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CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 01/05

CBS Evening News

CBS News

News, News Commentary, Daily News

3.8620 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast -- all eyes on Georgia as the most expensive Senate race in US history finally comes to a close. What will the final vote count mean for President-Elect Biden's ability to get things done when he becomes America's next Commander in Chief? Also -- with COVID infections and deaths reaching record-levels, why are so many healthcare workers refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, it's election night, and it all comes down to Georgia, and the stakes are enormous.

0:06.6

Peach state voters decide who will control the United States Senate.

0:11.4

Record early turnout and half a billion dollars spent on two runoff races.

0:16.4

The uphill battle tonight for Democrats, the distraction from the White House for Republicans,

0:21.6

and how tonight's results will impact Joe Biden on day one of his presidency. Plus, Democrats promise a

0:27.4

$2,000 stimulus check if they win tonight. Pressuring Pence. President Trump turns up the heat

0:34.1

on his vice president to make the impossible happen and overturn Biden's win tomorrow in a joint session of Congress.

0:41.2

If he doesn't come through, I won't like him quite as much.

0:44.8

Tonight, what Mike Pence is planning to do.

0:48.2

Chilling threat. A CBS News exclusive.

0:51.4

We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday.

0:54.8

Was Iran behind the ominous warning?

0:57.9

A dire situation in California.

1:01.4

Paramedics being told to conserve oxygen to not transport patients with little chance of survival,

1:07.2

as the U.S. sets a record for coronavirus hospitalizations.

1:11.5

Plus, we'll tell you which state now has the highest COVID infection rate in the world.

1:17.4

Breaking news, no charges filed against the Wisconsin officer who was captured on cell phone video shooting Jacob Blake multiple times in the back.

1:26.5

Hundreds of National Guard troops on standby as Kenosha reacts.

1:31.7

Music's biggest night postponed.

1:36.3

The news tonight about the Grammys.

1:39.6

And Alex Trebek's final plea.

1:42.0

The message he recorded for his audience during his final week of Jeopardy.

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