CBS Evening News S2025E75: Episode 75

Overview

CBS News has obtained the names of 238 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador and imprisoned. The White House insists they were all members of a Venezuelan gang, but that is in dispute. Nancy Cordes has more. President Trump's crackdown on drug trafficking includes designating cartels as terrorist organizations. Scott MacFarlane got a look inside the administration's war on drugs. One of the cartels the U.S. designated a terrorist group is Sinaloa. It was once run by the drug lord known as El Chapo, who is now serving life in a U.S. prison. For "60 Minutes," Cecilia Vega went to the Canadian border and spoke with one of the human smugglers who works for Sinaloa and even advertises their services online. It's been nearly a year since a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, sending it crashing into the river below. The bridge was not built to withstand that powerful of a hit. But what about other bridges around the country? Kris Van Cleave reports the NTSB findings raise questions about the safety of 68 bridges in 19 states. Five years ago, COVID-19 had about one in five Americans under or heading into lockdown. New York was the epicenter of the outbreak, with more than 6,000 cases. By the end of the year, Gove County in northwestern Kansas would have the highest death rate from the virus in the U.S. Nikki Battiste went there in search of lessons learned. It started with the Big Bang. It may end with the Big Crunch. "CBS Evening News" co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois explain.