CBS Evening News, 01/01/26
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss Alps during New Year's Eve celebrations killed about 40 people and left 115 injured, many of them seriously, police said Thursday. Zohran Mamdani was publicly sworn in today as the 112th mayor of New York City. President Trump says he underwent a CT scan, rather than an MRI, during his October examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In a new interview, he also says it would have been better if he hadn't undergone the scan at all.
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| 0:00.0 | A tragic start to the New Year. |
| 0:03.0 | Dozens are feared dead and a fire at a New Year's Eve celebration in the Swiss Alps. |
| 0:08.0 | Also tonight, a snowy holiday in the Northeast, a wet holiday in the West with flood warnings in Southern California |
| 0:16.0 | and rain on the Rose Parade for the first time in decades. |
| 0:20.0 | The president defends his health, gives new details on the scan he got in October, and |
| 0:25.4 | denies he falls asleep at meetings, saying he is simply resting his eyes. |
| 0:30.6 | Today begins a new era. |
| 0:33.6 | Zoran Mamdani takes office as the first Muslim, first Democratic socialist mayor of America's biggest city. |
| 0:40.3 | Order in the court! |
| 0:41.3 | And a legend on the silver screen goes public with a major change in her legal status. |
| 0:47.3 | From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News. |
| 0:57.0 | Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm Jerika Duncan. |
| 1:02.0 | A night of celebration in the Swiss Alps has ended in tragedy. |
| 1:06.0 | More than 100 people in a ski resort bar were celebrating the arrival of the new year when a fire broke out. |
| 1:12.6 | The police say about 40 people were killed. |
| 1:14.9 | 115 others were injured. |
| 1:17.2 | Most of the injuries the police say are serious. |
| 1:20.0 | It happened in Cromitana, Switzerland, where Ramey and Ascensio is there tonight. |
| 1:25.5 | Ramey. |
| 1:29.3 | Jerika, yes, good evening. And even more heart-wrenching, Switzerland's president said most of the dead were teenagers. |
| 1:34.3 | One witness told me that the bar right behind me over by that white cordon said that |
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