The CDC is recommending Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12. As CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian explains, some hospitals began administering shots to the younger age group prior to the recommendation. Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Iowa and a pediatric infectious diseases physician, shares his analysis. Source
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“CBS Evening News” headlines for Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source
Ohio to give five vaccinated residents $1 million dollars each
The drawings will happen once a week starting May 26 as a financial incentive for Ohioans to receive the vaccine. Source
Suspect in Times Square shooting arrested in Florida
Farrakhan Muhammad was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Florida. Source
Volunteers risk lives to collect bodies of COVID-19 victims in India
Bodies have been burning nonstop at a makeshift crematorium in New Delhi. Source
Times Square shooting suspect taken into custody
The alleged gunman who opened fire in Times Square on Saturday, hitting three bystanders including a 4-year-old girl, was taken into custody Wednesday, police announced. Farrakhan Muhammad was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Florida. CBS New York’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas has the latest. Source
California attorney general pledges more support in combating anti-Asian violence
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined Elaine Quijano on “Red and Blue” to discuss why he’s launching a Racial Justice Bureau within his state’s Department of Justice. Source
GOP senators to seek compromise on infrastructure in meeting with Biden
The White House and lawmakers aren’t expecting a final agreement out of the meeting, but Republicans warn they expect to make some progress. Source
Mystery at Eagle Creek
Did a young model jump off a mountain cliff or was she pushed? Her fiancé, accused of killing her, reveals the shocking final moments of her life in an interview with “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant. Source
McConnell calls changes to 2017 tax law a “red line”
This was president’s first joint meeting with all four congressional leaders. Source