CBS Evening News, 12/29/25
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A colossal winter storm is slamming the country with blizzards, dangerous wind chills, tornadoes, and thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
A heroic tackle in the middle of terror - an exclusive interview with the man who wrestled a gun from the Bondi Beach attacker and saved countless lives.
And, a 7‑foot former college basketball player chasing his dream of becoming a Texas police officer - and the surprise coach who stepped in: Shaquille O'Neal.
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| 0:00.0 | At Radio Lab, we love nothing more than nerding out about science, neuroscience, chemistry. |
| 0:06.9 | But, but we do also like to get into other kinds of stories. |
| 0:10.2 | Stories about policing or politics. |
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| 0:16.6 | Regardless of whether we're looking at science or not science, we bring a rigorous curiosity to get you the answers. |
| 0:23.3 | And hopefully make you see the world anew. |
| 0:24.9 | Radio Lab, adventures on the edge of what we think we know. |
| 0:28.7 | Wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | A dangerous winter storm brings blizzard conditions to parts of the Midwest and knocks out power |
| 0:38.3 | as the storm moves to the northeast. |
| 0:40.3 | Also tonight, President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu turn up the pressure on Hamas |
| 0:46.3 | to disarm. |
| 0:47.3 | We'd like to ask where the money's going. |
| 0:49.3 | The federal government opens an investigation in Minnesota after a YouTuber alleges Medicaid |
| 0:55.4 | fraud at daycare centers will tell you what our investigation found. |
| 1:00.0 | A hero of the Bondi Beach terror attack tells his story exclusively to CBS News. |
| 1:10.0 | And Beyonce joins a new group. |
| 1:12.8 | She's now one of five musicians to achieve billionaire status. |
| 1:17.1 | That's revenge is your paper. |
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