over e-mails showing teacher s union helped coordinate the cdc s school s reopening guidance. weingarten says it s way out of proportion. to summarize, aft was provided with a full draft of the copy suggested line by line edits we did not, sir. did not suggest line by line edits to the document. well, do you remember how many edits that you suggested? we suggested concepts, sir. do you know how many edits were included? one. it s unusual for political union to have such a role in scientific guidance process and hopefully we can find more answers. weingarten forced to admit that she had a direct line to the cdc director, rochelle walensky. do you have a direct number to her? do i have her direct number? yes. yes, i have her directed enough. hopefully she will give it to me, too. the school lockdown fallout does not end there. dr. fauci said show me a school i shut down and factory i shut down. never. never i did. i gave a public health recommendatio
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
those constituents of my community and of democracy itself. everybody is having this struggle. norah: crime in america. our exclusive reporting. the major challenges in keeping the nation safe. all crime up 25%. murder up 24%. motor vehicle theft up 107%. what s going on in our nation s capital? allergy season is here, with specialists telling cbs news it is now lasting longer, with patients experiencing more intense symptoms. norah: president biden and south korean president yoon, the official state visit and the agreement to deter north korea. is an unbreakable bond, forged in bravery, sacrifice our people. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we do want to begin with that severe weather that is making its way across the southern part of the country, while resident this across the mississippi river are forced to evacuate ahead of rising floodwaters. nearly 22 million americans from central texas to the flor
americans 70% do not think biden should run again. with nearly half of those crying his age as a major reason why. remember, biden will turn 82 shortly after the election. and even biden s own aides are raising the alarm about his diminished energy level, taking axios it s difficult to schedule events in the morning, in the evening, or on the weekends. and there s renewed concern about his age after biden suffered through yet another bizarre gaffe-filled week. take a look at this. we know that there s no there s no such thing there s so much more to finish the job. speaker, former president, maga extremists are cut from a different cloth. they treat these folks they treat these folks, think they re a threat. they think that somehow we re going to go back. with regard to age, i can t even say is how old i am. i can t even say the number. it doesn t register with me. i m trying to think of the last place i was. it s hard to keep track. oh, ireland. that s where
banning books to stand in the way of teaching america s full history. i never thought i d be a president was fighting against elected officials trying to ban books. > they believe if they repeat a lie enough it will become an accepted truth. not if we can help it. the truth th is, sensible elected officials representing parents who were flabbergasted to learn how perverted their kids curricula has become. because it s driven by activists who demand inclusion and d affirmation. it took a pandemic for moms a dad to notice how pornographic the books have become. here is a sampling. my child s sixth grade english teacher sends out a summer reading material. including gender queer. from this book brother talking to sister. so you never tasted yourself? sister shows brother. for china s lien. this is from a book called looking for alaska. laura randomly asked me have you ever gotten a blow job. i was in the library and this book was on the stand. i d like to reach a page. h