Tonight, President Biden's push to vaccinate America, as he warns the pandemic will get worse before it gets better.

The president tries to convince the 100 million unvaccinated Americans to get their shots.

This is not about red states and blue states.

It's literally about life and death.

Could you get $100 just for getting vaccinated? Kids and COVID.

Cases among children increasing to their highest level in months, a growing number hospitalized.

What are you struggling with? Oh, breathing. Plus, summer camps across the country are seeing outbreaks of COVID. Does it signal

trouble ahead for the new school year? The economy roars back, rebounding faster than it did

in the Great Recession. Gold medal performance. Meet the American gymnast who excelled under pressure

while Simone

Biles cheered from the stands. Plus a seventh U.S. athletes sidelined by a COVID infection.

Scorching heat wave, nearly 110 million Americans under heat alerts as severe storms target the

East Coast. Tragedy at sea, new video of a military accident that killed nine

service members, what family members of the victims are demanding a year later. Sharks spotted.

As Americans head to the beach, why climate change could be a factor in a recent uptick in shark sightings.

And the power of social media, how it changed the life of could be a factor in a recent uptick in shark sightings.

And the power of social media, how it changed the life of an airport piano man.

This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening and thank you for joining us.

We are going to begin tonight with President Biden's extraordinary new campaign to try to convince unvaccinated Americans to get their shots and help end this horrid pandemic once and for all.

Well, the President's Day was really pleading with Americans to realize this is now an issue of life and death, saying that those who haven't had their shot are actually a danger to others.

The president is also calling on Americans to follow the CDC's new guidance to wear those masks indoors in areas where COVID is spreading rapidly. And tonight, 70% of counties in the U.S.

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