis. here is kari hall. >> yeah. this is a co

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the flight landed safely at denver international transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> i know that ntsb is already mobilizing so that they -- an independent agency can provide right away information as they piece together what has happened >> reporter: yeah, getting to the bottom of this mechanical failure is going to be critical. or did the engine ingest a flock of birds as it took off from d.i.a. or perhaps even a drone all of those possibilities right now are on the table jose >> tom costello, thank you >>> we are joined now by nbc aviation expert and veteran pilot john cox john, good evening engine failures are rare what could have caused this? >> jose, this sort of engine failure's very rare. it's known as an uncontained failure. they're going to be looking for components inside the airplane, inside the engine that may have failed before and caused this, something like metal fatigue on one of the turbine blades, something like that. >> the ntsb now has this huge debris field spread out across neighborhoods. what are they going to be looking for? >> the ntsb will gather all of

my second question is about a comment that the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, made saying they are considering testing being required for domestic flights. what benefit with that give -- what would be the benefits to the happening? >> let me turn to the dr. walensky on our ongoing efforts at surveillance and increasing our knowledge and may be about the current state of knowledge might be with regard to these variances. doctor. >> what i can say is we are learning more about the number of variants. the number of variants you are hearing increase is due in part to the sequencing. we have increased our sequencing about 10 fold over the past two weeks. we might find more. over the next several weeks, we are planning, actually, to not only get collaboration with the state labs from every state to make sure we are sampling from every state, but also with collaborations from commercial as well as academic labs, so we anticipate we will be sequencing up to three or four more than we already are, and once we have more sequencing happening, we will have a better idea as to how many

a historic day in washington as the senate confirms pete buttigieg as the new transportation secretary. >>this makes buttigieg the first openly person to take a cabinet post. he will take over a transportation at the transportation partnered with 55. 1000 employees and a budget of 10's of billions of dollars. the senates has also confirmed u c berkeley alumni on the 100 my orcas to head up the department of homeland security. my orcas is the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees disaster response. border security and cyber threats. erica's had previously served as an assistant us that in central california today, president biden signed 3 executive orders on immigration rolling back many of the policies from the trump administration. >>one create a task force that will reunite families separated by the trump administration's 0 tolerance policy. the second examines immigration policy started under the obama administration that trump then suspended and the last orders a review of the previous administration's policies, including the so-called public charge rule

. >>> former presidential candidate pete buttigieg is the new transportation secretary. it makes him the first openly person confirmed to a cabinet post. >>> to our bay area weather, a live look from the waterfront. things are drying out this evening after our latest storm. the day started already wet with rains in the morning commute. mse drive on the bay bridge. paul joins us with how long the rain will stay away this time. paul? >> not too long. we are not talking about heavy rain in the forecast tomorrow. and the rest of the evening and overnight looking dry. the rain we started with this morning has moved to the east. plenty of's snow through the sierra, or more batch moving through the north on wednesday. you're going to have the earliest and highest chances santa rosa, although there barely 50-50 around noon. the rain chances will be later and lower around the golden gate and southward. as we head into the santa clara valley the rain chances are more the likelihood of a few sprinkles on the windshield by late tomorrow afternoon. after that a dry and warm forecast

. >>> transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that he will quarantine for two weeks as a precautiona member of his security detail tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday. the agent had been in close contact with buttigieg. the former south bend mayor has also since tested negative and does not have symptoms. >>> meantime, there's a promising trend in the fight against the coronavirus. new cases and hospitalizations are dropping across the country. a little bit of good news. but a new contagious strain is threatening to reverse the progress, that strain first detected in the uk, is now in at least 34 states. the cdc said florida has reported the most variant cases and this comes as more states slowly reopen services. here's chris martinez. >> reporter: fewer people are going to the hospital because of the coronavirus but the u.s. death rate keeps climbing. >> please continue to the wear a mask and stay six feet apart from people you don't live with. >> reporter: officials are keeping an eye on the stats following the super bowl, following reports of large parties. new variants

. >> sreenivasan: transportation secretary pete buttigieg said there could be dire results for the economythe relief bill is not passed soon. >> you've got moody's saying that we could have four million fewer jobs if we don't act now. and we're operating in a time of historically low interest rates. this is a moment where the greatest risk we could take, as the president has said, is not the risk of doing too much, it's the risk of doing too little. >> sreenivasan: the "washington post" reported that senior democrats are planning to introduce legislation as soon as tomorrow expanding direct cash benefits for children. in single parent households making $75,000 or less, or married couples making $150,000 or less, the proposed payments would be $3,600 each for children under six and $3,000 each for cldren six through 17. a group of republicans has proposed a much smaller overall stimulus spending plan. >> sreenivasan: this coming week, while e house considers the recovery legislation, the senate will halt all other business to conduct the second impeachment trial of now former president trum

historic and washington a bipartisan vote by the senate confirmed pete buttigieg as the new transportation secretary and this makes him the first openly person to take a cabinet post. it will be in charge of as we said the transportation department. and in another historic vote. the senate also confirmed island road my orcas to head the department of homeland security he's the first latino and immigrant to lead the department which oversees disaster response and border security and cyber threats. my orcas has previously served as an assistant, us that in central california. we'll take a break for 26, we'll be right back with more in a minute. are you one of the millions of americans who experience occasional bloating, gas or abdominal discomfort? taking align can help. align contains a quality probiotic to naturally help soothe digestive upsets 24/7. try align, the pros in digestive health. and join the align healthy gut team up and learn what millions of align users already know. how great a healthy gut can feel. sign up at alignprobiotics.com also try align dualbiotics gummies to help su

. >> the senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination of pete buttigieg as transportation secretary.mer mayor of south bend, indiana, is the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a cabinet post. he will lead efforts to rebuild infrastructure and fight climate change. >>> a prison sentence has been handed down to a russian opposition leader, and we remember a british hero. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the new york times" reports on the death of 100-year-old british world war ii veteran captain tom moore. moore died yesterday after contracting the coronavirus. he captured the world's attention last year with his walks around his garden which raised $45 million for britain's health care workers battling the pandemic. last summer, he was knighted by queen elizabeth. >>> the "associated press" reports the powerful winter storm that walloped the northeast turned to sleet in new england. the storm dumped up to three feet of snow in parts of new jersey and pennsylvania. a winter storm warning is in effect for northern maine. yesterday the coastal town of

former mayor pete buttigieg becomes the first openly gay cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the senate. new video tonight of three officers involved in george floyd's death forcibly arresting an innocent man weeks earlier, raising questions about previous patterns of behavior. "women and the pandemic." what you need to know about misinformation being spread about covid vaccines and fertility. also tonight, why this chart-topping country music star's songs will no longer be played on major radio stations. and, grid-iron girls. the trail-blazing women that will make history during super bowl 55 on cbs. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reportin atn's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with that new astrazeneca vaccine which now appears to not only prevent people from getting severely ill from coronavirus, it may also slow the spread of it. researchers say that is a game-changer, making it the only vaccine capable of reducing transmission. they say that's different than themesapproved shots which stop could s

. >> in one of his first public events as transfer terry -- transportation secretary, pete buttigieg

. >> in one of his first public events as transportation secretary pete buttigieg met , with transit and railway workers at union station in washington, d.c. and outline some of the administration's agenda. sec. buttigieg: good morning. thanks, everybody, for coming. i'm delighted by the opportunity to lead the department of transportation and wanted to make sure we were getting out and about right away, because there are so many essential workers in america's transportation system, like the workers that you see behind me who we have been speaking with, who we depend on for

a vote for pete buttigieg to be transportation secretary and later lawmakers will debate the nominationalejandro mayorkas to be homeland security secretary. his confirmation vote is set for 2:30 p.m. eastern today. watch live senate in the coverage here on c-span2. >> former president trump became the first president to be impeached twice. last week asked impeachment managers delivered the article of impeachment against the former president on incitement of insurrection to the senate with maryland democratic representative jamie raskin reading the article before the senate. >> donald john trump does warrant impeachment and trial removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> the following day senators were sworn in as jurors in the trial. republican kentucky senator rand paul requested a point of order to dismiss the impeachment charge as unconstitutional. >> therefore, i make a point of order at this proceeding which would try a private citizen and not a president, a vice president

pete buttigieg easily won senate confirmation to be the secretary of transportation.iana, mayor and presidential -- the former south bend, indiana, mayor and presidential candidate is the first openly gay person to be confirmed by the senate for a cabinet post. meanwhile, the senate veteran affairs committee approved denis mcdonough's nomination for va secretary and sent it to the full senate. the white house announced plans today to ship 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to some 6,500 pharmacies nationwide. covid coordinator jeff zients said shipments begin next week. >> this will provide more sites for people to get vaccinated in their communities and it's an important component to delivering vaccines equitably. sites are selected based on their ability to reach some of the population's most at risk for illness from covid-19, including socially vunlerable communities. stephanie: meanwhile, world health organization investigators have visited the research center in china that has been the subject about speculation over the origin of covid-19. allegations that t